WSP11552

• File Number: 8272.800
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control program - Interested Parties - NWCCOG
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 12/1/1986
• Author: NWCCOG
• Title: Northwest Colorado Council of Governments - Areawide Water Quality Management Plan for Eagle - Grand - Jackson - Pitkin - Routt and Summitt Counties CO - revised December 1986
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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I. Introduction

The Guidelines for Water Quality Planning in Colorado
require annual updates of Areawide Water Quality Management
Plans under Section 208 of the Federal Clean Water Act. The
purpose of the 1986 plan update is to satisfy the
requirement for an annual update of the plan to reflect the
progress in plan implementation. A second purpose of the
plan update is to resolve a list of deficiencies developed
by the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission as a result
of certification hearings conducted during the fall of 1985.

The Northwest Colorado Council of Governments Areawide Water
Quality Management Plan (NWCCOG 208 Plan) 1986 Update is
structured t~ satisfy the requirements established under the
applicable State guidelines, to respond to the list of
issues developed by the Colorado Water Quality Control
Commission, and to satisfy local planning requirements which
dictate a flexible and innovative approach to water quality
planning to avoid future water quality problems.

The 208 Plan Update is described in two volumes and a volume
of eleven technical appendices. Volume I describes the water
quality program development in a format similar to the
specific items contained in Colorado's planning guidelines.
Volume I draws on material contained in previous 208 Plan
submittals which were presented in a policy plan format
(Volume II) and from technical appendix material. Volume I
provides supporting information for the development and
adoption of policies for water quality management currently
in practice in Region XII. Volume II is presented in a
policy plan format and describes the recommended plan of
action to protect and enhance the level of water quality
consistent with the requirements of the Federal Clean Water
Act. The appendices provide supporting technical information
regarding specific water quality problems addressed in the
plan.

Figure 1.1 provides a summary of the requirements for water
quality planning established under the State guidelines
compared to the elements contained in the 1985 NWCCOG 208
Plan submittal. While it is clear from this figure that the
policy plan format (Volume I) together with the technical
appendices contain all of the State required elements, a two
volume format for presentation was chosen to increase the
utility of the 208 Plan. Volume II (PoliCY Plan) is retained
in substantially its original form which has heen the basis
for water quality improvement programs since 1978.
Modifications to the Policy Plan are readily discernible,
utilizing underscoring to display new material and
over striking to denote material deleted in the Policy Plan.

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