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<br />Water Commisslo~, United States
<br />and Mexico), and doncluded
<br />pursuant to the TIiaty of
<br />February 3,1944, '
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<br />Title II of Publiq Law 93-320
<br />directed the Secret6ry of the Interior
<br />to expedite the conlpletion of
<br />planning reports o~ 12 salinity
<br />control units and tel proceed with
<br />construction of the paradox Valley,
<br />Grand Valley, Cry$lal Ceyser, and
<br />Las Vegas Wash Units,
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<br />In October 1984),the President
<br />signed Public Law ~8-569, the
<br />Colorado River Basin Salinity
<br />Control Amendme~t, which
<br />amendsPubllcLa~93-320, fr
<br />directs the Secretary! of Agriculture
<br />to establish a majorlvoluntary
<br />onfarm cooperativelsalinity control
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<br />program within thejDepartment of
<br />Agriculture, The n~w Agriculture
<br />program provides f9r cost sharing
<br />of onfarm improve~ents consistent
<br />with the degree of opsite and ofEsite
<br />downstream benefitj, as determined
<br />for the project area, lMaximum
<br />Federal cost shares l\re not to exceed
<br />70 percent unless hiiher levels are
<br />approved by the Sectetary of
<br />Agriculture, The new authority also
<br />requlres that 30 perc!mt of the
<br />Federal cost shall ber-paid from the
<br />Upper and Lower B~stri water
<br />development funds ivith revenue
<br />generated from the sIIle of .
<br />hydropower, .
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<br />For Interior, the $endment
<br />(Public Law 98-569) ,rovides for the
<br />following actions no~ previously
<br />included in the Recialnation
<br />program:
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<br />. Authorizationofconstruction
<br />of Stage I of the Lower
<br />Gunnison Basin Unit and the
<br />McElmo Creek Unit as a part of
<br />the Dolores Project,
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<br />The use of cost.effectiveness as
<br />a decisionmaking criterion,
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<br />Joint feasibility studies with
<br />industrial water users as a part
<br />of ongoing Saline Water Use
<br />and Disposal Opportunities
<br />activities.
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<br />Authority for the Secretary of
<br />the Interior to contract with
<br />non-Federal entities for
<br />organization, construction,
<br />operation, maintenance, and
<br />replacement of authorized
<br />salinity control facilities,
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<br />wildlife values foregone as
<br />salinity control units are
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<br />Thirty percent reimbursable
<br />. from the Upper and Lower
<br />Basin funds on the newly
<br />authorized units to be repaid
<br />either during the year the
<br />expenditures are made or over
<br />time with interest, By compari-
<br />son, 25 percent of the construc-
<br />tion costs of previously
<br />authorized units are to be
<br />repaid from the Basin Fund
<br />over SO years without interest,
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