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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />The still;c.wick: plan which covers the n:noinc.ler of the basin was pre- <br />LJiln.'<1 by l:h,-, "l;;Jl;", ill cWI^-!r;d:iun wi tl1 t:h<.: :;ilfl Juan Hl.'gional Ccmnis- <br />siop and the District 10 Hr.:.gionc.l Pl<mning Comnission. 'l'he plans <br />have been approved by the Wuter Quality Control Cormlission and certi- <br />fied by the Governor to f;PA. <br /> <br />Critical 5;).1t yielding ill-e;as were assessed in rot)-, areas by the Colo- <br />rado Soil Conservation Board in ccoT?e=ation with local soil conserva- <br />tion districts. Two areas were selc-ctm as c<mdidates for cost-share <br />assistance under tho r~.u:Cll Cl= Water Prcx:jrill1l (HO'IP), and were ap- <br />proved by the Governor. 'lhcy arc t.'1e Mancos Villley in the San Juan <br />Basin and Tongue Creek, a triliut:.ll, of the Gunnison River in Delta <br />Co1J:'lt'J. Those funds arc tcing souc;'ht. As it is unlikely, however, <br />that RCWP [-uncis will be av()ililbl(, for.' t."1esc areilS in the near future, <br />tl,e sWte ilIld affected f.:uners =e p=suing s~cial project funding <br />assistance t..'1rough the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation <br />Service. T'ne two areas identified in the 208 plans are in addition <br />tD Jv'lCElrro Creek and the L::J\M:)r Gunnison Urti t, both of which are being <br />investigab.."Cl through 'l'itle II of the Colorado River Salinity Control <br />Act. <br /> <br />Tnis ill?proval entirely replaces the previously adopted plan of imple- <br />=tation which is repealed by the above-cited regulation. <br /> <br />*"Forum" =s the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />150C <br />