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2000 ANNUAL REPORT BACKGROUND ... 0) .... Ut Public Law 93-320, also known as the "Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974" (Act), authorized the construction, operation, and maintenance of works in the Colorado River Basin to control the salinity of Colorado River water available for use in the United States and Mexico. Section 204 of the Act established the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council (Council). The Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture and the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) originally approved a charter for the Council on February 6, 1976. It was revised on June 22, 1976 and has been renewed biennially. A copy of the Advisory Council Charter is included as Attachment A. The Council is comprised of up to three members from each of the seven Colorado River Basin states. Governors of their respective states appoint the members. The Council membership list is included as Attachment B. At this year's meeting, an issue was raised regarding the appropriateness of designating acting members to the Council. It was determined that draft language would be developed that would allow individual members to identify an alternate in their absence. The Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) Salinity Coordinator, serving as staff for the Council, is requested to draft appropriate language to amend the charter so that this can occur. Advisory Council membership is generally very similar to the membership of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum (Forum). The Forum is an organization created in 1973 by the seven Colorado River Basin states for purposes of interstate cooperation and to provide the States with the information necessary to comply with the Water Quality Standards for the Colorado River and Section 303 of the Clean Water Act. This report provides an annual advisory and recommendations to the federal agencies concerning the Council's determination of the progress of the salinity control program and the need for specific actions by involved federal agencies. The report is brief and does not contain a full description and analysis of the salinity control program. For the reader who is not familiar with the salinity control program, it is suggested that one refer to Quality of Water, Colorado River Basin, Progress Repon No. 19, January 1999, and the 1999 Review, Water Quality Standards for Salinity, Colorado River System, June 1999 and Supplemental Repon, October 1999. The first report can be obtained by contacting David P. Trueman, Salinity Coordinator for the Bureau of Reclamation, at (801) 524-3753, 125 South State Street, Room 6107,'Salt Lake City, UT 84138- 1102. The second report can be obtained by contacting Jack A. Barnett, Executive Director for COLORADO RIVER BASIN SAliNITY CONTROL ADVISORY COUNCIL 1