96-7849. Central Utah Project Completion Act; Uintah Unit, Central Utah Project; Irrigation Water Contract Negotiation

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14157-14158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7849]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Central Utah Project Completion Act; Uintah Unit, Central Utah 
Project; Irrigation Water Contract Negotiation

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate a contract among the Central Utah 
Water Conservancy District (CUWCD), Dry Gulch Irrigation Company, and 
the Department of the Interior (DOI) for transferring storage rights of 
irrigation water held in high mountain lakes in a Wilderness Area in 
the Uinta Mountains to storage facilities being planned for the Uintah 
Unit of the Central Utah Project.

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SUMMARY: Public Law 102-575 Section 201(c) extended the authorization 
of the Uintah Unit of the Central Utah Project for 5 years from time of 
enactment. This contract is intended to provide replacement storage for 
irrigation water presently held in the upper drainage areas of the 
Uinta Mountains in the proposed Lower Uintah Reservoir that is being 
planned as part of the Uintah Unit of the Central Utah Project. The 
reservoirs being vacated in the Wilderness Areas will be stabilized at 
near natural sizes and will be managed by the U.S. Forest Service for 
environmental utilization. A negotiated contract among CUWCD, Dry Gulch 
Irrigation Company, and DOI will establish the operating criteria and 
assure that the water rights of Dry Gulch Irrigation Company are 
maintained in quantity and priority.

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. Michael Hansen, Program 
Coordinator, CUP Completion Act Office, Department of the Interior, 302 
East 1860 South, Provo, UT 84606-6154, Telephone: [phone]

    Dated: March 25, 1996.
Ralph Swanson,
Acting CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-7849 Filed 3-28-96; 8:45 am]
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