[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 230 (Wednesday, November 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 60300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30284]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Assistant Secretary--Water and Science
Central Utah Project Completion Act; Wasatch County Water
Efficiency Project and Daniel Replacement Project
AGENCIES: The Department of the Interior (Department); the Utah
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (Commission); and
the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (District).
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS): FES 96-58.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Department, Commission, and the
District have issued a joint Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) for the Wasatch County Water Efficiency Project and Daniel
Replacement Project (WCWEP & DRP). The FEIS analyzes alternatives and
impacts associated with efficiency improvements in the management,
delivery, and treatment of water in Wasatch County. The project
includes the conversion of some open irrigation systems to pressurized
pipeline systems, thus conserving water and making sprinkler irrigation
possible. Central Utah Project water conserved under section 207 of the
Act which is available to the District would be provided to the Daniel
Irrigation Company as a replacement supply for the terminated
transbasin diversion from the Strawberry River, located in the Colorado
River Basin. With the termination of the diversion from the Strawberry
River, natural stream flows would be re-established in the upper
Strawberry River, thus completing a major mitigation commitment
associated with the Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System of the
Bonneville Unit. Colorado River Storage Project power would be used, as
part of the WCWEP & DRP project, to conserve water, improve
efficiencies, and provide a replacement water supply.
DATES: Written comments relating to the FEIS will be accepted no later
than January 13, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the FEIS should be addressed to: Karen Ricks,
Project Manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West 1300
South, Orem, Utah 84058.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public participation has occurred throughout
the EIS process. A Notice of Intent was published in the Federal
Register December 31, 1992. A notice of availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement was published in the Federal Register
June 13, 1996. There have been numerous open houses, public meetings,
and mail-outs to solicit comments and ideas. Any comments received
throughout the process have been considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional copies of the FEIS, DEIS, copies of
the resources technical reports, or information on matters related to
this notice can be obtained on request from: Ms. Nancy Hardman, Central
Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West 1300 South, Orem, Utah 84058,
Telephone: (801) 226-7187, Fax: (801) 226-7150.
Copies are also available for inspection at:
Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West 1300 South, Orem,
Utah 84058.
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, 102 West 500
South, Suite 315, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101.
Department of the Interior, Natural Resource Library, Serials Branch,
18th and C Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240.
Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office,
302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606.
Dated: November 22, 1996.
Ronald Johnston,
CUPCA Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-30284 Filed 11-26-96; 8:45 am]
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