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<br />1000 I'tVNE<lL REPORT <br /> <br />o <br /><.:> <br /><.::l <br />CJl <br /> <br />The Council continues to encourage me BLM to identify and plug flowing saline wells on public <br />lands and requests me BL~1 to continue with monitoring and reporting these activities. Table I <br />provides an estimate of me fund expenditure that Congress must authorize for the BL\1 to <br />accomplish its current project~ salinity control endeavors. <br /> <br />The Council requests a written report responding to the recommendations herein by May 11.2001 <br />(see page 12). <br /> <br />U.S. Geological Su,,'ey (USGS) <br /> <br />The Council. for several years. has expressed concerns about the diminishing USGS role in the <br />gaging station program in the Colorado River Basin. The Council feels me USGS has a significant <br />role in fulfilling the federal obligation to assess the progress and effectiveness of the salinity <br />control program through data collection. analysis and study. The Council is now concemt..-d that <br />the treaty obligation with Mexico may be compromised by further r~ucing the gaging station <br />program on the Lower Colorado River. The Council urges that the USGS meet with the States <br />before it takes any additional actions to reduce gaging programs in the Colorado River Basin. The <br />Council urges the USGS to take whatever actions are necessary to ensure that operation of existing <br />long-term water quality and quantity monitoring stations within the Colorado River Rasincominue <br />and report to the Council on those actions. It is believed that much of the stream gaging on the <br />main stem of the Colorado River is so important to the nation that the gaging should be funded <br />directly by the USGS. <br /> <br />The Council also notes that the USGS plays an important role in determining the salinity <br />reductions that have been accomplished and also in determining whether there are salinity <br />conce:mration {fends. The: Council is appreciative of this role and urge:s the USGS to continue to <br />have its professional staff perform these key analyses. <br /> <br />The Council requests a written report responding to the questions asked herein by May II. 2001 <br />(see page 12). <br /> <br />COLO/t.WO R/l"ER BASIS SALISITr CO:'tTROL .WllSOR}" COll.\'CIL <br /> <br />6 <br />