FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN PINELLAS COUNTY AND ITS NPDES PERMIT FLS000005 CO-PERMITTEES FOR THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
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PINELLAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO PROGRESSIVE PUBLIC POLICY,
SUPERIOR PUBLIC SERVICE, COURTEOUS PUBLIC CONTACT, JUDICIOUS EXERCISE
OF AUTHORITY AND SOUND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RESOURCES, TO MEET THE
NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF OUR CITIZENS TODA Y AND TOMORROW
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERlOCAl AGREEMENT BETWEEN
PINEllAS COUNTY AND ITS NPDES PERMIT FlS000005
CO-PERMITTEES FOR THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
AGREEMENT PREPARED BY
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIVISION
JUNE 2008
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
PINELLAS COUNTY AND ITS NPDES PERMIT FLS000005
CO-PERMITTEES FOR THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT, is entered into on the
day of
2008, between the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS of Pinellas County, a political
subdivision of the State of Florida, hereinafter referred to as the COUNTY, and the Cities of
Pinellas County, including the Town of Belleair, City of Belleair Beach, City of Belleair Bluffs,
City of Clearwater, City of Dunedin, Town of Kenneth City, City of Gulfport, City of Indian Rocks
Beach, City of Largo, City of Madeira Beach, Town of North Redington Beach, City of Oldsmar,
City of Pinellas Park, Town of Redington Beach, Town of Redington Shores, City of St. Pete
Beach, City of Safety Harbor, City of Seminole, City of South Pasadena, City of Tarpon Springs,
City of Treasure Island, all of which are municipal corporations of the State of Florida and co-
permittees to Pinellas County in its National Pollutant Elimination System (NPDES) permit,
hereinafter referred to as CO-PERMITTEES.
WITNESSETH, That:
WHEREAS, the COUNTY and CO-PERMITTEES entered into an agreement dated April
1 th, 2003 providing for the design and implementation of a water quality monitoring program
that will be consistent with, and in support of, the requirements of NPDES permit #FLS000005.
Except as hereby modified, amended or changed, all of the terms and conditions of said
original Agreement dated April 1 th, 2003, will remain in full force and effect.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereafter set forth, the
parties hereto mutually agree to amend the original Agreement, dated April 1 th, 2003 as
follows:
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SECTION 3, GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES is amended as follows:
2. Monitorina Proaram Implementation. Operation and Maintenance
C. The COUNTY will continue to operate and maintain the sampling program
outlined in Exhibit A using COUNTY staff and equipment. The program will consist
of:
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managing staff
maintaining equipment and instruments in working order
ordering supplies and calibration standards
performing necessary field quality assurance protocols in accordance with
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) guidelines
collection of samples
coordinating sample delivery to a National Environmental Laboratory
Accreditation Conference (NELAC) certified analytical laboratory
reviewing and managing analytical data results
entering data into the state database as required by FDEP
reporting of data results to FDEP in accordance with NPDES permit
requirements
include a reference to each CO-PERMITTEE listed in this agreement as a
contributor to a countywide monitoring program in monitoring results
submitted to FDEP as required by NPDES permit FL000005; and
· reporting of raw data results to the FDOT and the CO-PERMITEES every
calendar year
SECTION 4, COST ALLOCATION is amended as follows:
2. Monitorina Proaram Implementation. Operation and Maintenance
A. The CO-PERMITTEES and the COUNTY shall share the actual annual cost of
the water quality monitoring program. Costs shall be paid by each CO-
PERMITTEE and the COUNTY on a pro-rata basis based upon jurisdictional
acreage figures provided by the Pinellas County Planning Department. Acreage
figures for the COUNTY and each CO-PERMITTEE are set forth in Exhibit "B."
The acreage figures presented in Exhibit "B" are the most recent acreage figures
available at the time this Amendment is being executed and shall remain in effect
for the duration of this agreement term. In addition, costs will be shared in
accordance with the terms shown in Exhibit "C."
