FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 2, 1978
Clean Water Act aimed at
improving land management
MORROW SWCD ANNUAL REPORT
Authorized by the Clean
Water Act of 1977, Public Law
95-217, which was signed by
President Carter on Decem
ber 28, 1977. P.L. 95-217
amends the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act Amend
ments of 1972, P.L. 92-500
providing additional responsi
bilities and authorities to
improve the quality of the
Nation's waters.
Legislative History
During June 1977 the Senate
Committee on Environmental
and Public Works held field
hearings on amendments to
P.L. 92-500. Farm and envi
ronmental organizations, soil
conservation districts, State
conservation agencies, and
"208" planning agencies testi
fied on the need for Federal
assistance to control non-point
source pollution.
During later consideration
of the Clean Water Act,
Senator John C. Culver of
Iowa introduced an amend
ment to Section 208 of 92-500,
entitled "Agricultural Cost
Sharing", also called the
"Rural Clean Water Pro
gram". Authority
Section 208 directs "the
Secretary of Agriculture, with
the concurrence of the Admi
nistrator, Enviromental Pro
tection Agency, and acting
through the Soil Conservation
Service and such other agen
cies of the Department of
Agriculture as the Secretary
may designate. ..to establish
and administer a program to
enter into contracts of not less
than five years nor more than
ten years with owners and
operators having control of
rural land for the purpose of
installing and maintaining
measures incorporating best
management practices to con
trol non-point source pollution
for improved water quality..."
P.S. 95-217 authorizes $200
million for fiscal year 1979 and
$400 million for fiscal year
1980 to be appropriated for
carrying out the program.
Actions
To provide technical and
financial help in rural areas
that are implementing EPA
approved water quality man
agement plans under Section
208 of P.S. 92-500, USDA will
take these steps:
1. Assist in developing
plans, approved by local
soil conservation districts,
with land owners and
operators for their farms,
ranches, or other lands.
2. Help land owners and
operators carry out the
plans by providing techni
cal assistance and by
sharing the cost of plan
ned measures to improve
water quality. (Cost shar
ing is limited to 50 per cent
except in special cases
determined by the Secre
tary.) 3. Give priority to areas
and sources that have the
most significant effect
upon water quality and,
together with local soil
conservation districts, de
termine the priority of as-
....or the purpose of installing
and maintaining measures
incorporating best management
practices to control non-point
source pollution for im proved
water quality
sistance among individual
land owners and operators
to assure that the most
critical water quality pro
blems are addressed.
4. Enter into agreements
with soil conservation dis
tricts, State soil and water
conservation agencies, or
State water quality agen
cies to administer all or
part of the program.
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