[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30090-30091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15008]



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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 Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS):

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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 Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(DEIS) for the Wasatch County Water Efficiency Project and Daniel 
Replacement Project (WCWEP & DRP). The DEIS 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. Conserved water would be provided to the Daniel Irrigation 
Company as a replacement supply for the terminated transbasin 
diversions from the Strawberry River, located in the Colorado River 
Basin. With the termination of the diversions 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.
    Public participation has occurred throughout the EIS process. A 
Notice of Intent was filed in the Federal Register in December 1992. 
Since that time, open houses, public meetings, and mail-outs have been 
conducted to solicit comments and ideas. Any comments

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received throughout the process have been considered.

DATES: Written comments on the DEIS must be submitted or postmarked no 
later than August 13, 1996. Comments on the DEIS may also be presented 
verbally or submitted in writing at the public hearings to be held at 
the following times and locations:
     6:00 p.m., July 16, 1996; Wasatch County Middle School, 
800 South 200 East, Heber City, Utah
     6:30 p.m., July 17, 1996; Salt Lake County Commission 
Chambers, 2001 South State, Salt Lake City, Utah
    The public hearings are being held to address two separate actions: 
(1) The Wasatch County Water Efficiency Project and Daniel Replacement 
Project, and (2) the Provo River Restoration Project. Each action 
should be addressed separately. Testimony may be given on each of the 
two actions but should be made and identified as two separate 
presentations. In order to be included as part of the hearing record, 
written testimony must be submitted at the time of the hearing. Verbal 
testimony will be limited to 5 minutes for each DEIS. Those wishing to 
give testimony at a hearing should submit a registration form, included 
at the end of the DEIS, to the address listed below by July 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the DEIS should be addressed to: Karen Ricks, 
Project Manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West 1300 
South, Orem, Utah 84058.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional copies of the 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, 111 East 
Broadway, Suite 310, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
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: June 10, 1996.
Ronald Johnston,
CUPCA Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-15008 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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