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Eugene 3. .Martin.
Chairman
(307) 877-3984
P.O. Box 389
KflmmerBr. Wyoming 83101
August 1, 1978
Dear Members and Friends:
Transmitted herewith is a copy of Che "Management Plan" for water quality
management for Lincoln, Sweetwater and Uinta Counties in Southwestern
Wyoming. The "Management Plan" is required by Public Law 92-500 of the
Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, as amended.
This management plan reviews the comments received at the public hearings,
summarizes the "Final Technical Report, ' and summarizes the water quality
plan. A series of Resolutions are included in this water quaity plan.
These are designed to designate management agencies to implement recommenda-
tions contained in the "Final Technical Report."
It is our hope that identified management agencies will carefully review
th«:se Resolutions and act accordingly cowards their implementation.
S i nee re 1v.
EUGENE' B. MARTIN
Cha i rman
EBMfbn
Enclosure
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CH2M
¦HILL
engineers
planners
economists
scientists
27 July 1978
D9524.FO
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
P.O. Box 389
Kemmerer WY 83101
Attention: Mr. Eugene B. Martin
Gentlemen:
Submitted herewith, please find the Final Management Plan in accordance
with our contract with your Association. The Plan consists of a number of
resolutions covering methods for managing the major regional water quality
problems.
It has been a pleasure working with the Association and its staff during the
preparation of this report.
Very truly yours,
Chairman
William L. Sinclair
Project Administrator
cf
Denver Office
12000 E. 47th Avenue. Denver. Colorado 80239 303/371-6470
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CLEAN WATER REPORT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING
FINAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
Prepared for
The Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association
Prepared by
CH2M HILL, INC.
12000 East 47th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80239
August 1978
D9524.FO
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CONTENTS
Page
LIST OF TABLES •
LIST OF FIGURES
Chapter
1 INTRODUCTION 1-1
2 SUMMARY OF THE TECHNICAL REPORT 2-1
3 INDIVIDUAL AND AGENCY REVIEW COMMENTS 3-1
4 LOCALLY ADOPTED WATER QUALITY MANAGE-
MENT PLAN 4-1
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TABLES
Table Pa9®
2_i Major Water Quality Problems in South-
western Wyoming 2-4
2-2 Summary of Recommended Management Plan 2-13
3_1 Agencies and Individuals Submitting Comments
on the Technical Plan or Draft Resolutions 3-2
Resolutions Comprising the Locally Adopted
Plan 4-3
4_2 Management Agencies 4-4
Exhibit 18-A Water Use Definitions 4-50
Exhibit 18-B Stream Reaches and Water Uses 4-51
Exhibit 21-A Summary of Use Impairments for Surface
Water 4-62
Exhibit 22-A Summary of Use Impairments for Surface
Water 4-66
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FIGURES
Figure
Page
2-1
Location of Study Area
2-2
2-2
Salinity Sources
2-6
2-3
Phosphorus Sources
2-6
2-4
Environmentally Sensitive Salinity Areas
2-7
2-5
Areas of Greatest Phosphorus Loadings
2-8
2-6
Phosphorus Goal
2-12
Exhibit 4-A
industrial Water Depletions—Energy Export
Year 2000
4-14
Exhibit 5-A
Environmentally Sensitive Salinity Areas
4-18
Exhibit 27-A
Environmentally Sensitive Phosphorus Areas
4-83
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DISCLAIMER
This report has been reviewed by Region VIII, U.S. Environmental Protec-
tion Agency and approved for publication. Approval does not signify that
the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the U .S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency, nor does mention of trade names or commercial
products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
This report presents the Water Quality Management Plan for Southwestern
Wyoming, as adopted by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning
Association. The plan is the result of 3 years of technical research by
the Association staff and its consultants on the water quality needs of the
area. The Plan combines a number of best management practices administered
by a number of different agencies and individuals into a coordinated attack
on the major regional water quality problems of Southwestern Wyoming.
CH2M HILL is grateful for the technical assistance provided by the Associa-
tion staff, by the Wyoming Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI), and
by Nelson Engineering, Inc., in the development of the Water Quality Manage-
ment Plan. A special note of thanks is extended to Mr. Jerry Miller of the
Association staff for his work on ground water and to Mr. Barry Weand of
WRRI for his work on modeling future water quality.
CH2M HILL also would like to acknowledge those who have reviewed the interim
and final reports and who have contributed strongly to the political,
legal, and administrative elements of the Plan. Those who have been par-
ticularly active in the review process are the Technical Advisory Committee
members, Mr. Bruce Zander of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Mr. Larry Robinson of the Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality, Mr. Robert Schuetz of the Association staff, and the local citizens
who have attended the public hearings and submitted written comments.
This report was financed through a grant from the U.S. Environmental Pro-
tection Agency to the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Other reports financed by the grant and published during the course of this
208 planning process for Southwestern Wyoming are:
CH2M HILL. Dec. 1976. Interim clean water report for Southwestern
Wyoming. D9524.FO
CH2M HILL. Sept. 1977. Draft technical report, clean water report
for Southwestern Wyoming. D9524.FO
CH2M HILL. Aug. 1978. Technical report, clean water report for
Southwestern Wyoming. D9524.HO
Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments. 1976. Projected populations
for Cokeville, Evanston, Fort Bridger, Granger, Lyman, Mountain View,
South Superior, Wamsutter.
Miller, Jerry. Dec. 1977. The interaction of water with saline
evaporite minerals and its relationship to the salinity of the Green
River in Wyoming.
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Nelson Engineering. 1976. Step 1 facilities plan for the Town of
Granger.
Nelson Engineering. 1976. Step 1 facilities plan for Jamestown-Rio
Vista Water and Sewer District.
Nelson Engineering. 1976. Step 1 facilities plan for the Town of
Wamsutter.
Nelson Engineering. 1977. Engineering assessment report on Town of
Cokeville wastewater treatment facilities.
Nelson, Haley, Patterson, and Quirk. 1976. Aerial photomapping of
Green River, Evanston, Fort Bridger, andAfton.
Tudor Engineering. 1977. Step 1 facilities plan for the Town of
South Superior.
Uinta Engineering. 1977. Step 1 facilities plan for the Town of
Lyman.
Uinta Engineering. 1977. Step 1 facilities plan for the Town of
Mountain View.
Uinta Engineering. 1977. Step J facilities plan for the City of
Evanston.
Wyoming Water Resources Research Institute. July 25, 1977a. Draft
report, future water quality conditions in the Green River and in
Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
Wyoming Water Resources Research Institute. Aug. 1977b. Computer
simulation of future scenarios utilizing the Green River model.
Wyoming Water Resources Research Institute. Apr. 1978. Supplemental
report on water quality predictions using the Green River model.
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Chapter 2
SUMMARY OF THE TECHNICAL REPORT
The results from three years of water quality investigations in Southwestern
Wyoming are presented in a publication entitled "Technical Report, Clean
Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming". This report was published in
August, 1978, and two hundred copies are available at many libraries in
Southwestern Wyoming, at the Sweetwater County offices in Green River, at
the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments office in Kemmerer, and at the
offices of many State and Federal agencies involved in the review of the
report.
The Technical Report identifies the most pressing regional water quality
concerns in Southwestern Wyoming, assesses their impacts on the health and
welfare of citizens in the area, and recommends alternatives to alleviate
the water quality problems. Because of the length of this report and its
limited distribution, a summary of the most important points in the report
is presented below.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE TECHNICAL REPORT?
The Technical Report is a result of Section 208 of Public Law 92-500.
popularly known as the 1972 Clean Water Act. Under Section 208, state
governors can designate special areas where there is a concern for existing
and/or future water quality. These areas are then eligible to receive
grants under Section 208 to carry out a 3-year planning program to develop
specific management plans for maintaining and improving water quality. A
three-county area in Southwestern Wyoming (see Figure 2-1) was designated
by the Governor because of the potential impacts of energy and mineral
resources development on water quality in the area.
In addition to designating the area, the Governor designated an agency to
carry out the planning. The Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning
Association was formed by the county commissioners and the incorporated
towns and cities for the purpose of doing this 208 Plan. The Association
was formed in November 1975 with offices in Evanston. Various outside
consulting firms were employed by the Association to help produce the work
needed to develop a plan.
WHAT ARE THE WATER QUALITY GOALS?
The 1972 Clean Water Act which created the 208 planning process mandates
the achievement of two national goals: (1) "That wherever attainable, an
interim goal of water quality which provides for the protection and propaga-
tion of fish, shellfish, and wildlife, and provides for recreation in and
on the water be achieved by July 1, 1983," and (2) "That the discharge of
pollutants into navigable waters be eliminated by 1985". The interim goal,
commonly referred to as the fishable/swimmable goal, is the primary objective
of 208 planning.
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tn Southwestern Wyoming, natural conditions make fishable/swimmable con-
ditions unattainable in some streams. Names such as Muddy Creek, Dry
Creek, and Bitter Creek, given to streams in the area long before man had
much influence on their quality, are clear indicators that natural conditions
make some waters undesirable for beneficial uses like fishing and swimming.
The economic and environmental costs to take these streams out of their
natural state in order to make them suitable for fishing and swimming are
prohibitive.
A water quality goal has been defined for Southwestern Wyoming which reflects
che natural constraints on water use and which accomodates the existing and
desired uses of water. A list of existing and desired water uses for each
of 52 stream reaches in the area has been developed by consultants in
cooperation with local citizens and State agencies. Nine different types
of uses, including swimming (primary contact recreation) and fishing, were
found in the area. The list of existing and desired uses is presented on a
reach-by-reach basis on Table 2-2 of the Technical Report and in Resolution #18.
A set of water quality criteria has been developed in the Technical Report
for each use in order to determine whether instream water quality adequately
protects that use. This set of criteria represents the water quality goal
for a particular use. For example, It was found that water softening costs
for industry Increase by millions of dollars with increasing salinity.
Therefore, maintenance of salinity at present levels has been defined as a
water quality goal for industrial water use. A use impairment for industrial
water supplies is said to occur if salinity levels are allowed to increase
in a reach where industrial water supply is an existing or desired use. in
this case, use impairment means higher costs for treatment. For other uses,
use impairment may mean health impacts from drinking or swimming in polluted
water, loss of recreational opportunities, a decrease in agricultural
production, or loss of fish and wildlife.
WHAT ARE THE MOST PRESSING WATER QUALITY CONCERNS?
Staff and consultants have found numerous water quality problems and issues
that could be addressed, some of which are very important to individuals on
3 small local basis. However, early in the study the decision was made to
concentrate on those water quality aspects which were considered to be most
important from an areawide perspective and for which an improvement plan
couid be implemented. With this approach, planning efforts were not drained
ay covering all identified water quality problems and producing a long list
of controls, many of which would not be practical to implement. As a
result, certain issues or problems may not be covered to the satisfaction
of some readers.
A water quality problem was defined to be an impairment of an existing or
desired water use caused by excessive concentrations of one or more pollu-
tants. Three major areawide water quality problems were identified in this
study. They are excessive salinity in the Green River Basin, excessive
algae growth in reservoirs, and bacterial contamination of water supply
wells and surface waters. Their impacts on water users are summarized on
Table 2-1. Several other water quality problems of less regional signifi-
cance are also discussed in the Technical Report.
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Table 2-1
MAJOR WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS IN SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING
Water Quality Problem Problem Constituents
Excessively high concentrations of Calcium
salts in the Green River Basin Bicarbonate
Sulfate
Eutrophlcation in the reservoirs Phosphorus
Bacterial contamination of water
supply wells and surface waters
Fecal Coliform
Impacts
Salinity increases in the Green River
over the past several years have cost
domestic water users in the study area
several thousand dollars per year in
additional water treatment costs, have
cost industries in the study area hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars per year
in additional treatment costs, and have
cost users downstream of the study area
several millions.
High sulfates have caused indigestion
and diarrheal problems for domestic
water users in the Rock Springs -
Green River area.
Algal growth is already excessive in the
arms of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. These
algal blooms are predicted to spread
throughout the reservoir at some time
in the future and cause a loss of recrea-
tional activities such as swimming and
sport fishing. Recreation (primarily
fishing) in Flaming Gorge Reservoir
is an estimated $2 million per year
industry in Southwestern Wyoming and
a $6 million per year industry in
neighboring states. Eutrophication of
the reservoir is predicted to cause a
loss of these recreational benefits at some
indefinite time in the future.
Present bacterial levels are potentially
harmful to domestic water users primarily
in the Bridger Valley and to swimmers
and floaters primarily below the larger
urban areas such as Rock Springs-
Green River.
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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THESE PROBLEMS?
Sources of salinity and phosphorus are shown on Figure 2-2 and Figure 2-3
for that portion of the Green River Basin in the study area. While there
is a large degree of uncertainty in the loading estimates, a sound conclusion
is that natural sources are the most important contributors of salinity and
phosphorus. Natural water discharges are estimated to contribute approxi-
mately half of the salinity, while natural or geologic erosion contributes
a similar percentage of the phosphorus.
Manmade and man-induced sources deliver the rest of the salinity and phos-
phorus to the Green River system. The most important man-induced salinity
source is irrigation return flow, which generates almost all the rest of
the salinity in the study area. The most important man-induced phosphorus
sources are overgrazing, manure runoff, and municipal wastewater discharges.
