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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />Co',) <br />o <br />W <br />G( <br /> <br />1. Uinta Basin: Current long-term agreements (contracts) are in effect <br />with over 370 participants. Additional emphasis has been placed on <br />irrigation water management assistance. Based upon revised procedures <br />for making salt load reduction (SLR) calculations, total SLR through <br />1985 are 19,200 tons. It is estimated 26 percent project funds have <br />been obligated and 19 percent of SLR's accomplished. <br /> <br />2. Grand Valley: SLR accomplishments through 1985 are 32,100 tons. <br />(20,700 tons onfarm, 11,400 tons off-farm). Onfarm and off-farm <br />accomplishments represent 27 percent and 25 percent respectively of <br />the land treatment goals with about 15 percent of the SLR goals for <br />the project accomplished. <br /> <br />3. Wellton-Mohawk (Title I): The project office has been closed. A <br />total of 366 contracts covering 48,200 acres were developed. There <br />are 112 active contracts pending irrigation water management. <br />Treatments include 263 miles of ditch lining, 44,700 acres land <br />leveling, and 10,635 water control structures. Urainage return flows <br />have been cut in half to about 100,000 acre-feet per year. SCS has <br />undertaken a post-evaluation program and will follow-up with an <br />information campaign on the merits of the project. <br /> <br />IV. Program and Technical Coordination with Reclamation: <br /> <br />1. Updated the USDA-USnI Memorandum of Understanding at the Secretarial <br />level and executed a BR-SCS-ASCS Memorandum of Agreement on Title II <br />activities. <br /> <br />2. Developed common methodology to assess project prioritization <br />schedules (used in the "Evaluation" process) <br /> <br />3. Agreed to combine and coordinate USDA and USDI projects where feasible <br />and cost-effective. <br /> <br />4. Worked on the development of monitoring and evaluation guidelines for <br />basin-wide and individual project monitoring. <br /> <br />5. Reached technical agreement on a joint salt load reporting process for <br />Grand Valley. <br /> <br />6. Coordinated the 1986 program evaluation and revised implementation <br />schedule. <br /> <br />V. Activities for 1987 <br /> <br />1. Finalize USDA administrative and operating procedures for CRSC. <br /> <br />2. Satisfy congressional consultation requirements of PL-98-569 prior to <br />CRSC implementation. <br />