Document Summary

This is a Task Assignment Notification Form for Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Contract No. WQ019, issued on July 15, 2015, between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and AMEC/Tetra Tech (Contractor: Mike Phelps, 863-867-2345; FDEP Contract Manager: Moira Rosas Homann, 850-245-6460). The task assignment covers modeling support for Lake Jesup Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Refinement and Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) allocation, as well as TMDL development for seven impaired lakes in the Lake Jesup watershed.

The total task assignment value is $319,452.60, comprising a fee schedule of $306,117.60 and cost reimbursement of $7,335.00. The performance period extends from the task assignment notification through June 30, 2018. The contract is funded through Florida's Environmental Protection budget code 37/3003010/00, Object Code 131300, and Special Category 088964. The scope of work includes six primary tasks: (1) evaluating revision and recalibration needs for existing HSPF, EFDC, and WASP hydrologic models; (2) revising and recalibrating the HSPF model; (3) developing background scenario modeling for BMAP load allocation; (4) revising and recalibrating receiving water models (EFDC and WASP); (5) developing WASP model applications for three impaired lakes and training FDEP staff for four additional lakes; (6) preparing comprehensive project reports; and (7) communications and stakeholder meetings. The work focuses on Lake Jesup and seven other nutrient-impaired waterbodies including Howell Lake, Little Lake Howell, Fruitwood Lake, Lake Adair, Lake Spring, Bear Gulley Lake, and Lake Georgia.