[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 62334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30604]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Notice of Intent To Negotiate a Contract Among Wasatch County 
Special Service Area #1, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, and 
Department of the Interior for Carriage of Non-Project Water Through 
the Wasatch Canal as Part of the Wasatch County Water Efficiency 
Project and Daniel 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 among Wasatch County 
Special Service Area #1 (WCSSA), Central Utah Water Conservancy 
District (District), and Department of the Interior for carriage of 
non-project water through the Wasatch Canal as part of the Wasatch 
County Water Efficiency Project and Daniel Replacement Project (WCWEP 
and DRP) under the Central Utah Project Completion Act.

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SUMMARY: Public law 102-575, Central Utah Project Completion Act, 
Sections 202(a)(3), 207(e), and 303(b), allows for the construction of 
the WCWEP and DRP as part of the Central Utah Project. The WCWEP and 
DRP Projects provide for increasing irrigation efficiency in the Heber 
Valley, conserving water, and eliminating the diversion of water from 
the upper Strawberry River tributaries to Heber Valley. As part of 
these projects, the United States plans to acquire, and the District 
intends to improve, the Wasatch Canal, a feature which has historically 
been used to convey Provo River water to irrigators. The canal will be 
used to convey project water and non-project water for irrigation 
purposes.
    The purpose of the negotiation sessions will be to determine the 
amount of non-project water which will be conveyed through the Wasatch 
Canal and the price to be paid by WCSSA to the Department for conveying 
the non-project water.

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, Department of the Interior, 302 East 1860 
South, Provo UT 84606-6154, Telephone: (801) 379-1237, E-Mail address: 
[email protected]

    Dated: November 17, 1997.
Ronald Johnston,
CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-30604 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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