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developed haa not been ettected. BLM neecla to expedite development ot that ayat_. o en The Council remains concernecl vith the salinity control CJl prograa described by BIM in ita July 1987 report to Congress. The ~ Council believea that BIM's report vas both inadequate and unresponsive to the Congressional directives. The Council recomiDends BIM treat salinity control as a priJlary objective in the. Colorado River Basin. It has been determined that more than 1,000,000 tons of salt must be removed from the River system each year by the turn of the century in order to maintain the adopted numeric criteria. The BIM is the largest land manager in the Basin, and lands administered by the BUI are major contributors of salt to the river. The Council recommends, BIM identify salinity control activities, achievable salt load reductions, feasible control actions and the associated costs per ton of those reductions to be carried out with FY 1990 funding. Further, the Council recommends that DIM allocate adequate funding specifically identified for salinity control. Fish and Wildlife Service The Council supports the continued coordination between the Fish and Wildlife Service U'WS), ReClamation, USDA and EPA in addressing the issue of, fish and wildlife habitat values foregone, and appreciates the efforts made by the FWS in addressing the Council's concerns. U.S. Geoloaical Survev The Council believes that it is basically a federal obligation to provide the hydrologic data and interpretive studies required to carry out the objectives of the salinity control program. The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) role is to provide information and interpretive studies of water resources ana regional and national level. Operation of many of the monitoring stations is cost shared with the Basin states. The USGS continues to cooperate with Reclamation, USDA and BIM on site-specific assessments of salinity control measures. The Council commends the USGS for its coordination and support role in salinity control activities such as NASQAN activities at 11 of 20 key locations which Reclamation uses for salinity accounting in the Basin. 'The USGS -provides data on a-number of stations on the river. Reclamation, using data supplied by the USGS, evaluates the data to provide the states, local entities, and the Forum with time- 5, ,l '.