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handle is hein.crs/crsnalcaaadk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 98-150 ENR Updated September 3, 1998 The Clean Water Action Plan: Background and Early Implementation Claudia Copeland Specialist in Environmental Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary Introduction and Background In October 1997, on the 25th anniversary of the Clean Water Act (CWA), Vice President Al Gore announced an initiative intended to build on the environmental successes of that Act and to address the Nation's remaining water quality challenges. While much progress has been made in achieving the ambitious goals of the law to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, problems persist. Based on the limited water quality monitoring that is done by states, it is estimated that about 40% of those waters do not meet applicable water quality standards. The types of remaining water quality problems, especially runoff from farms and ranches, city streets, and other diffuse sources, are more complex than is controlling pollution discharged from the end of pipes at factories and sewage treatment plants. The Vice President directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to coordinate the work of other federal agencies to develop an Action Plan within 120 days to improve and strengthen water pollution control efforts across the country. (Notice of Vice President Gore's Clean Water Initiatives., 62 Federal Register 60447-60449, Nov. 7, 1997). It was to focus on three goals: enhanced protection from public health threats posed by water pollution, more effective control of polluted runoff, and promotion of water quality protection on a watershed basis. The Congressional Research Service oe The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web

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