[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 197 (Thursday, October 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 59644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23981]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Central Utah Project Completion Act

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

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Draft Environmental Assessment (EA), 
Francis Sub-Area water conversion from irrigation to municipal and 
industrial purposes, Summit County, Utah.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Department of the Interior and the 
Central Utah Water Conservancy District, are evaluating the impacts of 
converting Central Utah Project (CUP) Bonneville Unit water, delivered 
to the Francis Sub-Area of Summit County, Utah, from irrigation to 
municipal and industrial (M&I) use. In addition, the area of delivery 
would be expanded. The water conversion will involve up to 3,000 acre-
feet of irrigation water that has historically been delivered to 
agricultural tracts under Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) law and 
policy. The irrigation water would be converted incrementally to M&I 
use over a period of up to 25 years. The expanded Francis Sub-Area 
would be restricted to lands within the Central Utah Water Conservancy 
District boundary, in the upper Provo River drainage, upstream of 
Jordanelle Reservoir.
    The Bonneville Unit of the CUP was authorized to develop a portion 
of central Utah's water resources. Under the authority of Reclamation 
Law and the Central Utah Project Completion Act (Pub. L. 102-575), the 
Secretary of the Interior oversees implementation of the CUP and 
therefore has authority to convert CUP water from irrigation to M&I 
use. Current and proposed changes in land use in the Francis Sub-Area 
of Summit County, Utah, resulted in a request made by governing 
officials and local water companies to initiate the process for water 
conversion from irrigation to M&I and to expand the Francis Sub-Area to 
be eligible for CUP M&I water.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information may be obtained 
by contacting Ms. Annette Marvin, Central Utah Project Completion Act 
Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606, by calling (801) 379-
1260, or e-mail at [email protected].
    Copies of the draft EA are available for inspection at: Central 
Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West University Parkway, Orem, 
Utah 84058-7303; Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project 
Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606.
    In addition, the document is available at http://www.cuwcd.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

    Dated: October 3, 2008.
Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act, Department of 
the Interior.
 [FR Doc. E8-23981 Filed 10-8-08; 8:45 am]
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