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STATEWIDE SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL ACT 



A statewide soil erosion and sediment control law could be considered 

 which included silvicultural practices. The law could be similar 

 to a statewide non-point source water pollution control act except 

 that it would regulate only those land use activities where erosion 

 and sedimentation were the primary problems. This assumes that other 

 water quality problems such as increased temperatures, changes in 

 flow regimen, nutrient changes, etc. are not of sufficient magnitude 

 to require regulation or will be covered in another manner. Best 

 Management Practices (as rules and regulations) could be adopted which 

 specified sediment control measures for those land uses defined in the 

 Act. Besides regulating only erosion and sedimentation, this law 

 would have disadvantages similar to a statewide non-point source 

 water pollution control law. 



