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<br />. <br /> <br />o <br />00 <br />(N <br />-..J <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />HISTORY OF WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Continued) <br /> <br />The Forum members also at the November 8-9, 1973, meeting agreed to <br />request EPA that: <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The Final statement on proposed water quality standards <br />and plan of implementation for salinity control should be <br />consistent for all seven States of the Colorado River <br />Basin; and opportunity should be provided for further <br />direct discussion between representatives of the Environ- <br />mental Protection Agency and the Forum before the pro- <br />posed regulations are published in the Federal Register. <br />" <br /> <br />Following the formulation of the Colorado River Basin Salinity <br />Control Forum, meetings were held with representatives of the EPA in <br />January, March, and April 1974 to discuss the proposed regulation on <br />Colorado River Salini ty. <br /> <br />The Environmental Protection Agency published a notice of proposed <br />amendments to (40 CFR Part 120) COLORADO RIVER WATER SYSTEM, Salinity <br />Control Policy and Standard Procedures in FR DOC 74-13683 dated June 12, <br />1974. After hearin.gs in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Denver, Colorado, in <br />August 1974, the final regulation was published on December 18, 1974, in <br />the Federal Register, The regulation states that 40 CFR Part 120 is <br />amended by adding Section 120,5 Colorado River System Implementation <br />Plan, which reads as follows: <br /> <br />"(a) 'Colorado River System' means that portion of the Colo- <br />rado River and its tributaries within the United States of <br />America. <br /> <br />"(b) It shall be the policy that the flow weighted average <br />annual salinity in the lower main stem of the Colorado River <br />System be maintained at or below the average value found <br />during 1972. To carry out this policy, water quality <br />standards for salinity and a plan of implementation for salin- <br />ity control shall be developed and implemented in accordance <br />with the principles of paragraph (c) of this section, on the <br />following page, <br /> <br />"(c) The States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New <br />Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming are required to adopt and submit for <br />approval to the Environmental Protection Agency on or before <br />October 18, 1975: <br /> <br />"(1) Adopted water quality standards for salinity in- <br />cluding numeric criteria consistent with the policy <br />stated above for appropriate points in the Colorado River <br />System, and <br /> <br />19 <br />