43 U.S.C. § 1593 : US Code - Section 1593: Planning reports; research and demonstration projects

Search 43 U.S.C. § 1593 : US Code - Section 1593: Planning reports; research and demonstration projects

(a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to -
(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 paragraph
(1) of this subsection 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 subchapter;
(2) to undertake research on additional methods for
accomplishing the objective of this subchapter, utilizing to the
fullest extent practicable the capabilities and resources of
other Federal departments and agencies, interstate institutions,
States, and private organizations;
(3) to develop a comprehensive program for minimizing salt
contributions to the Colorado River from lands administered by
the Bureau of Land Management and submit a report which describes
the program and recommended implementation actions to the
Congress and to the members of the advisory council established
by section 1594(a) of this title by July 1, 1987;
(4) to undertake feasibility investigations of saline water use
and disposal opportunities, including measures and all necessary
appurtenant and associated works, to demonstrate saline water use
technology and to beneficially use and dispose of saline and
brackish waters of the Colorado River Basin in joint ventures
with current and future industrial water users, using, but not
limited to, the concepts generally described in the Bureau of
Reclamation Special Report of September 1981, entitled "Saline
water use and disposal opportunities"; and
(5) to undertake advance planning activities on the Sinbad
Valley Unit, Colorado, as described in the Bureau of Land
Management Salinity Status Report, covering the period 1978-1979
and dated February 1980.