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Fortunately, there is a rule in Florida that seems to do both successfully. It is that the permit holders shall provide annual documentation that there has been no net loading of phosphorus by accounting for phosphorus applied to the site with the amount of phosphorus exported in production generated on the site. In short, no more phosphorus can be put down than the crop is actually using. This should be documented and supported with appropriate monitoring. 3. The rule should make clear that from this point forward the cost of remediation for any damage done to the waters of the State of Florida is paid for by the entities responsible for the pollution. This provision also will require appropriate monitoring so that those responsible for the damage can be properly identified. The science is clear: the risk of negative phosphorus impacts on surface waters increases with higher levels of soil phosphorus, proximity of surface waters, and well-defined pathways for transporting soil phosphorus to surface waters. These conditions are all met at Blue Cypress Lake. Additionally, in the past years tons of biosolids have been dumped in the near vicinity of Blue Cypress. There is now a documented problem with phosphorus in the Blue Cypress Lake, just as science has said there would be. What we in Indian River County need is a rule that will clearly stop the dumping of biosolids in areas that will further pollute our waters. To most of us in Indian River County, the present rule appears to be focused on insuring that management costs for municipalities is reduced and not that the waters of the State of Florida are protected. This is something that our citizens cannot accept. They may not understand the ins- and-outs of biosolids but they know that something stinks when they are being told to spend ten to fifteen thousand dollars apiece to move off their septic tanks (to County sewer) because of the crisis that their perhaps five pounds of phosphorus annually is causing in the Indian River Lagoon, when just to the west of them literally tons of phosphorus from South Florida have been dumped -- after being properly permitted by FDEP-- onto fields at the headwaters of the St. Johns River. All the while having been made aware that during this period of permitted dumping, the previously healthy waters of the Blue Cypress Lake have been significantly impaired. Please change your focus and change the rule. Change your focus from reducing the costs for South Florida waste producers to protecting the environment of Florida and change the rule so that it protects the Blue Cypress Lake and similar waters in our great state. If there is anything that I can do to help make a better rule, please let me know. Sincerely, Bob Solari Chairman, Indian River County Board of County Commissioners Commissioner, District 5 bsolari(a:irct;ov.corn 772-226-1438