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           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                  WASHINGTON, D.C.   20548

                              FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                              EXPECTED AT 9 A.M. EDT
   110256                     THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1979

                        STATEMENT OF
                  HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR
         COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                         BEFORE THE

  SELECT PANEL TO ADDRESS NONPOINT POLLUTION IN THE POTOMAC
         HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                             ON

            THE IMPACT OF NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION ON
               EETING NATIONAL WATER QUALITY GOALS

MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SELECT PANEL:

     WE ARE HERE AT YOUR INVITATION TO PRESENT OUR VIEWS ON

THE IMPACT THAT NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION HAS ON MEETING THE

NATIONAL WATER QUALITY GOAL OF FISHABLE/SWIMMABLE WATER BY

1983. OUR COMMENTS ARE BASED ON CONCERNS PRESENTED IN A

NUMBER OF OUR ISSUED REPORTS (ATTACHMENT 1) WHICH ADDRESS A

WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE NONPOINT

POLLUTION PROBLEM AND WHICH CONTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS AIMED AT

DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM.

     NONPOINT POLLUTION CAN HAVE A MAJOR NEGATIVE IMPACT ON

THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING SPENT TO ABATE POINT

SOURCES OF POLLUTION. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT NONPOINT

POLLUTION BECAUSE THE EXTENT OF THE NATIONWIDE PROBLEM IS

UNKNOWN, DATA ON ITS EFFECT IS INADEQUATE, SOLUTIONS ARE

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