Although not shown on the figure, channelization of the streams may also be
an important phosphorus source. Enough information was not available on
the extent of channelization to make reasonable estimates of phosphorus
loadings from that source.
Excessive concentrations of fecal coliform are a third major water quality
problem in the study area. By far the most important source of fecal
coliform to surface waters is municipal wastewater discharges. Other
sources are failing septic tanks and manure runoff. The only significant
fecal coliform source to ground water is failing septic tanks.
The areas which deliver most of the salinity are shown on Figure 2-4.
The most important area is the contact zone, where interaction of two
geologic formations generates large quantities of sodium sulfate. Irrigation
in Bridger Valley, Eden Valley, and along Henrys Fork provides ground water
recharge to the contact zone and causes large increases in salinity loadings
over the already high natural levels. A second area of importance is the
highly saline Cretaceous shales. This area has the potential to deliver
greater salt loadings if a source of recharge is provided in the future,
such as irrigation or an impoundment of water.
The areas which deliver most of the phosphorus are shown on Figure 2-5.
It is apparent from the information on the figure that phosphorus control
measures should be concentrated in the Bitter Creek drainage, the Muddy
Creek drainage, and a small part of the Blacks Fork drainage.
Bacterial contamination of wells has primarily occurred in Bridger Valley,
although the conditions are right for producing well contamination in other
parts of the three-county study area. The contamination is a result of
poorly designed and constructed septic tanks in close proximity to the
wells.
WILL ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CAUSE FUTURE WATER
QUALITY PROBLEMS?
Rock Springs, Green River, and Kemmerer have the atmosphere of boom towns.
And yet the boom may have just begun. Vast deposits of trona, coal, uranium,
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and oil shale, and vast reserves of oil and natural gas are still to be
developed. The development of these resources may cause water quality
problems more severe than those already impacting the study area.
Although mining is extensive in the area, little of the existing water
pollution can be directly attributed to it. Three reasons explain whv
pollutant loadings from present energy and mineral resources develuoment
are low. Mining sites are generally located far from surface waters. 20
the amount of erosion from the sites that reaches streams is negligible in
most cases. A second reason is that no energy or mining industries -urrantly
discharge wastewaters directly to surface waters. A third reason is chat
energy and mineral resources development appears to take place in -;reas
where any ground water recharge would not eventually reach surfaca waters
in the study area.
The three factors cited above to explain the low pollutant loadings from
present energy and mineral resources development are not expected to change
significantly in the future. The Technical Report uses the best available
information from the State of Wyoming to identify future mining sites.
Most of these sites appear to be located far from surface waters and in
areas where ground water does not impact surface waters. If the poiicv of
total wastewater containment is continued, the primary impacts of future
mining and energy resources development on water quality should be :rr;ai!.
While future primary impacts appear small, future secondary impacts 0:
mineral resources development on water quality may be severe. These second-
ary impacts and their sources include—
¦ Greater consumptive use of water, which may have the effect af
concentrating contaminants remaining instream. Given the best
Information on future diversions and depletions, future industrial
use of water within the Green River Basin is not expected to
significantly increase salinity concentrations. The reason for
the minimal projected impact is that industries have planned to
divert and consumptively use water of relatively high saiinity.
On the other hand, the Technical Report has shown that -ransoasin
diversions may significantly increase (or decrease) concentrations,
depending on where they are located.
¦ Population growth, which will increase the discharge of pollutants
from wastewater treatment plants unless treatment is upcraaeci.
The greater wastewater discharges are predicted to increase aigal
growths by 14-21 percent in Flaming Gorge Reservoir bv the year
2000.
0 Construction of roads, homes, and businesses, which wii! increase
erosion rates unless special construction practices are used.
¦ Channelization of streams to protect roads, railroads, homes, ana
businesses, which may have the effect of Increasing the jtrc»am
gradient, thereby increasing both the erosive capabilities of the
streams and their capabilities to carry sediment loads to .he
major rivers and reservoirs.
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WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE?
Some of the funds for 208 planning in Southwestern Wyoming were directed
toward bringing municipal wastewater treatment plants into compliance with
their NPDES discharge permits. The following municipalities have had
facility plans completed under the 208 program: Evanston, Granger, Lyman,
Mountain View, Jamestown-Rio Vista. South Superior, and Wamsutter. An
engineering assessment report for Cokeville was also accomplished with 208
funds. Mountain View has gone into design and construction, while the
others await State or Federal funds for design and construction.
The remainder of the 208 planning funds have been used for the establishment
of the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association, the support
of a staff in Evanston, and the hiring of consultants whose purposes were
to identify water quality problems and the costs to alleviate them. Some
of the accomplishments of this part of the program are listed below:
¦ The identification and quantification of water pollution in
Southwestern Wyoming.
¦ The realization by local citizens of their water uses and water
quality needs.
b The realization by local, State and Federal agencies of the most
pressing local water quality concerns.
¦ The presentation to the responsible individuals of the trade-offs
involved in water quality improvement
¦ The development of a recommended plan for water quality control
In Southwestern Wyoming
¦ Involvement and cooperation by all responsible agencies in the
development of that plan
¦ The delineation of environmentally sensitive areas capable of
increasing pollutant loadings in the future
¦ The development of a water quality model for the Green River
Basin
b The shooting of aerial photos for four urban areas undergoing
rapid development
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CONTROL SALINITY?
The Technical Report presents a subplan to control salinity. In order to
maintain salinity at its present levels, the subplan asks for the imple-
mentation of irrigation water management practices in Eden Valley and the
study of some in Bridger Valley. It also alerts management agencies to the
environmentally sensitive areas for salinity, as shown on Figure 2-4, and
presents a system for mitigating future salinity impacts caused by water
resources development.
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All of these actions have been recommended on the basis of favorable benefit-
cost ratios for the Colorado River Basin, and occasionally for the study
area itself. The implementation of those measures with a favorable benefit-
cost ratio for the entire Basin but an unfavorable ratio in the study area
would be contingent on receiving Federal cost-sharing funds to ease the
financial burden on local ranchers.
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CONTROL EUTROPHICATION?
The Technical Report establishes a permissible level for phosphorus loadings
to Flaming Gorge Reservoir. As shown on Figure 2-6, this level is only
21 percent of the existing level. The thesis advanced in the Technical
Report is that not much change in water quality will be observed until
permissible levels are attained. An investigation of Figure 2-4 shows that
to achieve permissible conditions by a 79 percent reduction in existing
phosphorus loadings would require the control of some very difficult sources,
such as geologic erosion, overgrazing, and manure runoff.
A cautious approach has been taken toward eutrophication control because of
uncertainties about the effectiveness of measures to control these sources
and because of the major adverse environmental and social impacts which may
be caused by them. An environmental grazing statement presently being done
by the Bureau of Land Management in the Muddy Creek drainage may answer
some questions on effectiveness and environmental and social impacts, and a
similar study could be initiated with 208 funds in the Bitter Creek drainage.
In the meantime, an in-lake management program has been recommended and
environmentally sensitive areas for phosphorus have been identified, as
shown on Figure 2-5.
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION?
Fecal coliform discharges from wastewater treatment plants will be greatly
reduced with the planned facility improvements. However, unless there is a
change In the present practices, bacterial contamination from new and
existing septic tanks will probably not decrease. Additions to the County-
level staff are recommended to identify and correct problems with failing
systems. A permit program has been designed for new systems to improve
their installation and maintenance. The recommended funding for the septic
tank program is primarily permitting fees.
WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED PLAN?
The 29 elements of the V/ater Quality Management Plan recommended by the
Association staff and consultants are listed on Table 2-2. This Plan is
designed to eliminate the major regional use impairments caused by poor
water quality. Some of the elements have high costs and serious social or
environmental impacts, and may be unacceptable to either local people or
management agencies. The Association has reviewed and revised this recom-
mended Plan and the result is a locally adopted Water Quality Managment
Plan for Southwestern Wyoming. This locally adopted Plan is presented in
Chapter 4.
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PERMISSIBLE LOADING (2
EXCESSIVE LOADING (79X)
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PHOSPHORUS GOAL
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Table 2-2
SUMMARY OP RECOMMEND SO MANAGEMENT PLAN
Element
Management Aoency W
Estimated Con
* a 108 Plan update In ttU
SWWQPA (21
$ BO,000
Salinity C&nirot
" a concinuaiion of the 3lg Sandy ftlver Unit siuov
BR, SCS
Not determined
* a stuoy of ground water interception in the Big 5inav
recharge area
SR
$ S0t 000-(200,000
* a stuov of sprinkler Irrigation in Bridger -aiitv
SCS
i 50,000-1150,000
* Adoption of influent and Instream water quantv Manoaras
or ouoiie water supplies and instream water 'jyamv
itandaras for wildlife and livestock watering
DEQ
Not determined'3)
* Adoption of affluent salinity standards for ooint sources
and a wasteloed allocation program for nonooini sources
OEQ, SE
Not determined (^
* Control of water resources development ano esnmrvj activities
BLM. BR, OEQ, SE. OCC
Not determined ^ J
* Consideration of diversion and depletion imoacts
SE
Not determined**!
• improvement of irrigation efficiencies in Edan vailav
LCD
|1SO,QOO-|MO.000/yr
" a ?mdy of salinity controls In Sublette Countv
OEQ
1 20,000-1200.000
Phosorcrui Control
* a stuoy of range management
BLM
f 25. 000-1 $0, 000
* A iiudv of channel improvements and sedimentation ooncs *
in Muady Creek and Utile Muddy Creek
BLM
$ 25.000-1 60,000
* Consideration of future water quality Impacts
DEQ. SE. EPA
Not determined
* a stuov of In-fake management
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»25O,0O0-«3OO,0OO/yr
• erosion controls for construction end mining activities
OEQ, WHO
Not determined'3)
" a siuoy of chorine! improvements and sedimentation ponas
n Bitter Creek drainage basin
SWWQPA ID
% 70, 000-$200, 000
* A ituoy of manure contra is
wee
Not determined
* a study of channel modifications in Bluer Creek
SWWQPA (2)
I 50, 000-S1SO,900
¦ a stuov of eutrophicatlon In Palisades Reservoir
EPA
$ 20,000-$200r 000
Other lisu«s
» -Management of individual waste tysteme
Counties
*300-400/unJ(
" Alternatives to Option 1 for Sridger Valley
EPA, BR, towns in
Bridger Valley
Not determined
¦ ?vtnt source reductions of fecal col (form
DEQ
(500, 000
• Water quality monitoring
USCS. DEQ
Not determined
* Clarification of Instutltlonal responsibilities :or sawege treatment
SWWQPA
No direct cost
" identification of ongoing 201 planning agency
SWWQPA
No direct cost
* Point souree reductions of BOO
OEQ
No additional cost
• •VooQtion of a use-besed approach to water quality
DEQ
Not determined
9 A study o/ manure controls
wee
Not determined
* Development of heavy metals standards
WCP
Not determined
¦1) Aqencv dobreviauoru:
3WWQPA Southwestern Wyoming Weter Quanty Harming Aiaociation DEC
»PA U.S. Erwlronmentei Protection Agency SE
5-R U S Bureau of fteclemailori OCC
:C3 Soil Conservation Service WHO
iLM J.S. Bureau of Land Management WCC
.'SFS U.S. For• it Service WCF
-'SCj U.S. Cm logical Survey LCD
Wyoming Deportment of Environmental Quality
Scat* Engineer
Wyoming Oil and Gas Commission
Wyoming Highway Deoanment
Wyoming Conservation Commisswn
Wyoming Cam* *n<5 Fith Department
Local Conservation Districts
This rrtav o« esslgned to the designated successor ts) no SWV/OPA. "his Plan raeommends that Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments and
Sweeiwater County be designated.
Aoeauata cast information not obtainable. Secondary :oits or mis eiement nay ba large.
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The designated management agencies and estimated costs for each element of
the recommended Plan are presented on Table 2-2. It is unlikely that funds
will be available to implement all the elements of the recommended Plan.
Therefore, the elements have been prioritized according to their apparent
implementability and their estimated effectiveness in alleviating water
quality problems. Those elements receiving highest priority are:
General
¦ A 208 Plan update in 1983
Salinity Control
u A continuation of the Big Sandy River Unit study
¦ A study of ground water interception in the Big Sandy recharge
area
¦ A study of sprinkler Irrigation In Bridger Valley
u Adoption of influent and Instream water quality standards
for public water supplies and Instream water quality standards
for wildlife and livestock watering
¦ Adoption of effluent salinity standards for point sources
and a wasteload allocation program for nonpoint sources
¦ Control of water resources development and drilling activities
" Consideration of diversion and depletion impacts
Phosphorus Control
¦ A study of range management
o A study of channel improvements and sedimentation ponds on
Muddy Creek and Little Muddy Creek
o Consideration of future water quality Impacts
Other Issues
¦ Management of individual waste systems
¦ Alternatives to Option 1 (management of individual waste
systems) for Bridger Valley, such as Irrigation water manage-
ment to lower ground water tables and abandonment of the
ground water system for public water supplies
H Point source reductions of fecal collform
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D Water quality monitoring
a Clarification of institutional responsibilities for sewage
treatment
o Identification of an ongoing 208 planning agency
These elements are described in detail in the Technical Report.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
The Plan approved by the Association is only one step of the 208 planning
process. In order to translate this document into a series of actions
related to water quality control, the following steps must yet be taken:
¦ The Wyoming Environmental Quality Council must certify the Plan
for action by the Governor
¦ The Governor must certify the Plan
¦ The Environmental Protection Agency must approve the Plan
B Agencies at the local, State, and Federal levels must act where
called upon in the Plan
No 208 planning process to date anywhere in the country has yet to result
in an unconditionally approved Plan by the Governor and in a coordinated
effort to enhance water quality. The Association has attempted to improve
the chances for implementation of this Plan (1) by aspiring to reasonable
goals rather than to lofty ideals, (2) by considering and incorporating the
needs of local citizens and State agencies throughout the formation of this
Plan, (3) by using existing laws, agencies, and customs wherever possible,
and (4) by identifying clearly who Is responsible for doing what action
under what authority, at what cost, and for what purpose.
