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<br />l\:) <br />o <br />f\.:" <br />o <br /> <br />.-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />In the Uinta Basin, 313 long term agreement (L!A) requests have been <br />received on 32,892 acres. A total of 162 contracts on 17,501 acres have <br />been signed. <br /> <br />5. For 1982, the Grand Valley project achieved an estimated salt load <br />reduction of 17,700 tons per year for a 1.84 mgll reduction of salinity <br />at Imperial Dam. The Uinta Basin achieved a reduction of 12,850 tons <br />per year for a 1.34 mg/l reduction at Imperial Dam. <br /> <br />6. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) activities include research on <br />use of saline or brackish water on s,alt tolerant crops, electromagnetic' <br />soil salinity probe, level basins, and new automated "cablegation" <br />irrigation systems. Two successful ,cablegation systems have been <br />installed in Grand Valley. <br /> <br />7. Funding levels for 1983 will continue at about the same rate as 1982; <br />however, ARS has received a 5600,000 increase for expanded Colorado <br />River salinity control research. <br /> <br />8. FY-84 funding proposes a USDA consolidated account and requests budget <br />increses for expanded implementation. <br /> <br />9. 5.2202 has been reintroduced as 5.752 and HR 6097 has been reintroduced <br />as HR 2790~ It is anticipated that this legislation will prOVide the <br />necessary legislative authority for a special USDA onfarm salinity <br />control program~ <br /> <br />10. the 1983 activities will incl~de present efforts, plus new initiatives <br />in: 1) monitoring and evaluation; 2) legislative authorities; 3) <br />funding; and 4) program rules and regulations consistent with national <br />soil and water conservation objectives. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2 <br />