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<br />00037' <br /> <br />1998 -iNNUAL REPORT <br /> <br />documentation of what the expenditure of these funds has accomplished. The Council requests that <br /> <br /> <br />in a broader sense the BLM commence its reporting of all funds spent in saline watersheds and the <br /> <br /> <br />salinity reductions that have been accomplished by these efforts. The Council is interested to know <br /> <br /> <br />if, under the Government Results and Performance Act, the BLM has identified to the Congress <br /> <br /> <br />salinity control efforts as a stated measurable goal. If it has, the Council requests the reports. If it <br /> <br /> <br />has not, the Council asks that salinity control be added. <br /> <br />The Council encourages the BLM to continue to identify and plug flowing saline wells on public <br /> <br /> <br />lands. Past efforts have resulted in some very cost effective salinity control. The Council requests <br /> <br /> <br />that the BLM report well plugging activities. <br /> <br />In Utah, Colorado and Wyoming, previous coordinated efforts by state and federal agencies, <br /> <br />including the BLM, have identified watersheds where it has been technically determined that there <br /> <br /> <br />is a good opportunity for improved land management practices that would result in significant <br /> <br />salinity control. These watersheds have been termed "salinity hot watersheds." The Council asks <br /> <br /> <br />that the BLM report salinity control activities in the previously identified "salinity hot watershed" <br /> <br /> <br />areas. <br /> <br />Finally, the Council suggests that 1999 would be an appropriate year for the BLM to prepare a <br /> <br /> <br />comprehensive report on its Colorado River salinity control efforts in accordance with the Salinity <br /> <br /> <br />Control Act and to outline for the future its plans and its accounting processes. Although several <br /> <br />years ago the BLM did submit a report to Congress, the Council believes that report may have been <br /> <br /> <br />more general than what was anticipated by Congress. That report was also to be a report to this <br /> <br />Council. The Council believes that now would be an appropriate time to update and enhance that <br /> <br /> <br />report. Section 203(b)(3) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act requires the Secretary: <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALlNITJ' CONTROL ADVISOR Y COUNCIL <br /> <br />9 <br />