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<br />Statements bv Officials of the <br />Deoartment of the lnter~or <br /> <br />On January 30, 1965, Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall <br /> <br /> <br />testified at the hearings of the House Interior and Insular Affairs <br /> <br />Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation regarding water quality <br /> <br />standards. At that time, he presented a statement that contained <br /> <br />the following: <br /> <br />"Before discussing this problem further, I would <br />like to state that salinity standards will not be <br />established (for ~he Colorado River) until we have <br />sufficient informa~ion to assure that such standards <br />will be equit.able, workable, and enforceable." <br /> <br />The same position was reiterated by Assistant Secretary of the <br /> <br /> <br />Interior Max Edwards in a letter dated February 12, 1965. This <br /> <br />letcer also stated that the Department of the Interior intended to <br /> <br /> <br />pursue active programs to lay the foundation for setting numerical <br /> <br /> <br />standards at some future ~ime. <br /> <br />Report of Environmental Protection Agency <br />In December 1971, the Environmental Protection Agency released <br /> <br />the results of an eight-year study relating to salinity of the <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado River. This report, entitled "The Mineral Quality Problem <br /> <br /> <br />in the Colorado River Basin", was prepared by the EPA based upon <br /> <br />its work and the work of its predecessor agencies <br /> <br />the Federal <br /> <br />Water Quality Administration, April 1970 to December 1970; the <br /> <br /> <br />Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, October 1965 to <br /> <br />April 1970; the Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control, <br /> <br />U. S. Public Health Service, prior to 1965. <br /> <br />The report recommended <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br /><3~ <br />'1 <br />