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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />with tne Basin states on salinity control activities <br /> <br />1'1,) <br />l~;'j <br />i.;.t) <br />'""'" <br /> <br />including IVater quality management programs, State/EPA <br /> <br />agreements, and state salinity control activities. <br /> <br />Department of Agriculture (USUA) <br />With enactment of P.L. 98-569, the ~ouncil is optimistic <br /> <br />about tne potential for improving and broadening the USDA <br /> <br /> <br />onfa"lo salinity control pl'ogram. j'.L. 98.,569 pcovides USDA <br /> <br />with tile oppor'tunl ty to ovepcome annual cost..shax'e payment <br /> <br />restl'ictions, li~itations on the levels of cost sharing, and <br /> <br />the inability to cost snare with irrigation districts and <br /> <br />canal companies for lateral impi'ovemellts. The neVi legisla- <br /> <br />tion also prOVIdes tne Admillistl'ation and the appropriation <br /> <br />committees of Congces:; tIle necessai'y ,Lee;islative authority to <br /> <br />establish a consolidated and coordinated USDA Colorado River <br /> <br />salinity control program funding account. <br /> <br />AS USDA moves fOi'ward to PioOlltulga te eules and <br /> <br />regulations to implement P.L. ~8-569, t~e Council requests <br /> <br />opportunities for early and continued input. <br /> <br />Planning <br />SalInity contrOl planning activities are carried out by <br /> <br />the Soil Conservation Service (seS). Tnese activities are <br /> <br />basically salinity studies in irrigation salt source areas to <br /> <br />determine the extent of salt source loading to tne river, to <br /> <br />identify altel'native ,lateI' management and salini'ty control <br /> <br />practices, to estimate potential salt load reductions, and to <br /> <br />pee sent alternative implemention pLans and costs. <br /> <br />..l7- <br /> <br />1" <br />