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<br />I <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />WATER QUALITY <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum and Work Group Meeting in Jackson, Wyoming <br /> <br />The Forum is scheduled to hold its spring meeting on Thursday May 17th in Jackson, <br />Wyoming. Included in the Board folder is a copy of the agenda. Prior to the meeting, on May 161h, <br />the Workgroup will be meeting to set a schedule for developing the 2002 Triennial Review Report. <br /> <br />Atlas Uranium Mill Tailings <br /> <br />On October 31,2000, President Clinton signed into law legislation authorizing the removal <br />of the 10.5 million tons of uranium tailings away from the Colorado River. The estimated cost of <br />cleanup is $300 million. The legislation provide no money but contained a pledge that the federal <br />government would pay to have the waste pile moved away from the river. <br /> <br />I have included in the Board folder a copy of a news article which describes activities at the <br />Moab site and the efforts of legislators to obtain appropriations to move the tailings away from the <br />river. The Bush administration has not included funding for this in its budget. Senator Bennett and <br />Congressman Canon have testified before various congressional appropriation committees requesting <br />$\ 0 million be placed in the budget to study how the pile can be relocated from the river. <br /> <br />,.. <br /> <br />~r.:~~'_l>...~"'''.4-~ <br /> <br />.-- <br />Gerald R. Zimmerman <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />6 <br />