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<br />Reclamation set up a procedure for soliciting proposals for salinity control efforts from the
<br />private and public sectors, On three separate occasions, Reclamation formally asked for proposals
<br />and received responses to the Requests for Proposals (RFP) , In each case, a ranking committee,
<br />made up of state and federal representatives, convened, The ranking committee recommended to
<br />Reclamation that awards be given to the most promising proposals that offered the best cost effective
<br />salinity control.
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<br />From the first two RFP's, 18 proposals were received and seven were recommended for
<br />approval. Reclamation subsequently entered into seven contracts for a total expenditure of $40
<br />Million, The cost of this new, competitive approach to salinity control is about $30 per ton, as
<br />shown in Table 4-3, which is nearly a three-fold reduction compared to Reclamation's old program
<br />at approximately $80 per ton, The projects moving ahead from these first two RFP's are Wellington,
<br />Ferron, Castle Valley, Duchesne canal linings and Ashley Sewage Lagoon in Utah; the Hammond
<br />Project in New Mexico; and a saline well plugging project with the Navajo Nation,
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<br /> Table 4-3 Reclamation Basinwide Salinity Control Project Summary
<br /> USDA Reclamation Reclamation Annual Cost
<br /> RFP Implemen~ Controls Capital Capital Obligations O&M per
<br />Unit/Study Date tatiOD (tons/yr) Cost Cost as of 5/99 Costs Ton
<br />Hammond 1996 1996-2001 48,130 $0 $13,486,000 $5,001,000 $0 $23
<br />Navajo Well Plugging 1996 1998-1999 500 $0 $71,000 $0 $0 $12
<br />Cottonwood 1996 1998-1999 8,506 $0 $2,100,000 $1,955,680 $0 $20 .
<br />Wellington 1996 1998-2002 14,532 $0 $3,935,400 $3,935,000 $0 $22
<br />Ashley 1997 1999-2000 9,000 $0 $3,269,000 $3,269,000 $0 $30
<br />Duchesne County 1997 1999-2004 20,417 $0 $9,127,000 $175,000 $0 $36
<br />Ferron 1998 1998-2002 47,407 $4,109,028 $10,802,744 $3,408,707 $0 $26
<br />Paradox Nanofiltration 1998 1999-2002 81,500 $0 $10,264,236 $1,799,723 $1,164,643 $25
<br />Allen Lateral 1998 1999-2000 8,125 $601,000 $2,412,000 $400,000 $0 $30
<br />Uncompahgre Demo 1998 1998-1999 2,295 $0 $889,600 $889,600 $0 $32
<br />Price (addition) 1998 1999-2001 /6,153 $1,009,400 $5,182,650 $0 $0 '$31
<br />L, Brush Cr.(Sunshine) 1998 1999 2,764 $185,000 $858,000 $858,000 $0 $31
<br />North Carbon 1998 1999-2000 10,245 $416,270 $3,499,908 $500,000 $0 $31
<br />Moffat 1998 2000 5,112 $750,000 $1,066,440 $0 $0 $29
<br />Highline 1998 2000 8,g70 $1,700,000 $2,100,000 $0' $0 $35
<br />BlA - Ute Tribe 1998 2000 53,344 $0 $19,788,373 $0 $0 $30
<br />Price R, Improvement 1998 pending !lli.QQJ iQ iQ iQ $1.300.000 m
<br /> 384,903 $8,710,698 $88,852,351 $22,191.710 $2,464,643 $27
<br />Note: Basinwide projects which include USDA costs also include on-farm benefits which are shown separately in Table 4-2,
<br /> USDA and Reclamation capital costs include Basin States cost sharing,
<br /> In the early summer of 1998, a ranking committee recommended that from the proposals
<br />received from the third RFP, $50 Million worth of neW projects be contracted, Reclamation is now
<br />negotiating with these proposers, These new projects are primarily for the improvement of irrigation
<br />efficiencies in Utah and Colorado.
<br /> The dollar awards include the Basin states' cost sharing, The legislation authorizing the .
<br />basinwide program initially limits the spending for these efforts to $75 Million of federal funds,
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