Oregon Regulatory Program

Oregon Regulatory Program (Non-Point Source)

Agriculture Water Quality Management Plans (1010 Rules)

Oregon’s non point source controls are managed by Oregon Department of Agriculture through the implementation of agriculture water quality management rules (1010 rules).

The state was divided by river basins and regulated activities for agriculture are in place, which direct landowners on how to protect streams and rivers from runoff on agriculture lands and prevent pollution from entering the waters of the state.

Do You Have Non Point Source Pollution?

Section 319 of the Clean Water Act directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work with states to formulate unregulated, voluntary, best management practices to control non point sources of pollution.

Oregon's 1010 rules require riparian management for shrub establishment.

Are you using "best management practices" to control non point source pollution?

Examples of Non Point Pollution Concerns

Runoff do to land activities, which allow soil particles to be picked up during spring snow melt or rainfall events and then deposited into a stream is considered a non point source pollution contribution.
Runoff can be slowed by grass and grass like plants that grow in riparian zones next to a stream.

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