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<br />o <br />o <br />w <br />CD <br /> <br />"Policy for Use of Brackishand/or Saline Waters for Industrial Purposes;" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"Policy for Implementation of the Colorado River Salinity Standards <br />Through the NPDES Permit Program for Intercepted Ground Water;" and <br /> <br />"Policy for Implementation of the Colorado River Salinity Standards <br />Through the NPDES Permit Program for Fish Hatcheries," <br /> <br />3, Implementation of non point source management plans developed by the states and <br />approved by EP A. <br /> <br />Item I ofthe list above is to be implemented by federal agencies in conjunction with state, <br />local and private participants, The Forum participates with federal agencies in developing the <br />measures to be implemented and cost shares in Reclamation and USDA efforts, The Forum also <br />urges Congress to appropriate the funds needed for implementation, and recommends legislative <br />changes when necessary, Items 2 and 3 above are primarily implemented by each of the Basin <br />states, <br /> <br />Table 4-1 <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program <br />Plan ofImplementation Summary <br />(Values in TonsfYear) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />AGENCY I MEASURES I POTENTIAL NEW I TOTAL I <br /> IN PLACE MEASURES <br />Bureau of Reclamation 421,000 501,000 922,000 <br />V,S. Department of Agriculture 262,000 242,000 504,000 <br />Bureau of Land Management 38,000 13,000 51,000 <br />TOTAL 721,000 756,000 1,477,700 <br /> <br />Table 4-1 illustrates that the Program has removed a total of 721,000 tons of salt annually, <br />In order to meet the goal of 1.48 million tons of salinity control through 201S, it will be necessary <br />to fund and implement potential new measures which ensure the removal of an additional 7S6,000 <br />tons annually, Table 4-1 further illustrates that the Bureau of Reclamation can potentially remove <br />an additional SOI,OOO tons, USDA an additional 242,000 tons and BLM an additional 13,000 tons, <br />The costs per ton for salt control are estimated to be $30,OOlton for Reclamation, $4S,OO/ton for <br />USDA, and $30,OO/ton for BLM, Based on these costs per ton, in order to achieve this level of salt <br />reduction, the Forum has estimated that the federal departments and agencies will require the <br />following funding commitments: Reclamation - $17,S million/year; USDA - $12,0 million/year; and <br />BLM - $S,2 million/year, These estimated cost values are substantiated through salinity control <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4-2 <br />