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<br />o <br />(J' <br />0> <br />~ <br /> <br />of a preconstruct ion report and environmental assessment will begin <br />in 1992. Construction of the lateral system should begin when the <br />winter water portion of the unit is completed in 1994. <br /> <br />Glenwood-Dotsero Sorinqs unit (Reclamation) - A proposal for <br />a federal-private cooperative project at Glenwood Springs has been <br />submitted by Glenwood Salt Company (Energy Ingenuity and Mission <br />Energy Companies.) The proposal calls for a co-generation project <br />with a 25 MW gas-fired generating unit with the waste heat being <br />used for desalting the Glenwood Springs flow. The proposal would <br />require no funding of construction by the federal government. <br />Reclamation would agree with a 30% nonfederal reimbursement, to pay <br />for the removal of and disposal of 70,000 tons of salt annually. <br />The developers are investigating alternatives to the "downtown" <br />Glenwood City site that was turned down by the city planning and <br />zoning commission. An alternative site is being investigated near <br />an unrelated, but existing cogeneration plant in Rifle. Public <br />scoping and an environment assessment by Reclamation are underway. <br /> <br />San Juan River (Hoqback) unit (Reclamation) - Reclamation has <br />observed saline inflows to the San Juan River in the Hogback Area. <br />Hundreds of oil and gas exploration wells have been drilled in this <br />area raising concerns over discharge from saline aquifers. <br />Reclamation is investigating the apparent salt gains along the San <br />Juan River. <br /> <br />Biq Sandv River unit (Reclamation) - Conclusion of planning <br />activities for this unit are pending the plugging of one deep <br />aquifer monitoring well. Reclamation has not identified any viable <br />salinity control measures in this area. The well plugging is <br />scheduled to occur in 1992. <br /> <br />Bureau of Land Manaqement <br /> <br />The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has established its <br />salinity strategy which: (I) Ranks all watersheds using an <br />interagency team. (II) Uses an interagency multidisciplinary team <br />and the Pacific Southwest Interagency Committee (PSIAC) procedures <br />to determine salinity reduction potential. (III) Develops <br />comprehensive plans using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation <br />(RUSLE) to quantify soil erosion and cost effectiveness analysis <br />comparable to alternative salinity control measures. (IV) <br />Implements approved existing control land treatment plans. <br />Starting in 1994, land treatment practices on only those watersheds <br />which have gone through the above process will be implemented. (V) <br />Maintains measures which beneficially control salinity. <br />Maintenance costs are included in cost effectiveness analysis. <br />(VI) Monitors thoroughly the projects to determine that the <br />predicted results are achieved. <br /> <br />A cooperative study with the Utah Department of Agriculture, <br />Utah Division of Water Resources, USDA, USGS, and Reclamation <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />,J.,~' <br />