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<br />" <br /> <br />~ <br />Atomspheric deposition <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />'N <br />~ <br />00 <br />I~ <br /> <br />Waste storage/storate tank leaks <br /> <br />';~~ <br />" <br />..,.~ <br /> <br />Highway maintenance and runoff <br /> <br />..:0 <br />.:' <br /> <br />Spills <br /> <br />.' <br />?; <br /> <br />Natural <br /> <br />,. <br />;., <br /> <br />( ,~ <br /> <br />Off road vehicles <br /> <br />>: <br />.~. <br />, <br /> <br />Format of the State Assessment Re~ort <br />The assessment information is presented through a watershed approach. Each of <br /> <br />":> <br />~) : <br /> <br />the major drainage basins will be described individually with first a general <br /> <br />~ <br />41 <br /> <br />description of the basin and its waters, followed by nonpointimpacts <br /> <br />described narratively beginning with the headwaters and working downstream <br /> <br />}; <br />fJ.~ <br /> <br />through the basin. Following the narrative a chart. listing the impacted <br /> <br />. i~, <br /> <br />waters which notes locations, categories of nonpoint pollution, and sources of <br /> <br />pollution, is presented. A severity index is also included on the chart. <br /> <br />w; <br />y;J <br />,.,../ <br />~,,! <br /> <br />Low, moderate, and high severity ratings are assigned for each listing on the <br /> <br />.,.~: <br />:.;~, <br /> <br />:':._:; <br /> <br />charts. This severity index is subjective in nature and is based on known <br /> <br />:.'::, <br /><';~ <br />'-;; <br /> <br />beneficial use impairment, water quality standards and criteria exceedances, <br /> <br />and the knowledge of individuals and agencies. The method of assessment is <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />also indicated on the charts, monitored information, or hard data, is <br /> <br />represted by a "M", evaluated information, or soft data, is represented by an <br /> <br />-."~' <br />~".' <br />'''. <br />, <br />r,~. <br />'-1;." <br /> <br />liE". <br /> <br />-46- <br /> <br /> <br />,,\; <br />