The Department of Environmental Protection proposed to develop and establish estuary-specific numeric nutrient criteria (NNC) for the following estuaries: portions of the Big Bend from Alligator Harbor to the Suwannee Sound; Cedar Key; St. Marys River estuary; Southern Indian River Lagoon; Mosquito Lagoon; several portions of the Intracoastal Waterway connecting estuarine systems; a variety of small gaps between estuaries with adopted NNC; and parameters for estuaries not currently covered by their adopted nutrient TMDLs, including Upper Escambia Bay, Lower St. Johns River, Indian River Lagoon, St. Lucie Estuary, and Caloosahatchee Estuary. The Legislature directed the Department to establish these estuary NNC by rule or final order by December 1, 2014. The date for a workshop on the rule development will be published in a future issue of the Florida Administrative Register at least 14 days prior to the workshop.See htttp://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=62-302.532&PDate=7/17/2014&Section=1.