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<br />iol:lo <br />iol:lo <br />Ul <br />00 <br /> <br />The State Role in Public Information <br /> <br />The State information effort is key to the success of water <br />quality and quantity operations. Many of fhe public <br />information activities mentioned are being addressed in the <br />States.. The States are expected to continue their public <br />information efforts, tailoring them to loca! concerns, treatment <br />activities, and water quality effects. <br /> <br />New Directions and Partnerships <br /> <br />It is clear from the preceding sections that no single planned <br />product from the USDA Water Q'uality Program is to be <br />produced through the exclusive efforts of a single agency; all <br />aremultiagency activities. Also. many of the program's major <br />activities contribute to more than one set ot planned products. <br />These activities are coordinated by a network of interagency <br />committees. Many'of these committees are in place, and <br />others are currently being formed. <br /> <br />USDA Water Quality Program activities are closely <br />coordinated among USDA agencies and with the related <br />activities of EP A and- agencies of the Departments of Interior <br />and Commerce under the Pr~sident's Water Quality Initiative. <br />USDA recognizes that maintaining and improving water <br />quality is a State responsibility and will assist States in <br />implementing the nonpoint source management program <br />required under the Water Quality Act of 1987. The USDA <br />Water Quality Program will benefit from related past and <br />current departmental efforts in soil and water conservation, <br />public information, research, and extension. It will <br />complement the aims of established programs, such as those <br />addressing integrated pest management and sustainable and <br />alternative agricultural systems. <br /> <br />13 <br />