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<br />oai)Zo4 <br /> <br />1998 ANNUAL REPORT <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Public Law 93-320, also known as the "Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974" (Act), <br /> <br /> <br />authorized the construction, operation, and maintenance of works in the Colorado River Basin to <br /> <br /> <br />control the salinity of Colorado River water available for use in the United States and Mexico. <br /> <br /> <br />Section 204 of the Act established the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council <br /> <br /> <br />(Council), A charter for the Council was originally approved by the Secretaries of the Departments <br /> <br /> <br />of the Interior and Agriculture and the Administrator of the Envirornnental Protection Agency (EP A) <br /> <br />on February 6, 1976, It was revised on June 22, 1976 and has been renewed biennially, The Council <br /> <br /> <br />receives reports from the federal agencies involved in salinity control activities and makes <br /> <br /> <br />recommendations to them regarding appropriate methods for controlling the salinity of the Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />River at its meetings and in this annual report (copy of Advisory Council charter included as <br /> <br />Attachment A), <br /> <br />The Council comprises up to three members from each of the seven Colorado River Basin states, <br />Representatives are appointed by Governors and current membership is shown on Attachment B, <br />Gerald R, Zimmerman, California, serves as the current Chairman of the Council and Gordon W, <br />Fassett, Wyoming, serves as Vice Chairman, Advisory Council membership is generally very <br />similar to the membership of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum (Forum). The Forum <br />is an organization created in 1974 by the seven Colorado River Basin states which was established <br />for the purpose of interstate cooperation and to provide the states with the inforn1ation necessary to <br />comply with the Water Quality Standards for the Colorado River and Section 303 ofthe Clean Water <br />Act. <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL ADVISORY COUNCIL <br />