[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 37163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14813]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Office of the Assistant Secretary--Water and Science; Central 
Utah Project Completion Act; Notice of Availability of the Finding of 
No Significant Impact on the Final Environmental Assessment for the 
Diamond Fork System Proposed Action Modifications Documenting the 
Department of the Interior's Approval for the Central Utah Water 
Conservancy District to Proceed With the Construction of the Diamond 
Fork System Proposed Action Modifications

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact 
on the Final Environmental Assessment for the Diamond Fork System 
Proposed Action Modifications.

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SUMMARY: On June 15, 2000, Ronald Johnston, Program Director, Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, Department of the Interior (Interior), 
signed the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) which documents the 
selection of the Proposed Action Modifications as presented in the 
Final Environmental Assessment for the Diamond Fork System Proposed 
Action Modifications (Modifications EA). Interior has determined that 
implementing the modifications to the Proposed Action Alternative 
described in the Modifications EA will not have a significant impact on 
the quality of the human environment and that an environmental impact 
statement is not required. The Proposed Action Alternative was 
described in the July 1999 Diamond Fork System Final Supplement to the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FES 99-25) (FS-FEIS).
    The FONSI also approves the Central Utah Water Conservancy District 
(CUWCD) proceeding with construction of the Diamond Fork System, in 
accordance with statutory and contractual obligations. The following 
features will be constructed as part of the modifications to the 
Proposed Action: (1) Sixth Water Connection to Upper Diamond Fork 
Shaft, (2) Sixth Water Shaft, (3) Upper Diamond Fork Flow Control 
Structure, (4) Upper Diamond Fork Tunnel, (5) Monks Hollow Overflow 
Structure, (6) Diamond Fork Creek Outlet, (7) Diamond Fork Pipeline 
Extension, (8) Connection to Diamond Fork Pipeline, and (9) Access Road 
and Road Reconstruction.
    The Proposed Action Modifications will be operated on an interim 
basis the same as described in the FS-FEIS, including the quantity and 
timing of minimum streamflows and the flexibility to other operational 
scenarios, except for the discharge location of the minimum streamflows 
into Diamond Fork Creek. The potential for generating hydroelectric 
power would remain the same as described in the FS-FEIS.
    A Notice of Availability of the Draft Modiciations EA was published 
in the March 20, 2000, Federal Register (Volume 65, Number 54, Page 
14998-14999), and a copy of the Draft Modifications EA was sent to all 
the agencies, groups, and individuals who received a copy of the FS-
FEIS on March 24, 2000. Comments on the Draft Modifications EA were due 
on April 27, 2000.

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. 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 
[email protected]

    Dated: June 1, 2000.
Ronald Johnston,
Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-14813 Filed 6-12-00; 8:45 am]
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