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STATEWIDE NON-POINT SOURCE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT 



A statewide non-point water pollution control law could be developed 

 to regulate all land use activities which could affect water quality, 

 including silvicultural practices. Implementation could be designed 

 at the state and/or local level. Such a law would have the advantage 

 of uniform control measures for those land uses potentially causing 

 water quality problems and would not single out specific uses as does 

 a Forest Practices Act. Best Management Practices (rules promulgated 

 pursuant to the Act) could be developed for each land use activity 

 depending on severity of problems and specific control measures per- 

 tinent to the activities. 



Existing state or local agencies do not have adequate staffing or 

 funding to implement a non-point source water pollution control law. 



A major disadvantage of a comprehensive control law is that opponents 

 representing various land users could combine their efforts to lobby 

 against the proposed legislation if control standards were too stringent 

 to suit them. 



