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<br />f\:) <br />U1 <br />w::.. <br />en <br /> <br />Department of Agriculture <br />Public Law 98-569 provides a separate authority for <br />implementing a basin-wide onfarm program. However, funds <br /> <br />were not appropriated in F.Y. 1986 for the program. As <br /> <br /> <br />prescribed by the provisions of Title II of Public Law 93- <br /> <br />320, USDA continued to use existing program authorities. For <br /> <br />F.Y. 1987, the Congress appropr iated $3.804 million for <br /> <br />implementation of the new USDA Colorado River Salinity <br /> <br />Control Program (CRSC). <br /> <br />Planning - In 1986, only a minimal amount of planning <br />effort was undertaken due to limited funding. The USDA <br />selected plan for the Big Sandy Unit in Wyoming was released <br />on May 6, 1986. SCS and Reclamation initiated, on a limited <br /> <br />basis, preparation of a coordinated joint salinity control <br /> <br />report for the Price-San Rafael Rivers Unit in Utah. Table 4 <br />presents the status of USDA irrigation salt source project <br /> <br />studies. <br /> <br />Implementation - Current activities are concentrated in <br />the Uinta Basin, Utah, and the Grand Valley, Colorado. The <br /> <br />accomplishments in 1986 are described under the individual <br /> <br />projects. Subject to the availability of funds USDA plans to <br /> <br />initiate pre-implementation activities in the McElmo Creek <br />and Lower Gunnison Basin Units in F.Y. 1987. <br /> <br />Extension Education - Our ing the per iod covered by this <br /> <br />report, the existing extension staffs, e.g., Extension Agents <br /> <br />and Extension Irrigation Water Management Specialists, have <br /> <br />-19- <br /> <br />L <br />