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<br />I <br />UYD- 0-<~ <=if <br /> <br />o <br />1'0 <br />-.J <br />..... <br /> <br />Statement <br />of <br />Gordon W. Fassett <br />Wyoming State Engineer <br /> <br />to the <br />Senate Appropriations Committee <br />Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development <br /> <br />Requesting Appropriations <br />for the <br />Bureau of Reclamation's <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Programs <br /> <br />Submitted on April 2, 1996 <br /> <br />This testimony requests Fiscal Yea,(i997flmding in the amount f $11,836,000 fo <br />the Bureau of Reclamation for Colo~~r Basin Salinity Contro ontrol <br />Programs: <br /> <br /> <br />Originally Authorized Program (P.L.93-320 <br />as amended by P.L. 98-569) <br />Program Authorized in 1 995 (P.L. 104-20) <br />General Investigation Funds for Colorado <br />River Basin Salinity Control Programs <br /> <br />$ 5,500,000 <br />$ 6,000,000 <br /> <br />Total: <br /> <br />$ 360.000 <br />$11,860,000 <br /> <br />This testimony is submitted in support of a Fiscal Year 1997 <br />appropriation of $11,860,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation's <br />Colorado River Salinity Control Programs. You recently received <br />testimony from the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum <br />(Forum) submitted by the fO"(llm's Executive Director, Jack Barnett, <br />dated March 26, 1996. The State of Wyominq concurs in the FY 1997 <br />funding requests and justification statements set forth in the <br />Forum's testimony. <br /> <br />In addition to being the Wyoming State Engineer, I represent <br />the State of Wyoming on the Forum and the Colorado River Basin <br />Salinity Control Advisory Council (Council). The Council was <br />created by Section 204 of the 1974 Colorado River Basin Salinity <br />Control Act, Public Law 93-320, and like the Forum, is composed of <br />gubernatorial representatives of the seven Colorado River Basin <br />states. Both the Council and Forum serve important liaison roles <br />among the seven states, the Secretaries of the Interior and <br /> <br />(9-cY....r-' <br /> <br />~:j <br />Cb <br />