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<br />N <br />loi:lo <br />- - 00 <br />...:I <br /> <br />Director's draft planning report/advance draft environmental <br />statement has been distributed for review. Reclamation is <br /> <br />also involved with improvements on approximately 36 miles of <br /> <br />canals and laterals as part of the Central Utah Project. In <br /> <br />both cases, the off-farm lateral improvements are compatible <br />with the onfarm program and are planned in conjunction with <br /> <br />USDA activities. <br /> <br />USDA implementation emphasizes the use of salinity <br />control/water management plans in conjunction with ACP cost- <br /> <br />sharing through long-term agreements (LTA'S) or contracts. <br /> <br />Through 1985, ASCS has obligated $9,879,070 for 385 LTA's <br /> <br />covering 29,802 acres. <br /> <br />Major practices include the <br /> <br />improvements on both sprinkler and surface irrigation <br /> <br />systems. <br /> <br />Irrigation water management improvements to date <br /> <br />have been achieved on 18,000 acres with 240 miles of <br /> <br />pipelines installed. As a result, SCS estimates the annual <br /> <br />reduction in seepage and deep percolation to be 21,800 acre- <br /> <br />feet for an annual salt load reduction of 19,160 tons. <br /> <br />USDA published a report on the Big Sandy River Unit but <br /> <br />included no recommended plan. The State of Wyoming strongly <br />supports a low-pressure sprinkler alternative being developed <br /> <br />by SCS and has requested Reclamation to refine the salt and <br /> <br />water budget to look at selected lining of unlined segments <br /> <br />of the canal and lateral systems. <br /> <br />ses and 'Reclamation <br /> <br />continue the coordinated evaluation of this alternative <br /> <br />treatment. <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />-11- <br />