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<br />w <br />. <br />00 <br />~ <br /> <br />Public Law 92-500 provides for water quality standards for <br />receiving waters, and Public Law 93-320 authorized construc- <br />tion of four salinity control units and studies of twelve <br />additional units. <br /> <br />In Public Law 93-320, the Secretary of the Interior was <br />directed to implement the salinity control policy adopted on <br />April 26-27, 1972, for the Colorado River in the "Conclusions <br />and Recommendations" published in the Proceedings of the <br />Reconvened Seventh Session of the Conference in the Matter of <br />Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the Colorado River and <br />Its ~ributaries in the States of California, Colorado, Utah, <br />Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and wyoming. <br /> <br />A salinity policy... adopted for the Colorado River <br />system that would have as its objective the maintenance <br />of salinity concentrations at or below levels presently <br />found in the lower main stem. In implementing the sali- <br />nity policy objective for the Colorado River system, <br />the salinity problem must be treated as a basinwide <br />problem that needs to be solved to maintain Lower Basin <br />water salinity at or below present levels while the <br />Upper Basin continues to develop its compact appor- <br />tioned waters. <br /> <br />This policy was approved by the EPA (Enviromental Protection <br />Agency) on June 9, 1972. The Administrator of the EPA and <br />the Secretary of Agriculture were directed to cooperate and <br />coordinate their activities with the Secretary of the <br />Interior to effectively carry out the objectives of the <br />program. <br /> <br />Public Law 98-569 was signed into Law on october 30, 1984, and <br />amends Public Law 93-320. This legislation modifies the ori- <br />ginal salinity control program by authorizing construction of <br />additional units and directing the Secretary of Agriculture to <br />establish a major voluntary onfarm cooperative salinity <br />control program. (See the Legislative Activities section for <br />detail on amendments to the program.) <br /> <br />Participants <br /> <br />Reclamation was delegated the cOQrdinating role for the <br />Secretary of the Interior, and the Chief, Colorado River Water <br />Quality Office, was appointed the designated salinity control <br />liaison officer for Interior. As liaison officer, he coor- <br />din'ates the overall salinity control program with USDA <br />(Department of Agriculture), EPA, the Colorado River Basin <br />Salinity Control Advisory Council, and the Forum (Colorado <br />River Basin Salinity Control Forum). <br /> <br />8 <br />