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Show XIV-10 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS (1) Expedite completion of the planning reports on the following units, described in the Secretary's report, "Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program, February 1972". (i) Irrigation source control: Lower Gunnison. Uintah Basin. Colorado River Indian Reservation. Palo Verde Irrigation District, (ii) Point source control: LaVerkin Springs. Littlefield Springs. Glenwood-Dotsero Springs, (iii) Diffuse source control: Price River. San Rafael River. Dirty Devil River. McElmo Creek. Big Sandy River. (2) Submit each planning report on the units named in section 203(a)(l) of this Act promptly to the Colorado River Basin States and to such other parties as the Secretary deems appropriate for their review and comments. After receipt of comments on a unit and careful consideration thereof, the Secretary shall submit each final report with his recommendations, simultaneously, to the President, other concerned Federal departments and agencies, the Congress, and the Colorado River Basin States. (b) The Secretary is directed- (1) in the investigation, planning, construction, and implementation of any salinity control unit involving control of salinity from irrigation sources, to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out research and demonstration projects and in implementing on-the-farm improvements and farm management practices and programs which will further the objective of this Act; (2) to undertake research on additional methods for accomplishing the objective of this Act, utilizing to the fullest extent practicable the capabilities and resources of other Federal departments and agencies, interstate institutions, States, and private organizations. SEC. 204. (a) There is hereby created the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council composed of no more than three members from each State appointed by the Governor of each of the Colorado River Basin States. (b) The Council shall be advisory only and shall- (1) act as liaison between both the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the States in accomplishing the purposes of this Act; (2) receive reports from the Secretary on the progress of the salinity control program and review and comment on said reports; and (3) recommend to both the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency appropriate studies of further projects, techniques, or methods for accomplishing the purposes of this Act. SEC. 205. (a) The Secretary shall allocate the total costs of each unit or separable feature thereof authorized by section 202 of this Act, as follows: |