96-7850. Central Utah Project Completion Act; Upalco Unit, Central Utah Project; Irrigation Water Contract Negotiation

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7850]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Central Utah Project Completion Act; Upalco 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), Moon Lake Water Users Association, 
and Department of the Interior (DOI) for transferring storage of 
irrigation water from high mountain lakes in the Wilderness Area in the 
Uinta Mountains to storage facilities being planned for the Upalco Unit 
of the Central Utah Project.

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SUMMARY: Public Law 102-575, Section 201(c) extended the authorization 
of the Upalco 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 Crystal Ranch Reservoir that is being 
planned as part of the Upalco 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, Moon Lake 
Water Users Association, and DOI will establish the operating criteria 
and assure that the water rights of the Moon Lake Water Users 
Association 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. 96-7850 Filed 3-28-96; 8:45 am]
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