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Hotel Booking The top official in a governmental agency dedicated to saving the Salton Sea said Thursday he is guardedly optimistic that legislation being cobbled together to save a mega-water deal could help reverse the long, slow decline of the troubled body of water straddling Riverside and Imperial counties.

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Flight Booking A hearing of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee is tentatively set for today in Sacramento to consider legislation designed to rescue the Imperial-San Diego deal and satisfy the Bush administration that California, after 10 years of arm-twisting by Washington, is finally learning to live within its allocation from the Colorado River.

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Travel Agent The goal of state officials, including Gov. Gray Davis, is to win approval of the legislation before the Legislature adjourns next week. Davis believes that the San Diego-Imperial deal is essential if the state is to avoid water shortages.

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Hotel Chicago Disputes about who will pay for Salton Sea restoration projects have proven to be a major sticking point in fevered negotiations involving the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, San Diego County Water Authority, Coachella Valley Water District and Imperial Irrigation District.

Online Booking A tentative agreement among the four feuding agencies could provide about $300 million for the sea. But it is unclear whether that would be enough money to arrest its decline, a sign of how badly distressed the 35-mile-long sea, once a vacation paradise, has become.

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Hotel Reservation "We're not home free yet, but this represents nothing less than the greatest opportunity that has ever presented itself for the Salton Sea," said Dennis Cushman, assistant general manager of the San Diego County Water Authority.

London Hotel Booking Even if the bills pass, the agreement will be sent to the governing bodies of the four agencies for fine-tuning. However, to prod those agencies into signing the agreement, an Oct. 12 deadline is contained in the bills.

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Orlando Hotel At one point, the state Department of Health posted signs warning people not to eat fish caught in the sea; tourist communities that once lined it are now mini-ghost towns.

Booking Agency Since the sea survives on agricultural runoff from the Imperial Valley, partners to a sale of water from Imperial Valley to San Diego are required by state and federal law to correct any environmental damage to the sea, which is a major stopover point for millions of migratory birds and boasts a thriving fish population.

International Travel Medical Any large-scale reduction in water use in the Imperial Valley will mean decreased runoff and thus increase the sea's salinity, which has been blamed for occasional bird and fish die-offs.

New York Hotel The legislation set to be discussed today in Sacramento contains a tentative plan for each of the four agencies to provide money for environmental projects at the Salton Sea and elsewhere in the Imperial Valley.

Online Travel Booking In exchange, each agency would be assured that its costs would be capped, and the Legislature would renew a bill that would loosen environmental regulations involving the sea. The state also would pledge to assist in the Salton Sea projects.

Travel Medical Insurance The negotiations over the Salton Sea are based on the assumption that the sea will shrink because of the reduction in runoff. "All the concepts being advanced here foresee a much smaller but much healthier sea," Cushman said.

Miami Hotel Still, decisions about how much the sea will be allowed to shrink and how to offset the possible air pollution problems when the seabed becomes exposed to the air are being delayed. Coachella Valley already has significant air pollution.

Air Deccan Booking "I don't know what restoration of the sea will look like at this point," said Sierra Club lobbyist Jim Metropulos, who has been involved in the negotiations. "I'm just hopeful that we've started the process to get restoration."

Las Vegas Nevada Travel An official with the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity was less upbeat on the prospect that government officials would follow through on their promises to save the sea. The center, which is suing the federal government for allegedly ignoring the birds and fish at the Salton Sea, has not been invited to join the negotiations.

Las Vegas Nv Hotel "The Department of the Interior has been wheeling and dealing on these water transfers and has yet to deliver a Salton Sea plan, which is now three years overdue," said center biologist Daniel Patterson.

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Los Angeles Times - 9/5/2003

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