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<br />and Budget and Budget Memorandum No. M-92-01 and the Federal Advisory Committee .
<br />Act. '
<br />The purpose of this Presidential Committee is to represent the interests of water-information
<br />users and professionals in advising the Federal Government on Federal water-information
<br />programs and their effectiveness in meeting the Nation's water-information needs, Member
<br />organizations help to foster communications between the Federal and non-Federal sectors on
<br />sharing water information. Membership represents a wide range of water resources interests
<br />and functions, Representation on the ACWI includes all levels of government, academia,
<br />private industry and professional and technical societies, Member organizations designate
<br />their representatives and alternates. Membership is limited to a maximum of 35
<br />organizations. The Committee will function solely as an advisory body, and in
<br />compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Charter will be
<br />filed under the Act, IS days from the date of publication of this notice.
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<br />For further information, contact: Ms. Toni M. Johnson (Executive Secretary), Chief, Water
<br />Information Coordination Program, U,S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS
<br />417, Reston VA 20192. Telephone: (703) 648-6810; fax: (703) 648-5644,
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<br />Natural Resources Conservation Service
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<br />70 Fed. Reg, 69732. November 17. 2005
<br />NRCS gives notice of its Finding of No Significant Impact (FaNS!) for the Silt Salinity
<br />Control Project, Garfield County, Colorado, The Silt Unit was not identified by name in Title
<br />II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act but was identified by the U. S.
<br />Department of Agriculture (USDA) as an area which should be studied for possible salinity .
<br />control.
<br />The combined environmental assessment has three major components: (1) To determine the
<br />contribution of salt loading from the irrigated farmland; (2) to determine the opportunity for
<br />USDA to reduce salt loading through improvements in irrigation delivery and application
<br />systems; (3) to determine environmental effects of the proposed action. Approximately 7,430
<br />acres can be irrigated in the Silt Unit by five irrigation ditches. One of the aspects of the
<br />environmental evaluation involved inventorying and analyzing current irrigation systems and
<br />management practices. The proposed alternative plan contains structural and management
<br />improvements to irrigation systems which will in turn reduce salt loading to the Colorado
<br />River by 3,990 tons.
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<br />SUPREME COURT
<br />Cases Recentlv Filed
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<br />No, 05-623, Gerke Excavating Inc, v, United States, 74 U,S,L.W, 3309.
<br />Ruling below: 7th Cir., 412 F.3d 804, 60 ERC 1753, Subjects addressed: (I) Clean Water
<br />Act and (2) discharge into non-navigable wetlands, (Petition for certiorari filed November
<br />11, 2005.)
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<br />No. 05-628, North Dakota v, U. S, Army Corps of Engineers, 74 U,S,L.W. 3309,
<br />Ruling below: 8th Cir., 418 F,3d 915, Subjects addressed: (I) Clean Water Act and (2)
<br />compliance with water quality standards by Army Corps of Engineers. (Petition for certiorari
<br />filed November 14,2005,)
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<br />Bureau of Reclamation/Interior Organizational Changes! Appointments: In a December 22 letter to
<br />all Bureau of Reclamation employees, Commissioner John Keys outlined a number of organizational
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