[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 8730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3855]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Central Utah Project Completion Act; Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Realignment of a Portion of 
the Provo Reach of the Spanish Fork-Provo Reservoir Canal Pipeline

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

ACTION: Notice.

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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 
(Interior), the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, and the Utah 
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (Mitigation 
Commission), as Joint Leads, will prepare an Environmental Assessment 
of the impacts associated with the proposed realignment of a portion of 
the Provo Reach of the Spanish Fork-Provo Reservoir Canal Pipeline. 
This realignment is necessitated in order to avoid active and historic 
landslides, and reduce risk to the pipeline and associated features 
from geologic faults.

DATES: Date and location for public scoping will be announced locally.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information may be obtained 
by contacting Mr. Lee Baxter at (801) 379-1174, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of the Central Utah 
Project Completion Act (Pub. L. 102-575), the Secretary of the Interior 
oversees water development activities associated with the Bonneville 
Unit of the Central Utah Project. The Spanish Fork-Provo Reservoir 
Canal Pipeline (SFPRCP), a feature of the Utah Lake Drainage Basin 
Water Delivery System of the Bonneville Unit, was described in the 2004 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Utah Lake Drainage Basin 
Water Delivery System. Records of Decision were signed by Interior on 
December 22, 2004, and by the Mitigation Commission on January 27, 
2005, providing for the construction of the Utah Lake Drainage Basin 
Water Delivery System, including the 19.7 mile long SFPRCP. The 
Mapleton and Springville Reaches of the SFPRCP, totaling approximately 
8.8 miles of the pipeline, are currently under construction. Detailed 
information developed as part of the Value Engineering process for the 
Provo Reach of the SFPRCP suggests realignment of a portion of the 
Provo Reach in order to avoid active and historic landslides, and 
reduce risk from geologic faults. The purpose of this Environmental 
Assessment is to analyze and present the anticipated environmental 
effects of the proposed realignment.

    Dated: January 22, 2010.
Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act, Department of 
the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2010-3855 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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