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<br />...... <br />...... <br />c...n <br />C-0 <br /> <br />~~&I~ <br /> <br />Reply: A reference to the potential application of on farm improve- <br />ments now appears in the text as requested. Detailed coverage or. <br />estimates of these improvements will be provided in Unit statements <br />or assessments to follow. See chapter I, section D.3.b Irrigation <br />Source Control. <br /> <br />15. Comment: Pages 1-117 and 11-170. - on page 1-117, the irrigated <br />acres in the Uinta Basin are listed as 170,000 acres and on 11-170 it <br />is listed as 224,364 acres. There are actually about 205,000 acres <br />in the basin. <br /> <br />Reply: The figure of 224,364 acres should be changed to 170,000 <br />acres. This change has been made in the text. The 170,000 acres is <br />the irrigated area included in the Uinta Basin Unit of the Colorado <br />River Water Quality Improvement program. <br /> <br />16. Comment: Pages 11-14 through 11-16. - Additional information <br />about the soils of the basin should be provided. Some of the soil <br />terminology is obsolete. The statement would be improved if it iden- <br />tified those saline soils and geologic formations which are natural <br />occurring sources of large amount. of salt. <br /> <br />Reply: <br />mations <br />section <br /> <br />An additional description of saline soils and geologic <br />is included in chapter II of the final statement. See <br />B.6., Topo&raphy, Geology, Minerals, and Soils. <br /> <br />for- <br /> <br />-...,- <br />~->,?,j <br />.<..t-,t~.y <br /> <br />17. Comment: Page 11-128, paragraph 1, last sentence. - We suggest <br />that reasons be given as to why 25 percent of the available irrigable <br />acreage has apparently become unproductive. <br /> <br />Reply: As requested, the reasons are now included in the narrative. <br />See chapter II, section D.2.b. Land Use/Cultural Factors. <br /> <br />18. Comment: Page. 11-184, fifth line from bottom. - The statement <br />would be improved if the current use of "undeveloped" land was <br />identified . <br /> <br />Reply: In order to avoid any misunderstanding, the word ''undeveloped'' <br />has been deleted. <br /> <br />\ <br />19. Comment: Page 11-187, line 1. - Deer should be included, as <br />there are a great nUl11ber of deer in the watershed. Also next para- <br />graph, recreation is not limited to just hunting, as there are many <br />man-days of fishing, backpacking, hiking, riding, and sightseeing <br />done in the watershed. <br /> <br />~*~~~~~ <br /> <br />18 <br />