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Chapter 3
INDIVIDUAL AND AGENCY REVIEW COMMENTS
From the inception of the 208 planning process far Southwestern Wyoming,
emphasis has been placed on public and agency involvement in the formulation
of the Water Quality Management Plan. Early involvement was recognized as
necessary to resolve differences into an implementable and workable plan.
An active Technical Advisory Committee and an active group of local citizens
have made public and agency involvement an effective and meaningful input
into the development of the Water Quality Management Plan for Southwestern
Wyoming.
Of course, not all the differences among agencies and individuals which
have surfaced over the last 3 years have been resolved. Most of the controls
remain controversial for one reason or another. However, a dialogue has
been established among agencies and individuals which has led and can
continue to lead to a greater understanding of the differences and to a
coordinated attack on water pollution.
FORMAL PUBLIC REVIEW
Broad agency and public review has been formally solicited at four points
in the planning process, as listed below:
o In January 1977, for the Interim Clean Water Report for South-
western Wyoming
u In August 1977, for the Preliminary Draft Technical Report, Clean
Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming
a In September 1977, for the Draft Technical Report, Clean Water
Report for Southwestern Wyoming
i< In November 1977, for the draft resolutions constituting the
elements of the Water Quality Management Plan
Written comments and tapes of the public hearings obtained from these
reviews are available at the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning
Association office in Kemmerer.
Comments on the Technical Report and on the draft resolutions have been the
most extensive and have had the greatest impact on the development of the
Water Quality Management Plan. Over 100 pages of comments have been received
on the Technical Report alone. Those agencies and individuals who have
submitted written comments on the Technical Report and draft resolutions to
the Association are listed on Table 3-1.
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Table 3-1
AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE TECHNICAL
PLAN OR DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
Federal Level
1. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
2. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service
3. Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
Department of the interior, Bureau of Land Management, State Office
5. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Mid-
Continent Region
6. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado
Regional Office
7. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Water Resources
Division
8. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
State Level
1. Commissioner of Public Lands and Farms Loans
2. Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division
3. Department of Health and Social Services
H. Game and Fish Department
5. Governor
6. State Engineer's Office
7. State Highway Department
8. University of Wyoming, Agricultural Extension Service
9. University of Wyoming, Water Resources Research Institute
Local Level
I. Mr. JohnC. Borzea
2. Mr. Allan P. Herring
3. Mr. Bruce Smith
4. Sweetwater County, Planning and Zoning Commission
5. Sweetwater County, Sanitarian
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This report will not attempt to cover individually each comment relating to
the Technical Report and draft resolutions. Instead, it will attempt to
summarize the more important differences of opinion and clarify some
confusing points. The association staff and consultants are available to
discuss further those comments not adequately covered in this brief summary.
SUMMARY OF REVIEW COMMENTS
Some of the more frequently expressed comments on the Technical Plan are
covered below:
Eutrophication and Erosion Control Program. Several agencies con-
sidered this program to be not ambitious enough. Their major concern
was that the scheduled erosion control studies were not going to
provide useful information, and therefore there was no need to wait
until their completion. However, several other agencies considered
the program too ambitious in light of the uncertainties about costs
and benefits. Numerous comments were made that the approach to in-
take management in the Technical Report was too positive.
Salinity Control Program. Many agencies wanted a more detailed dis-
cussion on the feasibility of diverting Big Sandy River. Several
agencies recommend the Bureau of Reclamation's salinity benefit estimate
of $230,000 per milligram per liter instead of the estimate of $430, 000 per
milligram per liter which was used in the Technical Report and the
Type IV study for the Creen River Basin.
Loadings Budgets. Many agencies emphasize that the loadings budgets
for salinity and phosphorus are only estimates, and that they differ
considerably from their own estimates. However, when the other esti-
mates were checked, it was found that an agreement existed among them
on the relative importance of natural and manHnduced sources and on
the geographical areas from which most of the loadings were delivered.
Ammonia. On Table 3-6 of the Technical Report, the ammonia criterion
was shown to be exceeded in 11 reaches. Several agencies asked why a
discussion of ammonia sources and controls was not included in the
final report. The reason for exclusion is that pH and temperature
were not monitored at the same time as ammonia, and therefore it was
impossible to identify confidently how much ammonia was in the toxic
unionized form. Table 3-6 indicates ammonia violations if the worst
possible pH and temperature conditions existed at the time of moni-
toring. The report recommends 1 or 2 years of coordinated monitoring
of ammonia, temperature and pH in order to confidently Identify ammonia
toxicity problems before any ammonia controls are instituted.
Agency Participation. In most cases, the report identifies only lead
agencies for the controls. As noted in the review comments, the lead
agencies can obtain valuable technical support from other sources such
as the Water Resources Research Institute, the Agricultural Extension
Service and others.
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Great Divide Basin. Several agencies feit that the Technical Report
should have addressed the potential impact of mining in the Creat
Divide Basin on the water quality of surface and ground water resources.
Water Use Designations. Areas of disagreement occur for existing and
projected water uses in the study area, particularly for primary
contact recreation (swimming} and fisheries.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearings on the Technical Report were held in Evanston, Kemmerer,
and Green River in November 1977. Transcripts of each meeting are available
from the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association. A question-
naire was passed out at each hearing, and 40 responses were obtained on
some of the more controversial points in the Technical Report. A summary
of these responses is presented below.
a Eutrophication. Five out of every six people favor controlling
eutrophication in Flaming Corge Reservoir. The more popular
control measures are additional soil conservation practices and
phosphorus reduction at the municipal wastewater treatment facili-
ties. The least popular control measure is moving grazing away
from the stream courses. The Bureau of Land Management and Local
Conservation Districts are preferred to carry out any erosion
studies. The most favored way to pay for eutrophication controls
Is recreational uses fees in Flaming Gorge National Recreation
Area, while the least favored way is local taxes.
u Salinity. The most favored approach to salinity is to set salinity
goals within the study area, while the least favored approach is
no action, if irrigation practices are changed in Eden Valley
and Bridger Valley, respondents think that a combination of
groups should pay for the changes, including downstream users of
the water.
¦ Septic Tanks. Respondents strongly favor a more intensive septic
tank management program run by the Counties and paid through
permit fees. The favored program includes design review permits,
construction inspection permits, and operating inspection permits.
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Chapter 4
LOCALLY ADOPTED WATER QUALITY
MANAGEMENT PLAN
The Technical Report describes that certain existing or desired uses of
water In the Southwestern Wyoming study area are impaired by high levels of
pollutants. For example, high salinity was found to add to the cost of
water for industry and domestic water users, as well as cause some health
problems in a few water supplies for people, livestock, and wildlife.
Phosphorus is being delivered to Flaming Gorge Reservoir at such a high
rate to cause algae-clogged conditions in the reservoir. And bacterial
contamination from failing septic tanks and wastewater discharges might be
a health hazard to swimmers and some domestic wells. The locations and
causes of these use impairments are discussed in the Technical Report.
The final chapter of the Technical Report contains a Water Quality Manage-
ment Plan which addresses the water quality problems mentioned above. The
Plan is designed to improve water quality to the point where it can accom-
modate the existing and desired uses of water in the study area. The list
of existing and desired uses was generated through conversations with local
citizens, industry, and State officials.
In order to attain the water quality goal for existing and desired uses,
the Plan has had to contain elements which appear to have major drawbacks.
Some elements seem to have high costs. Several appear to be questionable
from the standpoint of technical, legal, or administrative feasibility.
And many have been judged to have significant environmental and social
impacts.
The draft Water Quality Management Plan developed in the Technical Report
was translated into 32 resolutions and presented to the Southwestern Wyoming
Water Quality Planning Association in January 1978. During the following
6 months, the Association weighed the costs, social impacts, and environ-
mental impacts of the control measures against the potential water quality
benefits. Some of the original resolutions were eliminated during the
review, others were modified, and several new ones were added. A Water
Quality Management Plan, consisting of the Technical Report and 28 redrafted
resolutions, was adopted by the Association on 27 July 1978.
The philosophy of the locally adopted 208 Water Quality Management Plan is
outlined below:
¦ The Plan recognizes the water quality problems documented in the
Technical Report, which cause impairment in the use of water
¦ The present water quality problems are not of such severity to
require the immediate implementation of new control programs,
many of which have intolerably high costs, social,impacts, or
environmental impacts
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¦ More severe water quality problems may arise in the future which
require the implementation of stronger water quality control
programs than those which presently exist
¦ Environmentally sensitive areas should be identified and an
adminstrative framework be set up to mitigate water quality
impacts in the future
b A local voice should be retained in water quality issues
The titles of the 28 resolutions which comprise the locally adopted Water
Quality Management Plan are listed on Table 4-1. The management agencies
designated in each of the resolutions are identified on Table 4-2. Those
resolutions without designated management agencies are generally policy
statements. A brief synopsis of the approach to each issue is presented
below:
b Salinity Control. The goal of this program is to keep salinity
loadings from Wyoming at their existing levels. This policy
should allow for the development of Wyoming's Compact water with
due consideration and mitigation of the salinity impacts associated
with the development. No sound technical basis has been found
for economic-based salinity standards in the study area (Reso-
lution #2); however, a few standards have been recommended to
indicate particularly health-related salinity impacts on public
water supplies (Resolution #28). The program acknowledges support
for an existing salinity control study (Resolution #3), recommends
several other alternatives that should be considered (Resolution #26),
and indicates concern over future salinity increases (Resolutions #4
and #5). Environmentally sensitive areas with respect to salinity
are identified in Resolution #5.
b Phosphorus and Erosion Control. The goal of this program is to
control eutrophication in Flaming Gorge Reservoir. This reservoir
was selected over the other reservoirs in the study area because
it has the largest amounts of economic benefits associated with
recreation. The potential loss of these benefits may justify the
expensive controls necessary to reduce phosphorus loadings to the
reservoir. A desirable level of phosphorus In the reservoir has
been defined (Resolution #6). However, a cautious approach to
phosphorus control has been suggested (Resolution #8) because of
the uncertainty about benefits (Resolution #7) and the uncertainty
about the effectiveness of certain necessary control measures
(Resolutions #10 and #11). While this information is being
gathered, several measures (Resolutions #9, #12, and #27) should
be considered for implementation to slow eutrophication in the
reservoir. Phosphorus removal at wastewater treatment plants
should not be required immediately; its necessity in the future
is contingent on the results of the previously mentioned studies
on benefits and effectiveness. While the emphasis is on Flaming
Gorge Reservoir, a less detailed study of Palisades Reservoir
(Resolution #13) is also recommended. In order to anticipate
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Tabic 4-1
RESOLUTIONS COMPRISING THE LOCALLY ADOPTED PLAN
Salinity Control
Resolution 2 — A policy far ^conomic-reiated salinity goals.
Resolution 28 — Chionae. sulfate, ana total dissolved solids standards
to protect public water suoplies and wildlife and livestock watering.
Resolution 3 — Stucy ana implementation of salinity control measures in
the Eden Valley
Resolution 26 — Improvement of irrigation efficiencies in the Bridger Valley
and Eden Valley.
Resolution 4 — Salinity impacts of changing diversions or depletions.
Resolution 5 — Control of new salinity sources in sensitive areas.
Phosphorus and Erosion Control
Resolution 6 — Instrsam ohosohorus standards for Southwestern Wyoming.
Resolution 7 — Beneri:: of shosphorus control in Flaming Corge Reservoir.
Resolution 8 — Scheaule for phospnorus control.
Resolution 9 — In-lake management for plaming Corge Reservoir.
Resolution 10 — Reduction of phosphorus loadings from the Muddy Creek
drainage by erosion control.
Resolution 11 — Structural erosion controls in 3ltter Creek Basin.
Resolution 12 — Erosion control for construction and mining activities.
Resolution 27 -- Control of new phospnorus sources in sensitive areas.
Resolution 25 — Management practice process for the Bureau of Land
Management and the State of Wyoming.
Resolution 13 — Phospnorus controi study for °alisades Reservoir.
Resolution 14 — Evaluation of use imoairmant of reservoir projects.
Wastewater Treatment
Resolution 15 ~ Individual waste disoosai management.
Resolution 16 — Adequacy of current secondary treatment requirements to
meet water quelity goals.
