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<br />1733 <br /> <br />"The above three doclUilents are attachLlent.s 2, 3, and I:. (omitted) <br /> <br />"An examination of the three above documents reveals that there <br />are differences among them with respect to both wording and substance. <br />They lack consistency in several respects. <br /> <br />"The following quoted statement headed 'Seven Colorado River <br />Basin States Accord, November 9, 1973' expresses the consensus of <br />the States with respect to the regulations proposed by EPA deline- <br />ating requirements, procedures and a plan of implementation for <br />salinity control in the Colorado River Basin. This statement is <br />referenced specifically to the proposal submitted to California <br />[No. (1) aboveJ. <br /> <br />"Seven Colorado River Basin States Accord <br /> <br />November 9, 1973 <br /> <br />'The seven States agree \"lith the essence of the draft <br />proposal submitted by Region 9 of EPA to California (No. 1 <br />above) which is to be found in the fourth paragraph on <br />page 1 and the paragraph numbered (I) on ]?age 3 of the <br />California draft. LSee attachment No. 2.J tomitted) <br /> <br />'The States agree that salinity criteria for the <br />Colorado River Basin would be useful in the final formulation <br />of a salinity control program such as uould be undertaken <br />by enactment of pending Congressional Bills, H .R. 7771..:., <br />H.R. 7775, and S. 1807, and agree further that the States <br />must cooperate with the Federal r;overnment and each o'cher <br />in support of such legislation which uould implement the <br />Conclusions and Recommendations published in the proceedin~s <br />of the Reconvened Seventh Session of the Conference in the <br />Jl1atter of Pollution of the Interstate \"laters of the Colorado <br />River and Its Tributaries in the States of California, <br />Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Nel-; lIexico, and \1yoming, <br />held in Denver, Colorado on April 26-27, 1972, under <br />authority of section 10 of the Federal \later Pollution <br />Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1160), and approved by the Adminis- <br />trator of the Environmental Protection Agency on June 9, <br />1972. (Attachment 5) (omitted) <br /> <br />> <br /> <br />'The States have established a mechanism for inter- <br />state cooperation (Colorado River Basin Salinity Control <br />Forum) and for preparation of semi-annual reports on the <br />development of numeric criteria and the adoption of such <br />criteria by October 18, 1975. <br /> <br />'As Has concluded by resolution of the Colorado River <br />Basin States Conferees (attachment 6) (omitted) of the <br />Conference in the I.latter of Pollution of the Interstate <br />'laters of the Colorado River and Its Tributaries held in <br />Las Vegas, Nevada and the Reconvened Seventh Session held <br /> <br />- 21 - <br />