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003151. 10 between the States of Colorado and New Nexico, The responsibilities of each state under the Compact are carried out by the state engineer and his staff, Contacts between the Compact states generally occur only when information is needed. Maintenance of tHO gaging stations is the only expense which is directly attributable to the Compact, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum: The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum was formed in November 1973, Representatives of the Colorado River Basin states met and established the Forum to serve as a mechanism of interstate coopera.tion, in order to develop uniform state salinity standards and means of salinity control for the Colorado River pursuant to Public Law 92-500 and to consider related salinity problems of interstate significance. The governor of each of the Basin states; Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico,Utah, and Wyoming, may appoint up to three representatives to serve as members of the Forum from that state, The representatives are chiefly state officials in the water resources and water quality areas, Until November 1980, the work of the Forum was accomplished by the voluntary efforts of the state representatives,* The most signficant achievement of the Forum to date has been the developnent of salinity standards including numeric criteria and a plan of implementation for salinity control for the Colorado River Basin, which has been separately adopted by each of the Basin states and approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, The Forum, through a permanent Work Group** is continually reviewing * In November 1980, an Executive Director will be hired, with funds provided by EPA, The Director will coordinate various activities, and ,,,ill be responsible to the Forum, H, In addition to state members, EPA, '-'l'R-S, BLH, USDA, and USF&HS are represented on the Work Group, C-ll ,lb.