Resolution 17 — Designation of wastewater treatment management agencies.
Water Quality Standards
Resolution 18 — A use-based aoproach to water quality.
Resolution 19 — Identification of certain streams and stream segments in
which the 1983 fishabie/swimmabie goal appears not attainable.
Resolution 20 — Instream suspended solids standards.
Resolution 21 — Study of impact of high instream metals levels.
Other Issues
Resolution 1 — Continuing areawide waste treatment management In Lincoln.
Uinta, and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming.
Resolution 22 — Source studies of fecal conform.
Resolution 23 — Wate' duality monitoring program for Southwestern Wyoming.
Resolution 24 ~ Maintaining r'ishable waters in the Green River.
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Table 4-2
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
Resolution Management Agencies
1 Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments, Sweetwater County
2 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, State Engineer
3 Bureau of Reclamation, Soil Conservation Service
4 State Engineer
5 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, State Engineer, Wyoming Plant
Siting Council. Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Ceologlcal
Survey, Bridger Valley Conservation District, Big Sandy Conservation District,
Lincoln County, Uinta County, Sweetwater County
6 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
7 Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments, Sweetwater County Planning Commission
8
9 Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Reclamation,
U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries and Wildlife.
10 Bureau of Land Management
11 Sweetwater County, City of Rock Springs
12 Wyoming Highway Department, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Bureau
of Land Management. Lincoln County, Uinta County, Sweetwater County
13 Envrionmental Protection Agency
14 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, State Engineer
15 Lincoln County, Uinta County, Sweetwater County
16
17
18 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality,
Governments, Sweetwater County
19
20 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality,
21 Wyoming Game and Fish Department >
22 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality,
23 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality,
24 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality,
Fish Department
25
26 Bridger Valley Conservation District, Big Sandy Conservation District
27 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Bureau of Land Management
28 Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Lincoln-Uinta Association of
Wyoming Came and Fish Department
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Geological Survey
State Engineer, Wyoming Game and
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problems like those at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, it is suggested
that in the future the recreational potential of new reservoirs
be evaluated closely from the perspective of projected water
quality (Resolution #14). Environmentally sensitive areas from
the standpoint of phosphorus and erosion are identified in Reso-
lution #27.
« Wastewater Treatment. The counties should continue to be respon-
sible for reducing pollution from improperly designed and oper-
ating septic tanks (Resolution #15). The details of this program
have been left to the counties. Advanced wastewater treatment of
municipal sewage wastes is not necessary at the present time to
meet the existing water quality needs In the study area (Resolu-
tion #16). The existing institutional framework appears adequate
to handle the sewage treatment needs in the area (Resolution #17).
" Water Quality Standards. A use-based water quality standards
system, with more use categories than the existing State system,
is recommended for the area (Resolutions #18 and #19). A clari-
fication of some of the criteria associated with that use-based
system has been requested in order to better identify existing
and future water quality problems (Resolutions #20 and #21).
a Other Issues. Source studies of fecal coliform have been recom-
mended (Resolution #22) in order to improve the cost effectiveness
of any program to control bacteria and viruses. Ten changes in
the water quality monitoring program (Resolution #23) have been
suggested to tailor that program better to the most pressing
water quality concerns. The State Engineer has been requested to
require Environmental Impact Statements for future diversions and
depletions from the Green River (Resolution #24). Finally, the
Association will dissolve and its responsibilities will be assumed
by the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments and Sweetwater
County (Resolution #1).
The 28 resolutions passed by the Association are presented on the following
pages. The management agencies designated in each resolution have been
asked to respond to the resolutions in one of four ways: acceptable,
acceptable with conditions, not acceptable, not applicable. The Wyoming
Governor will then review these replies and determine whether the locally
adopted Water Quality Management Plan is acceptable, acceptable with con-
ditions, or not acceptable.
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Resolution #1
Title:
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Action:
Continuing areawicfe waste treatment management in Lincoln, Uinta,
and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming.
This resolution directs that the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association dissolve and that the Lincoln-Uinta
County Association of Governments and Sweetwater County coordinate
water quality planning and management in said counties.
WHEREAS, the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Associ-
ation was designated by the Governor of Wyoming as the agency to
carry out water quality planning in said counties under Section 208
of PL 92-500, and
WHEREAS, said Association has developed a water quality management
plan for said counties, as charged, and
WHEREAS, said Association finds that the Lincoln-Uinta Association
of Governments and Sweetwater County are capable of coordinating
future planning and implementation associated with its plan.
BE IT THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association that it recommends the Lincoln-
Uinta Association of Governments as the ongoing 208 planning
agency for water quality in Lincoln County and Uinta County, and
that it recommends Sweetwater County as the ongoing 208 planning
agency for water quality in Sweetwater County, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association that said designated
governments be the recipients of further 208 water quality plan-
ning funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association will be dissolved pursuant to the procedures
established within its bylaws.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality- Planning Association to fund, administer, or staff the activities
called "or by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect 'he validity of any other part of this resolution.
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This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July < 19_7$
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
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Resolution #2
Title: A policy for economic-related salinity goals.
Purpose: This resolution directs the Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality not to adopt economic-related instream salinity goals
either at stateline or at other points within the study area
until a defensible technical basis is found. In lieu of economic-
based instream salinity goals, this resolution directs the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality to adopt (1) discharge stan-
dards for point sources and (2) a policy of no increase in salt
loads from nonpoint sources.
Technical
Basis: WHEREAS, Wyoming has a goal, stated in the Wyoming Water Quality
Standards for Surface Water, of no net increase in salinity over
existing conditions, and
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming," dated
August 1978, could find no technologically sound method of
defining existing instream conditions for salinity, and
WHEREAS, said Report shows that increases in man-induced salinity
loadings to the Creen River system will result in greater economic
costs to industrial and domestic water users within Southwestern
Wyoming,
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality not adopt economic-related
instream salinity goals, either at stateline or at other points
within the study area, until a defensible technical basis is
found for a standard or until the State of Wyoming is legally
required to establish such standards, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
under the authority cited above continue to set effluent limita-
tions on the surface discharge of water associated with the
production of oil and gas, as stated in Section 4, Chapter VII of
the Wyoming Water Quality Rules and Regulations, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
under the authority cited above and the Wyoming State Engineer
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adopt a policy of no net increase in salinity loadings from
nonpoint sources in Wyoming.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July , 19 78
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
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Resolution #3
Title: Study and implementation of salinity control measures
in the Eden Valley.
Purpose: This resolution acknowledges support for continued study of
salinity control measures in the Big Sandy Unit.
Technical
Basis: WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming," dated
August 1978, has shown that salinity has negative economic and
health-related impacts on water users in Southwestern Wyoming and
in downstream sections of the Colorado River systems, and
WHEREAS, said Report has shown that the Big Sandy River is 3
major salinity contributor to the Colorado River system, ana
WHEREAS, said Report has shown that control of salinity in the
Big Sandy River system is cost-effective,
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-13.7
and WS 9-276.19 through 9-276.33 and its bylaws that it supports
the assistance programs, research projects, and demonstration
projects presently being carried out in the Big Sandy Unit, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that beginning in 1978, the United States Department
of the Interior and the United States Department of Agriculture
deliver either separately or jointly an annual report to the
Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments (LUAOG) and to Sweetwater
County government which summarizes the progress made on such
projects and gives recommendations for future actions. Said
report will be in writing and will be accompanied by an or^i
presentation, if requested by LUAOG or Sweetwater County.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
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Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of Ju1y .
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest
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Resolution #4
Title:
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Salinity impacts of changing diversions or depletions.
This resolution notifies various agencies to investigate the
salinity impacts of any proposed change in diversion or depletion
patterns within the Green River drainage in Southwestern Wyoming.
WHEREAS, in the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming,"
dated August 1978, it is described in Chapter 6 that the best
current projection of water depletions, as shown in Exhibit 4-A,
will result in only slight changes in total dissolved solids
concentrations in the Green River in Sweetwater County in Wyoming
in the future, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that diversions of water out of
the Green River drainage may significantly change salinity concen-
trations in the Green River, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that salinity concentrations are
of concern in the study area because of deleterious effects on
the health of humans, livestock, and wildlife, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that higher salinity concentrations
will cause widespread economic impacts for industry and domestic
water users in Southwestern Wyoming, and also downstream users
not in Wyoming,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-
18.7 and WS 9-276.19 through 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the
Wyoming State Engineer study the potential salinity impacts of
any change in the depletion predictions shown In Exhibit *HA.
When such study has been completed, the State Engineer shall
notify the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments and Sweetwater
County government of the results.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Wyoming State Engineer study the potential
salinity impacts of any diversion and notify the Lincoln-Uinta
Association of Governments and Sweetwater County government of
the results of such study.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
Action:
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called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate reso-
lution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made Invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 19 78.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
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Resolution #5
Title:
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Action:
Control of new salinity sources in sensitive areas.
This resolution sets forth concerns of the Southwestern Wyoming
Water Quality Planning Association about the potential for salin-
ity water quality impacts from water resource development in spe-
cific areas, and directs various agencies to consider such impacts
in developing and reviewing proposed projects.
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated
August 1978, describes an area therein called the contact zone
and areas of Mancos-type shales where percolating water can cause
serious salinity increases in surface and ground waters, both
types of areas being as shown on Exhibit 5-A, and
WHEREAS, the Wyoming State Engineer has responsibility under
Section 5 of Article 8 of the State Constitution and WS 41-203
for review and approval of water resource development projects in
Wyoming, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Environmental Quality has responsi-
bility under WS 39-502.1 through WS 39-502.56 for water quality
management in Wyoming,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association as the areawide water quality
planning agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in
Wyoming under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of
WS 9-18.7 and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that
the Wyoming Legislature consider enacting necessary legislation
to:
1. Designate the State Engineer to have final respon-
sibility for managing salinity water quality impacts
due to water resources development, and
2. Establish a procedure for the review and evaluation of
such projects whether proposed by Federal, state, local
or other government or by private party, and
3. Authorize and obligate the necessary funds and for
manpower for said state agency to perform this role.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality,
the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management, the
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United States Geological Survey, the Wyoming State Engineer, the
Wyoming Plant Siting Council, the Brldger Vailey Conservation
District, the Big Sandy Conservation District, the Counties of
Sweetwater, Lincoln, and Uinta, and any other agencies involved
in the regulation of land use and water resources development be
responsible for reviewing plans for any and all reservoir, irri-
gation, or other water resource projects in these counties to
determine whether:
1. Such projects would be located on or near the contact
zone or the mancos-type shales as described in said
Report or as may be further defined in subsequent
publications.
2. Such projects would result in movement of ground water
into or through said areas.
3. Such ground water movement would result in deleterious
impact on ground or surface waters.
4. The plan for the proposed projects contains mitigating
actions to reduce salinity or its impacts should they
occur.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of •j"iv 19m-
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Ka<« """"""mm
Attest
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Resolution #6
Technical
Basis:
Title: instream phosphorus standards for Southwestern Wyoming.
Purpose: This resolution directs that one year after the completion of
feasibility studies for control of erosion in Bitter Creek and
Muddy Creek drainages (as described in Resolution #10 and #11),
the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality consider modifi-
cation of its "Wyoming Water Quality Standards for Surface
Waters" to Include phosphorus standards in Flaming Gorge Reservoir
and in its drainage basin.
WHEREAS, existing and future phosphorus levels are described in
the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated
August 1978, to cause undesirable growths of algae and other
noxious plants (eutrophication) in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, and
WHEREAS, continued blooms of algae are likely to cause all or
parts of Flaming Gorge Reservoir to become and/or remain unfit or
undesirable for primary contact recreation (swimming, water-
skiing) or for the propagation of game and other fish species,
and
WHEREAS, the national goal stated in PL 92-500 is to preserve
such uses, and
WHEREAS, in Option 11, Chapter 9 of said Report phosphorus stan-
dards were found to be necessary to formulate plans and control
phosphorus discharges, and
WHEREAS, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is responsible
under WS 35-926 for setting water quality standards.
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality consider the following for
water quality standards:
1. All streams tributary to Flaming Gorge Reservoir and
the two arms of Flaming Gorge Reservoir shall not have
a phosphorus concentration exceeding 0.080 mg/l as
phosphorus on a monthly average basis.
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2. The main body of Flaming Gorge Reservoir shall not have
a phosphorus concentration exceeding 0.030 mg/l as
phosphorus in any sample taken in the surface waters.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Department of Environmental Quality undertake
the necessary monitoring program to measure whether the standards
are being met. In the case where the Department of Environmental
Quality finds the standards not being consistently met it shall
so report to the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments and the
Sweetwater County government for further consideration and action.
In making such a determination the Department of Environmental
Quality shall, to the best of its ability, identify the reasons
it believes for the standard not being met.
The funding for carrying out all activities in this matter by the
Department of Environmental Quality shall be from its regular
channels.
It is the intent of this resolution to require phosphorus standards only if
erosion control in the Bitter Creek and Muddy Creek drainages is found to
be feasible and effective in reducing phosphorus loadings to Flaming Gorge
Reservoir, and if the entire phosphorus control program is determined to be
cost-effective by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Associa-
tion or its successors.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and Its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July , 1978_.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Aiiesi
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Resolution #7
Title:
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Action:
Benefits of phosphorus control in Flaming Gorge Reservoir
This resolution provides for updating information on economic
benefits to Wyoming associated with recreation at Flaming Gorge
Reservoir.
