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<br />ElLJreltU RC600flU <br /> <br />Re<.......,..j.lloro ~. <br /> <br />bo not concur. In the relponliO to 'hi drift IlxUt report, hcljl(]16t hm <br />oummorlled II. r'IIOOIlo for lho KcEloo Croot oxpan.lon. Afler furlher <br />r",lo.l~ Ih. Ill.. ol'd dl.c"..11'llI lhl. ..ltor with lh. Soil Cocdl''Illon <br />ilet~lct, we ha"e cOf~luded thll tho uIlone t~en In thil ...t ttr weir. <br />.apploprlate e,.q the Iu:rratied Iillrtg "'. rweOod for salinity CO(Hrol. <br /> <br />'&Ie believe the uso of tne term "l1'WiuthorhedOl Iii inllppf"opr&lIte bcculI::te <br />:.",.ull.eloro .lIh lho .11101101 Sollcllor Indicated lhu ...:,....tloo cl..,ly <br />hcllho ,ulhorlty 10 wHo tho cod>lnod 'owooc.ijlllhllno C....... <br /> <br />ftolllV. we !lIght note that tho cost tllo.ca.lon 'fit. made 1r1 accordance with <br />con.ull'lloo requlremenl. 01 Section ZOiC.IIS. 01 Ih. S.llolty Control Acl. <br />fhl. lCq..llred caretul .naly." to IlIur. the ptcptlr Iltoculon of c.osU to the <br />ulloUy 60d irrlgatloo cmpoocnh. <br /> <br />,-~ <br />'-' <br /> <br />~:-; <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />I <br />I j\J <br />Irmd. 10 be P"I 10 pollor IIs1 "ppendl. 11 ..- <br /> <br />I'" ItrOflQly disagrn with Hut da:'liiflc15tloo D' 'lit RalLllco .pent on the <br />;Nln..u""UOI\ 0' Protect& to Control Nltural hit Sourceal4 ., ultr.d~ used <br />loolfl,lently." Rod_lion'. ,,,",,lloneo .llh tho dlrtclloo of Ih. Coogr... <br />by obJecllv.ly 0..1...11"11 polenll.1 ..Ilnlty control project. III ",,<ordon<:e <br />..hn ..Ubl hhed crUeria h not . rnhuI. of fund'_ <br /> <br />A IT ACHHEH , <br />pogo 10 of II <br /> <br />01 G C<<fJ1!l:rlt 5 <br /> <br />Wall. tho Buretu eJl.fICb!icti conttf'>>JCd OOOCoocurrence wilh our recOl1lJlCndatlDO. <br />It presenled 1'10 "... Inlormation which woulel 011... ... to ro..onobly r.solve th. <br />rec~tlon In Ita tavor. We would also like to ~tlon, that we had <br />.1.t~If\Y dllliculUed Ihl. Istllle rt'IIlth II rcprucnutlve of the Soil COOlilervatlon <br />Service. At that 111M, toe W'4Ire od'Itnd thot tho if1crt..'Q~cd "llniI 01 tho <br />towaoc-Hluhline Cana~ W'-'lUli.J nol hive IfU:h IJrpaCt Drl &ollnll)' control. <br /> <br />Our fepDrt nohher alatl.'d nor hl'p(jed thot WB considered tilt <br />coolllruct Ion c' t". curbtntd fowaoo.tI iant toe COnGt to be "Lhlutharlzed. II ~ <br />ackno...ledllC that the c0f'6tructlon ot thoie hclUt1cli Ii cleorl.,. .uthorhed <br />U"'def" UUt Salinity Conlrol "-ct. l1owc\for,....~ would I it.e to polflt out thot thO <br />IOOgU&g6 In the Act sped' ied that the lJOthQrhed coostructi(Jn was to retate to <br />",arks nc~esHrv 10 "red..Jc. ~elpagejl fr(;(ll Ihe c8nat. Therefore, fn our opinion, <br />CD~ta that were not r('{j~"(\.(lhly Ihown tD relau to cu.)8l vc-cpage rcd.JctlOJl were <br />Uf\lluChori Icd. <br /> <br />~c db ~t Q9ree thlt tho aureao h.. per'Dnmed a carc'u~ COit ..tocatlon <br />.nalV.... IUN on the lIlouthorhtng leahlutoo, the 'lne Uep In t"e <br />all oc., Ion prOCti8 l>houtd ba 10 relaooabh ~ns trilt e thot the upendllurcHI <br />were ntered to the 8peclfied io.al of reducing COM. .ctpoQa, Ihe Bureau hll <br />not cJ.on.o this. Horecver, even If increaslnQ tI,., caMI sire weR c:onstruobla .11 <br />an OL.Ithoriled course of .'tiOil, tt would bet aFPro.prtatc for the 8uruu CD <br />properly dCioooStratt that lit.b:ltW"ltin ..lInity benefits would bo. achieved by <br />,ho ellpD05tc:o before 14.( mHUon Mat spent on construction. The Bureau hae <br />not aon.o tntl either. AI. iuch. we do not bel (evl: tht Bureau haa II sO(.Q:t baila <br />to IIIDlq that tt made, II "careful lWYIlyah to Cfiiurc proper .UoclIlotlon ct <br />COiU.1I <br /> <br />In ,11I..1 lying tho 1-14 !I'd II ion, we c~tdofcd the fllct that Congrcsli llad <br />direct~ tho aUfeau 10 pcoceed wIth cert.tn Inve~tI9Btlons. we allo con~idered <br />tne OWreDu'a t"",Clt~Ulll~OOI prOCUI khicll spcclf'o~ 'hot no pr~jC!ct is viable <br />U it hUi ahe telt 0' beirlQ acceptable to ttlc s....tc. Caven this ood tho <br />Bureau" nrtv ~~I~o tllat the SlItes did not con::iider 8"hnlt'V COntrol to <br />be An acceptable use of ~Dttr, w bet5rvc liui,tclcnt grOt. Ids 8JlI!itcd tll <br />ter~.nele tho.. l~eitIQat'an. .1 . much cerltcr pujnt. Had the BureAU done <br />10, It would h..... dKrllltd the emDlIl' O. in\l'c~t iUdt i~ IlRb expeoded. <br /> <br />'J J <br />7 <br /> <br />/,q <br />. <br /> <br />LIO <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0/ <br />