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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. November 12 meeting (in Steamboat Springs) will include an Issues <br />Formulation Hearing on the Upper and Lower Colorado River, and the draft <br />guidance document regarding SB 87 (the new income tax "check off" for <br />watersheds) <br /> <br />. The WQCC, The Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the Colorado . <br />Watershed Association met to draft guidance for the implementation of SB <br />87. Draft of the guidance will be on the WQCC website in October. <br /> <br />. EPA has approved Colorado radionucide standards which addresses the <br />discrepancies between the Clean Water Act and the Atomic Energy Act <br />case-by-case issues may arise regarding implementation of the standards. <br /> <br />. December meeting will include a rulemaking hearing on DIMP standards <br /> <br />. January 2003 agenda will include the Colorado Discharge Permit System <br />Regulations rulemaking hearing <br /> <br />Natural Disaster Water Quality Issues (Carl Norbeck) <br />There is multi-agency coordination for burned area rehabilitation, monitoring, <br />and water quality impacts <br />The Cheeseman Reservoir area is the area of greatest concern right now for the <br />Division. <br />There are numerous funding programs available. [See funding programs at: <br />htto: / /www.dola.state.co.us/Igs/ta/utilitv /docu ments/ <br />droughtfirematrix.odfl <br />Funding programs are generally set up for "events" as opposed to an "unfolding" <br />of issues so some of the needs have been difficult for fund. <br />Watering restriction information is available on the Colorado Municipal League <br />web site at: http://www.cml.orq <br />Of greatest concern: What is next year going to be like? <br />Farm Bill: Water Quality Project Possibilities <br />(Jeani Frickey) <br />[The whole presentation is available by contacting Jfrickey@colofb.com] <br />What is the Farm Bil/? <br />"Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002" <br />First Farm Bill was passed in 1930s during The Great Depression <br />Authorization legislation that sets u.s. farm policy <br />Re-authorized an average of every five years <br />Includes nutrition programs (i.e.WIC, food stamps, TANF) as well as more <br />traditional farm programs <br />2002 Farm Bill Funding Levels <br />Authorizes $747 billion over next ten years <br />Funding approved in annual Department of Agriculture Appropriations legislation <br />Commodity Title (Title I): $125 billion <br />Conservation Title (Title II): $38 billion <br />Food Nutrition Title (Title IV): $535 billion <br />Conservation Title (Title II) <br />Administered by Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) <br />Programs fall into 5 categories: <br />Land Retirement Programs <br />Working Lands Programs <br />Farmland Protection <br /> <br />50 <br />