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SECTION 6, NOTICES is replaced by the following:
All written notices to THE CO-PERMITTEES and the COUNTY under this agreement shall
be directed to the following addresses:
Pinellas County:
Kelli Hammer Levy
Pinellas County Dept. of Environmental
Management
300 S. Garden Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
Belleair:
Robin Zimmerman
Superintendent
901 Ponce De Leon Blvd.
Belleair, FL 33756-1096
Belleair Bluffs:
Mr. Robert David
City of Belleair Bluffs
2747 Sunset Blvd.
Belleair Bluffs, FL 33770
City of Belleair Beach:
Peter Cavalli, MPA
Director of Community Services and Information
Technology
City of Belleair Beach
444 Causeway Boulevard,
Belleair Beach, Florida 33786
Clearwater:
Mr. Brett Gardner
Public Works Administration
City of Clearwater
P.O. Box 4748
Clearwater, FL 33758-4748
Dunedin:
Mr. Keith Fogarty
Director of Maintenance
City of Dunedin
750 Milwaukee Avenue
Dunedin, FL 34698
Gulport:
Mr. Don Sopak
City of Gulfport
2401-53rd St. South
Gulfport, FL 33707
Indian Rocks Beach:
Mr. Dean Scharmen
Public Services Director
City of Indian Rocks Beach
1507 Bay Palm Blvd.
Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785-2899
Larao:
Mr. Mike Sepessy
Stormwater Program Coordinator
City of Largo
P.O. Box 296
Largo, FL 33779-0296
Kenneth City:
Mr. John Dutton
Director of Public Works
Town of Kenneth City
6000 54th Ave. N.
Kenneth City, FL 33709-1800
N. RedinQton Beach:
Ms. Mari Campbell
Town Clerk
Town of N. Redington Beach
190 173rd Avenue
North Redington Beach, FL 33708-1397
Madeira Beach:
Mr. Michael Maxemow
Public Works Director
City of Madeira Beach
300 Municipal Drive
Madeira Beach, FL 33708-1996
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Pinellas Park:
Mr. RandalA. Roberts
Streets & Drainage Division
City of Pinellas Park
6051 78th Ave. N.
Pinellas Park, FL 33781
Town of Redinaton Shores:
Ms. Mary Palmer
Town Clerk
Town of Redington Shores
17425 Gulf Blvd.
Redington Shores, FL 33708-1299
Seminole:
Mr. Allen Godfrey
Public Works Director
City of Seminole
7464 Ridge Road
Seminole, FL 33772-5226
St. Pete Beach:
Mr. Bill Miller
City of St. Pete Beach
155 Corey Avenue
St. Pete Beach, FL 33706-1839
Oldsmar:
Mr. Kevin Shropshire
City of Oldsmar
351 Lafayette Blvd.
Oldsmar, FL 34677-3756
Redinaton Beach:
Mr. Mark Davis
Public Works Director
Town of Redington Beach
105-164th Ave.
Redington Beach, FL 33708-1519
Safety Harbor:
Ms. Debbie Drees
City of Safety Harbor
750 Main Street
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
South Pasadena:
Mr. Gary Anderson
Public Works Director
7047 Sunset Dr. S.
South Pasadena, FL 33707-2895
Treasure Island:
Mr. James Newton
Water Pollution Control Supervisor
City of Treasure Island
120 108th Ave.
Treasure Island, FL 33706
Tarpon Sprinas:
Mr. Mark Schroeder
City of Tarpon Springs
323 E. Pine Street
Tarpon Springs, FL 34688
SECTION 8. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT is replaced by the following:
Any party may terminate this Agreement by notifying all other parties in writing thirty (30)
calendar days prior to work commencing at the beginning of the fiscal year. For all
parties, fiscal year begins on October 1 s" so termination notices shall be provided no
later than September 1 st. The Agreement will stay in effect for all parties remaining.
SECTION 10, AGREEMENT TERM is replaced by the following:
This Agreement shall take effect as provided in section 13 and shall remain in effect until
September 30th, 2010, unless renewed in writing by mutual agreement of all parties
hereto for an additional length of time.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto affixed their hands and
seals as the day and year first above written.
PINELLAS COUNTY, by and through its County Administrator:
By: _ 4z' A -
Robert S. L ala
County Administrator
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Witness: GG?
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By:f
ce of County Attorney
1. KENNETH P- BURKE, Clerk of the Circuit Court and
Clerk Ex-Offklo. Board of County Comrnissivnars,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a
true and coned copy of the on Mal as it appears
In the official files of the Board of County
Corrnnissipners of Pinetias County. Florida. Witness
my hand d seal said County FL this day
of A.D. 20
KE erk the Circuit Court Fx-Offloo
Clerk of the Board of County. Commissioners,
Pinellas County. Florida.
