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<br />. . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />tV <br />....... <br />{'\:, <br />tv <br /> <br />INTROOUCTION AND PROJECT OUTLINE <br />TITLE I - COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROJECT <br />Public Law 93-320, June 24, 1974 <br /> <br />E. A. Lundberg <br />Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />Welcome to this public hearing for the Draft Environmental Statement on <br />the Colorado River International Salinity Control Project which was passed <br />into law on June 24, 1974, under Public Law 93-320, the Colorado River <br />Basin Salinity Control Act. The environmental statement was prepared by <br />the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Section-- <br />International Boundary and Water Commission, Department of State, in support <br />of measures and provisions authorized by Title I of Public Law 93-320, dat~d <br />June 24, 1974. We appreciate your interest in the environmental concerns of <br />the project and your participation in this hearing. Your comments and <br />suggestions will be invaluable to us in compiling the final statement which <br />the Secretary of the Interior will file with the Council on Environmental <br /> <br />Quality as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. <br /> <br />This hearing is concerned only with Title I "Programs Downstream from <br />Imperial Dam" of the "Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act." Title II, <br />"Measures Upstream from Imperial Dam" wi 11 be the subject of a separate <br />environmental impact statement. <br /> <br />Titl e I of the Act authori zes works and measures whi chwi 11 enable the <br /> <br />United States to deliver Colorado River water to Mexico in accordance with <br /> <br />Minute No. 242 of the International Boundary and Water Commission. Minute <br />No. 242 was signed and approved by the United States and r~xico on August 30, <br />1973, and was concluder! pursuant to the United States-Mexico Water Treaty of <br />1944. <br /> <br />.~ . ,,_ -_~ _ 0>-_ <br /> <br />>,."...1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />i <br />