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  • Flood Control
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Everglades Technical Oversight Committee (TOC)

Overview

The Everglades Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) originated from the Settlement Agreement of July 11, 1991, as a mechanism for technical review and conflict resolution to support the Everglades Program begun by the Settlement Agreement and continued in the 1994 Everglades Forever Act (373.4592 Florida Statutes).

The 1991 Settlement Agreement ended the Everglades lawsuit and was entered into by the federal government, the State of Florida aXnd the South Florida Water Management District. The subsequent Consent Decree, as modified in 1995, specified that interim and long-term phosphorus concentration levels for the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge must be met by Feb. 1, 1999, and Dec. 31, 2006, respectively. The Consent Decree also provides interim and long-term total phosphorus concentration limits for Everglades National Park effective Dec. 31, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2006, respectively. The Settlement Agreement calls for the construction of stormwater treatment areas to meet the long-term phosphorus limits and establishment of a regulatory program, with agricultural best management practices as a key component.

In accordance with the Joint Progress Report submitted to the U.S. District Court on Oct. 30, 1995, the TOC was organized for consensus building and dispute avoidance on technical issues related to Everglades monitoring, phosphorus management and applied research. The TOC meets at least quarterly to review and recommend applied research, monitoring and compliance conducted pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement and to consider technical advice and assistance from consultants and appropriate state and federal agencies regarding Everglades Program activities. Although the TOC does not bind any party or person as an independent authority, it does provide a public forum to evaluate technical information, particularly as it relates to water quality management and compliance tracking in the Everglades Protection Area. The TOC's overall charge is to serve the needs of the parties to the Settlement Agreement to deliberate and communicate on technical matters.

TP Compliance Table

  • Refuge TP Compliance Table, 2007 through Second Quarter 2020 [PDF]
  • Provisional Shark River Slough TP Tracking Report, Second Quarter 2020 – Method 1.5 [PDF]
  • Taylor Slough and Coastal Basin Tracking Report, Second Quarter 2020 - Method 3 [PDF]

Settlement Agreement Reports and Related Documents

THIRD QUARTER 2020

  • 2020, Third Quarter - Quality Assessment Report for Water Quality Monitoring, July- September 2020
  • 2020, Third Quarter Quality Assessment Report for Water Quality Monitoring, July - September 2020 Water Quality Data

Settlement Agreement and Companion Reports »


Next Scheduled Quarterly Meeting
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Meetings will include online public engagement as part of SFWMD's efforts to engage public and stakeholders while preventing potential spread of COVID-19.

The meeting will be held online only using Zoom.

TELECONFERENCE AND WEB MEETING INFORMATION

Meeting ID and link to Zoom meeting:

Please see Agenda. 

Instructions for Public Attendees participating in Zoom meeting

Below is a link to register. After you register, you will receive a link sent to your email address. 
 
Meeting ID and Link to Web Meeting:

(Agenda is Pending)

Zoom Registration Link

Instructions for Participating in the Web Meeting [PDF]
Guidelines for Teleconference Users »
  • If possible, please dial-in from a regular (land line) phone instead of a mobile phone or your computer.
  • Please keep your phone on mute when not speaking.
  • When speaking, please DO NOT use the speaker phone setting.
  • Please note that the web broadcast of the meeting will have a few seconds delay compared to what you hear on the phone.

 

Everglades Technical Oversight Committee Meetings

TOC Member Agency Representatives

  • Julianne T. LaRock, P.E., South Florida Water Management District
  • Lori Miller, Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
  • Frank Powell, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  • Daniel Crawford, P.E., United States Army Corps of Engineers
  • Donatto Surratt, Everglades National Park

For more information on the TOC, please contact Violeta Ciuca.


To request a TOC meeting transcript, please contact:

  • Florida Court Reporting
    2161 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 302
    West Palm Beach, Florida 33409
    (561) 689-0999
    depos@floridacourtreporting.com
     

Cover Sheets for Documents and Presentations

Please use these templates for all documents and presentations for the TOC meetings or website.

  • Cover sheet for TOC [DOCX]
  • MS WORD, 2003 version 
     
  • Cover sheet for TOC [PPTX]
  • MS PowerPoint, 2003 version

MEETINGS AND DOCUMENTS ARCHIVE

(NOTE: TOC meeting notes in this archive include embedded links for convenience. Due to updates to the SFWMD's website, links in meeting notes prior to October 2016 may no longer function. All documents linked in the meeting notes remain available in the archive below.)

2020
02/18/2020 Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
05/05/2020 Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
08/11/2020 Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
10/27/2020 Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download 
2019
01/29/2019 (canceled) Meeting Documents 
06/25/2019 Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
09/25/2019 (meeting not held) Documents
11/05/2019 Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
2018
02/27/2018 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
05/01/2018 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
07/24/2018 (canceled) Meeting Documents
10/30/2018 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
2017
01/31/2017 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
05/23/2017 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
07/18/2017 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
10/24/2017 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
2016
01/26/2016 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
04/26/2016 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
07/19/2016 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
10/18/2016 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
2015
02/04/2015 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
04/28/2015 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
07/28/2015 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
10/27/2015 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
2014
04/01/2014 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
07/29/2014 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
10/21/2014 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
2013
02/19/2013 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
03/26/2013 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
05/14/2013 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
2012
02/28/2012
05/30/2012
08/21/2012
12/18/2012 Meeting Documents - Streaming Video - MP4 Download
2011
03/01/2011
05/31/2011
09/14/2011
11/29/2011
 
2010
03/02/2010
04/20/2010 (Special Meeting)
05/18/2010
08/31/2010
10/19/2010
11/30/2010
 
2009
01/29/2009
03/24/2009
06/30/2009
12/15/2009
 
2008
02/26/2008
05/20/2008
 
2007
02/27/2007
05/22/2007
06/19/2007
08/28/2007
12/18/2007
 
2006
02/21/2006
05/23/2006
06/16/2006
10/03/2006
11/14/2006
12/20/2006
 
2005
01/25/2005
02/24/2005
05/17/2005
06/13/2005
07/12/2005
08/16/2005
10/18/2005
12/01/2005
 
2004
01/08/2004
02/03/2004
03/02/2004
04/06/2004
05/25/2004
08/26/2004
11/08/2004
11/30/2004
 
2003
02/11/2003
06/03/2003
07/24/2003
08/12/2003
10/30/2003
 
2002
01/29/2002
04/23/2002
08/01/2002
11/07/2002
 
2001
02/09/2001
05/21/2001
10/09/2001
 
2000
01/25/2000
05/12/2000
09/07/2000
 
1999
01/19/1999
03/16/1999
05/25/1999
08/18/1999
 
1998
11/12/1998
 
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