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<br />l\) <br />~ <br />to <br />co <br /> <br />Environmental Protection Agency <br />The major Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) programs <br />dealing with salinity control are Water Quali ty Management <br />planning and National pollutant Discharge Elimination System <br />(NPDES) permits. These programs are largely delegated to the <br /> <br />states, and are discussed in other sections of this report. <br />EPA maintains oversight responsibilities for these delegated <br /> <br />programs. For example, EPA has reviewed and commented on <br /> <br />NPDES permit applications, including City of Yuma, TIMET <br /> <br />Henderson, Nevada, uranium mines in Northern Arizona, and <br /> <br />uranium mines in the Rio puerco Basin, New Mexico. Also, EPA <br /> <br />has assisted the Forum in establishing its oversight program <br />for NPDES permits in the Basin. <br />EPA has responsibility for approving revisions to water <br /> <br />quality standards, and this year has approved the triennial <br /> <br /> <br />reviews and revisions adopted by several Basin states based <br /> <br />on the 1984 Forum standards review. <br /> <br />EPA continues to <br /> <br />encourage the Basin states to develop and implement the state <br />salinity control strategies. <br /> <br />The Forum and EPA policy encouraging the use of poorer <br /> <br />quality water for industrial purposes is being supported <br />primarily through National Environmental policy Act (NEPA) <br /> <br />review responsibilities. Also, through the NEPA review <br /> <br />process, EPA urges the identification of potential salinity <br /> <br />impacts resulting from proposed projects, and encourages <br />discussion of mitigation of adverse impacts as required by <br /> <br />-22- <br />