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<br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />o <br />,.p.. <br /><:> <br /> <br />(2) the planning of projects to control specified salt springs and diffuse <br />runoff collected in certain tributaries. 16 <br /> <br />PL 92~500 does authorize research relative to nonpoint pollution, 17 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />but the focus of EPA programming in this area seems to be upon people- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />made, not natural, sources of pollution. <br /> <br />Problems Arising; on Public Lands <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Federal and state-owned lands compose approximately 64 percent <br />, ' 18 <br />of the land area of the CRB. In addition, some 8 Indian reserva- <br /> <br />tions total approximately 17 percent of the basin land. 19 "Reserved" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />water rights are attached to much of the Federal and Indian reserved <br /> <br />land. 20 The existence of these baseline public and Indian property <br /> <br />rights poses some issues. ' Does PL 92-500 apply to public lands, In- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />dian reservations and waters covered by reserved water rights? Based <br /> <br />on current developments in the law, the following opinions and analyses <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />are offered: <br /> <br />1. PL 92-500 applies generally to the waters of the Colorado <br /> <br />River drainage area in the United States. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2. PL 92-500 applies to state and federal land, activities and <br /> <br />facilities, and also to waters covered by federal reserved water rights. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />EPA is reserving permit jurisdiction over federal activities. <br /> <br />3. PL 92-500 applies to Indian tribes, reservations and reserved <br /> <br />water rights in the CRB. EPA is reserving permit jurisdiction over <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Indian tribes. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />. <br />