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated
August 1978, describes in Chapter 3 that excessive algae blooms
are occurring in portions of Flaming Gorge Reservoir, and
WHEREAS, said Report in Chapter 6 describes likely continuation
of said algae blooms, and
WHEREAS, said Report in Chapter 4 describes the economic losses
possible through loss of recreation potential at said reservoir,
and
WHEREAS, such potential losses form an important part of the
basis for controlling the water quality, and
WHEREAS, the study to estimate such benefits was done in 1967,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and Its bylaws that undertake
such studies necessary to the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Govern-
ments (LUAOC) and/or the Sweetwater County Planning Commission
update and refine the estimates of economic benefits in Wyoming
due to recreation at Flaming Gorge Reservoir. These studies
shall be funded under Section 208 of PL 92-500 or from such other
source as may be available.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that LUAOG and/or the Sweetwater County Planning
Commission will request help in such studies from the Wyoming
Recreation Commission, the United States Forest Service, the
United States Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, the Wyoming Game and
Fish Department, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, and
such others as may be of benefit.
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Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July , 1978.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest * ?
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Resolution #8
Title: Schedule for phosphorus control.
Purpose: This resolution sets forth the schedule for various actions in
Southwestern Wyoming designed to reduce phosphorus instream loads
so as to control eutrophicatlon in Flaming Corge Reservoir.
Technical
Basis: WHEREAS, it states in Section 101 (a) (2) of PL 92-500 that "It is
the national goal that wherever attainable, an interim goal of
water qual ity which provides for the protection and propagation
offish, shellfish, and wildlife and provides for recreation in
and on the water be achieved by July 1, 1983," and
WHEREAS, it states in Section 101 (a) (5) that "it is the national
policy that areawide waste treatment management planning pro-
cesses be developed and implemented to assure adequate control of
sources of pollutants in each state,n and
WHEREAS, the Southwestern Wyoming Water Qual ity Planning Associa-
tion is charged under Section 208 of PL 92-500 with developing
such areawide planning processes, and
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming," dated
August 1978, finds that the waters of Flaming Gorge Reservoir may
not be suitable for the purposes stated in Section 101 (a) (2) of
PL 92-500 and that such condition is likely to continue in the
future, and
WHEREAS, said Report finds in Chapter 3 that phosphorus is the
limiting factor for such water quality impairment, and
WHEREAS, said Report finds in Chapter 5 that the najor source of
phosphorus in the Creen River Basin is natural or geologic erosion,
and
WHEREAS, control of such erosion to the necessary levels may not
be technologically feasible, and
WHEREAS, there is high likelihood that the costs of correcting
such erosion as well as abating other sources of ohosphorus may
be excessively high so as to create a burden on residents of
Southwestern Wyoming, and
WHEREAS, some actions that may reduce phosphorus loads through
erosion may have significant social and environmental impacts by
changing historic grazing patterns and by interfering with historic
wildlife migration routes,
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Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through 9-276.33 and its bylaws that:
1. There is significant concern that the goal of Section 101 (a) (2)
may be unattainable because of reasons given
above.
2. Additional studies are needed on the technical, economic,
social, and environmental feasibility of controlling
natural as well as man-induced erosion in the Green
River Basin in Wyoming. These studies are planned to
take place and are the subject of Resolution #10 and
Resolution #11 by said Association.
3. A decision on attainability of the goal cannot be
reasonably made until the studies called for in said
resolutions are completed. This will likely occur In
1982-4.
4. Carrying out projects covered in said resolutions
should be postponed until the decision on attainability
of the goal is made.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that insofar as eutrophication In Flaming Corge
Reservoir is concerned the present condition satisfies Section 101 (a) (2)
of PL 92-500 until it can be shown that a higher quality is
attainable. This condition notwithstanding, it shall be the goal
of this Association or Its successors to find ways to improve
water quality conditions in Flaming Corge Reservoir through the
continuing planning process under Section 208(b) of PL 92-500.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
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This resolution arid its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this ?7 day of .i„iv . 19_z3
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest
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Resolution =9
Title:
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Action:
In-lake management for Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
This resolution recommends the establishment of a program to
Study and to manage eutrophication in Flaming Gorge Reservoir
by in-lake means, and designates agencies to carry out the work.
WHEREAS, existing and future phosphorus levels are described in
the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated
August 1978, to cause undesirable growths of algae and other
noxious plants (eutrophication) in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, and
WHEREAS, continued blooms of aigae are likely to cause all or
parts of Flaming Gorge Reservoir to become and/or remain unfit or
undesirable for primary contact recreation (swimming, water-skiing)
or for the propagation of game and other fish species, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that, at least on a short term
basis, control of phosphorus in tributary streams is not likely
to adequately control algae blooms in said reservoir,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Forest
Service, United States Bureau of Reclamation, the United States
Geological Survey and the United States Bureau of Fisheries and
Wildlife jointly consider carrying out a program in coordination
with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Wyoming Depart-
ment of Environmental Quality to study the feasibility of in-lake
management in said reservoir and that:
1. By 1 September 1979 said agencies shall select a lead
agency who shall be responsible for the work. The
Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association
or its successors shall be notified in writing of who
that agency shall be and what person shall be in
responsible charge.
2. By 1 October 1979 said lead agency shall file with the
Association or its successors a work plan for the year
ending 30 September 1980.
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3. Said lead agency shall carry out, to the maximum extent
possible, initial studies and demonstration projects
relative to in-lake reduction of phosphorus and/or
algae.
4. Said lead agency shall involve appropriate state and
local agencies in Wyoming and Utah in the work planning
and study process.
5. Said lead agency shall secure funding under Section 314
of PL 92-500 or some other source to carry out the work
required.
6. Said lead agency shall report to the Southwestern
Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association or its
successors at least annually, at a time and place
mutually agreed upon, on the results of such work.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the in-lake management program, in such manner
as the lead agency shall determine is feasible, shall continue
until the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association
or its successors shall resolve to end it.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of JuW , 1978.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
hairm,
Attest
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Resolution #10
Title: Reduction of phosphorus loadings from the Muddy Creek drainage by
erosion control.
Purpose: This resolution recommends the Bureau of Land Management and
unspecified others carry out studies to determine the feasibility
of reducing instream phosphorus loads in the Muddy Creek drainage
through erosion control so as to reduce eutrophication in Flaming
Corge Reservoir.
WHEREAS, existing and future phosphorus levels are described in
the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated
August 1978, to cause undesirable growth of algae and other
noxious plants (eutrophication) in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, and
WHEREAS, continued blooms of algae are likely to cause all or
parts of Flaming Gorge Reservoir to become and/or remain unfit or
undesirable for primary contact recreation (swimming, water-
skiing) or for the propagation of game and other fish species,
and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that reducing phosphorus levels
will reduce the amount of algae produced, and
WHEREAS said Report describes that the majority of phosphorus
enters the tributaries to Flaming Corge Reservoir by erosion, and
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Land Management is prepared to soon under-
take an environmental statement study pertaining to range condi-
tions in the Muddy Creek drainage in Lincoln and Uinta County,
and
WHEREAS, much of the land described in said Report to produce
high erosional loads of phosphorus is managed for the people of
the United States by the Bureau of Land Management,
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association in keeping with Executive Order Number 11752
of the President of the United States and as the areawide water
quality planning agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties
in Wyoming under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority
of WS 9-18.7 and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws
that the Bureau of Land Management include in said study consider-
ation of managing erosion through range management, structural
control, or other methods so as to reduce instream phosphorus
loads, and
Technical
Basis:
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BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by said Association in keeping with
Executive Order Number 11752 of the President of the United
States that said studies contain the costs of such control measures
and their estimated effectiveness in reducing not only sediment
loadings to the streams but also phosphorus loadings.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the United States Environmental Protection
Agency make available to the Bureau of Land Management additional
funding as may be available for the study of erosion control,
range management, eutrophication control or other germane subjects
so that the Bureau of Land Management can best carry out its
work, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the State of Wyoming, through its University,
its Department of Agriculture, its Conservation Commission and/or
its Department of Environmental Quality support the Bureau of
Land Management's studies in any specific way possible and to
carry out, as may be within its jurisdiction and means, such
additional studies that the Bureau of Land Management or others
may deem to be necessary to the whole subject but outside the
Bureau of Land Managment's work plan scope, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Bureau of Land Management organize and
deliver a report to the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments
and the Sweetwater County government during the period October-
December 1978, and annually thereafter, on progress made on such
studies and what recommendations may be forthcoming. Said reports
shall be in writing and shall be given orally to said governments,
if it so directs, at a time and place it shall set. Those other
agencies involved in said studies shall include their reports
with those of the Bureau of Land Management.
Nothing in this resolution shall prevent any agency or individual not named
herein from carrying out studies on the subject of this resolution. Any
agency carrying out work under this resolution shall be funded through its
own regular channels.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate reso-
lution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
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This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of juiv 19 28
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
By f3(°y\A(QsCl/z5>
Attest
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Resolution #11
Title: Structural erosion controls In Bitter Creek Basin.
Purpose: This resolution calls on the major landowners to determine the
feasibility of erecting structures in Bitter Creek Basin to
prevent or control erosion and thereby reduce In stream phosphorus
loads and eutrophication in Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
Technical
Basis: WHEREAS, existing and future phosphorus levels are described in
the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated
August 1978, to cause undesirable growths of algae and other
noxious plants (eutrophication) in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, and
WHEREAS, continued blooms of algae are likely to cause all or
parts of Flaming Gorge Reservoir to become and/or remain unfit or
undesirable for primary contact recreation (swimming, water-
skiing) or for the propagation of game and other fish species,
and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that reducing phosphorus levels
will reduce the amount of algae produced, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that the majority of phosphorus
enters the tributaries to Flaming Gorge Reservoir by erosion, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes significant phosphorus loads due
to erosion in the Bitter Creek Basin, and
WHEREAS, It appears that significant development has and will
occur in these areas so that more Intensive actions are needed,
and
WHEREAS, flooding has taken place in the City of Rock Springs.
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-278.33 and its bylaws that major
landowners jointly undertake predesign studies to evaluate and
select ways to structurally control erosion and flooding in the
Bitter Creek Basin. These studies shall identify specific tech-
niques for specific areas in such detail as to allow subsequent
development of plans and specifications for construction.
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Sweetwater County and the City of Rock Springs may contract with others to
carry out this work. Such studies may include demonstration projects by
the Young Adult Conservation Corps and others.
It is the intent of this resolution to carry out such work only If grant
funds are available from state or federal government to do it and only if
local matching funds, as required, may be raised.
Nothing in this resolution shall prevent another agency, industry, or group
from undertaking any program to control erosion in the referenced area
using its own funds or funds available to it, providing such agency files
with Sweetwater County and the City of Rock Springs its intention and
apprises said governments of its work program in writing prior to engaging
in it.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 192§-
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
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Resolution #12
Title: Erosion for constrcidti^^ activities.
Purpose: This resolution establishes the requirement for erosion control
for certain construction and mining activities for the protection
of water quality, and identifies needed regulations pertaining to
same.
Technical
Basis:
Action:
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated
August T978v has shownthat erosion causes undesirable sediments
and ioa#5ig%i0f phosphorus Jnth^streams of Lincoln, Uinta, and
Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming, and
WHEREAS, these sediments mav have deleterious effects on fisheries
habitats, and*
WHEREAS, said phosphorus loadings have a deleterious effect on
the suitability of surface waters for recreation and the propaga-
tion of fish, and
WHEREAS, PL 92-500 requires that surface waters of the nation be
suitable for said uses.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln and Sweetwater Counties In Wyoming
Under Section: 208 of PL 92.-5Q& and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
an^ J^^6.^throujgh3/V^ 9-276ii3S and Its bylaws that:
1. The Counties of Lincoln, Uinta and Sweetwater consider
as part of their subdivision regulations and building
codes requirements pertaining to erosion control during
all construction.activities thereunder.
2. The Incorporated places In said counties shall do the
same as in 1 above for their jurisdiction.
3. The Wyoming State Highway Department and the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality continue in the
development of a management practice process for highway
construction; and this process be adopted by ait manage-
ment agencies that control highway, street or road
construction.
<». The Wyoming Department of Environmental Oualitv continues
to regulate all mining and oil and gas activities \.v'hich
impact the water quality of surface or ground waters.
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5, The Bureau of Land Management continue to regulate all
mining/ construction and oil and gas activities on
Federal lands which may impact the water quality of
surface or ground waters.
6. The Association recommends that the regulations and
processes referred to In 1 through 5 above be adopted
by the respective bodies as soon as practical.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Lincoin-Uinta Association of Governments and
the Sweetwater County government receive copies of any regulations
implemented by any of the agencies called out above.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain In effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 1978.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest ^
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Resolution #13
Title*
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Phosphdru»control study for Paffsades Reservoir
This resolution recommends a basin-based study be made of eutro-
phication in Palisades Reservoir and designates an agency to
carry out such a study.
