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<br />W <br />I-" <br /><:> <br /><:> <br /> <br />Future Direction - EPA notes that the Forum focused on <br />the period up to 1990 and recommends an analysis of long-term <br />solutions. The Forum feels that projections in excess of <br />12-15 years are too speculative. The 1981 ~evision will go <br />beyond 1990 in keeping with the 12-15 year projections. At <br />that time, the Forum will also look at possibilities beyond <br />the 12-15 year period. <br /> <br />Northern Colorado Water <br />COnservancy District <br /> <br />The District supports the 1978 Revision, however, it is <br />concerned with the provision for inclusion of 208 Plans as <br />part of the Forum's implementation plan, and suggests modifi- <br />cation of the approach which wou~d automatically incorporate <br />all 208 Plans. <br /> <br />After the salinity portions of the 208 Plans have been <br />adopted by a state and approved by EPA, they automatically <br />become a part of the state's plan. The Forum will continue <br />to work with the basin states to provide guidance in an effort <br />to insure consistency of the salinity portions of the 208 <br />Plans with the Forum's goals and objectives. The Forum appre- <br />ciates the District's concern but doeS not intend to either <br />support or oppose any portions of 208 Plans which might pro- <br />port to control the place or purpose of use of any of the <br />states' apportioned waters. <br /> <br />Atlas Minerals, Inc. <br /> <br />The representative from Atlas requested that the Forum <br />grant ,an exemption from the NPDES permit policy for a natu- <br />rally occurring ground water which does not contain process <br />water and is discharged to a land disposal site. According <br />to Atlas, no disposal water reaches the river system. <br /> <br />The above described conditions are accomodated without <br />any changes in the Forum policy. Discussions with the Utah <br />Environmental Health Services Branch indicate that both con- <br />struction and discharge permits are required to assure <br />compliance by Atlas Minerals, Inc., with existing State and <br />federal regulations. This requirement is based on fact,ors <br />other thill1 total dissolved solids present in the discharge. <br /> <br />National Council of Public Land Users <br /> <br />The Council feels that the water quality problem Or:J.gJ.- <br />nates on National Resource Lands (NRL) and is mainly due to <br />overgrazing. It suggests that grazing programs be drasti- <br />cally reduced and land management methods, other than those <br />presently used, be adopted. <br /> <br />6 <br />