PENNSYLVANIA, June 8 - rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, wetlands, springs, natural

seeps and estuaries. The term does not include water at

facilities approved for wastewater treatment such as wastewater

treatment impoundments, cooling water ponds and constructed

wetlands used as part of a wastewater treatment process.

"Technical assistance." Advice, technical expertise,

information, training and tools provided to a landowner,

commission, conservation district or others regarding program

implementation, including, but not limited to, the proper

planning, design and installation of best management practices.

"Watershed implementation plan." A plan created to achieve

water quality improvement goals within a watershed of this

Commonwealth, including, but not limited to, Chesapeake Bay

Watershed implementation plans, county action plans or other

watershed-based restoration and implementation plans.

Section 3. Statement of purpose.

The purpose of this act is to establish a program to provide

financial and technical assistance for the implementation of

best management practices on agricultural operations.

Section 4. Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program.

(a) Establishment.--The Agriculture Conservation Assistance

Program is established within the commission.

(b) Sources of funding.--Funding for the program may be

provided through any of the following:

(1) Money appropriated for purposes of the program.

(2) Federal money appropriated or authorized for

purposes of the program.

(3) Money received from another governmental agency

through an interagency agreement or memorandum of

understanding.

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