WHEREAS, PaiisadesReservoirwas described as eutrophic in the
draft "Clean WaterRepart for Southwestern Wyoming", dated 15 Sep-
tember 1977, and
WHEREAS, eutrophic conditions are not compatible with fisheries
and primary recreational uses of the reservoir, and
WHEREAS, the national goal stated in PL 92-500 is to preserve
such uses, and
WHEREAS, said Report states that a major cause of the eutrophic
conditions is high phosphorus loadings to said reservoir, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that most of the phosphorus load-
ings to said reservoir were generated outside the Southwestern
Wyoming study area, and
WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has
authority in interstate water quality matters,
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority at WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the
Environmental Protection Agency develop an interstate agency or
task force under Section 103 of PL 92-500 to study all aspects of
eutrophication in Palisades Reservoir so as to find what sources
need to be corrected. This study and the agency or task force
conducting it shall be funded through Section 208 of PL 92-500,
or such other source as may be appropriate.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments
(LUAOC) work with such agency or task force in any capacity of
which it may be capable.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
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called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate reso-
lution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 19_78
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest
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Resolution #14
Title?
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Action:
Evatotion of usa inipairmenfcaf reservoir projects.
This resolution sets forth concerns of the Southwestern Wyoming
Water Quality Planning Association about multi-use projects being
buiit such that water quality will not remain suitable for "he
uses and requests legislative establishment of a review process.
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming," dated
Augsut 1978, describes water!quality conditions in Flaming Gorge
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3. Authorize and obligate the necessary funds and/or
manpower for said state agency to perform this role.
Said procedure should include at least the following considera-
tions:
1. Such projects are likely to continually provide unim-
paired uses set forth in the project plans and in
compliance with then existing state water quality
standards.
2. Mitigating measures have been provided if such continued
impaired uses are not likely.
3. Sufficient water quality monitoring is proposed to
prove in the future that desired and required uses are
not being impaired.
4. The costs of maintaining such water quality are to be
paid for in some fair equitable manner.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate reso-
lution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July , 1978.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest
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Resolution #15
Titter
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Action:
Individual waste,disposal management.
This resolution designates agencies to carry out state laws per-
taining to individual waste management and recommends certain
operating procedures for such work.
WHEREAS, the protection of public health and safety requires
control of the disposal of liquid wastes from residences and
businesses, and
WHEREAS, the State of Wyoming in WS 35-502.18 and WS 35-502 19
(the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act of 1973) has established
rule*pertaining to.the disposat.of such wastes, and
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming," dated
August 1978, has identified the need for improved management
programs for such wastes,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the aredwide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18 7
and WS 9-276.19 through 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the Commis-'
sioners of the Counties of Sweetwater, Lincoln, and Uinta as
separate bodies, consider adopting necessary resolutions or
ordinances pertaining to individual waste disposal management.
Nothing in this resolution shall prevent said Counties from employing or
contracting with whomever they choose to carry out this program providing
that such person or persons be professionally qualified to carry out such
work.
Nothing in this resolution shall prevent said Counties from funding said
program in any way that they may see fit.
Nothing in this resolution shall prevent said Counties from changing said
program in the future as may be needed in response to changes in state law
or changes,deemed necessary as a result of experience in the program.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
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Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 19 7S
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest
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Resolution #16
Title:
Purpose:
Adequacy of current secondary treatment requirements to meet
water quality goals.
This resolution establishes that secondary treatment levels are
sufficient for current municipal wastewater treatment design and
construction programs.
Technical
Basis: WHEREAS, in Section 208 of PL 92-500 an areawide waste treatment
management agency must determine what treatment levels are neces-
sary to meet instream water quality needs, and
WHEREAS, in the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming,"
dated August 1978, and in associated 201 Facility Plans it is
described that short-range water quality goals can be met with
publicly-owned treatment works producing a secondary quality
effluent in Lincoln, Uinta, and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming,
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties In Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through 9-276.33 and its bylaws that, until
further determination, no publicly-owned treatment works shall
need to produce an effluent qual ity better than secondary and no
industrial discharger shall need to provide more than Best Avail-
able Treatment. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
is hereby notified for purposes of preparing discharge permits in
Lincoln, Uinta, and Sweetwater Counties of Wyoming.
Nothing In this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid It shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
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This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 19 78.
Attest
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
By 13
Chairm^
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Resolution #17
Title:
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Action:
Designation^ wastewater treatment management agencies.
This resolution designates certain agencies as wastewater treat-
ment management agencies under the provisions of Section 208 of
PL 92-500.
WHEREAS, Section 208 (b) (2) (D) of PL 92-500 requires designation
of wastewater treatment management agencies "necessary to con-
struct, operate, and maintain ail facilities required by the plan
and otherwise to carry out the plan",
BE IT THEREFORE .RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Qualit
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Ginta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the
following shall be proposed wastewater treatment management
agencies in the counties of Sweetwater, Lincoln and Uinta in
Wyoming, for the sewage service areas under their jurisdiction:
Rock Springs
Wamsutter
South Superior
Granger
Green River
Afton
Evanston
Cokeville
Diamondville
Jamestown-Rio Vista
Water & Sewer District
White Mountain Water £
Sewer District
Inner City Water &
Sewer District
These agencies shall be responsible for constructing, operating,
and maintaining sewage treatment facilities under their jurisdic-
tion and shall be eligible to apply for and receive state and/or
federal grant funds to carry out such work.
The agencies so named shall continue in such role unless changed
by the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments or the Sweetwater
County Priorities Board.
Lyman
Mt. View
Ft. Bridger Water &
Sewer District
Alpine Water &
Sewer District
LaBarge
Kemmerer
Thayne
South Lincoln County
Water & Sewer District
Rock Springs Sweetwater
County Airport Board
Reliance Water 6
Sewer District
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Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for bv this resolution except as it shall do so by separate reso-
lution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any oart of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 19 7&
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest
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Resolution #18
Title: A use-based approach to water quality.
Purpose: This resolution recommends that the Wyoming Department of
Environmental Quality adopt the nine water use classifications
and the water use designations locally developed in Southwestern
Wyoming for streams in Lincoln, Uinta, and Sweetwater Counties
in lieu of the State's designations in order to protect water
quality in the area for locally desired uses.
Technical
Basis:
Action:
WHEREAS, the existing Wyoming Stream Classification System is
based on the protection of a single use which is fisheries, and
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming",
dated August 1978, has identified nine major existing or desired
uses of water by residents in the area, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that each of the nine uses requires
a different water quality and therefore a different set of water
quality standards to protect that use, and
WHEREAS, these uses have been assigned to each of 52 stream
reaches in the area, based on the best information available on
existing and desired uses, and
WHEREAS, said list of use designations by stream reach has been
reviewed by state and local agencies and local citizens, and has
been revised to agree with comments made by said agencies and
citizens, and therefore reflects the best representation of
existing and desired uses of surface water in the study area.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality under authority of
WS 35-502.19 and WS 35-487.19, revise its existing use classifi-
cation system for the study area to conform with the use classifi-
cation system presented in Table 2-1 of said report, attached as
Exhibit 18-A hereto, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
consider the use designations presented in Table 2-2 of said
Report, attached hereto as Exhibit 18-B, for water year 1980, and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments
(LUAOC) and the Sweetwater County Planning Commission obtain the
necessary input from state and local agencies and local citizens
to review and revise said list of use designations on an annual
basis, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that LUAOG and the Sweetwater County Planning Commis-
sion submit a written report to the Wyoming Department of Environ-
mental Quality in July of every third year with the list of
current use designations for the following water year, beginning
in July, 1981, for inclusion into the Wyoming Water Quality
Standards for Surface Waters.
The activities of the Department of Environmental Quality shall
be funded through its own regular channels.
Nothing In this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution It shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 1978..
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
XttAQt CT -
Attest
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Table 2-1
WATER USE DEFINITIONS
Water Use
Secondary Contact Recreation
Primary Contact Recreation
Exhibit 18-A
Ref: CH2M HILL. September 1977. Technical Report,
Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming, pp 2-2.
i
in
Stream Aesthetics
Reservoir and Lake Aesthetics
Industrial Water Supply
Agricultural Irrigation
Wildlife ami i iveslock Watering
Public Water Supply
Definition
Fishery
Water with which the human body may
come in contact, but normally not to (he
point of complete submergence. Such
activities include wading, fishing, boating,
and hiking.
Water in which the human body may be
completely submerged with prolonged and
intimate contact; Such activities include
swimming, water skiing, and canoeing.
Streams which have scenic value.
Reservoirs and lakes which have scenic
value.
Raw'water diverted from streams or lakes
jjsed.by various industries for process
purposes or for removal of heal
after water treatment by the
individual industries.
Water used for the irrigation of crops.
Water used by wildlife (excluding fish)
and livestock lor consumption.
Raw water used for drinking and oilier
domestic or municipal purposes AFTER
conventional treatment.
Water used to support and propagate a
cold or warm water fishery.
Basis for Establishing Water Quality Criteria
The water must be aesthetically acceptable for the
recreation activities. Ingestion of small amounts
of water and whole body submergence are normally
not expected. Propagation of fish is not included-
The waler must be aesthetically acceptable for the
recreation activities and should not cause skin or
eye irritation. Ingestion of small amounts of water
should not cause Illness.
Surface water must be virtually free from substances
which impair the visual character of the water body.
The major concern is directed at substances ^nd con-
ditions which produce undesirable aquatic growth.
Surface water must be virtually free from substances
which impair the visual character of the water body.
The major concern is directed at substances and con-
ditions which produce undesirable aquatic growth.
The .major industrial uses of water ar£ assumed to ^
fof^Spal gasification, petroleum refining, trona pro-
cessing. and power generation. Criteria are based
on the use of raw water diverted to a storage basin
and used for process water or recirculating cooling
systems.
Irrigation water quality is based on the requirements
of alfalfa. Waters are assumed to be used continuously
during the growing season on all soil. Soil conditions
which would further limit water quality are not
specified.
Water quality must ei.iin c alioi i Icrm an J Imiy itim
survival of wildlife and livestock, iiu-ldding waterfuw|.
but excluding fish. Substances which will taint nual
or milk are also limited.
Surface water must be potable after conventional water
treatment which is assumed to be (I) coagulation. (2)
sedimentation. (3) rapid sand filtration, and (4| chlorine
disinfection. Substances which interfere with treatment
processes should be limited Toxic substances (both
acute and chronic) not removed by conventional water
treatment must meet requirements for potable standards.
Water quality must support a rainbow trout fishery,
stances which taint fish are also limited.
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Table 2-1
STREAM REACHES AND WATER USES("
BASIN
Snake River
RIVER
Snako Rlvar
Cray* River
Salt River
Baar Rlvar
Rlvar
Twin Croak
Smith* Fork
Craan Rlvar Craan Rlvar
U Barge
Craafc
Craafc
Stat* Craafc
BIS Sandy
Rlvar
Pacific Creek
Jack Morrow
Craak
Bitter Craak
REACH «
Snefca Rlvar t
Cray* Rlvar J
Upper 3
La war a
Piliiadet
Reservoir
At»v« Evan* ton (
Below Evanston 7
Woodruff
Narrows
Reservoir
Cokavllle
Roach
Border Reach
Twin Crook
Smiths fork
Uppar
Fontenelle
Reservoir
Slat* Craak
Reach
Big Island
Reach
Craan Rlvar
Reach
La Barga
Craak
Craak
Slata Croak
Big Sandy
Reservoir
u«*f
Pacific Craak
Jack Marrow
Crook
II
i:
u
i*
is
i*
17
It
!»
Craan Rlvar
Arm, Flaming
Gorge Raaarvoir
Flaming Gorge 20
Reservoir
Middle
II
»
23
M
25
»
27
Jl
n
REACH BOUNDARIES *#
Uncoln-Taton County Una
to Palisade* Raaarvoir
Haedwatar* ts Snake Rlvar x
Headwater* to Thayna x
Thayna to Backwaters of
Palisades Raaarvoir x
Backwatars of Palisades
Raaarvoir to Idaho Stata
Una
Utah Stats Una to Cvans ton x
Evanston to Backwatars of
Woodruff Narrow* Raaarvoir x
Backwotors of Woodruff
Narrows Raaarvoir to
Utah Stata Una
Utah Stata Una to Smith*
Pork x
Smith* Fork to Idaho
Stata Una x
Haadwatar* to Baar Rlvar x
Headwaters (o Baar Rlvar x
Sublette-Sweetwater County
Una to Backwaters of
FonMneile Rasarvoir
Backwatars to Dam. Fontanel!*
Rasarvoir
Fontanalla Raaarvoir Dam te
Big Sandy Rlvar
Big Sandy Rlvar te Alkali
Craak
Alkali Crook to Blttar
Craak
Blttar Craak to Flaming
Corga Reservoir Backwatars
Flaming Corga Raaarvoir
Backwatars la Confluence
with Blacks Fork Arm
Confluence af Craan Rlvar
and Blacks Fork Arm to
Utah Stata Una
Haadwatar* to Craan
Rlvar x
Hoadwatart to Fontanalla
Raaarvoir x
Haadwatar* to Graan Rlvar x
Backwatars to Dam, Big
Sandy Raaarvoir
Big Sandy Rasarvoir cam is
Pacific Croak noar Farson x
Pacific Croak noar Farson
to Craan Rlvar x
Haadwatar* te Big Sandy
Rlvar x
Headwater* to Pacific
Craak x
Headwaters to Salt Walls
Craafc x
Salt Walls Craak ts Rack
Spring* x
^ fexnoia*. tea second page of tabla.
