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<br />.' <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ATl'J\CHMENT '" <br /> <br />PROPOSED CHANGES 'ID ProPOSED Rro.lLATION <br />ESrABLISHING A WATER CPALITY STANDARD FOR <br />SALINITY <br /> <br />3.9.0 DELEl'E: Criteria fran the title and add as a footnote: <br /> <br />The term water quality standal:d as used in the Colorado <br />Water Quality Control Act, C.R.S. 1973, 25-8-204, is <br />similar to the tem criteria as used in the Federal <br />Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. S 303(c). <br /> <br />3.9.1 REVISE: The wording to read: <br /> <br />Salinity or total dissolved solids ('IDS) occurs at low <br />concentrations in the headwaters of the Colorado River <br />and its tributaries in Colorado; however, salinity con- <br />centrations increase downstream. The primary effects <br />of salinity oc= in the lower Colorado River basin. <br />This is largely due to the higher levels of salinity <br />and the type of crops grown there. Since total dis- <br />solved solids are conservative constituents which <br />affect certain water uses in the lower Colorado <br />River basin, and in order to utilize the IlOst ef- <br />fective control methods, a basin-wide approach for <br />controlling salinity is being followed. <br /> <br />The seven states through which the Colorado River runs <br />foJ:J11ed the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum <br />("Forum") to coordinate the basin-wide approach. The <br />Forum gathers and reviews infonnation relevant to the <br />complex problem of salinity of the Colorado River and <br />IIBkes reccmnendations for adoption of salinity stan- <br />dards and implementation of controls by the basin <br />states. Colorado, as a member of the FOrLml, will work <br />with the other basin states and the federal government <br />to manage salinity and its effects through this basin- <br />wide approach. <br /> <br />3.9.3 DELEl'E: "or criteria" fran the title <br /> <br />CHANGE: "capabilities" in the first sentence to <br />"authorities and resources" <br /> <br />DELEl'E: second sentence <br /> <br />DELETE: "or criteria" fram third sentence <br /> <br />-1- <br /> <br />1392 <br />