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Bill may establish Salton Sea aid
By BRIANNA LUSK, Staff Writer

Monday, May 5, 2008 10:50 PM PDT

The Senate Appropriations Committee will hear a Senate bill that could be one of the critical components of the Salton Sea restoration.

Authored by Sen. Denise Moreno Ducheny, D-San Diego, Senate Bill 1256 would establish the Salton Sea Restoration Council to oversee the project and issues regarding the sea.

The Salton Sea, plagued by environmental issues and shrinking due to a lessened supply of agricultural runoff due to water transfers, is lacking in direction of how and who is going to pay for its salvage.

The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to take up SB 1256 on Monday.

Ducheny could not be reached for comment Monday.

As it stands, the bill would establish a state agency to head the restoration and make other decisions pertaining to the sea.

It would also give the secretary of the Resources Agency final say in decisions made by the council regarding potential restoration strategies.

The council would be made up of an executive and science committee and local and stakeholder forums. Fourteen voting members would include two local officials including a director of the Imperial Irrigation District and a supervisor from the Imperial County Board of Supervisors.

The state-approved restoration plan could cost an estimated $9 billion dollars.

The Salton Sea Restoration Council is just one component of a larger solution. The question remains of how the funding will be paid for to actually restore the sea.

>> Staff Writer Brianna Lusk can be reached at blusk@ivpressonline.com or 337-3439.

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Comments:

wackjob wrote on May 6, 2008 3:00 PM:

" 0207- If you knew Bob McKinley you would know that he lives on the southwest shore of the Salton Sea, not in Westmorlnad as his address suggests. He probably knows a hell of a lot more about the sea than the politicians who are trying to fix it! "

socrates619 wrote on May 6, 2008 1:35 PM:

" The government is pumping a lot of money into this project, i just hope there are some good results that come out of this, and not just politicians rubbing elbows and bragging about their last trip to Washington DC. "

0207 wrote on May 6, 2008 7:49 AM:

" Mr. McKinley,
If you knew what filth was in the soil under the Salton Sea you would never dream of living in Westmorland. Please think before engaging blog. "

hottie wrote on May 6, 2008 6:41 AM:

" Robert McKinley you are so out of tune!!!!!! "

bobmck wrote on May 6, 2008 1:26 AM:

" LEAVE THE SALTON SEAALONE AND USE THE MONEY FOR SOMETHING USEFUL,LIKE FIXING SOME OF THE ROADS AROUND HRE. THE SALTON BASIN HAS FILLED WITH WATER AND THEN EVAPORATED OUT LORD KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS. LEAVE IT ALONE.
Robert McKinley
Westmorland "

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