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<br />Federal Programs <br /> <br />o <br />l\) <br />~ <br />co <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />Major components of this 2002 Review's Plan of Implementation are the federal programs. <br />Table 4-1 summarizes the salinity control achieved by the federal participants under the original and <br />current authorities and the salinity control measures which must be implemented in order to meet <br />the goal of approximately 1.8 million tons of salt load reduction annually through 2020. <br /> <br />The involved federal agencies, working in close cooperation with the Forum, have identified <br />salinity control measures that have been and may be implemented. The collective efforts of <br />Reclamation, the USDA, and the BLM are identified and summarized in Table 4-2. <br /> <br />It should be recognized that over time some of the salinity control measures now in the Plan <br />of Implementation might not remove all of the projected salt, and the costs of removal may increase. <br />Qther salinity control measures would then be implemented to maintain the numeric criteria while <br />the Basin states continue to develop their compact-apportioned waters. <br /> <br />The following sections briefly describe Reclamation's, USDA's, BLM' sand EP A's activities <br />which constitute the federal portion of the recommended Plan of Implementation. <br /> <br />ReclamationlUSDA Units <br /> <br />Since the original salinity control act passed in the 1970's, Reclamation's and USDA's <br />participation in the Plan of Implementation has changed in several ways. Both programs were <br />restructured in 1995-96 with changes to their authorizations. Reclamation's program now <br />encourages open competition for all types of salinity control. The USDA salinity control program <br />was incorporated into a larger, national program (EQIP) with multiple purposes. <br /> <br />Although Reclamation projects may address any type of effective salinity control, many <br />Reclamation projects concentrate on improving the efficiency of irrigation delivery systems, while <br />the USDA program concentrates on improving on-farm systems. The two programs have purposely <br />been designed to be highly integrated. This has improved the overall performance of the combined <br />program beyond what either agency might have done individually. <br /> <br />The following paragraphs briefly describe the Reclamation and USDA units included in the <br />recommended Plan of Implementation. Detailed information on each unit can be found in the <br />following reports: <br /> <br />Ouality of Water - Colorado River Basin. Progress Report No. 20, January 2001, U.S. <br />Department of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />4-5 <br />