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<br />N <br />..c- <br />.... <br />... <br /> <br />In September 1979, the Ute Tribe began a 208 planning <br />effort, <br /> <br />Wyoming <br /> <br />The Southwest Wyoming 208 Plan has been <br /> <br />approved by the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council and is <br /> <br />awaiting certification by the Governor, The significant <br /> <br />salinity control portions of the plan are as follows: <br /> <br /> <br />1) Wyoming will continue to support the Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin Salinity Control Forum. <br />2) The Wyoming State Engineer, the Wyoming Department <br /> <br />of Environmental Qlality and various other federal, state <br />and local agencies will review water development projects <br />located in sensitive saline areas to determine the salinity <br /> <br />impacts from such projects. <br /> <br />3) The State Engineer and the Department of Environ- <br /> <br /> <br />mental Quality will evaluate salinity impacts due to stream <br /> <br />diversions and depletions in t,he Green River Basin. <br />4) Southwestern Wyoming and the Department of Environ- <br />mental Quality pledge continued support for the Big Sandy Unit. <br />The Statewide plan is scheduled for completion by the <br />end of 1979. State adoption of the Southwest Wyoming 208 is <br />being withheld pending completion of the statewide plan. <br /> <br />Both plans will be incorporated into a single package for <br /> <br /> <br />adoption. <br /> <br /> <br />The certification recommendations by the Environmental <br /> <br /> <br />Quality Council directed the Bridger Valley Conservation <br /> <br />District and the Big Sandy Conservation District to study <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />1 <br />