Information related to Nutrient Standards for Florida. For assistance in accessing these documents, please send an email to ost.comments@epa.gov.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Fact Sheet: Numeric Nutrient Criteria for the State of Florida: Withdrawing the Federal Actions (PDF)(2 pp, 52 K, September 2014, EPA 820-F-14-006)
- Start Date Agreement Letter - Withdrawal of Federal Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Florida Waters (PDF)(2 pp, 529 K, August 15, 2014)
- EPA-FDEP March 2013 Agreement (PDF)(23 pp, 78 K, January 7, 2014)
- EPA's response to public comments (PDF)(58 pp, 21 K)
- Fact Sheet: Proposed Nutrients Standards for Florida's Streams and Proposed Downstream Protection Values for Lakes (PDF)(2 pp, 188 K, November 2012, EPA 820-F-12-056)
- Court Ruling (PDF)(86 pp, 236 K, February 18, 2012)
- Fact Sheet: Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida’s Lakes and Flowing Waters; Proposed Rule; Stay (PDF)(2 pp, 286 K, November 2012, EPA 820-F-12-060)
- Fact Sheet: Effective Date Extension for Water Quality Standards for Florida’s Lakes and Flowing Waters (PDF)(2 pp, 215 K, July 2012, EPA 823-F-12-002)
- Fact Sheet: Extension of Effective Date for Water Quality Standards for Florida’s Lakes and Flowing Waters (PDF)(2 pp, 17 K, May 2012)
- Fact Sheet: Extension of Effective Date for Water Quality Standards for Florida’s Lakes and Flowing Waters (PDF)(2 pp, 65 K, March 2012, EPA 820-S-12-12001)
- Fact Sheet: Final Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida's Lakes and Flowing Waters (PDF)(2 pp, 32 K, November 2010, EPA 820-F 10-008)
- EPA’s Standards to Address Nutrient Pollution in Florida’s Lakes and Flowing Waters - Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)(8 pp, 47 K)
- Letter from EPA to Florida Department Environmental Protection (PDF)(2 pp, 433 K, November 14, 2010)
- Technical Support Document for EPA's Final Rule for Numeric Criteria for Nitrogen/Phosphorus Pollution in Florida's Inland Surface Fresh Waters (PDF)(156 pp, 10 MB)
- Appendix A (PDF)(861 pp, 9 MB)
- Appendix B (PDF)(3 pp, 208 K)
- Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Nutrients for Lakes and Flowing Waters in Florida (PDF)(194 pp, 3 MB, November 2010)
- Fact Sheet: Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida's Lakes and Flowing Waters; Supplemental Notice of Data Availability and Request for Comment (PDF)(2 pp, 56 K, July 2010, EPA 823-F-10-003)
- Fact Sheet: Proposed Nutrient Standards for Florida's Coastal, Estuarine & South Florida Flowing Waters (PDF)(3 pp, 241 K, November 2012, EPA 820-F-12-055)
- Consent Decree (PDF)(13 pp, 469 K, December 30, 2009)
- Joint Notice to the Court of Extension of Consent Decree Deadlines (PDF)(5 pp, 59 K, June 7, 2010)
- Order Extending the deadline for publishing a Notice of Rulemaking for Lakes and Flowing Waters (PDF)(3 pp, 35 K, October 27, 2010)
- Joint Notice to the Court of Extension of Consent Decree Deadline (PDF)(4 pp, 59 K, September 30, 2011)
- Consolidated Cases (PDF)(86 pp, 683 K, February 18, 2012)
- Order Extending the Deadlines for Proposed and Final Rules for Coastal and Estuarine Waters (PDF)(2 pp, 124 K, March 2, 2012)
- Joint Notice of Extension of Consent Decree Deadlines (PDF)(6 pp, 67 K, May 15, 2012)
- Order Extending the Deadlines for the Remaining Rules (PDF)(2 pp, 186 K, May 30, 2012)
- Order Extending the Phase II (Coastal Rule) Deadlines (PDF)(2 pp, 185 K, July 13, 2012)
- FDEP Petition (PDF)(39 pp, 1 MB, April 22, 2011)
- EPA Response to FDEP Petition (PDF)(3 pp, 130 K, June 13, 2011)
- Fact Sheet: Phosphorus Water Quality Standards for the Florida Everglades (PDF)(2 pp, 122 K, July 2011, EPA 820-F-11-010)