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<br />t.") <br />(.0 <br />!>- <br />'.'::> <br />C-' <br />c:. <br /> <br />seasons. Present information suggests this to include any <br />area, close to the river and transportation, between Silt <br />and the city of Grand Junction. A prime determinant is soil <br />composition to provide for the required drainage while <br />reducing the cost of fill materials. The soils at the site <br />will be principally sands and silt, with minimal clay and <br />organics: this would be classified as marginal, undesirable <br />agricultural land. <br /> <br />The major deficiency found was that current literature does not <br />adequately define the functional capacity of selected emergent <br />halophyte species with respect to salinity. Upper limits of <br />salinity tolerance are unknown. These upper limits need to be <br />known in order to engineer and cost the STEP process facilities, <br />as well as to develop operational procedures and management <br />strategies appropriate for the plants and the process --- rates <br />of performance and product opportunities rely upon this <br />knowledge. !BR recommends that the funding necessary to develop <br />these data be provided. <br /> <br />The next report will focus upon agronomic and market questions, <br />provide a full listing of recommendations, and develop a plan <br />for their implementation. The industrialization of the STEP <br />process is IBR's business objective. IBR is in a position to <br />initiate activity on these recommendations immediately upon <br />receipt of funding approval. <br /> <br />-xxxxx- <br />