Laserfiche WebLink
<br />''''I <br />'i'V <br />'~~,:, <br /> <br />:1 Chapter I - Introduction <br />J;~~j <br /> <br />~f~ <br /> <br />.f~'l' <br />(~~1 <br /> <br />:-~~;.~ <br />:,:'~.., <br />~2:R~ <br /> <br />tv <br />(0 Background <br />0) <br />~ The Federal Clean Water Act of the 1987 established a new direction for the <br /> <br />water quality efforts of the nation. Nonpointsource water pollution, that is' <br /> <br />pollution which is not regulated as point sources and is caused by diffuse <br /> <br />sources, is recognized as a serious impediment to meeting the goals of the <br /> <br /> <br />. W~ Clean Water Act. The Act states specifically: <br /> <br />'-;;'~i <br />""':1' <br />....:. <br />':;..:~' <br /> <br />:';yl <br />"'~ <br />~:~ff <br /> <br />;"':',; <br />">1' <br />.,';,;' <br />?J:! <br /> <br />'-;:.':~ <br /> <br />{i <br />i';',:i <br /> <br />~$1 <br /> <br />~t~f <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />F) <br /> <br />i;~. :: <br />, , <br /> <br />.,,;.: <br /> <br />:f;.',,; <br />t~ <br /> <br />.. <br />.. . <br /> <br />it is the national policy that programs for the control of <br /> <br />nonpoint sources of pollution be developed and implemented in an <br /> <br />expeditious manner so as to enable the goals of this Act to be met <br /> <br />through the control of both point and nonpoint sources of pollution." <br /> <br />In keeping with this policy the Clean Water Act was amended to include, <br /> <br />Se.ction 319 Nonpoint Source Management Programs. This new section provides <br /> <br />the legal basis for the implementation of nonpoint source programs"and, <br /> <br />identifies the requirements states must meet to qualify for assistance under <br /> <br />the Act. Section 319 stresses two items which must be completed. by a state <br /> <br />previous to consideration for grants to ameliorate nonpoint source problems. <br /> <br />These are: <br /> <br />1) State assessment report <br /> <br />2) State management program <br /> <br />-29- <br />