TMDLs Are a License to Pollute

This meeting is about Total Maximum Daily Loads of pollutants allowed in our waterways.  Since this rule makes a certain quantity legal, it amounts to a license to pollute.   Thus industry is happy because the DEP allows them to pollute.

Having a public meeting about it just makes the DEP think they appear less guilty.

As the DEP said about the New Wales gigantic sinkhole, they follow the letter of the law.

Makes it all OK.

As one legislator once said in committee: “I’m  going to vote for this [polluting law] because I can’t believe our DEP would allow any harm to come to our environment.”

Thanks to Betty Johnson for this link.

Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum.
jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org
– A river is like a life: once taken,
it cannot be brought back © Jim Tatum

Notice: 26583352
Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing
Department:	DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Notice: 26583352
Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing
Department:	DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Overview
	The Department of Environmental Protection announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.
DATE AND TIME:	December 7, 2022, 2:30 p.m.
PLACE:	Via webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1858184973378176270
Subject:	The Department of Environmental Protection announces a public meeting to receive comments on the proposed TMDL two-year work plan. Aligning with the statewide biennial assessment, the proposed two-year work plan, available here: https://floridadep.gov/dear/water-quality-evaluation-tmdl/content/tmdl-prioritization-20 is guided by the TMDL prioritization framework for the next decade.<br /><br /> The Department will accept written comments on the proposed TMDL two-year work plan through December 21, 2022. Written comments should be directed to: Ansel Bubel, Environmental Administrator, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, MS 3555, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, Ansel.Bubel@Floridadep.gov.
	A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Mr. Ansel Bubel, Department of Environmental Protection, MS 3555, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, (850) 245-8072; Ansel.Bubel@Floridadep.gov.
PRINT PUBLISH DATE:	11/30/2022   Vol. 48/231
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