[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60254-60255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29442]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Notice of Intent To Negotiate a Contract Between the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, Uintah and Ouray Agency and the Department of the 
Interior for Storage of Project Water in the Proposed Lower Uintah 
Reservoir and Delivery of Project Water to Irrigated Lands Held in 
Trust for the Ute Tribe, Uintah and Ouray Reservation, and Tribal 
Members, as Part of the Uintah Unit Replacement Project of the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate a contract between the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, Uintah and Ouray Agency (BIA) and the Department of the 
Interior for storage of project water in the proposed Lower Uintah 
Reservoir and delivery of project water to lands held in trust for the 
Ute Tribe, Uintah and Ouray Reservation (Ute Tribe), and Tribal 
members, as part of the Uintah Unit Replacement Project (Uintah Unit) 
under the Central Utah Project Completion Act.

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SUMMARY: Pub. L. 102-575, Central Utah Project Completion Act, Section 
201(c), allows for the construction of the Uintah Unit as part of the 
Central Utah Project. As part of the this project, the United States 
plans to develop water storage for use by the Ute Tribe for irrigation. 
As the trustee for the Ute Tribe, BIA will contract for the delivery of 
the project water to the Ute Tribe and Tribal members and will deliver 
the water through the existing United States developed Uintah Indian 
Irrigation Project facilities.
    The purpose of the negotiation sessions will be to determine the 
terms of the storage and delivery of Uintah Unit project water to the 
Ute Tribe and Tribal members for irrigation use. It will also address 
the responsibility for management, operation and maintenance, 
repayment, and assessments for the Indian portions of the Uintah Unit.

DATES: Dates for public negotiation sessions will be announced in local 
newspapers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional information on matters related to 
this

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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: (801) 379-1194, E-Mail address: [email protected]

    Dated: October 31, 1997.
Ronald Johnston,
CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-29442 Filed 11-6-97; 8:45 am]
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