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<br /> <br />~y 7, 2002 <br /> <br />O['tt,(D.O[Wi[' <br /> <br />In Repl>~ Refer To. <br />7240 (220) <br /> <br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior <br /> <br />EUREAU OF L~ND MA:;AGEMEm' <br />\T';L~hin!ltO"\, D.C. 202.j.O <br />herr; I~~'t,...h;m.p:m' <br /> <br />(:J <br />.... <br /> <br />5, <br />1_""", <br />~Ij <br />, <br /> <br />, . <br />- <br /> <br />Mr. Larry R. Dozier <br />Chairman, Colorado River Basin Salir,ity Control Advisory Council <br />Central Arizona \\'ater Conservation District <br />P.O Box 43020 <br />Phoenix, Arizona 85080-30:0 <br /> <br />"R'l 'I t,' ~.. <br />'"' <br />'n\ <br />J U NAY l 3 2002 <br /> <br />'-1 <br /> <br />C~NTRAl A,::Z: ,:.. p~~~GT 1 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Dozier: <br /> <br />Thank you for the comments 3Jld recommendations oonceming salinity control activities on <br />Bureau of Land Managemen1 (BLM)-administered public lands included "ithin tbe 2001 Annual <br />Report on the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program \Ve r:viewed the report and have <br />the following comments DC the section that penains to the BLM, <br /> <br />The BLM is committed to identifying, understanding, and controlling point and nonpoint sources <br />of salinity on BLM-adm IDistered land, within the Colorado River Basin. The BLM will <br />continue to use a three.pronged approach to salinity control: <br /> <br />· Control of point sources such as saline springs and seeps and abandoned flowing wells <br />that yield saline water (larger projects are referred to the Bureau of Recl8l1lation) <br /> <br />. Control of nonpoint sources through cost..effective land management techniques that <br />result in mUltiple.resource becefits <br /> <br />· Prevention ofnonpoint-sClurce salt mobilization through le.nd-use planning, permit <br />stipulations, land.use authorizations, best management practices, watershed protection <br />strategies, and ecological restoration <br /> <br />This approacb will be explained in mare de1ail in the fonhcoming BLM report to Congress. <br /> <br />Point-sot1rce Salinitv Control <br /> <br />The BLM will continue to identify seline springs, seeps, and abandaaed flowing wells. Project <br />fe3.Sibilit), and cost-effectiveness will be determined for any new point sources that are found. <br />Larger projects will be referred to the Bureau of Reela.mation. Project results will be reported <br />annually to the Working Group and Advisory Council. <br />