WSP10789

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications-Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1995
• Title: National Colorado River Salinity Control Handbook - subpart A
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Subpart A . General Background and Provisions

~600.09 DEFINITIONS (continued)

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Project
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Technical assistance

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USDA Salinity
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(INTERIM)

A plan of operations developed by NRCS, in consultation with
Consolidated Farm Service Agency (CFSA), Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) and
local officials for the purpose of implementing a project plan for
a specific salt source area.

That plan of conservation treatment that is identified in the
applicable USDA Salinity Control Report as the preferred plan
for CRSCP im,I?lementatlon in a specific salt source area. The
project plan will identify cost-effective conservation practices,
the land which should receive conservation treatment on a
priority basis, and the levels of conservation treatment needed.

A geographical area within the Colorado River Basin that has
been identified by NRCS as a significant contributing source of
salt to the Colorado River.

NRCS official in charge of agency operations within a State.

Use of personnel and financial resources to identify salt-source
areas; develop and prepare conservation plans of operation,
contracts, and designs; supervise plan installation; and carry out
research, demonstration, education, monitoring, and evaluation
activities.

A report that identifies salt source areas in the Colorado River
Basin and establishes a cost-effective project plan for such areas
designed to reduce the salinity levels m the Colorado River.
The USDA Salinity Control Report is prepared and published
by the NRCS with provision for public comment.

(300.VI-NCRSCPH, JUNE 1995)

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