BY,
lie
ri
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN PINELLAS
COUNTY AND ITS N.P.D.E.S PERMIT FLS000005 CO-PERMITTEES FOR THE
DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE AMBIENT
WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
Countersigned:
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
:t--e' K ~ By
Ra'nk V. Hibbard
Mayor
tfJ~B- ~7L
William B. Horne II
City Manager
Approved as to form:
Attest:
Leslie K. Dougall- i s
Assistant City Atto
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MAINTENANCE OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
TOWN OF BELLEAIR
TOWN OF BELLEAIR
Town Mayor
By_
Tow eager
Attest:
Depu Town Clerk
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MAINTENANCE OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
CITY OF BELLEAIR BEACH
CITY OF BE
City
By: u -6, )? l ? e- &&Z40
City snag
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OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
CITYITOWN OF Belleair Bluffs
City/Town of Belleair Bluffs
By:
Ci
By:
City Manager
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PINELLAS COUNTY AND ITS N.P.D.E.S. PERMIT FLS000005
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CITY OF DUNEDIN 0320
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City of Dunedin
By: if
. Mayor, Bob Hackwodh
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By:
City Man Robert Dispirito
\ Attest:
V x.51
City Clerk, Jerie Guedalh
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PINELLAS COUNTY AND ITS N.P.D.E.S. PERMIT FLS000005
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MAINTENANCE OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
CITY OF GULFPORT
City of Gulfport
By:
Michael Yak yor
B !/Jx7
Jim O'Reilly, Acting City Manager
Z h City C erk
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OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
CITY/TOWN OF TOWN OF KENNETH CITY
City/Town of Kenneth City
By:
City Mayor
By: N/A
City Manager
Attest:
City Cier
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CITY OF INDIAN ROCKS BEACH
City of Indian Rocks Beach
By:
R.B. Johnso , Mayor By:
Danny E. Taylo , InteriCi manager
A st:
City Clerk
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CITY/TOWN OF LARGO
City/T of Larg
By
M yor
IC?-
By: 7-
City Manager
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MAINTENANCE OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
CITY OF Madeira Beach
By:
City of N?bdqira B h
?atricia J/ayor t Sho
By;
W.D. i i otham, Jr.
City er
Attest:
nise M. Schlegel
City Clerk
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TOWN OF NORTH REDINGTON BEACH
Town of No/th Regington Beach
By:
M.
Aft t:
Mari mpbe , M , Town Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Edwin Peck, Town Attorney
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CITY of OLDSMAR, FLORIDA
By:
CITY OF OLDSMAR, FLORIDA
,JinyRonecker, City Mayor
T. Haddock, City Manager
Approved as to form and content by:
Awffias Trask, 0 Attorney
Attest:..-
Lisa A. Lene, City Clerk
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CITY. (W PI MLAS PARK
City of Pinellas Park
4/11
CI y LMavylare-7 William Mischler
By:
y Manager, Michael B. Gustafson
Diane/M. Corna
Ap oved as to form and content:
City Attorney, James.W. Denhardt
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CITY/TOWN OF ### REDINGTON BEACH
City/Town of ### REDINGTON BEACH
By
tSy:
Attest:
(?:"- 4'? -
Jerk Janina Patrus, CMC
City Manager
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CITYITOWN OF
REDINGTON SHORES
City/Town of ..Redingt~on Shores
B. .
'-tity Way-or
By:
City Manager
Attest: ? ?k &'
4r, y Clerk
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CITY OF SAFETY HARBOR
By:
City of Safe-ty-Harbor
Andy Ateingold,-M Mayor
Matthew SbobrXiN-lAaaAer
Attest:
Cath Benson, City Clerk
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City of Seminole
By: _ _
Frank admunds, City anager
Attes
Clerk
to Form:
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MAINTENANCE OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
CITY OF ST PETE BEACH
City of St Pete Beach
By: kCity M yor
By: -i}
City Manager
Atte t:
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0 A If /I an
ity C erk
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CITYRXWWOF ### SOUTH PASADENA
City&AM"f ### SOUTH P ARENA
By: C
City Mayor
By:
City Manager
st:
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City
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CITYITOWN OF ###
City/Town of ###
By: ti
City Mayor,
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( q If a By: j Manager
Attest:
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City Cler ?? `
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MAINTENANCE OF THE AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
CITY/TOWN OF Treasure Island
City/Town of Treasure Island
By:
By:
id Silverboard, City Manager
Attest:
Dawn Foss, City Clerk
Approved as to F rm:
r
Maura Kiefer, ty Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
PINELLAS COUNTY AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
IN COMPLIANCE WITH MS4 NPDES PERMIT FLS000005
The Pinellas County Department of Environmental Management (PCDEM) has conducted surface
water quality monitoring since 1991. The 1991-2002 monitoring program was designed to collect
monthly surface water quality data at a series of fixed stations in County streams, creeks, lakes
and marine waters. Beyond fulfilling the monitoring requirements of NPDES permit FLS000005,
this monitoring effort provided important water quality data to support Pinellas County watershed
planning initiatives, the Pinellas County Comprehensive Plan, and the Tampa Bay Estuary
Program (TBEP) Comprehensive and Conservation Management Plan (CCMP).
