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<br /> <br />w <br />en <br />I-" <br />w <br /> <br />The 1984 update to the plan included designated <br />management agencies responsible for implementation of the <br />non-point source control programs set forth in the plan. <br />The agencies designated for those portions of New Mexico <br />lying within the Colorado River Basin are: <br />New Mexico Forestry Division for silviculture; <br />New Mexico State Highway Department, New Mexico State <br />Park and Recreation Division, and Jicarilla Apache <br />Tribe for rural road construction and maintenance; <br />New Mexico State Land Office and U.S. Bureau of Land <br />Management for sediment control; <br />U.S. Forest Service for sediment control, rural road <br />construction and maintenance, and silviculture, and; <br />U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs for sediment control, <br />rural road construction and maintenance, silviculture, <br />and irrigated agriculture. <br />Other Activities <br />The State of New Mexico through the Forum members, <br />Advisory Council members, and the New Mexico Water Quality <br />Control Commission support the Colorado River Basin <br />Salinity Control Program and are taking all reasonable <br />actions to insure its implementation. State actions <br />include: (I) support of federal legislation including <br />appropriations to implement the program, (2) inclusion of <br />salinity control measures in the Section 208 plans, (3) <br />dissemination of information on salinity sources and <br />control measures to the water users and the public in the <br />Colorado River Basin area of the state, (4) consultation <br />with industries on potential salinity reduction measures, <br />(5) implementation of Forum policy through existing legal <br />and institutional mechanisms, e.g. NPDES Permits, (6) <br />support of funding for the Forum's executive director whose <br />major function is to assist in carrying out the Colorado <br />River salinity program, (7) allocation of state financial <br />and manpower resources to several salinity research <br />efforts, (8) providing matching funds to support the USGS <br />water quality data collection program in the Colorado River <br />Basin portion of the state which is necessary to monitor <br />salinity conditions on the river, and (9) maintaining a <br />continuous water quality planning program whereby new or <br />additional salinity control measures can be addressed. The <br />availability of state funds used in support of items (7) <br />and (8) above, has caused a reduction in those programs for <br />the fiscal year beginning July I, 1986. <br />Utah <br /> <br />NPDES Permits <br />Generally major industrial permits are drafted by the <br />Utah Bureau of Water Pollution Control. The State has the <br />responsibility to review all of the permits for compliance <br />with the Forum policy and to provide water quality <br />certification for all new and renewal permits. <br />A total of 64 NPDES permits are in effect for <br />specific industrial facilities in the Utah portion of the <br />Colorado River Basin. A general permit for construction <br />dewatering and hydrostatic testing is in effect for some <br /> <br />-55- <br /> <br />'. "~ ,. -.' <br />