EPA publishes new guidelines.(Legislative Update)

National Driller, December, 2003

The EPA has published new guidelines for the national nonpoint source (NPS) program implemented under section 319 of the Clean Water Act. These guidelines completely replace all previous NPS guidance beginning in fiscal year 2004. The guidelines focus approximately one-half of section 319 dollars on the remediation of impaired waters through the development of total maximum daily loads (TMDL) and the development and implementation of water-shed-based plans.

These plans provide an analytical framework for assessing the sources of water pollution; estimating the amount of pollutant reduction needed to achieve water quality standards; and identifying the management measures whose identifying financial and regulatory tools, as appropriate, that will enable the...

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