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<br />Table 4-1 illustrates that the Program has controlled a total of 800,000 tons per year of salt. <br />In order to meet the target of 1.8 million tons per year of salinity control through 2020, it will be <br />necessary to fund and implement potential new measures which ensure the removal of an additional <br />1,000,000 tons per year. Over the next three years, cost per ton for salt control is estimated to be <br />$30 per ton for Reclamation and $45 per ton for USDA. <br /> <br />o <br />N <br />~ <br />cn <br /> <br />Table 4-1 <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program <br />Plan of Implementation Summary <br /> <br /> Values in Tons Per Year) <br />I I MEASURES NEW <br />AGENCY IN PLACE MEASURES TARGET <br /> (2001) PROPOSED (2020) <br /> (2020) <br /> Bureau of Reclamation 482,000 500,000 982,000 <br /> U.S. Department of Agriculture 318,000 437,000 755,000 <br /> Bureau of Land Management ----------- ----------- ---------- <br /> Unidentified 0 63,000 63,000 <br /> TOTAL 800,000 1,000,000 1,800,000 <br /> <br />In order to achieve this level of salt reduction, the federal departments and agencies would <br />require the following capital funding: Reclamation appropriation - $ I 0.5 million per year (bringing <br />the total Reclamation program with cost-sharing to $15 million per year); and USDA EQIP <br />appropriation - $13.8 million per year (bringing the total on-farm program to $19.7 million per year <br />with Basin states parallel program). In addition, there is a need for an annual appropriation of <br />approximately $3 million for operations and maintenance of Reclamation measures in place. These <br />estimated cost values are substantiated through salinity control expenditure experience to date and <br />the technical ability to actually implement these efforts through the Salinity Control Program. No <br />new measures for BLM are proposed in this review. Even though BLM has estimated potential salt <br />retention measures, the Forum questions if other activities on BLM administered lands result in a <br />net increase in salt contributions to the River. It is anticipated that when measures are identified they <br />will be included in the Program. BLM has not yet submitted its status report to Congress on its <br />basinwide salinity control program as required by P.L. 106-459. Estimates for cost-effectiveness of <br />the BLM program has not been provided because past accounting procedures used by BLM have not <br />allowed for an analysis to occur as to expenditures for salinity control measures being implemented <br />by the agency. <br /> <br />4-3 <br />