[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59612-59613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22336]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Central Utah Project Completion Act

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate a contract between the Central 
Utah Water Conservancy District and Department of the Interior for 
prepayment of costs allocated to municipal and industrial water from 
the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, Utah County, Utah.

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SUMMARY: Public Law 102-575, Central Utah Project Completion Act, 
Section 210, as amended through Public Law 104-286 and Public Law 107-
366, stipulates that: AThe Secretary shall allow for prepayment of the 
repayment contract between the United States and the Central Utah Water 
Conservancy District dated December 28, 1965, and supplemented on 
November 26, 1985, or any additional or supplemental repayment contract 
providing for repayment of municipal and industrial water delivery 
facilities of the Central Utah Project for which repayment is provided 
pursuant to such contract, under terms and conditions similar to those 
contained in the supplemental

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contract that provided for the prepayment of the Jordan Aqueduct dated 
October 28, 1993. The prepayment may be provided in several 
installments to reflect substantial completion of the delivery 
facilities being prepaid and may not be adjusted on the basis of the 
type of prepayment financing utilized by the District. Nothing in this 
section authorizes or terminates the authority to use tax exempt bond 
financing for this prepayment.@ In accordance with the above referenced 
legislation, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD) 
intends to prepay the costs obligated under repayment contract No. 14-
06-400-4286, as supplemented. This contract will provide for the fifth 
installment in a series of prepayments. The terms of the prepayment are 
to be publicly negotiated between CUWCD and the Department of the 
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 by contacting 
Mr. Wayne Pullan, Program Coordinator, CUP Completion Act Office, 
Department of the Interior, 302 East 1860 South, Provo UT 84606-6154, 
(801) 379-1194, [email protected].

    Dated: September 29, 2004.
Ronald Johnston,
Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 04-22336 Filed 10-4-04; 8:45 am]
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