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Table l-z (Continued)
STREAM REACHES AND WATER USB
(1)
basin river
Creen River (Continued)
Sail Wall*
Creek
Ktllpeckor
Creek
Black* Fork
Smith* Fork
Littla Dry
Craak
Muddy Craak
Uttla
Muddy
Craak
Ham* Fork
REACH
La war
Salt Wall*
Craak
Klllpaekar
Craak
Upper
Lyman Raach
Church
Raach
Uttla America
Raach
Black* Fork
Arm. Flaming
Gorge
Raaarveir
Uttla Dry
Craak
Upper
Lower
Uttla
Muddy
Craak
Upper
Vive Naughton
Reaervoir
Middle
Henry* Fork Henry* Fork
$r»en River
Below Flaming Red Creek Red Creek
Cargt
Vermilion Vermilion
Creek Creek
Jraet Divide Le*l Soldier L»*t Soldier
®**ln Creek Creek
JV
12
13
W
»
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37
3*
31
W
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n
»7
50
51
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REACH BOUNOARIES
Reck Sprlngaa Craen
River
HeeO waters te Blttar
Creek
Headwater* id Bitter
Creak
Utah sat* Una to County
Hwy. near Robertson
County Highway near
Robortton toSmlth* Fork
Smlthe Fork toHame Fork
naerCranger ¦
Ham* Fork naar Granger to
Maeaacra Hill
Ma**acre Hlll to Confluence
with Green River Arm
Utah State Line to County
Hwy. naar Robartaon
County Highway naar
Robertaon to Black* Forte
Utah State Una to Smith*
Utah State Une te Piedmont
Piedmont to Black* Fork
Headwater* la Muddy Creak x
Headwater* is Viva Naughton
Reeervolr Backwater*
Backwater* to Oem, viva
Naughton Reservoir
Viva Naughtan Ra*arvolr
Oam to Kammarar
ICemmer er «a Black* Fork
Utah- Sate Una te Flaming
Gorge Reaervoir
Headwater* ta Utah State
Una
Headwater* to Colorado
State Une
Headwater* to Swaetwetar-
Carbon County Una
I
$
*
£
* -i
i i
!') Water use* are defined on Table 2-1. ,
<*) All ere cold water, game fliharle* unleea etharwl*a noted.
I1) Cold water, nongam* fl*hery.
<*) Worm weter. nongame fishery.
Exhibit t(-B
Ref: CH2M HIU.. September 1177. rwhnloal Report,
Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming, pp 3-3 and 2-4.
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Resolution #19
Title: Identification of certain streams and stream segments in which
the 1983 fishabie/swimmabie goai appears not attainable.
Purpose: This resolution requests the Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality to exempt certain streams and stream segments from meet-
ing water quality standards pertaining to the fishabie/swimmabie
goal.
Technical
Basis: WHEREAS, it states in Section 101 (a) (2) of PL 92-500 that "it is
the national goal that wherever attainable, an interim goal of
water quality which provides for the protection and propagation
offish, shellfish, and wildlife and provides for recreation in
and on the water to be achieved by July 1, 1983"; and
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated
August 1978, presents a list of existing and desired water uses
which do not provide for swimming (primary contact recreation) or
fishing in some stream or stream segments, and
WHEREAS, the following streams and stream segments are designated
Class III (waters determined as not having the hydrologic or
natural water quality potential to support fish) by the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Qualiy:
¦ Jack Morrow Creek, tributary to Big Sandy River
¦ Bitter Creek from the mouth to the confluence with Salt
Weils Creek
¦ Salt Wells Creek and Kill pecker Creek, which are tribu-
taries to Bitter Creek
¦ Lost Soldier Creek, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that fishing is not an existing or
desired use of the reviewing agencies and individuals in any of
the streams and stream segments listed above, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that swimming is not an attainable
use in the following streams and stream reaches because of natural
conditions:
¦ Greys River and Salt River, which are tributaries to
the Snake River
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¦ All reaches of the 3ear River within Wyoming and upstream
from Smiths ForK axcept for Woodruff Narrows Reservoir
¦ LaBarge Crsek, Fontenelle Creek, Slate Creek, Pacific
Creek, and Jack Morrow Creek, which are tributaries of
the Green River system.
¦ Bitter Creek, Salt Weils Creek, and Killpecker Creek
¦ Blacks Fork upstream from the County highway near
Robertson
¦ Smiths Fork, Little Dry Creek, Muddy Creek, Little
Muddy Creek, which are tributaries of the Blacks Fork
system
¦ Hams Fork upstream from Viva Naughton Reservoir
¦ Henrys Fork
* Red Creek
¦ Vermilion Creek
¦ Lost Soldier Creek, and
WHEREAS, said report describes that swimming is not an existing
or desired use of the reviewing agencies and individuals in the
following streams and stream reaches:
¦ Bear River from the confluence with Smiths Fork to the
Idaho border
¦ Big Sandy River except for Big Sandy Reservoir
¦ Blacks Fork from the County highway near Robertson to
Massacre Hill
¦ Hams Fork downstream from Viva Naughton Reservoir
WHEREAS, control of fecal coiiform in these streams to levels
dictated by the swimmabie goal would probably require strict
controls on grazing by domesticated and wild animals, and there-
fore would result in substantial and widespread adverse environ-
mental, economic, and social impacts.
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as areawide water quality planning agency
for Uinta, Lincoln, Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming under Section 208
of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-28.7 and WS 9-276.19
through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the Wyoming Department of
Environmental Quality under the authority of WS 35-487.19, WS 35-502.19
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and Section 303 ofPL. 92-500 exempt the following streams and
stream segments from said fishable goal and all water quality
standards associate#with said goal:
Creels tributary to Big Sandy River
Bitter Creek from? ihe mouth to the confluence with Salt
Wells Creek
Salt Wells Creek and Killpecker Creek, which are tribu-
taries to Bitter Creek
Lost Soldier Creek
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
under the authority above exempt the following streams and stream
segments from said swimmabie goal and all water quality standards
associated with said goal:
¦ Greys River and Salt River, which are tributaries to
the Snake River
• All sections of the Bear River within Wyoming except
for Woodruff Narrows Reservoir
¦ LaBarge Creek, Fonteneile Creek, Slate Creek, Big Sandy
River except for Big Sandy Reservoir, Pacific Creek,
and Jack Morrow Creek, which are tributaries of the
Green River system
Bitter Creek. Salt Wells Creek, and Killpecker Creek
¦ Blacks Fork from Massacre Hill to the headwaters
¦ Smiths Fork, Little Dry Creek, Muddy Creek, Little
MUddy Creek, and Hams Fork (except Viva Naughton Reser-
voir) , which are tributaries of the Blacks Fork system
¦ Henrys Fork
¦ Red Creek
¦ Vermilion Creek
¦ Lost Soldier Creek
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments and
the Sweetwater County Planning Commission review this list of
exemptions from the fishable/swimmabie goal annually and provide
information on additions or deletions to the Wyoming Department
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of Environmental Quality as a part of the 305(B) planning proc
ess.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association co fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shail do so by separate reso-
lution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shait also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shail not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July , 1928.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest
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Resolutiorv#2Q
Title:
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
lns#eam suspended solids Itiiiiciards.
This resolution directs Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality ana-Wyoming Game and Fish Department to arrive at a
mutually agreed upon instream standard for suspended solids or
turbidity.
WHEREAS, in the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming",
dated August 1978r it was described in Chapter 2 that water
quality problems due to excessive concentrations of suspended
sediment could not be identified because monitored data and the
Wyoming Standard were in different units of measurement, and
WHEREAS, excessive levels of suspended solids or turbidity can be
harmful to fisheries, and
WHEREAS, Wyoming Game and Fish Department is responsible for the
welfare of the state's fisheries, and
WHEREAS, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is responsible
under WS 35-^87.19, WS 35-502.19 and Section 303 of PL 92-500
for establishing instream water quality standards.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association.as theareawide water quality planning
agancy for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the
Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Wyoming Department of Environ-
mental Quality work together:«? arrive at mutually agreed upon
criteria for rtfeasiiring thefimpact of suspended solids and/or
"turbidity, arid
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Department of Environmental Quality Include
such criteria as its instream water quality standard for suspended
solids and/or turbidity under the authority of WS 35-487.19,
WS 35-502. • 9, and Section 303 of PL 92-500.
This action shall be funded by the agencies mentioned from their
regular budgets or in such other manner as they see fit.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shakl do so by separate reso-
lution.
Action;
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Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 19 78.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest ^
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Resolution #21
Title: Study of impact.of high instream metals levels.
Purpose: This resolution directs the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to
determine if apparently high levels of certain heavy metals in
certain streams are toxic to fisheries and other aquatic biota
for the purpose of recommending locally specific water quality
standards.
WHEREAS, investigations reported in Chapter 3 of the "Clean Water
Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated August 1978, showed that
eight stream reaches identified in Exhibit 21-A hereto, had
concentrations of cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc in excess of
water quality criteria for fisheries, and
WHEREAS, no evidence has been found of toxicity to fisheries
and/or other aquatic biota from such levels, and
WHEREAS, realistic standards should be set for the area's streams,
according to Section 303 of PL 92-500, and
WHEREAS, Wyoming Came and Fish Department is the state agency
responsible for the welfare of fisheries, and
WHEREAS, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is the
state agency responsible undar WS 35-487.19 and WS 35-502.19 and
Section 303 of PU 92-500 for' setting water quality standards,
Action: BE fT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association an areawide water quality planning agency
for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming under
Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and Its bylaws that Wyoming
Game and Fish Department initiate the necessary studies to deter-
mine appropriate toxic levels of the heavy metals and in the
stream segments shown in Exhibit 21-A attached hereto for fish-
eries and other aquatic biota. Wyoming Game and Fish shall
report such criteria as it deems necessary for protection of
species In those segments to Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
under authority of WS 35-926 and Section 303 of PL 92-500 include
such criteria developed by Wyoming Game and Fish as given above
as water quality standards for those segments and others as
required.
Technical
Basis:
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Funding for the activities of both agencies as described above
shall be from their regular budgets or such other as they see
fit.
Nothing in this resolution shaii require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate reso-
lution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of julv , 19j$
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
By
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Resolution #22
Title: Source studies of fSeal coliform.
Purpose: This resolution identifies certain reaches where fecal coliform
levels are high and directs certain agencies to carry out studies
to determine their sources so chat corrective action may be
taken.
Technical
Basis:; WHEREAS, investigations reported in Chapter 3 of the "Clean Water
Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated August 1978, showed that
stream reaches identified in Exhibit 22-A hereto, had fecal
coliform levels in excess of water quality criteria for recreational
use, and
WHEREAS, recreational use of surface waters, wherever attainable,
is a national policy as stated in Section 101 (a) (2) of PL 92-500,
and
WHEREAS, the sources of said fecal coliform could not be ascer-
tained for said Report, and
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Land Management has started a program to
identify fecal coliform sources on lands it manages, and
WHEREAS, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is
responsible for determfning pollution and its sources under
Section 305 (b) (1) Of PL 92-500 and under WS 35-926
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as~the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 20$ of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the
Bureau of Land Management continue said studies referenced above
and shall submit an annual report to the Wyoming Department of
Environmental Quality, to the State Health Department, and to the
Sanitarians or other designated public health officials of Sweet-
water, Lincoln, and Uinta Counties.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
under the authority of WS 35.926 undertake studies to determine
sources of fecal coliform in areas not covered by the Bureau of
Land Management.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Bureau of Lana Management and the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality shall emphasize in their
studies those twelve stream reaches identified in Exhibit 22-A.
Activities of both agencies described above shall be funded by
them through their regular sources.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate reso-
lution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 19_78.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest
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Resolution #23
Title: Water quality monitoring program for Southwestern Wyoming.
Purpose: This resolution directs the Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality and the United States Geological Sur/ev to carry out and
coordinate water quality monitoring in Southwestern Wyoming and
establishes the requirement for making certain changes in existing
programs.
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated
August 1978, in Chapter 10 describes ten recommended changes
attached hereto as Exhibit 23-A to existing water quality moni-
toring programs, and
WHEREAS, the United States Geological Survey has performed con-
sistent and extensive water quality monitoring in Southwestern
Wyoming in the past, and
WHEREAS, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is
responsible for monitoring water quality in Wvoming under WS 35-487.19
and WS 35-502.19
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as areawide water quality planning agency
for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming under
Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the
United States Geological Survey and the Wyoming (Department of
Environmental Quality cgrry out the recommendations humbered 2
through 10 in Exhibit 23-A. The funding for those actions shall
be through regular budget channels for those agencies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the WRDS system at the Wyoming Water Resources
Research Institute become a central storage depository for all
water quality data gathered in Southwestern Wyoming.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Wyoming Department of environmental Quality,
the United States Geological Survey, and any other agencies
Involved in water quality monitoring encourage the use of the
laboratory facilities at Western Wyoming College.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff 'he activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate reso-
lution.
