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<br />Grand Valley Unit (Reclamation-Department of Agricul- <br /> <br />ture) - Monitored results in the Stage One area confirm the <br /> <br />~ removal of 21,900 tons of salt per year based on Reclamation <br />Ul <br />W facilities in place. A construction contract for the West <br />CJ1 <br />End Government Highline Canal, Stage Two, was awarded to <br /> <br />HAJCO Construction, Inc., in the amount of $4,133,000. The <br /> <br />principal components of the work are construction of about <br /> <br />7.2 miles of membrane-lined canal, 6.7 miles of detention <br /> <br />ditch, wasteway channels, and other works. Construction of <br /> <br />the remaining canal and lateral system improvements will be <br /> <br />approximately in the order of cost-effectiveness, with <br /> <br />construction concluding about the year 2005. The supplement <br />to the Definite Plan Report and Final Environmental Statement <br />were filed with the Environmental Protection Agency on May <br /> <br />23, 1986. <br /> <br />USDA's onfarm and off-farm lateral improvements in Grand <br />valley have been accomplished pr imar ily through annual <br /> <br />practice cost-share provisions of the Agricultural <br /> <br />Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) Agricultural <br />Conservation Program (ACP). Federal cost share to date has <br /> <br />been over $8.6 million with land owners supplying almost <br /> <br />$2.87 million. This represents a total expenditure of over <br />$11.5 million for onfarm and lateral improvements for <br />salinity control. Onfarm pipeline and ditch lining <br /> <br />I <br />J <br /> <br />accomplished in 1986 totalled 95,825 feet and 14,821 feet, <br /> <br />respectively. <br /> <br />The total work accomplished thus far is <br /> <br />-8- <br />