Review the Impact of Wetlands and Nonpoint Source Pollution Regulations on Agricultural Land: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and Rural Development of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, March 23, 1994Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres activities Administration agricultural lands agricultural nonpoint source agricultural producers approach areas assessment best management practices Chairman Clean Water Act Committee Congress conservation districts contamination cooperation coordination Corps cropland crops develop drinking water economic efforts environment environmental exemptions Extension Service Farm Bill Federal agencies flexibility forest funding goals ground water groundwater identified impact impaired implementation Iowa issues Land-Grant Universities landowners legislation management measures management plans management programs March 23 monitoring NASDA National Association National Wetlands natural resource nonpoint source pollution North Dakota NPS pollution nutrient permit pesticide point source point source pollution polluted runoff pollution control reauthorization regulations regulatory requirements runoff program Section 319 Section 404 program site-specific Soil and Water Soil Conservation Service specific subcommittee targeted Texas USDA voluntary Water Conservation water quality water quality problems watershed wetlands delineation wetlands policy wetlands protection Wetlands Reserve Program
Popular passages
Page 131 - The term wetlands means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
Page 116 - CZMA programs are the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Page 114 - States pursuant to a permit issued under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the "Clean Water Act...
Page 51 - USAGE'S water resources development program, "an interim goal of no overall net loss of the Nation's remaining wetlands base, as defined by acreage and function...
Page 226 - ... normally characterized by the prevalence of vegetation that requires saturated soil conditions for growth and reproduction...
Page 225 - Amendments of 1972 ("FWPCA"), which includes section 404 governing the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters at specified disposal sites.
Page 12 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear...
Page 225 - Supp. 685 (DDC, 1975), made clear that the definition "asserted Federal jurisdiction over the nation's waters to the maximum extent permissible under the Commerce clause of the Constitution.
Page 216 - ... REQUIRE AGGRESSIVE NONREGULATORY PROGRAMS INCLUDING PUBLIC ACQUISITION AND INCENTIVES FOR SET-ASIDES AND FOR RESTORATION ACTIVITIES. FEDERAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR SUCH PROGRAMS SHOULD BE FROM THE BROADEST SOURCES POSSIBLE WITH NO SINGLE INDUSTRY REQUIRED TO BEAR A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE COST. 5. SUBSTANTIAL REFORM OF THE SECTION 404 PERMITTING PROCESS IS NECESSARY TO CONSOLIDATE AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY, TO EXPEDITE ROUTINE PERMITTING, TO INCREASE FLEXIBILITY IN THE PROGRAM, AND TO PROVIDE...
Page 97 - Pending reauthorization of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act...