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<br />197e Review - Colorado <br />River Salinity Standards <br /> <br />l\:) <br />~ In response to Section 303 of the Clean Water Act, the <br />W <br />~ Forum reviewed the 1975 salinity standards. Two regional <br />public meetings were held by the Forum in November 1978, to <br />receive public comment. A supplement was prepared based on <br />the statements received at and subsequent to the hearings. <br />On December 18, 1978, the Forum approved the report, <br />"Proposed 1978 Revision - Water Quality Standards for Salinity <br />Including Numeric Criteria and Plan of Implementation for <br />Salinity Control - Colorado River System", August 1978, and <br />December 18, 1978 Supplement and forwarded the report to the <br />Basin states. That report, which presented the recommended <br />revisions in the plan of implementation, was submitted to the <br />states for adoption. <br />The hearing and review process by the individual states <br /> <br />is in progress. The status of the process in each state is <br />as follows: <br /> <br /> Transmittal <br />State Hearing Adoption to EPA <br />Arizona 4/11/79 4/11/79 10;28/80 <br />California 5/30/79 9/20/79 10/ 9/79 <br />Colorado 3/14/80 5/ 6/80 5/20/80 <br />Nevada 3/14 and 4/10/79 10/18/79 <br /> 4/10/79 <br />New Mexico 4/27/79 5/23?9 5/25/79 <br />Utah 6/ 4/79 6/27 79 7/31/79 <br />Wyoming 9/18/80 <br /> <br />-6- <br />