Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management protocol for addressing Clean Water Act section 303(d) listed waters
By: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Land Management
Edition: Version 2.0
Publisher: USDA Forest Service; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Water quality management; Water quality; Standards; Water; Pollution; Law and legislation
Other titles: Protocol for addressing Clean Water Act section 303(d) listed waters
Description: "It is the responsibility of the Forest Service (FS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as Federal land management agencies through implementation of the Clean Water Act (CWA), to protect and restore the quality of public waters under their jurisdiction. Protecting water quality is addressed in several sections of the CWA, including sections 303, 313, and 319. Best Management Practices (BMPs) are used to meet water quality standards (or water quality goals and objectives) under Section 319. Waterbodies that do not meet water quality standards with implementation of existing management measures are listed as impaired under section 303( d) of the CWA"--Page 1.
Notes: "May 1999."

"This protocol is applicable for use in Forest Service Regions 1, 4,and 6 ; Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana Bureau of Land Management State Offices ; and the Environmental Protection Agency Regions 8, 9. and 10."

Includes bibliographical references (page 20).

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