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<br />Canyon Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774), the Colorado River Basin Project Act (82 Stat.
<br />885), the Colorado River Compact, the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, or the Treaty
<br />with the United Mexican States (Treaty Series 994).
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<br />This Review is consistent with the EPA-approved 1975 standards and the 1978, 1981,
<br />1984, 1987 and 1990 Reviews and deals only with the portion of the Colorado River Basin
<br />above Imperial Dam. As used in this Review, the lower main stem of the Colorado River
<br />System is defined as that portion of the main river from Hoover Dam to Imperial Dam.
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<br />Below Imperial Dam, salinity is controlled to meet the tenns of the agreement with
<br />Mexico found in Minute No. 242 of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC),
<br />entitled "Pennanent and Definitive Solution to the International Problem of the Salinity of the
<br />Colorado River." This agreement states that measures will be taken to assure that the waters
<br />delivered to Mexico upstream from Morelos Dam will have an average annual salinity
<br />concentration of no more than 115 :!: 30 parts per million (ppm) total dissolved solids (TDS)
<br />greater than the average annual sa1inity concentration of Colorado River water arriving at
<br />Imperial Dam. Title I of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, P.L. 93-320, is the
<br />legislation which implements the provisions of Minute No. 242. The Minute and Title I of
<br />P .L. 93-320 constitute a federal numeric criterion and plan of implementation for the river below
<br />Imperial Dam.
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<br />PROGRAM FuNDING
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<br />The success of the federal/state cooperative Colorado River Basin salinity control
<br />program is contingent upon sufficient funding to allow the plan of implementation to proceed
<br />as scheduled.
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<br />In fiscal years 1991, 1992 and 1993, the Colorado River Basin states urged Congress to
<br />provide Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Department of
<br />Agriculture (USDA) with adequate funds to implement the authorized salinity control program.
<br />Table 1.1 is a summary of the Forum's funding recommendations and the federal appropriations
<br />for Fiscal Years 1991, 1992 and 1993.
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<br />Table 1.1
<br />Summary of Program Funding
<br />(by Federal Fiscal Years)
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<br />AGENCY
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<br />1991 1992 1993
<br />Forum Appropriation FOnIm Appropriation Fonam Appropriation
<br />Recommendation Recommenda tion Recommendation
<br />27,050,000 24,984,000 40,194,000 34,566,000 36,897,000 33,817,000
<br />1,540,000 873,000 3,454,000 813,000 7,302,000 866,000
<br />17,500,000 14,783,000 22,000,000 14,783,000 18,500,000 13,783,000
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<br />Bureau of Rcclamation
<br />Bureau of Land Mananment
<br />Deplrtment of ARriculturo
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