2000 NPS Management Program - 6 chapters:

• Introduction and Overview
• Agriculture - Silviculture
• Hydrologic Modification
• Information/Education
• Mining
• Urban/Construction

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Colorado Nonpoint Source Management Program - 2000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provided guidance to all states in 1996 that provided a new framework for the implementation of State nonpoint source programs under section 319 of the Clean Water Act. Beginning in late Fiscal Year 1996, States were to review and, as appropriate, revise nonpoint source management programs to reflect the following nine key elements:

1. Explicit short- and long-term goals, objectives and strategies to protect surface and ground water.

2. Strong working partnerships and collaboration with appropriate State, interstate, Tribal, regional, and local entities (including conservation districts), private sector groups, citizens groups, and Federal agencies.

3. A balanced approach that emphasizes both State-wide nonpoint source programs and on-the ground management of individual watersheds where waters are impaired or threatened.

4. The State program (a) abates known water quality impairments resulting from nonpoint source pollution and (b) prevents significant threats to water quality from present and future activities.

5. An identification of waters and watersheds impaired or threatened by nonpoint source pollution and a process to progressively address these waters.

6. The State reviews, upgrades and implements all program components required by section 319 of the Clean Water Act, and establishes flexible, targeted, iterative approaches to achieve and maintain beneficial uses of water as expeditiously as practicable.

7. An identification of Federal lands and objectives which are not managed consistently with State program objectives.

8. Efficient and effective management and implementation of the State's nonpoint source program, including necessary financial management.

9. A feedback loop whereby the State reviews, evaluates, and revises its nonpoint source assessment and its management program at least every five years.