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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />", . <br />OJ <br />~ . <br />-.J <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to be a major concern of the Advisory Council. First and fore- <br />most, the Advisory Council recommends that the USDA budget suf- <br />ficient funds to complete onfarm works in the Grand Valley and <br />Uinta Basin by the early 1990's. Secondly, the Council strongly <br />urges USDA to establish separate departmental line item funding <br />for implementing salinity control activities in its budgetary <br /> <br />process. Short of a separate line item account, USDA should pro,- <br />vide additional funds through the Rural Clean Water Program, <br />P.L. 566, ACP, and other available programs as a means of imple- <br /> <br />menting onfarm practices directed at reducing salt contributions <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to the Colorado River from irrigated agriculture. USDA should <br /> <br /> <br />also include sufficient funding to implement a monitoring pro- <br /> <br />gram capable of evaluating the salinity reductions from the onfarm <br /> <br />program. <br /> <br />USDA has completed reports on the Moapa Subevaluation Unit, <br />Nevada, Lower Gunnison Unit, Colorado, and the Lower Virginia <br />Subevaluation Unit, Nevada. USDA should request, through the <br /> <br />budget process, the personnel and the necessary fiscal resources <br /> <br /> <br />to begin implementation of these units at the earliest practicable <br /> <br /> <br />time. <br /> <br />Senate Bill 2202 addresses the USDA's onfarm activities by <br />calling for the Secretary to establish a voluntary cooperative pro- <br />gram with private landowners to improve onfarm water management, in- <br />cluding technical and cost-sharing assistance for the program. The <br /> <br />. <br />