Over the years, federal regulators have made little effort to control runoff _ known technically as " non-point source pollution " _ largely because it is harder to measure and control than toxic substances that flow from " point sources " like industrial pipes.
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The non-point source pollution in Columbia caused by failing septic systems, run-off from surrounding agricultural land, and aerial spraying of herbicides threatens Schoodic Lake and kettle hole ponds, the Pleasant River and the headwaters of the Harrington River ( Great Marsh Stream and Dorr and Trout Brooks ).
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"Non-point source pollution " _ the technical name for runoff from broad areas as distinguished from " point source " pollution from factories and waste treatment plants _ is the biggest remaining threat to the nation's waterways and is not meaningfully covered under the Clean Water Act.
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Indicative for this shift are such elements as the codification of the precautionary approach and the establishment of requirements such as the " waste prevention audit, " the identification and control of the sources of contamination for certain materials, and the collaboration with relevant local and national agencies that are involved in point and non-point source pollution control.
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He speed-extols the Republican environmental record, jumping from Grant's establishment of Yellowstone to Bush's signing of the 1990 Clean Air Act and skipping right over Theodore Roosevelt, before sitting down and turning things over to the still-incumbent Chafee, whose remarks make reference to such legislative chewables as " wetlands mitigation banking " and " non-point source pollution ."
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The reserves are addressing water quality through intensive abiotic monitoring of estuarine habitats through the System-Wide Monitoring Program, working with farmers to develop and monitor best management practices from agriculture, monitoring the impacts of canopy cover on salmon habitats, addressing sedimentation impacts into coastal streams by working with adjacent land owners and evaluating land use impacts through tools such as the Non-Point Source Pollution, Erosion and Control ( NSPECT ) tool.
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Through the several offices and bureaus comprising the MDMR, the agency, together with the CMR, provides public services and plays a role in administering and enforcing Mississippi Seafood Laws, the Mississippi Coastal Wetlands Protection Act, the Public Trust Tidelands Act, the Boat and Water Safety Act, the Derelict Vessel Act, the Non-Point Source Pollution Act, the Magnuson Act, the Wallop-Breaux Sportfish Restoration Act, Marine Litter Act and other state and federal mandates.