Technical
Basis:
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Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 1978.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
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Exhibit 23-A
Ref: CH2M HILL. August. 1978. Technical Report,
dean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming, pp 10-26.
10-27, and 2-29.
• A fully qualified water quality tasting laboratory must bo maintained
in tha Southwestern Wyoming araa. Tha long distances to the
nearest larga cities maka it difficult to carry out a routine
monitoring program and to obtain accurst* rasults without a
laboratory within tha study araa. Although DEQ cannot establish
tha laboratory. It can raviaw tha adaquacy of any axisting laboratory
In tha study araa and racommand to tha Lagisiatura tha astabiishmant
of ona or mora If It daama naeaasary.
a A flow-monitoring station should ba aatabiishad at tha axisting
quality station dasignatad Craan River baiow Craan River In ordar
to maasura contaminant loadings from Blttar Creek and tha Craan
Rivar araa.
¦ Tha praaant program of monitoring phosphorus do as not allow
aceurata prediction of loads. If a phosphorus control program is
initiatad. a concantratad sampling program should ba started.
Tha frequency of phosphorus monitoring, particularly in tha
tributaries, should ba ineraaaad during high flows. Because of
the larga costs and benefits associated with a phosphorus control
program, sampling should be dona by automatic samplers to ensure
more accurate results.
a Dissolved and total metals should be routinely monitored only if
toxicity levels can be accurately established.
a Alkalinity and chloride are easily monitored, but levels in the
study araa have been adequately determined and further monitoring
does not appear necessary.
a Ammonia monitoring should take place within and below population
canters and should ba dona in conjunction with monitoring of pH
and temperature.. Sampling should initially be concantratad on
those reaches shown on Table 3-6 to have possibly excessive
ammonia concentrations.
¦ Water quality criteria have net bean exceeded for the following
chemical constituents: arsenic, barium, color, fluoride, phenol,
polychlorlnatad biphenyls, selenium, and turbidity. It Is recom-
mended that these constituents be monitored infrequently or not
at alt, because no conditions In the foreseeable future are
expected to increase their levels above the criteria.
a The important salinity parameters in the study araa are total
dlasolvod solids (or conductivity), sulfate, total hardneas, and
sodium adsorption ratio. If a salinity control program is initiated,
a salinity baseline should be established throughout the Green
River Baaln by monitoring tha four salinity parameters on a
twice- monthly basis during spring and on a bimonthly basis at
other times.
a The following measurements should be made monthly In Flaming
Gorge Reservoir to define the pece of eutrophication: total
phosphorus, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, and sacchi disk
transparency. At least three phosphorus and dissolved oxygen
measurements should be made at different depths at each sampling
location.
a Monitoring of constituents which have criteria but which have not
yet been monitored (see Table 2-11) does not appear necessary at
this time.
Tha rasults of tha water quality monitoring should be reported through the
regular channels of USGS and OEQ and be stored in the STORET and WRDS
systems in ordar to ba available for future planners.
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Resolution #24
Title: Maintaining fishabie waters in the Green River.
Purpose: This resolution sets forth concerns of the Southwestern Wyoming
Water Quality Planning Association about the flows in the Green
River, from Green River to Flaming Gorge Reservoir, for the
purpose of maintaining fishabie waters, and directs water users
and the State of Wyoming to consider such impacts in developing
future projects.
Technical
Basis: WHEREAS, it states in Section 101 (a) (2) of PL 92-500, that wher-
ever attainable it is the national goal for water quality to
provide for the protection and propagation of fish by July 1,
1983, and
WHEREAS, the report "The Fontenelie Green River Trout Fisheries -
Considerations in its Enhancement and Perpetuation, Including
Test Flow Studies of 1973," dated March, 1974, as prepared by the
United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of Sport
Fisheries and Wildlife, and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department,
has shown that the Green River between Fontenelie and Flaming
Gorge supports a unique blue ribbon trout fishery with State and
national significance and that such conditions may likely not be
maintained in the future if the flows are reduced from those
recommended in said report, and
WHEREAS, future actions may reduce the flows below those recom-
mended on a long term basis, and may have significant social and
environmental impacts by changing spawning patterns, Interfering
with historic migration routes, and otherwise jeopardizing this
Green River fishery and,
WHEREAS, the Southwestern Water Quality Planning Association is
in agreement with the recommendations of said report.
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through 9-276.33 and its bylaws that for future
water allocations the State of Wyoming through the State Engineers
Office, Department of Environmental Quality, Wyoming Game and
Fish Office, and in conjunction with future water users; file an
Environmental Impact Statement to access the impact of total
diversions on stream flows in the Green River. The EIS must
include adequate objective appraisal of fishery and recreation
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values, and the subsequent social-economic impacts, assess the
impact on spawning patterns and migration routes of spawning game
fish from Flaming Gorge upstream in the Green River.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT:
1. Instream flows to maintain the fishery, spawning, and
migration patterns should be defined as a beneficial
use of water in the Green River to Flaming Gorge reach.
2. Future diversions be made from the lowermost portions
of the Green River, preferably from Flaming Gorge
Reservoir, to help provide for adequate flows to main-
tain a fishabie water.
3. Future water storage projects allocate storage space
during planning and construction for downstream releases
to maintain adequate flows for the protection and
propagation of a game fishery.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate reso-
lution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 1978.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Chairm,
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Resolution #25
Title:
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Action:
Management practice process for the Bureau of Land Management and
the State of Wyoming.
This resolution initiates action leading toward a management
practice process for control of contaminant loadings from public
lands.
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming, ' dated
August 1978, has shown that a significant source of phosphorus
and sediment to Flaming Gorge Reservoir is erosion from public
lands, and
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Land Management is the manager of most of
those public lands, and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency may make funds
available through Section 304 (K) of Public Law 95-12 for the
control of erosion on those pubiic lands, and
WHEREAS, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality has
responsibility under WS 39-502.1 through WS 39-502.56 for water
quality management in Wyoming, and
WHEREAS, the Lincoln-Unita Association of Governments and Sweet-
water County recognize the need for the Bureau of Land Management,
the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Environ-
mental Quality to work cooperatively through a mutually agreeable
management practice process for the Improvement of water quality
in the Southwestern Wydfning area.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Lincoln, Uinta and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that It recom-
mends the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments and Sweetwater
County Priorities Board do the following:
1. Organize a meeting in Cheyenne, Wyoming within 60 days
of the passage of this resolution for the purpose of
developing a management practice process between the
Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Department of
Environmental Quality.
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2. Request the attendance of the State Director of the
Bureau or Land Management, the Director of the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality, a representative
of the Governor's office such as the State Planning
Coordinator, and a representative of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
3. Send a representative of the Lincoln- Uinta Association
of Governments and Sweetwater County to the meeting.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified
or rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July , 19 78
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
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Resolution #26
Title:
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Action:
Improvement of irrigation efficiencies in the Bridger Valley and
Eden Valley.
This resolution recommends that the Bridger Valley Conservation
District (#35) and the Big Sandy Conservation District (#46)
carry out demonstration projects on water conservation through
improved irrigation efficiencies.
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming," dated
August 1978, has shown that salinity has negative economic and
health-related impacts on water users in Southwestern Wyoming and
in downstream sections of the Colorado River system, and
WHEREAS, said Report has identified irrigation return flows in
the Bridger Valley and Eden Valley as major salinity contributors
to the Green River system, and
WHEREAS, said Report has presented cost-effective measures to
reduce salinity by better timing of Irrigations In the Bridger
Valley and Eden Valley, and
WHEREAS, said Report has presented possibly cost-effective measures
to reduce salinity by sprinkler irrigation in the Bridger Valley,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of Pk 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the Bridger
Valley Conservation District and the Big Sandy Conservation
Districts consider demonstration projects under the authority
provided in WSA 11-245 (c) to conserve water by increasing on-
farm irrigation efficiencies through one or more of the salinity
control measures mentioned above, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the United States Department of the Interior and
the United States Department of Agriculture consider these pro-
jects under the Colorado River Salinity Control Program, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that said conservation districts submit annual written
reports on the progress of such projects and to give oral presenta-
tion to the Lincoln-Uinta Association of Governments (LUAOG) and
the Sweetwater County government, if so directed.
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Nothing in this resolution requires said conservation districts to fund
solely such demonstration projects. The initiation of such demonstration
projects is contingent on whether said conservation districts can obtain
outside funding from one of the sources listed in Exhibit 26-A, the Model
implementation Program of the United States Department of Agriculture, or
from any other outside source.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association Is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid It shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July , 19 78.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
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Exhibit 26-A
Because this option is designed as a voluntary action, there is aimost no
chance that ft will be instituted unless some of the benefits to downstream
users are passed back to the farmers who bear the costs of salinity control.
This transfer of benefits could be accomplished through one of three Federal
programs. First, the Agricultural Conservation Program provides 50 to
75 percent of the cost of conservation practices that meet special conservation
needs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is authorized to provide funds
through this program under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment
Act of 1936 (PL 74-46). A second means of returning benefits of salinity con-
trol to the farmers is through the Lower Basin Salinity Control Fund, admin-
istered by the Bureau of Reclamation. These funds are raised by increased
power rates on Lower Basin users. The final funding source would be a
208 continuing grant.
Reference: CH2M HILL. September 1977. Technical Report, Clean Water
Report for Southwestern Wyoming, p. 8-13.
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Resolution #27
Title: Control of new phosphorus sources in sensitive areas.
Purpose: This resolution sets forth concerns of the Southwestern Wyoming
Water Quality Planning Association about the potential for increased
phosphorus loading to surface waters through activities in specific
areas, and directs various agencies to consider such impacts in
their programs and to develop mitigating measures.
Technical
Basis: WHEREAS, existing and future phosphorus levels are described in
"Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming", dated August 1978,
to cause undesirable growth of algae and other noxious plants
(eutrophicatlon) in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, and
WHEREAS, continued blooms of algae are likely to cause all or
parts of Flaming Gorge Reservoir to become and/or remain unfit or
undesirable for primary contact recreation (swimming, water-
skiing) or for the propagation of game and other fish species,
and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that reducing phosphorus levels
will reduce the amount of algae produced, and
WHEREAS, said Report describes that the majority of phosphorus
enters the tributaries to Flaming Gorge Reservoir by erosion, and
WHEREAS, Exhibit 27-A shows areas of specific concern because of
soil chemical composition and erosion potential,
Action: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through WS 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality under the authority
of WS 35-502.1 through WS 35-502.56 use the information in Exhibit 27-A
to establish priorities for areas to be addressed under the
Statewide Agricultural Nonpoint Source Program where such areas
are privately or state owned lands, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Association under the authority
cited above that the Bureau of Land Management use the information
in Exhibit 27-A to establish priorities for areas to be addressed
in their Soil, Water and Air Management Activity (Code 4340),
their Range Management Activity (Code 4320), and their Wildlife
Habitat Management Activity (Code 4350), where such areas are
under public ownership and managed by said Bureau.
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Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate resolu-
tion.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
Should any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July 1978..
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
Attest
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Resolution #28
Title:
Purpose:
Technical
Basis:
Action:
Chloride, sulfate, and total dissolved solids standards to
protect public water supplies and wildlife and livestock
waterings.
This resolution directs the Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality to adopt a set of chloride, sulfate, and total dissolved
solids standards to protect the following uses in the study area:
wildlife and livestock watering and public water supplies.
WHEREAS, the "Clean Water Report for Southwestern Wyoming," dated
August 1978, has indicated high sulfate concentrations in the
drinking water supplies for the Rock Springs-Green River area,
and
WHEREAS, said Report has shown that livestock and wildlife may
suffer health effects from high chlorides, sulfates, and total
dissolved solids in certain streams and stream segments,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality
Planning Association as the areawide water quality planning
agency for Uinta, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties in Wyoming
under Section 208 of PL 92-500 and under the authority of WS 9-18.7
and WS 9-276.19 through 9-276.33 and its bylaws that the Depart-
ment of Environmental Quality under the authority of WS 35-487.19,
WS 35-502.19 and Section 303 of PL 92-500 adopt the following
instream salinity standards:
1. A sulfate standard (250 mg/l) and a chloride standard
(250 mg/l) as contained in the above reference for the
protection of public drinking water supplies.
2. A sulfate standard (3,000 mg/l), chloride standard
(2,000 mg/l), and total dissolved solids standard
(5,000 mg/l) as contained in the "Wyoming Water Quality
Standards for Produced Water, ¦ for the protection of
livestock and wildlife watering.
Nothing in this resolution shall require the Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association to fund, administer or staff the activities
called for by this resolution except as it shall do so by separate reso-
lution.
Where the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association is men-
tioned in this resolution it shall also mean its successors or assigns.
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Shouid any part of this resolution be found or made invalid it shall not
affect the validity of any other part of this resolution.
This resolution and its provisions shall remain in effect until modified or
rescinded by the Southwestern Wyoming Water Quality Planning Association.
Adopted this 27 day of July , 19 78.
Southwestern Wyoming Water
Quality Planning Association
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CLEAN WATER REPORT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING
FINAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
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