Technical Summary 



tracking capability, liaison among municipal boards, advice and technical 

 assistance, and coordination with Conservation Districts and state agencies. 



Staffing 



In all of the agencies concerned with non<point source related permitting 

 and review, staff limitations and the burden of permit review create a focus 

 on achieving efficient permit decision-making to the exclusion of broader 

 program development, strategic planning, program coordination, or review 

 of cumulative effects. Staffs newi to be expanded to allow for rational development of 

 consistent long-term resource protection strategies. 



Staffs of Conservation Districts, the Division of Planning, DEM, and 

 CRMC need to be expanded to ensure that technically quaiifled individuals 

 are available to undertake "outreach" activities critically necessary to ensure 

 successful implementation of the non-point source control and land use management 

 strategies potentially undertaken by towns. Outreach should involve regular 

 attencknce/participation in meetings of town councils, planning boards, zoning boards, 

 conservation commissions, wastewater management distria boards, other town 

 commissions, citizens groups, etc. 



Sufficient funding and staff resources needs to be provided for Conservation Districts 

 to enable the Districts to inventory sources, provide technical assistance to municipalities 

 and farm operators, monitor BMP maintenance and effectiveness, and implement other 

 programs as necessary to meet their expanding responsibilities in non-point source 

 management 



Funding and Resource Allocation 



Additional funding is badly needed for such functions as source 

 inventorying, resource data gathering, working with local governments to 

 encourage adoption of local ordinances and non-point source control 

 measures, workshops, technical assistance for local government and 

 interest groups, permit processing, and enforcement. 



More effective use may be made of existing funds by: 



a) expediting preparation of available mapping and remote sensing resources, 

 especially in critical areas, and where local govemments have demonstrated a 

 willingness to undertake regulatory efforts; 



b) delegating appropriate portions of problem definition, inventory, program 

 adnunistration, and enforcement responsibilities to local govemments or other 

 agencies where clearly established program roles have been defined, and where 

 municipalities are wilUng and able to exceed the stringency of state level 

 requirements; 



c) encouraging private resource protection by landowners and interest groups; 



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