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<br /> <br />)'!< ., <br />l' <br /> <br />USDA /{Ol I <br /> <br />~, <br />~ <br /> <br />. the NPDES permits, and <br /> <br />USDA-ROLE <br /> <br />Environmental Impact <br />Statement (EIS) review, <br /> <br />Numerous agencies within <br />USDA are involved in Colorado " <br />River salinity control activities lis <br />designated by the Secr~ of <br />Agriculture to carry out the .. <br />provisions of Publiq Law 93-320 as;' <br />amended by Public Law 98-569. <br />Specifically, section202(c) <br />authorizes USDA to, establish a <br />voluntary cooperatiVe salinity , <br />control program with landowners f~'; <br />improve onfarm water manage- ; <br />ment, Improvements include <br />related irrigation laterals and <br />reduction of erosion on private IIInd. <br />Major USDA activities include: <br /> <br />r\') <br />UT <br />00 <br />w <br /> <br />Except for EIS review, primary <br />implementation of these programs <br />is generally delegated to the States; <br />however, EP A retains oversight and <br />approval responsibilities, <br /> <br />Additional EP A activities include <br />program support and guidance for <br />State and Forum salinity control <br />activities, Examples of these <br />activities include testimony before <br />Congress in support of the <br />cooperative, basin-wide salinity <br />control effort; and working with <br />Individual States to assist in <br />Implementing Stllte salinity control <br />activities such as in the nonpoint <br />source management programs <br />currently being developed by the <br />States, <br /> <br />. Irrigation salt soUrce studies <br />(SCS) <br /> <br />. Project implementation' <br />including: <br /> <br />EP A reviews all environmental <br />statements and comments on <br />Interior and USDA environmental <br />statements on salinity control <br />projects because of its responsi- <br />bilities under the Clean Air Act and <br />the National Environmental Polley <br />Act, EP A encourages alternatives <br />that minimize and mitigate adverse <br />salinity impacts through various <br />approaches including wetlands <br />protection, water cons~rvation, and <br />industrial use of saline water, EPA <br />has also been working with <br />Reclamation on sallnity control <br />projects where underground <br />disposal options are considered, <br /> <br />. Technical assistance (SCS) <br />. Financial assi~tance <Ases) <br />. Educational ~d infonna- <br />tional assistance (ES) <br /> <br />. Research and demonstration <br />(ARS, CSRS) <br /> <br />Monitoring and evaluation <br />(SCS) <br /> <br /><<: <br /> <br />'J <br /> <br />Poor water mall;lS'lment systems ;.' <br />on irrIgated agricultural lands have '.; <br />resulted in excessive distribUtion ' ,,' <br />system seepage, overImg'ation, low <br />irrigation efficiencies, excessive <br />deep percolation, and high surface <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />,J <br /> <br />; <br />j <br />