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 Evaluation of Existing guidelines 



The state, large private corporations, and the Bureau of Land Management 

 have operating guidelines pertaining to the protection of water quality. 

 These guidelines, along with the Streambed Preservation Act and other 

 existing controls, have undoubtedly helped prevent some water quality 

 problems. 



Examples of these guidelines can be found in Appendix D. (water quality 

 protection on timber sales on state forest lands), and to a lesser 

 extent in Appendices A , B , and C . 



Although these guidelines are a step in the right direction, it is 

 evident by the number of problems discussed in Section VI that additional 

 steps are necessary to further reduce the number, magnitude, and 

 duration of problems. Either the guidelines are inadequate or ad- 

 ministration of the guidelines is inadequate. 



