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<br />. <br /> <br />I\) <br />~ <br />N <br />N <br /> <br />in Washington, D, 1.:" against Douglas Costle, Administrator, <br /> <br />EPA; Cecil Andrus, Secretary, Department of Interior; and <br />R. Keith Higgenson, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation. The <br />civil suit in general asked that: a) the Environmental <br />Protection Agency's approval of state salinity standards be <br />set aside; b) EPA be required to promulgate effective and <br />enforceable water quality standards and implementation plans <br />and pollutant loads for salinity; and c) the defendantsbe <br />required to implement necessary salinity controls to maintain <br /> <br /><';.,; <br /> <br />salinity at the 1972 levels. <br /> <br /> <br />The federal defendants with the support of the seven <br /> <br /> <br />states filed a motion for a change of venue from the Washing- <br /> <br /> <br />ton, D. C. District Court to the Tenth District Court in <br /> <br />Denver, Colorado. That motion was denied. <br /> <br />Each of the Basin states and a number of local entities <br /> <br />filed motions for intervention as party defendants in the <br /> <br />action, The Court granted full status as party defendants <br />to the states but denied the motions of the other applicants. <br />In April 1978, the defendants moved for dismissal of the suit. <br />Judge Flannery denied the motion on August 31, 1978. <br />The EPA, with assistance from representatives of the <br /> <br />states who are Forum and Work Group members, prepared an <br />index to the administrative record consisting of a series of <br /> <br />federal and state documents dealing with the development, <br /> <br /> <br />adoption and approval of the salinity criteria and plan of <br /> <br /> <br />implementation for salinity control. The certified index was <br /> <br /> <br />filed with the District Court on January 8, 1979. <br /> <br />31 <br />