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Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water (WH-547) EPA 832-R-92-005, September 1992 <br />as found in Appendix E Glossary as follows: <br />"Best Management Practices (BMPs): Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, <br />maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of <br />waters of the United States. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and <br />practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw <br />material storage. With regard to construction these may include structural devices or nonstructural <br />practices that are designed to prevent pollutants from entering water or to direct the flow of water."