I nearly 2002, county staff recognized the need to assess receiving waterbody water quality with a
known level of confidence while minimizing sampling bias. In response to the need to improve
the monitoring program and growing NPDES and Florida Department of Environmental Protection
(FDEP) Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program requirements, Pinellas County and its co-
permittees entered into an Interlocal Agreement to re-design and share the costs of the Ambient
Water Quality Monitoring Program. The new program was designed to provide statistically valid
and defensible results and to fill gaps in the geographic coverage sampled by the 1991-2002
monitoring program.
A. What is the monitoring program intended to accomplish?
The revised monitoring program is a three-tiered monitoring approach aimed to:
· Assess status and trends in water quality of fresh and marine open waterbodies;
· Determine annual and seasonal pollutant loadings delivered from County sub-basins; and
· Determine the effectiveness of water quality Best Management Practices (BMPs)
implemented in the County.
The three program components are summarized below.
1. Probabilistic monitorinq desiqn for open waterbodies
The first tier of the monitoring program focuses on Pinellas County coastal waters, Lake
Seminole, and Lake Tarpon (Figure 1). The monitoring program is a probabilistic design that
employs an EMAP-based design element and a stratified random design element. The
probabilistic element allows for the calculation of estimates and confidence limits of the total
surface area for various water quality conditions within each geographic reporting unit or stratum.
The stratified random element allows for the calculation of mean annual estimates of population
means and confidence limits.
The strengths of this monitoring program are supported by the data analysis and reporting that can
be achieved including:
. Water quality status and trends calculations;
· Identification and prioritization of receiving waters not meeting designated uses; and
· Statistical water quality comparisons among geographical reporting units or strata.
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PINELLAS COUNTY WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
OPEN WATER SEGMENTS
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Figure 1. Pinellas County Water Quality Monitoring Program Open Water Segments
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Fixed site monitorina proaram
The second tier of the Pinellas County Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Program includes a
series of fixed stream and creek sites located in each basin within the permit coverage area
(Figure 2). Sites where water quality samples and flow measurements are taken are located
upstream of tidal influences to better characterize stream and creek water quality resulting
exclusively from freshwater runoff and to allow for receiving waterbody pollutant loading
estimates. Water quality (not flow) is sampled for a few additional sites that are located in marine
portions of streams, creeks, or channels.
These data are being used to generate baseline countywide loading estimates from a wide variety
of basin sizes and land uses as well as to characterize existing in-stream water quality conditions.
Flexibility in the year-to-year site selections and sampling frequencies must be allowed to
address refinements to sampling objectives and changing federal and state regulatory priorities.
In subsequent years it is anticipated that the fixed site monitoring effort will focus on a subset of
county basins that comprise a relatively large proportion of the total pollutant loadings generated
countywide by stormwater runoff. Sampling focus and intensity may also shift to basins
discharging to "Impaired Waters" as identified in the TMDL process.
2. Basin and land use specific Event Mean Concentration (EMC) development and BMP
evaluations.
In tier three of the monitoring program, Pinellas County is conducting EMC and BMP evaluations
at specific sites throughout the County. Monitoring is conducted manually or by using automated
sampling systems comprised of refrigerated auto samplers, multi-probe water quality meters, rain
gages, and flow sensors. Examples of ongoing evaluations include EMC development in the
Cross Bayou watershed and BMP evaluations in the Lake Seminole watershed.
