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<br /> <br />United States Departlllclll of the Illlerior <br /> <br />BL'REAU OF LA~D "'1A~A(jE"lEST <br /> <br />W~~hln~lon. U C :0.:'.111 <br /> <br />l".ay 4, 2001 <br /> <br />In Reply Refer To <br />7240 (220) <br /> <br />o <br />-- <br />W <br />C> <br /> <br />~1r. Larr) R. Dozlcr <br />Chairman. Colorado River Basin Salinit~ Control t\dnsor~ Council <br />Central Arizona Water Conservation District <br />P.O. Uox 43020 <br />Phoenix. t\rizona 85080-3020 <br /> <br />Dear ~1r Dozier <br /> <br />Thank you for the rc~ommc:ndations recently n:cc'I\cd as p.ut of the 2000 ,\nflual Report Oil (he <br />Colorado Ril'u Bu!);n Salin;,.&, Con/fol prof!ram We ha\C rC\lcwed the :WOO Annual Report of <br />the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control (CRUSe) Advisory Council. and have the following <br />comments on the sccllon pertaining to the Bureau orLand \lanagcmcnl eBL\!). The comments <br />arc listed b~ topic <br /> <br />~('ciflc Criteria for haluatinc Salinit\ in the IJL~l PI~nnin~ l'rocl'ss: <br />The BLM IS mandatc:d to comply with \..alcr quaillY standards and also identltlcs afl~a.widc Best <br />\lanagcmcnl Practlces or olhcr protective mcasures tn mct,'! state and tribal watr:r quality <br />reqUirements SalimI)', or 101.11 dissolved solids. ISJU~t onr: of many constlltl1.:nts Ihat Ihe BL~l <br />ma~ address under waler quality requiremcnts. <br /> <br />Education and Traininc. of Field I'cr~onnel: <br />The BI.M engages In sC\'cral activities deSigned to cducatt,.' Field pcrsonncllO 11lr: area of <br />noopoml source pollullon control. including salinity cllnlrol Thc I\I.\t conducls an annual <br />salimty comdlnator's meeting to prnmote internal conslslC'ncy and mlpr()\e communication. The <br />fiLM continues to sponsor workshops on soil erosion lTWdellllg. I"hcse workshops arc hdd in <br />coni uncI Ion with Ihe II S Forest Sr:rncC' and the AgrIcultural Kesr:arch Scrnce The purpose of <br />the:.-c workshops IS 10 mfoml and train HL\I pr:rsonnd ('tillhe blCSI dcvelopments In soil crosion <br />maddmg The BLM also provides training through our non~)ml source pollution course. The <br />BL:"1 representative 10 the salinity v.orkgroup is an IOslruClOr 10 Ihal class. <br /> <br />Trackinl! Satt Retention and Cost EffecliHncss Comuutatiom: <br />Dunng FYQQ. the BL~t made major changes in account 109 for sJ.1t retention. 10 monitoring Soil. <br />Watcr and Air prog.rJ.m funds. and in computing. cost effecllveness of salt ~a"lOgs associated with <br />lanJ manag.ement mC'3surcs 3nd projects. These chan~es ....cre Implemented tn part based upon <br />