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<br />Basinwide Salinity Program (P.L. 104.20) <br /> <br />.w <br />o <br />W <br />N:>. <br /> <br />In July 1995, Public Law 104-20 was signed into law. It authorizes the Secretary to implement a <br />basinwide salinity control program, directs the Secretary to prepare a planning report on the new <br />program, and authorized $75,000,000 to be appropriated. <br /> <br />In February .1996, Reclamation completed the required report and published a request for proposals <br />(RFP) under P.L. 104-20. The Secretary endorsed the report and forwarded it to Congress. No <br />comments objecting to the plan were received during the 30-day waiting period. Congress <br />appropriated $500,000 for awards in FY -96. The ranking committee selected a portion of the San <br />Juan - Hammond Project. Reclamation executed a construction cooperative agreement with the <br />district on September 26, 1996, obligating FY -96 funds for the work. <br /> <br />Proposals for FY-97 new starts were received in response to the RFP in August and were ranked in <br />early September. Negotiations are underway to implement five proposals: three in the Price-San <br />Rafael Rivers Unit, one from the Navajo's to plug leaking wells, and the remainder of the <br />Hammond Project. These proposals will control about 100,000 tons of salt loading at a cos.t of $30 <br />million. The cost effectiveness of the proposals ranged between $20 and $30 per ton. Congress <br />has appropriated $5 million to fund the program in FY -97. <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />