[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10651]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary--Water and Science


Notice of Intent To Negotiate a Repayment Contract Between the 
Central Utah Water Conservancy District and the Department of the 
Interior for Repayment of the Reimbursable Costs of the Uintah Unit 
Replacement Project of the Central Utah Project

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate a repayment contract between the 
Central Utah Water Conservancy District and the Department of the 
Interior for repayment of reimbursable costs associated with the 
construction of the Uintah Unit Replacement Project of the Central Utah 
Project as provided in Section 201(c) of Pub. L. 102-575.

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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 Replacement 
Project as part of the Central Utah Project. A repayment contract will 
provide the terms of repayment by the Central Utah Water Conservancy 
District to the United States of the appropriate costs associated with 
the development of supplemental irrigation water by the Uintah Unit 
Replacement Project. The District will enter into separate subscription 
contracts with individual irrigators to obtain the funds to make their 
annual payments to the United States. The contract will address the 
application of the Leavitt Act for deferment of repayment by Indians 
for the cost of development of supplemental irrigation water for use on 
Indian lands.
    The purpose of the negotiation sessions will be to establish the 
terms of repayment and funding of operation, maintenance, and 
replacement expenses for the Uintah Unit Replacement Project.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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 
84606-7317, Telephone: (801) 379-1194, E-Mail address: 
[email protected].

    Dated: April 16, 1998.
Ralph G. Swanson,
Acting CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-10651 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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