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TITLE II PROGRAM SUMMARJES 55 in Utah. Preliminary investigations are underway in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico. Current USDA implementation efforts are concentrated in the Grand Valley, Uinta Basin, Lower Gunnison Basin, Big Sandy River, and McElmo Creek projects. In addition, technical assistance is being provided in the Moapa Valley project to prepare an EIS and carry out pre-implementation activities. The current USDA implementation schedule is controlled by annual appropriations for the Colorado River Salinity Control Program. Funding was allocated to the Grand Valley and Uinta projects in 1987 and each year thereafter. In 1988, first year Colorado River Salinity Control funds were allocated to the Lower Gunnison and Big Sandy projects, and in 1990, funds were allocated to the McElmo Creek project. Other project implementation starts are scheduled to be phased in over a period of years as program funding levels increase. The implementation schedule for USDA projects is based upon projected salt load reduction needs, cost-effectiveness analysis, the probability of Federal funding, and the Basin Fund repayment capability. Public Law 98-569 directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a monitoring and evaluation program to evaluate the effectiveness of USDA's Colorado River salinity control program. In July 1987, the Technical Policy Coordinating Committee of SCS and Reclamation published the "Monitoring and Evaluation of Salinity Control Projects Interim Guide for the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program. II The three general purposes of the monitoring and evaluation program are: (1)to identify controllable sources of salinity; (2) to predict salt load reduction; and (3) to verify project effectiveness, costs, and economic benefits, and impacts on wildlife habitat. Monitoring and evaluation of the USDA salinity control program is underway in the Uinta Basin, Grand Valley, Big Sandy, Moapa Valley, McElmo Creek and Lower Gunnison projects. Annual reports are being published. Information and educational support activities are being provided through the USDA Federal Extension Service and the State Cooperative Extension Service agencies. Colorado River Salinity Control funds have been made available for information and education activities in the Uinta Basin, Grand Valley, Big Sandy, Lower Gunnison, McElmo Creek, and Moapa Valley projects. Extension Agents are located in each of these projects. These specialists provide full-time information and education assistance for program implementation. This extension support plays a valuable and important role in project visibility, local understanding, and local acceptance. Research and demonstration activities continue to be important to the development of new technologies and improvement of water management practices for control of soil and water salinity related research and demonstration activities. In addition, the Cooperative State Research Service and State Agricultural Experiment Station provide the leadership and conduct research funded from Federal and State sources. The majority of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) salinity activities are conducted at the U.S. Salinity Laboratory in Riverside, California; the U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory in Phoenix, Arizona; the Agricultural Engineering Research Center in Fort Collins, Colorado; and the Snake River Conservation Research Center at Kimberly, Idaho. Environmental Protection Agency The major Environmental Protection Agency programs relating to salinity control are water quality management planning, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, water quality standards, Underground Injection Control Program, wetlands protection, and review of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents under section 309 of the Clean Air Act. Several of these programs are largely delegated to the States. EP A maintains oversight respon- sibilities for delegated programs, and has responsibility for approving revisions to water quality standards. EP A continues to encourage the Basin States to develop and implement the State salinity control strategies.