Criteria posted for Estuary-specific NNC’s
The Department of Environmental Protection submitted to EPA the estuary-specific numeric interpretations of the narrative nutrient criteria for the following estuaries: Perdido Bay, Pensacola Bay (including Escambia Bay), Choctawhatchee Bay, St. Andrew Bay, St. Joseph Bay, Apalachicola Bay, Suwannee Sound, Withlacoochee River, Waccasassa River, Springs Coast (Crystal River to Anclote River), Loxahatchee River, Lake Worth Lagoon, Halifax River, Guana River/Tolomato River/Matanzas River (GTM), and Nassau River. The Department also submitted numeric nutrient standards for remotely-sensed chlorophyll a for coastal offshore waters. All of these criteria have been posted on our website at http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wqssp/nutrients/index.htm.