Water Quality: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, on Water Quality, February 23, 2000 |
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Page 167 - Administrator for approval, a report which — (A) identifies those navigable waters within the State which, without additional action to control nonpoint sources of pollution, cannot reasonably be expected to attain or maintain applicable water quality standards...
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Page 130 - In particular, the statute defines "point source" to mean: ... any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged.
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Page 82 - Is struck by the heavy-handed command and control federal approach being imposed upon states and private industrial and non-industrial forest landowners throughout the country. Some important stakeholders in the issue including the National Association of State Foresters, the Society of American Foresters; and the agriculture and ranching community all have serious concerns with the proposed rulemaking.
Page 150 - Farm Bureau is a free, independent, nongovernmental voluntary organization of farm and ranch families united for the purpose of analyzing their problems and formulating action to achieve educational improvement, economic opportunity and social advancement, thereby promoting the national welfare.
Page 239 - Concerned Area Residents for the Environment v. Southview Farm. 34 F.3d 114 (2d.
Page 155 - ... the identified waters or parts thereof. Such estimates shall include a calculation of the maximum heat input that can be made into each such part and shall include...