[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 38912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18408]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Notice of Intent To Negotiate an Agreement Between the Central 
Utah Water Conservancy District and Department of the Interior for 
Construction of the Alpine Aqueduct Reach 3 Raw Water Bypass Pipeline, 
Utah County, UT

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate an agreement between the Central 
Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD) and Department of the Interior 
(Interior) for construction of the Alpine Aqueduct Reach 3 Raw Water 
Bypass Pipeline, Utah County, Utah.

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SUMMARY: Under repayment contract No. 14-06-400-4286, dated December 
28, 1965, as amended and supplemented, the United States and CUWCD 
agreed to the terms and conditions for the delivery of project water 
from the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. The project 
purposes for the Bonneville Unit include but are not limited to, 
irrigation, municipal and industrial, water conservation, water 
efficiency improvements, fish and wildlife, and recreation. As part of 
the Bonneville Unit, the Alpine Aqueduct System was constructed to 
convey Project municipal and industrial water to North Utah County. 
CUWCD is under contract for the operation and maintenance of Alpine 
Aqueduct System. Since treated Project water is not yet available for 
delivery through the Alpine Aqueduct, CUWCD intends to use Alpine 
Aqueduct Reach 3 to deliver untreated raw water. To deliver the raw 
water, a pipeline must be constructed to bypass the Utah Valley Water 
Purification Plant. This bypass pipeline, will be approximately 2,030 
feet in length, up to 60 inches in diameter, and will connect Alpine 
Aqueduct Reach 1 to Alpine Aqueduct Reach 3, which will enable the 
delivery of the untreated municipal and industrial water to the North 
Utah County communities.
    When construction of the bypass pipeline is completed it will 
become a CUP Project feature and title will be in the name of the 
United States. National Environmental Policy Act compliance will be 
completed by Interior.

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 84606-6154, Telephone: (801) 379-1194, 
Internet: [email protected]

    Dated: July 14, 1999.
Ronald Johnston,
CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-18408 Filed 7-19-99; 8:45 am]
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