Media Advisory: July 25, 2016
ERC HEARING FOR HUMAN HEALTH CRITERIA
TO BE LIVE STREAMED
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) are strengthening Florida’s water-quality standards to provide better public
health protection and meet requirements of the federal Clean Water Act. These proposed standards set stringent and
protective criteria for 39 chemicals that currently have no limits and update 43 chemicals whose criteria are more than 20 years old.
After working with EPA since 2012 to develop
Florida-specific human health criteria that use the best science available and guidance from EPA, have the support of a scientific peer review panel as well as input
from the public, DEP is ready to present the criteria improvements to the Florida Environmental Regulation Commission (ERC)
for approval.
To provide greater public access, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection will offer a live webcast of Environmental Regulation Commission hearing on Human Health Criteria tomorrow.
Webcast details are as follows:
DATE: Tuesday, July 26, 2016
TIME: 9 a.m.
WEB ADDRESS: Access webcast here. Click on ERC LIVE webcast button.
In addition, the Florida Channel will also be providing gavel-to-gavel coverage.
The public notice of the meeting can be found here.
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