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<br />2002 AD VlsORY COUNCIL REPORT <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />o <br />...... <br />()1 <br /> <br />The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council (Council) was established pW'Suant <br />to Section 204 of Public Law 93-320, the "Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act nf 1974" <br />(Act). The Secretaries of the Deparnnents of the Interior and Agriculture and the Administrator of <br />the u.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) originally approved a cbarter for the Council <br />on February 6, 1976. It was revised on June 22, 1976 and bas been renewed biennially. A copy of <br />the current Advisory Council Charter is included as Attachment A. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />The Council consists of up to three members from each of the seven Colorado River Basin states. <br />Governors of their respective states appoint the members. The Council membership list is included <br />as Attachment B. <br /> <br />Advisory Council membership is very similar to the membership of the Colorado River Basin <br />Salinity Control Forum (Forum). The Forum is an organization created in 1973 by the seven <br />Colorado River Basin states for the purpose of interstate cooperation and to provide the states with <br />the information necessary to comply with the Water Quality Standards for the Colorado River and <br />Section 303 of the Clean Water Act. <br /> <br />This report provides annual recommendations to the federal agencies concerning the progress of the <br />salinity control program and the need for specific actions by involved federal agencies. This report <br />comments on the actions taken by the federal agencies through December 31, 2002. <br /> <br />The report does not contain a full description and analysis of the salinity control program. Readers <br />unfamiliar with the salinity control program are encouraged to refer to Quality of Water, Colorado <br />River Basin, Progress Repon No. 20, January 2001, and the 2002 Review, Water Quality Standards <br />for Salinity, Colorado River System, October 2002. The fmt report can be obtained at <br />www.uc.usbr.e:ov/orogactfsalinitv/index.html or by contacting Kib Jacobson, the Salinity Program <br />Manager for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). The second report can be obtained by <br />contacting Jack A. Barnett, the Executive Director for the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control <br />Forum. The addresses and phone numbers for Reclamation and the Forum arc provided at the <br />beginning of this report. <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN SAil.wry cm'lTROL AD ~1S0RY COU1\'OL <br />