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AFFIDAVIT O F DAVID STURDEVANT 



1. I am employed by the Alaska Department of Environmental 

 Conservation (ADEC) , in the Division of Environmental Quality, 

 Water Quality Management Section, as the nonpoint source 

 pollution control coordinator. In my position, I am responsible 

 for ADEC's project to evaluate and control nonpoint source 

 pollution throughout Alaska, including nonpoint source pollution 

 associated with timber harvest. I have been employed by ADEC 

 since 1976, and have been in my present position since October 

 28, 1987. I hold a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's 

 degree in ecology. I am familiar with the general impacts of 

 logging and roading on water quality in Alaska. 



2. In May of 1980, the U.S. Forest Service and ADEC signed 

 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) . In that MOU, the Forest 

 Service explicitly acknowledged its obligations for protection of 

 water quality on National Forest lands. The Forest Service 

 agreed to inform ADEC of known and suspected violations of state 

 water quality standards on National Forest lands; to monitor the 

 implementation of its management practices and their 

 effectiveness in meeting state water quality standards; and to 

 meet annually with ADEC to evaluate the program and review water 

 quality information. 



3. During my tenure in this position, the Forest Service 

 has not reported any water quality violations to ADEC, as far as 



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