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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Proposed Legislative Amendment to the 1986 Lower Colorado Water Supply Project Act (P.L. <br />99-655) <br /> <br />The Board's staff, Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management, the City of Needles, <br />and The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) are continuing to work on a <br />draft contract that provides for the use of the Project's excess capacity to deliver water to MWD. <br />During its review of the draft contract, Reclamation has determined that for MWD to receive <br />water from this Project the enabling legislation, P.L. 99-655, needs to be amended. Included in <br />the Board folder is a copy of the proposed amendment, which allows the Secretary of the <br />Department of the Interior, when there is excess pumping capacity from the well field, to <br />contract with other Boulder Canyon Project Act Section 5 contract holders within California to <br />receive Project water. Currently, the City of Needles and others are working with Congressional <br />representatives to get this amendment introduced into this session Congress. With this proposed <br />amendment and with the proposed draft contract, this proposal would take advantage of the good <br />quality water, while it is available, and provide the [mancial resources to ensure a long-term <br />water supply source for the Project's beneficiaries. <br /> <br />WATER QUALITY <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program <br /> <br />Meetings of the Forum's Work Group - Suhheading Description <br /> <br />The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum Work Group (CRBSCFWG) held a <br />meeting in Los Angeles (MWD office) on July 26th and 27th. The main items of the agenda <br />were: 1) review of the Salinity Model results, 2) how the model results apply to estimating the <br />salt in the River in the future to be used in the 2005 Triennial Review, and 3) discuss the process <br />.. for preparing the 2005 Triennial Review. Based upon presentation of the model by Reclamation, <br />it was determined that some modifications are needed to the model. Also, the results of this <br />model may needs to be reviewed in conjunction with the Lake Mead Water Quality Model <br />(another independent model that is being worked on). It was concluded that at the August <br />CRBSCFWG meeting, the model results will be further discussed and decision will be made on <br />the data to be used in the Triennial Review. The CRBSCFWG will finish the August meeting <br />with specific recommendations on how to approach the 2005 Triennial Review to be presented to <br />the Forum at its October meeting. <br /> <br />PG&E Topock Gas Compression Station <br /> <br />At the last month's Board meeting the Chrornium VI contamination issues at the PG&E <br />Topock Gas Compression Station site were discussed. It was reported that PG&E proposed to <br />pump groundwater in order to create a reverse gradient to prevent the contaminated groundwater <br />from flowing toward the Colorado River. PG&E started on-site pumping and treatment at the <br />site on May 1,2004. As of July 31", the total cumulative volume of groundwater that has been <br /> <br />8 <br />