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o C? C.JI o Backaround .' Public Law 93-320, the "Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974," authorized construction, operation, and maintenance of certain works in the Colorado River Basin to control the salinity of water in the Colorado River available for use in the United states and Mexico. Section 204 of the Act established a Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council. A Charter for the Council was originally approved by the Secretaries ,of the Interior and Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on February 6, 1976, revised on June 22, 1976,' and subsequently renewed in 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986 and August 31, 1988. The Council receives reports from the federal agencies involved in salinity control activities and makes recommendations to those agencies on appropriate means of controlling the River's salini ty. The Council 'is comprised of up to three members, appointed by the respective Governor, from each of the seven' Colorado IH ver ' Basin states. The current membership is shown on Attachment A. During 1989, David RObbins, ColoradO, served as Council Chairman. D. Larry Anderson, utah, served as Vice Chairman. The permanent Work Group of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum continues to serve the Council and the Forum in the capacity of a technical review and study team. Ernest M. Weber, California, is Chairman of the Work Group. The Council is also assisted by the, Forum's Executive Director, Jack Barnett. Most of the members of the Advisory Council are also members of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum. The Council and Forum are related in their activities, but have different functions. The 1972 Clean Water Act, as interpreted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), required setting numeric criteria for salinity for the Colorado River, and establishment of an interstate organization to develop a salinity control implementation plan. In response to EPA's requirements, the Basin states in 19~3-formed an interstate group, the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum. The Forum developed water quality standards for salinity for the Colorado River, including numeric criteria, designated uses, an antidegradation policy, and a basinwide plan of implementation. These were adopted by the seven Basin states as part "Of 1:heir state standards-and were approved by EPA in 1976. The permanent Work Group, under the authority of the Forum, is charged with making the necessary studies, providing technical advice, and keeping current with events and changes which will enable the Forum to aake decisions on matters concerning the "