97-30605. Notice of Intent To Negotiate Agreements Between the Wasatch County Special Service Area #1, and Department of the Interior for the Purchase of the Timpanogos and Wasatch Canals as Part of the Wasatch County Water Efficiency Project and ...

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62334-62335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30605]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Notice of Intent To Negotiate Agreements Between the Wasatch 
County Special Service Area #1, and Department of the Interior for the 
Purchase of the Timpanogos and Wasatch Canals as Part of the Wasatch 
County Water Efficiency Project and Daniel Replacement Project of the 
Central Utah Project Completion Act

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary--Water and Science, 
Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate agreements between Wasatch County 
Special Service Area #1 (WCSSA), and Department of the Interior for the 
purchase of the Timpanogos and Wasatch Canals as part of the Wasatch 
County Water Efficiency Project and Daniel Replacement Project (WCWEP 
and DRP) under the Central Utah Project Completion Act.

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SUMMARY: Public Law 102-575, Central Utah Project Completion Act, 
Sections 202(a)(3), 207(e), and 303(b), allows for the construction of 
the WCWEP and

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DRP as part of the Central Utah Project. The WCWEP and DRP Projects 
provide for increasing irrigation efficiency in the Heber Valley, 
conserving water, and eliminating the diversion of water from the upper 
Strawberry River tributaries to Heber Valley. As part of these 
projects, the United States plans to acquire the Timpanogos and Wasatch 
Canals from WCSSA. These two canals are features which have 
historically been used to convey Provo River water to Heber Valley 
irrigators. The canals will be used to convey project water and non-
project water for irrigation purposes.
    The purpose of the negotiation sessions will be to agree upon the 
price and the details for the United States to purchase Timpanogos and 
Wasatch Canals from WCSSA.

DATES: Dates for public negotiation sessions will be announced in local 
newspapers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional information on matters related to 
this Federal Register notice can be obtained at the address and 
telephone number set forth below: Mr. Reed Murray, Program Coordinator, 
CUP Completion Act Office, Department of the Interior, 302 East 1860 
South, Provo, UT 84606-6154, Telephone: [phone], E-Mail address: 
[e-mail]

    Dated: November 17, 1997.
Ronald Johnston,
CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-30605 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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