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Settlement AgreementSettlement Agreement • October 28th, 2002
The 1991 Settlement Agreement ended the Everglades lawsuit and was entered into by the federal government, the State of Florida and 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 (Refuge) must be met by Feb. 1, 1999, and Dec. 31, 2006, respectively. The concentration levels vary monthly because they are calculated as a function of water stage measured at gaging stations 1-7, 1-8C and 1-9 within the Refuge. The stage range within which the interim and long-term concentration levels are applicable is 15.42 to 17.14 feet (mean sea level). The monthly total phosphorus concentrations are determined from water samples collected at 14 interior marsh stations (LOX 3 through LOX 16). As required in the Consent Decree, the concentrations are converted to a geometric mean, which is compared to the interim and long-te
