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<br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Lower Gunnison Basin Unit investigation in west-central Colorado <br /> <br />is part of the comprehensive Colorado River Water Quality Improvement <br /> <br />Program (CRWQIP) which is designed to identify and implement programs to <br />improve the water quality of the Colorado River. The purpose of this <br /> <br />status report is to inform concerned interests of the costs and impacts <br /> <br />associated with the recommended plan for the unit. The report also <br /> <br />describes the setting, explains the public involvement process used in <br /> <br />selecting the recommended plan, and outlines problems and needs of the <br /> <br />area. The plan formulation process is described, including alternatives <br /> <br />considered and criteria and standards used. Environmental impacts are <br /> <br />arrayed and future activities are discussed. <br /> <br />Authorization <br /> <br />The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (Public Law <br />93-320) provides for the construction, operation, and maintenance of <br /> <br />certain works in the Colorado River Basin to control the salinity of <br /> <br />water delivered to users in the United States and Mexico. Under the <br /> <br />act, the Secretary of the Interior was directed to expedite planning <br /> <br /> <br />studies on 12 salinity control units of a basinwide program to control <br /> <br /> <br />the salinity of Colorado River water, including the Lower Gunnison Basin <br />Unit. <br /> <br />Title I of the act authorizes the construction of facilities to <br /> <br />enable the United States to comply with its obligations under the <br /> <br /> <br />agreement with Mexico of August 30, 1973 (Minute No. 242 of the 00lG7~ <br /> <br /> <br />International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico). <br />