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SUM~lARY (Continued) program in Honte7.uma Valley being tJevelopetJ bv the SCS and the Agricul- tural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS). Public Laws 93-320 and 98-569 authorize the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture to cooperate in implementing any project involving control of salinity from irrigation sources. The recommended plan developed by the SCS would remove an estimated average of 38,000 tons of salt annually. The ASCS would provide assistance to operators for installing needed structural measures in implementing the SCS plan. Refi,-'~,e_ments _t:.2. the ~roje<:.t_Ylan Since the 1977 FES, S08e refinements to the project plan have been made as a result of economic and design criteria considerations. Such refinements are a normal function of the design and construction process and do not contribute to further environmental impacts. These refine- ments include the following. 1. In September 1977, the DWCD signed a repayment contract with the United States providing, among other things, for repayment, with interest, of all project costs allocated to municipal and industrial water, including storage of water in Monument Creek Reservoir and the delivery of water in the Cortez-Towaoc Municipal and Industrial Pipeline from McPhee Reservoir to the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation. When the cost of the project allocated to municipal and industrial water use was projected to exceed the limits of the Dolores Project repayment contract, a need arose to modify the project. Consequently, the State of Colo- rado agreed to dropping Monument Creek Dam and Reservoir and 7.2 miles of pipeline from the project. The negotia- tions on the Animas-La Plata Project resulted in dropping the remaining 12.3 miles of pipeline from the project. The DWCD has agreed to construct these two features with- out Federal financing, subject to financing from the State through the construction fund of the Colorado Water Conservation Board. 2. Since the 1977 FES, Reclamation determined that the effi- ciency of the operation of the project in the Dove Creek area could be improved by combining the capacities of the Monument Creek and Cross Canyon Pumping Plants for sprinkl~r irrigation into one pumping plant, the Dove Creek Pumping Plant, to serve full service land in the Dove Creek area. This pumping plant will be located at the Cross Canyon site. 3. Because some of the land to be served by the Cahone Pump- ing Plant and Laterals, as described in the 1977 FEB, was S-4