The EPA could be deciding on new criteria for what constitutes appropriate nutrient levels for Florida's Everglades. The agency's decision for that region could have wider effects across the country in other estuary, canal and coastal waters (the type of waters that much of U.S. industry was built in close proximity to). The agency announced in the Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, Federal Register that its Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office will hold a public meeting of the SAB Nutrient Criteria Review Panel to review technical support document on development of numeric nutrient criteria for Florida's estuarine and coastal waters, and southern canals.

The meeting will be held on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010, and Tuesday, Dec.14, 2010

SOURCE: Federal Register