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<br />compilation. <br /> <br />Copies of the <br /> <br />NPDES permits listin9 is <br /> <br />available to any individual or agency by contacting the Forum <br /> <br />o <br />Ul <br />1\:' <br />c.o <br /> <br />off ice. <br /> <br />During the period of this report, the Forum determined <br /> <br />that amendments to the Salinity Control Act could streamline <br /> <br />Reclamation's program and expedite implementation of certain <br /> <br />units and make the program more cost effective. The Forum <br /> <br />has agreeded on legislative changes, which are in bill form, <br /> <br />and the states and the Executive Director are now working <br /> <br />with congressional and administrative leaders in an effort to <br /> <br /> <br />have the legislation introduced and passed into law. <br /> <br />Outlook for Meeting Standards <br />In the Future <br /> <br />The flow-weighted average annual salinity values <br /> <br />(calendar year) at Hoover, Parker and Imperial <br /> <br />DamS <br /> <br />decreased significantly because of the 1983 through 1987 <br /> <br />record runoff. During this period of high runoff, salinity <br /> <br />concentrations decreased. However, with lower than average <br /> <br />flows in 1988 (estimated at 72 percent of normal), salinity <br /> <br />concentrations are showing some increases. <br /> <br />Implementation of federal salinity control activities <br /> <br />is continuing on the Grand Valley, Uinta Basin, and Paradox <br /> <br />Valley Units and onfarm salinity control activities are being <br /> <br />initiated in the Big Sandy River and Lower Gunnison Basin <br /> <br />Units. However, it will be a number of years before any <br /> <br />significant effects are felt at the three lower mainstem <br /> <br />stations. <br /> <br />-25- <br />