WSP04739

• File Number: 8274.400
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - General Basinwide Salinity Issues - NPDES
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 7/20/1999
• Title: Immediate Release - Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum Issues Three Year Review
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: News Article/Press Release

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NOTICE OF REGIONAL PUBLIC MEETINGS
AND REOUEST FOR COMMENTS

1999 REVIEW
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR SALINITY
COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM

COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL FORUM

[The Colorado Riv~r Basin Salinity Control Forum is composed of water resource and water quality representatives
of the seven Colorado River Basin states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and
Wyoming.]

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NOTICE IS HJI;REBY GIVEN that regional public meetings will be held on August 23, 1999
at 1 p.m. at the ~heraton Hotel located at 6101 W. Century Blvd. In Los Angeles, California and
on August 24, 1999 at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall in Lyman, Wyoming..

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The purpose of t/'le public meetings is to solicit comments and recommendations on the review of
water quality standards and related matters contained in the Colorado River Basin Salinity
Control Forum's 1999 Review (dated June 1999). This report was prepared pursuant to the Clean
Water Act (P.L. 92-500 as amended). Copies of the report are available for review by contacting
the offices listed at the bottom of this notice. The report may also be viewed and downloaded
from the following internet website: http://www.nr.state.ut.usIWTRRESC/1999rev.pdf. After
receipt of comments the Forum will issue a Supplemental Report responding to comments and
providing additional information as may be necessary. The Supplemental Report will be
available in November 1999 from the same sources.

At the public meetings, interested persons may present oral or written statements. In order to
accommodate all who wish to speak, extensive material should be summarized and, depending
upon the number who wish to be heard, a time limitation may be imposed by the meeting officer.
To the extent possible, statements should be prepared in writing and submitted at or prior to the
public meetings. Written comments other than those presented at the public meeting may be
submitted through the Colorado Water Conservation Board or directly to Mr. Jack A. Barnett,
Executive Director, 106 West 500 South, Suite 101, Bountiful, Utah 84010. The deadline for
submitting written statements is August 20, 1999

For more information contact:
Steve Miller
Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, CO 80203
303-866-3441, fax [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Jack A. Barnett, Executive Director
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum
106 West 500 South, Suite 101
Bountiful, Utah 84010
801-292-4663, fax [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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Jack A. Barnett, Executive Director Dated: July 15, 1999
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum

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