On Monday, January 13, 2014, the Government Accountability Office released a report on the National TMDL program calling for new EPA regulations and a Congressional revision of the Clean Water Act.  The report specifically calls for new regulations of non-point source pollution which would impact stakeholders such as farmers and land developers.  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review EPA and state implementation of total maximum daily load (TMDL) programs in the nation’s waterways.  Of the 50,000 TMDLs in effect across the country, 191 TMDLs were surveyed by GAO while a smaller group of 25 TMDLs were reviewed by “water resource experts” at GAO’s request.  The GAO report indicates that state officials “reported that pollutants had been reduced in many waters, but few impaired water bodies have fully attained water quality standards.”  The Clean Water Act currently gives little, if any, regulatory authority to the EPA for mandatory measures to control non-point source pollution.  The GAO’s recommendation would impact a variety of landowners who do not currently fall under the point source regulatory framework and extend the EPA’s regulatory powers.