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PINELLAS COUNTY WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
FIXED"LOCATION STREAM SITES
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Basins
1 Anclote River
2. K losterm an Bayou
3 Lake Tarpon
4. Brooker Creek
5. 0 Idsm ar
6. South Creek
7. Sutherland Bayou
8. Smith Bayou
9. Cedar Creek
10 CurlewCreek
11. Possum Branch
12. Bishop Creek
13 Mullet Creek
14. Alligator Creek
15 Spring Branch-Stevensons Creek
16. Coastal Zone 4
17. C o.stal Zone 1
18. Steven sons Creek
19. Aliens Creek
20. Coastal Zone 2
21 . Coastal Zone 3
22. Long Branch
23. Roosevelt
24. Cross Bayou
25. Starkey Road
26. Lake Seminole
27. McKay Creek
26. Coastal Zone 5
29. Plnellas Pork Ditch #1
30. Sawgrass Lake
31 . Tinney Creek
32. N.E. SI. Petersburg
33. 70th Ave North Canol
34. 54th Ave East Canol
35. Joes Creek
36. Long Beyou
37. Pasadena Lake
36. SW. SI. Petersburg
39. Bear Creek
40. Book er Creek
41 North Coffee P at Bayou
42. 45th Ave North East C enel
43. Coffee Pot B.you
44. Albert WMted
45. 34th Street
46. C iem Bayou
47. GUlfport
46. F renchm on's Creek
49. Lake Moggorie/Solt Creek
50. Big Bayou
51 Little Bayou Creek
52. P inellas Point
53. St. Joseph Sound
54. C learwoter Harbor North
55. C learwoter H arbor South
56 The Narrows
57. Boce Ciego Boy North
58. Boca Ciega Boy Central
59. Boca Clega Boy South
60. Boca Clego Bay South
61 Tamp. B.y
62. Tampa Bay (RIviere Bey)
63. Old Tam pa Bay
Figure 2. Pinellas County Water Quality Monitoring Program Fixed Site Locations.
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B. When and how is monitoring conducted?
1. Frequencv of monitorinq
Monitoring is conducted at four random sites in each open water segment and at all fixed sites
approximately every six weeks in the wet season and every seven weeks in the dry season or
eight times per year.
2. Tvpe of samplina (water column. bioloqv or sediment)
Surface water sampling as specified in DEP-SOP FS 2100 occurs at each site. Sites in the
Tampa Bay strata (E1-E7) were only sampled at water depths less than or equal to the 2-meter
mean lower low water isobath through 2007.
3. Parameters monitored at each station
Please note: the parameters listed below are currently being monitored; however, the list of
specific metrics analyzed may vary to some degree year-to-year as funding levels change and
specific programs objectives are revised.
For all monitorinq sites:
PH
Water Temperature
Specific Conductance/Salinity
Dissolved Oxygen
Chlorophyll-a, b, c and phaeophytin
Ammonia
N itrate-N itrite
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
Total Nitrogen (TN)
Total Phosphorous (TP)
Orthophosphate
Turbidity
Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
Color (Lake Seminole, Lake Tarpon, Alligator Lake, and Lake Chautauqua only)
For streams, creeks and lakes onlv:
Fecal Coliform
Enterococci
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD5)
Aluminum (Lake Seminole and bypass canal only)
For fixed sites onlv:
Flow
For open water sites onlv:
Secchi disk depth
Photosythetically Active Radiation (PAR)
Transmissivity
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Water quality parameters were selected to balance County, TBEP, Southwest Florida Water
Management District (SWFWMD), and state goals and objectives for water quality monitoring. For
example, Chlorophyll was selected as an indicator of phytoplankton biomass and to assess
achievement of segment specific chlorophyll targets set by the TBEP for Tampa Bay. In addition,
the state uses a Chlorophyll reference level in their Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
assessment program. TN, TP, and TSS were selected as indicators for water quality in part
because TN and TP are used to determine trophic status of lakes and TSS has a direct impact on
water clarity. External loadings of these constituents to Tampa Bay are periodically tracked by
TBEP as part of the CCMP. Water column light attenuation or water clarity is measured using a
Secchi disc, a light meter to determine PAR, and a transmissometer. The amount of surface light
reaching the bay bottom is of critical importance and is directly related to the health of seagrasses
and other submerged aquatic vegetation. Bacteriological monitoring serves as indicators of
pathogens at freshwater sites and for water quality assessments in the TMDL program. The
addition of BOD5 is necessary for meeting TMDL requirements.
For EMC evaluations:
Specific Conductance/Salinity
pH
Temperature
Dissolved Oxygen
Total Dissolved Solids
Total Suspended Solids
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Chemical Oxygen Demand
Oil & Grease
Nitrate + Nitrite (NOX)
Ammonia
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN)
Soluble TKN
Total Phosphorous
Orthophosphate
Fecal Coliform
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Lead
Zinc
Hardness
For BMP evaluations:
Specific Conductance/Salinity
pH
Temperature
Dissolved Oxygen
Total Dissolved Solids
Total Suspended Solids
NOX
Ammonia
TKN
Total Phosphorous
Orthophosphate
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Lead
Zinc
Fecal coliforms
Note: For EMC and BMP evaluations, parameters selected vary according to land use assessed
and specific objectives of each BMP evaluation.
c. Where are monitoring stations located?
