[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63879-63880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27377]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Office of the Assistant Secretary, Water and Science; Central 
Utah Project Completion Act; Notice of Intent to Negotiate a Contract 
among the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Heber Light and 
Power, and the Department of the Interior for Non-Federal Hydroelectric 
Power Development at Jordanelle Dam, Central Utah Project, Utah

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate a contract among the Central Utah 
Water Conservancy District (District), Heber Light & Power (HL&P), and 
the Department of the Interior (Interior) for non-federal hydroelectric 
power development at Jordanelle Dam, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah 
Project (CUP), Utah.

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SUMMARY: The CUP's Bonneville Unit, located in northern Utah, was 
authorized for construction, including hydroelectric power, by the 
Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Act of April 11, 1956 (ch. 203, 
70 Stat. 105)(CRSPA). The United States constructed Jordanelle Dam 
under the CRSPA. The Central Utah Project Completion Act (CUPCA), 
comprised of Titles II-VI of the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 
4600, Pub. Law 102-575) authorized the construction of other features 
of the Bonneville Unit. Section 208 of the CUPCA provides that power 
generation facilities associated with the CUP be developed and operated 
in accordance with the CRSPA, which explicitly embodies all Reclamation 
law except as otherwise provided in the CRSPA.
    In accordance with a Federal Register notice published July 2, 1999 
(Volume 64, Number 127, Pages 36030--36032), Interior, in consultation 
with the Western Area Power Administration, selected the joint proposal 
of the District/HL&P to develop non-federal hydroelectric power at 
Jordanelle Dam through a lease of power privilege. A lease of power 
privilege is an alternative to federal hydroelectric power development. 
A lease of power privilege grants to a non-federal entity the right to 
utilize, consistent with CUP purposes, water power head or storage at 
and/or operationally in conjunction with the CUP, for non-federal 
electric power generation and sale by the entity. The general authority 
for lease of power privilege under Reclamation law includes, among 
others, the Town Sites and Power Development Act of 1906 (43 U.S.C. 
Sec. 522) and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 
Sec. 485h(c)) (1939 Act).
    Negotiation Meeting: Interior will hold a public negotiation 
meeting to negotiate a contract for the lease of power privilege at 
Jordanelle Dam among the District, HL&P, and Interior. The meeting will 
be held: Friday, November 17, 2000, 10 a.m., Central Utah Water 
Conservancy District, 355 West University Parkway, Orem, Utah.
    The time and location of the meeting will also be announced in 
local media.

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:

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Mr. Reed Murray, CUP Completion Act Office, Department of the Interior, 
302 East 1860 South, Provo UT 84606-6154, (801) 379-1237, 
[email protected]

    Dated: October 10, 2000.
Ronald Johnston,
CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-27377 Filed 10-24-00; 8:45 am]
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