Tampa Bay
Establish Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of Nitrogen for Tampa Bay
Category: Submerged
Cost: $ 1.7 million/year
Description: Achieving Tampa Bay Estuary Program's seagrass
restoration goal of 12,350 acres is predicated upon holding the line on future
nitrogen loading to the bay. The nitrogen loading cap adopted by the Tampa
Bay Estuary Program became the basis for the nitrogen TMDL established by
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) subsequently approved
by USEPA.
Outcome: The TMDL adopted by FDEP has been superceded by
the Florida Waterhshed Restoration Act that established a new process for
designating impaired waters and for setting and allocating TMDLs. However,
EPA Region 4 is still using the original TMDL it approved for Tampa Bay in
its review of NPDES point source permits.
Contact: Kevin Petrus, Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, (850) 921-9390; Holly Greening, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, hgreening@tbep.org.
Citation: State of Florida TMDL submittal to EPA for Tampa
Bay nitrogen loading.
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