96-5522. Central Utah Project Completion Act; Notice of Intent To Negotiate a Contract Among the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, East Juab County Water Conservancy District, and Department of the Interior for Irrigation Water From the ...

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9482-9483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5522]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Central Utah Project Completion Act; Notice of Intent To 
Negotiate a Contract Among the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 
East Juab County Water Conservancy District, and Department of the 
Interior for Irrigation Water From the Bonneville Unit of the Central 
Utah Project, Utah

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), East Juab County Water Conservancy 
District (EJCWCD), and Department of the Interior (DOI) for Irrigation 
Water from the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project.

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SUMMARY: Public Law 102-575 Section 202(a)(1)(C) stipulates that: 
``Amounts authorized to carry out subparagraph (A) may not be obligated 
or expended, and may not be borrowed against, until binding contracts 
for the purchase for the purpose of agricultural irrigation of at least 
90 percent of the irrigation water to be delivered from the features of 
the Central Utah Project described in subparagraph (A) have been 
executed.'' Subparagraph A relates to construction of the Spanish Fork 
Canyon/Nephi Irrigation System of the Bonneville Unit, Central Utah 
Project. A negotiated contract among CUWCD, EJCWCD, and DOI will meet 
the requirements of Section 202(a)(1)(C).

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, 

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Department of the Interior, 302 East 1860 South, Provo UT 84606-6154, 
Telephone: [phone], Internet: [e-mail]

    Dated: February 26, 1996.
Ronald Johnston,
CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-5522 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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