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CHAPTER 3: Management Measures for
Forestry
I. INTRODUCTION
A. What "Management Measures" Are
This chapter specifies management measures to protect coastal waters from silvicultural sources of nonpoint pollution.
"Management measures" are defined in section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990
(CZARA) as economically achievable measures to control the addition of pollutants to our coastal waters, which
reflect the greatest degree of pollutant reduction achievable through the application of the best available nonpoint
pollution control practices, technologies, processes, siting criteria, operating methods, or.other alternatives.
These management measures will be incorporated by States into their coastal nonpoint programs, which under
CZARA are to provide for the implementation of management measures that are "in conformity" with this guidance.
Under CZARA, States are subject to a number of requirements as they develop and implement their Coastal Nonpoint
Pollution Control Programs in conformity with this guidance and will have some flexibility in doing so. The
application of these management measures by States to activities causing nonpoint pollution is described more fully
in Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Program Developmen and Approval Guidance, published jointly
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA).
B. What "Management Practices" Are
In addition to specifying management measures, this chapter also lists and describes management practices for
illustrative purposes only. While State programs are required to specify management measures in conformity with
this guidance, States programs need not specify or require implementation of the particular management practices
described in this document. However, as a practical matter, EPA anticipates that the management measures generally
will be, implemented by applying one or more management practices appropriate to the site, location, type of
operation, and climate. The practices listed in this document have been found by EPA to be representative of the
types of practices that can be applied successfully to achieve the management measures. EPA has also used some
of these practices, or appropriate combinations of these practices, as a basis for estimating the effectiveness, costs,
and economic impacts of achieving the management measures. (Economic impacts of the management measures
are addressed in a separate document entitled Economic Impacts of EPA Guidance Specifying Management Measures
for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters.)
EPA recognizes that there is often site-specific, regional, and national variability in the selection of appropriate
practices, as well as in the design constraints and pollution control effectiveness of practices. The list of practices
for each management measure is not all-inclusive and does not preclude States or local agencies from using other
technically sound practices. In all cases, however, the practice or set of practices chosen by a State needs to achieve
the management measure.
C. Scope of This Chapter
This chapter contains 10 management measures that address various phases of forestry operations relevant to the
control of sources of silvicultural nonpoint pollution that affect coastal waters. A separate measure for forestry
operations in forested wetlands is included. These measures are:

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