WSP07431 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

.... 00 Ut "" have a mb( 01 both USDA and Interior projects . Repayment analysis of the Lower Colorado River Basin Fund shows thaI sufficient funds are available to cover all costs (capilal, O&M. inler- est. and 53 percent inflahon) for the S560 million cost of the recommended plan . Continued close Federal and Slale coordinatioll among Inlerior. USDA. the Inter- agency Commiltee. the Forum and the Advisory Council is crillcallo eHective management 01 the program . To keep the projecl imlemen- lalion schedule on lrac~ and 10 allow lor inClusion of newly formulated_ more cost. eHective projects and changes in technology the evaluation will need 10 be reviewed annually for the nexl several years Management Recommendations . 001 and USDA should sup- pan the S560 million invesl. menl level lor program plan- ning and budgeting purposes . All involvl"d agencies should continue to work toward full implementation of the USDA Colorado River Salinity Con- trol Program in coordinalion with 001 . USDA should staff the CRSC projects 10 provide timely assistance and to maintain a balanced planning and appli- cation workload . USDA and 001 should accel- erate Ihe implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities to Quantify program Impacts and accomplish. menls . Reclamation should cominue to refine the procl"dures to estimate the salt load reduc- lion objectives for future program anaiysis . Involved agencies should continue analysis of project construction schedules for possible modifications to allow other cost-effective projects 10 be slarted earlier or inserted into the program as new data is available . Reclamation and USDA should continue program evalualion annually 10 monitor progress and 10 improve on investment and repayment analysis . USDA should continue coor- dination with Reclamation by maintaining the Colorado River Salinity Control Basin Coordinator in Reclamation's coordinating office . Continue [he SCS'Reclama- tion technical policy coordina. tion committee activities . Continue cooperation among the Federal agencies. tile Forum, and the Advisory Council PROGRAM COORDINATION - TPCC The Technical Policy Coordinat- ing Commillee (TPCCl, organized by Reclamation and SCS in 1985. ... -. . continued i1s role through 19B7 by addressing the lollowing activities 1 Developed a schedule of activities needing to be performed by USDA and by USBR personnel to main1ain near.term conslruction program progress 2 Initiated development of guidelines for planning and con. ducting a monitoring and evalua. tion program to assess eHeclive- ness of salinily control aClivities Guidelines were published and dis- Iributed for use within tile respec. tive agencies 3 ReQuesled developmenl of a joint USBRiSCS process 'or report. ing the salt load reduction eHects of the DoIores:McElmo Creek Salinity Control Project 4 ESlablished minimum require- ments to facilitate common USDA reporting of project accomplish. ments 5. Continued promotion 01 joint planning lor the Price-San Rafael Project 6 Continued work on a hydrosalinlty model for use in Lower Gunnison and in other irrigated areas where joint programs are underway i Relined program inveslment and repayment analysis and Basin lund accounting procedures 8 Introduced the FIRI (Farm Irrigation Rating Indexl for use and application In USDA salinity con- trol areas