According to the federal Water Quality Act of 1987, each state government are supposed to draw up a list of "impaired" waters in each state, including a list of individual polluters, and the amounts of pollution they discharge, and then to develop individual control strategies for each polluter. The federal government recently issued a document describing how this process is supposed to be carried out in each state. To get a copy, contact James Taft, Office of Water Enforcement and Permits (EN-336), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; phone (202) 475-9537. Ask for "Guidance for Implementation of Requirements under Section 304(1) of the Clean Water Act as Amended." Additional information appears in the FEDERAL REGISTER Vol. 53, No. 53 (March 18, 1988), pg. 8973.
--Peter Montague, Ph.D.

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