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<br />The Council is comprised of up to three members, <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />~ <br />vI <br />U <br />~ <br /> <br />appointed by the Governor, from each of the seven Colorado <br /> <br />River Basin states. The current membership is shown on <br /> <br />Attachment A. During 1986, David Robbins, Colorado, served <br /> <br />as Council Chairman and Myron Holburt, California, as Vice <br /> <br />Chairman. The permanent Work Group of the Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin Salinity Control Forum continues to serve the Council <br /> <br />in the capacity of a technical review and study team. <br /> <br />Ernest M. Weber, California, is Chairman of the Work Group. <br /> <br />The Council is also assisted by the Forum's Executive <br /> <br />Dirertor, Jack Barnett. <br /> <br />Most of the members of the Advisory Council are also <br /> <br />members of the Coloradn River Basin Salinity Control Forum. <br /> <br />The Council and Forum are related in their acti\'ities, but <br /> <br />serve different functions. <br /> <br />The Clean Water Act, as interpreted by the <br /> <br />Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), required setting of <br /> <br />numeric criteria for salinity for the Colorado River, and <br /> <br />establishment of an interstate organization to develop a <br /> <br />salinity control plan. <br /> <br />In response to EPA's requirements, <br /> <br />the Basin states formed an interstate group, the Colorado <br /> <br />River Basin Salinity Control Forum. The Forum developed <br /> <br />water quality standards for salinity for the Colorado <br /> <br />River, . eluding numeric criteria, designated "ses, and a <br /> <br />basinwide plan of implementation. These were adopted by <br /> <br />-2- <br />