Please refer to figures 1 and 2 for open water monitoring segments and fixed sites. As part of the
probabilistic design for monitoring water quality in county open water bodies, current funding
levels allow for 32 new random sampling locations to be sampled per segment each year. For
stream sites, as stated in section A, baseline loading estimates will be calculated to determine
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which basins contribute the greatest proportion of pollutant loads to county receiving waters. A
reduced number of fixed sites may be monitored in subsequent years to focus efforts on basins
delivering the greatest loads or on basins discharging to "Impaired" waters.
D. Quality Assurance
Pinellas County Environmental Management, Water Resources Management section staff
conduct all sampling activities in accordance with the applicable FDEP SOPs found in FAC.
Chapter 62-160. The FDEP Bureau of Laboratory staff audited the section's performance and the
section has met all FDEP requirements for monitoring and reporting.
E. Estimates of Pollutant Loadings
In year three of the permit, as required in Part V. A., seasonal pollutant loads and EMCs will be
calculated for each major drainage basin using a combination of referenced sources and data
collected as specified in tier three of the County's monitoring program.
F. Reporting
Pinellas County Environmental Management plans to report as follows:
Annual ReportinQ:
. Data summaries including mean, median, minimum, maximum, and standard error values
for open water segments and stream sites in narrative, tabular, and graphical formats;
. Cumulative Distribution Frequency (CDF) plots relating a quantitative water quality condition
or value (e.g., chlorophyll-a :511 ug/I) with a percentage of area within a segment (e.g., 82%
of Boca Ciega Bay);
. Estimates of the percent of impaired waters within each open water segment;
. Comparisons of water quality in eastern segments versus western segments and lake
comparisons; and
. Creek and stream loading estimates.
Everv other year: In addition to above, wet versus dry season comparisons.
Everv Five years: In addition to above, spatial and temporal trends are assessed.
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EXHIBIT B
MONITORING FEES BREAKDOWN BASED ON ACREAGE
Acreage figures provided by Pinel/as Acreaae as % Acreaae
County Planning Dept. (February 2008) of February
2008
1 Pinellas County 61413.001 48.79%
2 Town of Belleair 1149.056 0.91%
3 City of Belleair Beach 250.073 0.20%
4 City of Belleair Bluffs 224.419 0.18%
5 City of Clearwater 13926.821 11.06%
6 City of Dunedin 8845.336 7.03%
7 City of Gulfport 1609.563 1.28%
8 City of Indian Rocks Beach 399.832 0.32%
9 Town of Kenneth City 361.08 0.29%
10 City of Largo 9740.162 7.74%
11 City of Madeira Beach 444.683 0.35%
12 Town of North Redington Beach 127.702 0.10%
13 City of Oldsmar 5094.951 4.05%
14 City of Pinellas Park 8737.248 6.94%
15 Town of Redington Beach 155.924 0.12%
16 Town of Redington Shores 158.094 0.13%
17 City of Safety Harbor 2735.375 2.17%
18 City of St. Pete Beach 1088.094 0.86%
19 City of Seminole 2929.731 2.33%
20 City of South Pasadena 569.73 0.45%
21 City of Tarpon Springs 5164.295 4.10%
22 City of Treasure Island 754.817 0.60%
TOTALS 125879.99 100.00%
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EXHIBIT C
DESCRIPTION OF COSTS
1. OPERATING SUPPLIES
Operating expenses will include individual items and services exclusively related to the
monitoring program. This includes, but is not limited to, sample bottles, sample preservatives,
acids for cleaning bottles and glassware, chemical standards and filtration supplies. With each
invoice a detailed list of all items purchased for the monitoring program will be provided along
with labor and laboratory analysis costs.
2. ANNUAL PRICE INCREASES
Based on program costs over previous years, the COUNTY anticipates that annual program
cost may increase an average of 5% from year to year due to cost increases in salaries, supply
costs, and laboratory charges. In any given year, due to circumstances beyond the COUNTY's
control, some cost increases may exceed 5% (e.g. laboratory costs), and thus the overall
program cost increase may exceed 5%. The CO-PERMITTEES and COUNTY shall each pay
for the total annual cost of the program for each year of this agreement on a pro-rata basis in
accordance with those figures set forth in Exhibit B.
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