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<br />t:! <br /> <br />l\) <br />CJ1 Arizona <br />C> <br />C) NPDES - Authority for issuing NPDES permits has not been <br />delegated to the state and still resides in the Region IX <br /> <br />off ice of EPA. <br /> <br />Arizona is currently operating under an <br /> <br />"interim" plan in which the state prepares the permit, <br /> <br /> <br />solicits pUblic comments and involvement, and forwards the <br /> <br /> <br />final draft to EPA for signatures and issuance. <br /> <br />Arizona, in drafting NPDES permits for industries <br />throughout the colorado River Basin within the state above <br />Imperial Dam, follows the Forum's policy regarding salinity <br /> <br />control. Reuse of treated wastewater is encouraged as a <br /> <br />general principle. <br />presently three industries (uranium product mines), <br /> <br />discharge to tributaries of the Colorado River above Imperial <br /> <br />Dam. <br /> <br />The Department of Health Services annually reviews <br /> <br />monitoring reports of facilities potentially discharging <br />under NPDES permits. No system is discharging more than one <br /> <br />ton per day or 350 tons per year of TDS; and in most cases <br />discharges are to ephemeral tributaries which are remote from <br />the mainstream of the Colorado River. <br /> <br />Water Quality Management Planning - The Northern Arizona <br />Council of Governments generated water quality management <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />plans for the Colorado River and its tributaries in the <br />northeast and north central parts of the state, while the <br /> <br />Western Arizona Council of Governments developed similar <br /> <br />-24- <br />