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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />would be borne by the federal government. Also, on December 17'h, fifteen Congressmen wrote a <br />letter to President Clinton requesting that funds be included in the President's budget for FY 2000 <br />to cover the Department of Energy's costs in removing the mine tailings. I have included a copy of <br />HR 393 and the congressional letter in the Board folder. <br /> <br />At the Board's December meeting there was a discussion related to the mill tailings that have <br />been deposited along the River from operations of the Atlas Mineral Corporation, which processed <br />uranium there during the Cold War. The Board requested that a letter be forwarded to the <br />appropriate federal agency and that a representative from the federal government meet with the <br />Board and discuss the action it is proposing to take to remedy the leaching of toxic material into the <br />River. For your information I have included in the Board folder a copy of the letters that have been <br />sent to the Nuclear Regulatory Cornmission, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency (EP A). <br />Also included in the Board folder is a copy of the letter that Mr. Jack Barnett, Executive Director <br />of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum, has drafted for transmittal to the EPA. <br /> <br />California Regional Water Dualitv <br />Control Board's Public Notice <br /> <br />Last November, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board-Colorado River Basin <br />Region (CRWQCB) issued a public notice that it planned to begin the review process in January <br />1999 for its Water Quality Control Plan for the Colorado River Basin and established a January 27'" <br />workshop to solicit public input on its plan. Included in the Board folder is a public notice from the <br />CR WQCB announcing that the meeting date and location have been changed. The meeting has been <br />rescheduled for March II'" in the City Council Chambers, City of Indian Wells, California. <br /> <br />~~?'~~~"A' <br /> <br />. Ilnmerman <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />8 <br />