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NASULGC National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges 



Impact of Wetlands and Nonpoint Source Pollution 

 Regulations on Agricultural Land 



U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture 



Subcommittee on Enviranment, Credit and Rural Development 



March 23, 1994 



Statement of 



Dr. Terry L. Nipp 



Water Quality and Environmental Policy Project Director, 



Experiment Station and Extension Service Committees on Organization and Policy, of the 



National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges 



Mr. Chairman, Members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for this 

 opportunity to address the issue of nonpoint source pollution. I am speaking on behalf of the 

 Committees on Organization and Policy of the State Agricultural Experiment Stations and the 

 State Extension Services, of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant 

 Colleges (NASULGC). 



The Land-Grant universities have been actively involved in addressing water quality and 

 nonpoint source pollution issues for a number of years. Research and extension programs are 

 well underway in the States. As a result of these activities, the State Research and Extension 

 Directors have appointed a "Working Group" of research and extension specialists to follow the 

 policy debates underway regarding nonpoint source pollution and the Clean Water Act. This 

 group of specialists has developed a "Working Paper" on the Clean Water Act, which I would like 

 to submit for the record, with your permission. 



In my testimony today, I would like to briefly touch on three issues: (1) the importance of 

 multi-agency cooperation; (2) the need for a rational structure for balancing voluntary and 

 mandatory approaches to protecting water quality; and (3) the roles of state research and 

 extension programs in protecting water quality. 



MuKixagency cooperation 



Over the past several years, the National Association of State Universities and Land- 

 Grant Colleges (NASULGC) has reorganized its fundamental structure. NASULGC realized that 

 the many social and environmental issues facing us today requires the joint input and insights of 

 the different disciplines and divisions within our universities. A Commission on Food, 

 Environment and Renewable Resources was created to foster communication among the groups 

 within our universities that respectively focus on agriculture, natural resources, marine resources 

 and the environment. A component of this Commission has been meeting regulariy with officials 



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