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<br />l\) <br />CJ1 <br />o <br />t<> <br /> <br />1975, was updated. Following public hearings on the plan it <br />was adopted by the Regional Water Quality Control Board and <br /> <br />the Water Resources Control Board. The revised plan was <br /> <br />approved by EPA in September 1985. The salinity control <br />component of the water quality plan is consistent with the <br />Forum's plan of implementation for salinity control. The <br /> <br />Regional Water Quality Control Board is working with the <br /> <br />Forum and local entities to insure that implementation of the <br /> <br />water quality plan is achieved. <br /> <br />other Activities - A policy establishing priorities for <br />the use of poor quality waters for cooling of inland power <br /> <br />plants has been in effect since 1975. <br /> <br />The State Water <br /> <br />Resources Control Board has included salinity control in the <br />Colorado River among its top priority items. <br /> <br />Colorado <br /> <br />NPDES permits - Authority for issuing discharge permits <br /> <br /> <br />in Colorado has been delegated to the Colorado Department of <br /> <br />Health. There are 333 permits in the Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />portion of the state. Most of these are for minor municipal <br />or industrial facilities. <br /> <br />Of the total, there are l3 major or significant minor <br />industrial permits and 21 major or significant minor <br />municipal permits. All new permits and reissued discharge <br />permits in the basin are being brought into compliance with <br />the Water Quality Control Commission's regulation for <br /> <br />. - <br /> <br />-26- <br />