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<br />Other Activities - The State of New Mexico through the <br /> <br />f\:) <br />CJ1 <br />CJ1 <br />00 <br /> <br />Forum members, Advisory Council members, and the New Mexico <br /> <br />Water Quality Control Commission support the Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin Salinity Control Program and are taking all reasonable <br /> <br />actions to insure its implementation. State actions include: <br /> <br />(1) support of federal legislation including appropriations <br /> <br />to implement the program, (2) inclusion of salinity control <br /> <br />measures in the section 208 plans, (3) dissemination of <br /> <br />information on salinity sources and control measures to the <br /> <br />water users and the public in the Colorado River Basin area <br /> <br />of the state, (4) consultation with industries on potential <br />salinity reduction measures, (5) implementation of Forum <br /> <br />policy through existing legal and institutional mechanisms, <br /> <br />e.g. NPDES permits, (6) support of funding for the Forum's <br /> <br />executive director whose major function is to assist in <br /> <br />carrying out the Colorado River salinity program, (7) <br /> <br />allocation of state financial and manpower resources to <br /> <br />several salinity research efforts, (8) providing matching <br /> <br />funds to support the USGS water quality data collection <br /> <br />program in the Colorado River Basin portion of the state <br /> <br />which is necessary to monitor salinity conditions on the <br /> <br />river, and (9) maintaining a continuous water quality <br /> <br />planning program whereby new or additional salinity control <br /> <br /> <br />measures can be addressed. The availability of state funds <br /> <br />used in support of items (7) and (8) above, has caused a <br /> <br />reduction in those programs for the fiscal year beginning <br /> <br />July 1, 1986. <br /> <br />-31- <br /> <br />J; <br />