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to) . 00 ~ l. The Upper Colorado River Basin Fund's portion would be repaid with interest within 50 years or less if the life of the facilities is of shorter .duration, 2. The Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund's portion would be repaid either without interest during the year following the year the costs are incurred, or, if the fund is unable to repay during that year, with interest as soon as monies are available, Provides interest rate provisions reflecting realistic costs of borrowed monies to the Federal Government, Provides that operation and maintenance costs allocated to the two basin funds be repaid without interest the year after they are incurred and that any operation and maintenance costs due to irrigators, State wildlife agencies under contracts with the Secretary of the Interior, be repaid without interest the year after they are incurred, Deletes the provision for Congressional Committee disapproval of expenditure of funds, Provides that the Department of the Interior funds appropriated for construction, operation, maintenance, and replacement may be used for any or all of the authorized units. A loose-leaf notebook was compiled by the Colorado River Water Quality Office bringing together legislative infor- mation and history of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act. The book was distributed to Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum and Advisory Council members and to Federal agencies cooperating on program activities. Evaluation Process Figure 4 explains the agreed upon evaluation process used for this 1985 report. Overall, the process is essentially broken into four components: basic data, input con- siderations, evaluation and analysis, and review process. The basic data component reflects DOl and USDA coordinated input of basic data on individual projects used in the evaluation process. Other input considerations were utilized to supplement the facts, figures, and values provided in the 14