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permit program. Actions of particular note in the past year include requirements that three major municipal dischargers demonstrate the non-practicability of preventing a greater than 400 mg/L increase in salinity in their wastewater systems and amendment of all industrial permits which lacked salinity monitoring requirements. '-',4- 00 rv (n Nevada.--The authority to issue NPDES permits has been delegated to the' state of Nevada. The industrial discharges into water tributary to the Colorado River in the state of Nevada are located in the Las Vegas Wash area. Permits have been issued to industrial companies at Henderson and strategies of piping and ponding discharge waters are being implemented. Nevada has also issued permits that prohibit Nevada Power Company from discharging brackish waters from its two generation stations in the drainage. Two of the three major municipalities in the Las Vegas Wash area have been issued discharge permits that are in keeping with the Forum policy. The third major municipality in the area, the city of Las Vegas, has been involved ir. lengthy discussions, negotiations, and litigation concerning the terms of its discharge permit. When the permit is reissued, the stat will insure that the requirements of the Forum dicharge permit policy are fully implemented. New Mexico.--Authority for issuing permits has not been granted to the state of New Mexico, and the program is being administered by EPA, Region VI. EPA is following the discharge permit policy of the Forum. There are currently 17 industrial, 10 Federal, and 6 municipal discharge permits issued in the state of New Mexico within the Colorado River drainage. Some permits are not in compliance with Forum policy due to monitoring requirements, although corrective measures are being taken. Many expired permits are currently under administrative extension by EPA. Permits will require compliance with Forum policy as they are reissued. Utah.--Major industrial permits are drafted by EPA, and minor industrial permits are drafted by the State of utah. EPA maintains the authority for the issuance of the permits, but all permits are reviewed by the state for compliance with Forum policy. There are 72 NPDES permits in effect for industrial discharges in the state of utah in the Colorado River drainage. There are also 28 municipal permits in the State in that drainage. Twelve of these municipal facilities provide total containment. Since 1977 and the enactment of the Forum policy, all reissuance of discharge permits has been in compliance with the Forum policy. ~Oming.--The State of Wyoming has the authority to issue NPDES permits, and teState follows the Forum policy in the issuance of these permits. The State is giving particular attention to the discharges from the Pacific Power and Light Company Jim Bridger Powerplant located in Sweetwater County. That plant is currently operating under a conditional discharge permit; it is anticipated that with the installation of air pollution control devices over the period of the next 6 years, water discharge will be eliminated from that plant. Wyoming has issued 13 municipal permits for discharges to tributaries of the Colorado River. These 5-year permits are for relatively small discharges and are reissued in compliance with the policy of the Forum when they reach their expiration dates. VII - 3 3