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]001 ADI"lSORrCnl1XClL REPORT BACKGROUND ':::' ..... I\:, .. The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council (Council) \vas established pursuant to Section 204 of Public Law 93-320, the "Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974" (Act). The Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior (Interior) andAgriculture(Agriculture} and the Administrator of the U,S. En,,;ronmental Protection Agency (USEPA) originally approved a charter for the Council on February 6, 1976 It was revised on June 22, 1976 and has been renewed biennially. A copy of the Advisory Council Charter is included as Attachment A The Council is comprised of up to three members from each of the seven Colorado River Basin States. Governors of their respective states appoint the members. The Council membership list is included as Attachment B. The Council is to "advise the Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior (Interior) and Agriculture (Agriculture) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on all matters relating to efficient and timely planning and execution of salinity control measures and procedures specified in the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (Public Law 93-320. Title ll, as amended by Public Law 98-569)," Advisory Council membership is similar to the membership of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum (Forum), The Forum is an organization created in 1973 by the seven Colorado River Basin States for the purpose of fostering interstate cooperation and to provide the states with the information necessary to comply with the \Vater Quality Standards for the Colorado River and Section 303 of the Clean Water Act This report pro\;des annual recommendations to the federal agencies concerning the progress oflhe Salinity Control Program and the need for specific actions by involved federal agencies. This report comments on the actions taken by the federal agencies through December 31. 2001, The report does not contain a full description and analysis of the Salmity, Control Program. Readers who are not familiar with the Salinity Control Program are referred to Quality of Water, Colorado River Basin, Progress Report No, 20, January 2001. and the 1999 Revie\\-', Water Qualiry Standards for Salinity, Colorado River s.vstem, June 1999 and Supplememal Report, October 1999. The first report can be obtained at wwwuc.usbr20v/proeactfsalinirviindex.html or by contacting Da\;d p, Trueman, the Salinity Program Manager for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). The second and third repons can be obtained by contacting Jack A. Barnett. the Executive Director for lhe COLOR.wn Rlf 'ER BASIS S."U.'7TJ" Co.'7ROL ADf7S0RI' COUSC/L