7431

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7431
• Author: Colorado River Salinity Program Coordinator.
• Title: Salinity Update.
• USFW Year: 1989.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

• Deauthorization of the Crystal
Geyser Unit initially authorized
for construction under Public
Law 93-320.
In addition, the Secretary of the
Interior was directed to do advance
planning studies on Sinbad Valley, a
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
project.
Basin States and Federal
Agencies Coordination
An issue as complex as salinity
control affects many people.
Various governmental entities have
capabilities that can be combined to
most effectively implement control
measures. In addition, public
participation plays a key role in
salinity control.
At the State level, all seven
Colorado River Basin States
(Colorado, Utah, Wyoming,
Arizona, New Mexico, California,
and Nevada) have joined efforts to
adopt standards and to implement a
plan to meet those standards while
water supplies continue to be
developed.
To accomplish needed
coordination, the Governors of each
of the Basin States appointed
representatives to the Forum and
the Colorado River Basin Salinity
Control Advisory Council (Council).
These groups coordinate State
actions and advise the Federal
Government of the State views on
issues affecting the salinity
standards and ways to meet those
standards. These groups were
established pursuant to Public Laws
92-500 and 93-320, respectively.
At the Federal level, salinity
control requires coordination efforts
of the Department of the Interior,
including Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS), Geological Survey (USGS),
BLM, and Reclamation; the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA); and the Department of
Agriculture (USDA), including Soil
Conservation Service (SCS),
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service (ASCS),
Agricultural Research Service
(ARS), Cooperative State Research
Service (CSRS), and Extension
Service (ES).
The capabilities of the Federal
agencies are coordinated through an
Interagency Salinity Control
Committee. Its purposes include
coordination of management of
irrigated agriculture, research and
implementation of off-farm and
onfarm improvements, and
implementation of selected point
and nonpoint control measures.
Coordination between USDA
and Reclamation is enhanced
through the activities of an
SCS/Reclamation Technical Policy
Coordination Committee and the
combined office for the USDA Basin
Coordinator for Salinity Control and
Reclamation's Salinity Program
Coordinator.
Interagency coordination within
USDA is maintained through a