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<br />Forum still do not believe that EPA, within the higher levels of <br />C) <br />en its organization, gives the nation's most extensive and successful <br />~ <br />CO nonpoint source water quality control program the support and <br /> <br />recognition it deserves. <br /> <br />Manacrement and Budcret Recommendations <br /> <br />The Council's budget requests .represent the minimum funding <br />required for the program to be successful in maintaining salinity <br />within the federally mandated and state adopted numeric criteria. <br /> <br />All activities are consistent with the salinity. control program set <br /> <br />forth in the "1990 Review-Water Quality standards for Salinity- <br /> <br />Colorado River System" and the 1990 Joint Evaluation Report. <br /> <br />Unlike many other federal programs, the salinity program provides <br />a significant amount of up-front, non-federal cost sharing; 30 <br /> <br />percent from the Upper and Lower Basin funds for Interior programs, <br /> <br />and at least 51 percent from the local participating farmers and <br /> <br />the Basin funds for the USDA onfarm program. <br /> <br />The non-federal <br /> <br />participants (land owners, irrigation districts, etc.) stand ready <br />to contribute their upfront share of program costs. The Council <br />urges the federal agencies to vigorously pursue adequate funding to <br />implement their portion of the salinity program in a timely and <br />cost-efficient manner. The funding requests should be in accord <br /> <br />with Executive Order 12088. <br /> <br />The <br /> <br />fOllowing <br /> <br />tabulation <br /> <br />contains <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />Council's <br /> <br />recommendations for appropriations for FY 1993 and FY 1994. <br />Tentative recommendations for FY 1995 funding to provide program <br /> <br />continuity are also offered. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />~, <br />