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onn?89 1993 ANNUAL REPORT . BACKGROUND Public law 93-320, the "Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974," authorized construction, operation, and maintenance of certain works in the Colorado River Basin to control the salinity of water in the Colorado River available for use in the United States and Mexico, ' Section 204 of the Act established the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council (Council), A Charter for the Council was originally approved by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on February 6, 1976, revised on June 22, 1976, and it has subsequently been renewed every two years, The Council receives reports from the federal agencies involved in salinity control activities and makes recommendations in the Annual Report to those agencies on appropriate means of controlling the River's salinity, The Council is comprised of up to three members, appointed by the respective Governor, . from each of the seven Colorado River Basin states, The current membership is shown on Attachment A, C, Laurence Linser, Arizona, serves as Chairman of the Council and William J. Miller, New Mexico, as Vice Chairman, Most of the members of the Advisory Council are also members of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum (Forum), an organization created by the seven Colorado River Basin states. The Council and Forum are related in their activities but have different functions, The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) Salinity Coordinator, Stanley Gappa, serves as staff for the Council. In addition, the permanent Work Group of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum continues to serve the Council and the Forum in the capacity of atechnical review and study team. The Council is also assisted by the Forum's Executive Director. . COWRADO RIVER BASIN SALlN1TY CONTROL ADVISORY COUNCIL