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If ~..7' --- i1 ". . , 'j)" p . :j:, 1I":~c; 8 ,l..J FACT ~ COLORADO RIVER SALINITY SHEET CONTROL PROGRAM United States Department ot. Agnculture . Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service April 1987 BACKGROUND N CO ol::>- Q) PURPOSE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY SCOPE OF PROGRAH LAND ELIGIB[LITY PROJECT AREAS PROGRAM PARTICIPATION The Colorado River provides water for life to over 1-3 million people in parts of seven states and Hexico. The river, however, carries approximately 9 million tons of salt annually past Hoover Dam. About hal f of the present sal inity concentration in the river is attributed to natural sources. The balance is the result of human activity. The Colorado River SalinitY.Control (CRSC) Program provides financial and technical asistance to identi fy sal t source areas in the Colorado River Basin; to install conservation practices to reduce salinity levels in the Colorado River; to carry out research, education, and demonstration activities; and to carry out monitoring and evaluation .activities. The new program is authorized by Section 202(c) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592). The CRSC program is applicable in the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New flexico, IJBh, and \':ior.1ing. Initial projects for Fiscal Year 1987 will be activated in Colorado and Utah at a funding level of 53.8 mill ion. The CRSC program applies to lands that are in an identified salt source area, privately owned or controlled land, Indian tribal land, irrigation district or company land, and State and local government land. The CRSC program operates in approved project areas. An el igible project area must be identified in a pub 1 ished IJSDA Sal inity Control report and is considered approved for the program when d Project Implementation plan (PIP} h.15 been funded based on USDA Salinity Control Coordinating Committee's recommendation. Landowners or operators are eligible to participate in the CRSC program if all of the following apply: 1, Their lands or activities contribute to the project area's salt loading of the Colorado River. 2, Their lands or activities in a project area are designated as critical areas or salt sources. 3. The Conservation District (CD) approves the Salinity' Control Plan (SCP) covering the critical areas and s.a 1 t sources. and 4. The participant meets any mlntmum acreage requirements that the County ASC Committee establishes. (mo...)