[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18231-18232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8105]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Central Utah Project Completion Act

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment for the 
proposed conversion of Central Utah Project water from irrigation to 
municipal and industrial use and possible expansion of delivery area in 
Wasatch 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 (District) are evaluating the 
impacts of a proposed conversion of up to 12,100 acre feet of Central 
Utah Project (CUP) Bonneville Unit water, delivered to Wasatch County, 
Utah, from irrigation to municipal and industrial (M&I) use. The 
proposed water conversion could be implemented incrementally, and will 
involve up to 12,100 acre-feet of irrigation water that has been made 
available under Block Notice 1A of the CUP. The delivery area could be 
expanded to include additional land in Wasatch County.
    The Bonneville Unit of the CUP was authorized to develop a portion 
of central Utah's water resources. Under the authority of the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act (Pub. L. 102-575), the Secretary of the 
Interior oversees implementation of the CUP and has authority to 
convert CUP water from irrigation to M&I use in accordance with the 
provisions of the 1965 Repayment

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Contract between the District and the United States. This water was 
originally developed for irrigation use in Wasatch County, Utah, under 
the Bonneville Unit of the CUP. Suburban development in the county has 
resulted in agricultural land being taken out of production, annexed 
into the cities, and developed into residential areas. These past and 
proposed changes in land use in Wasatch County, Utah, have resulted in 
a request made by the Wasatch County Special Service Area No. 1 to 
initiate a process of conversion from irrigation to M&I water use, and 
to expand the area to be eligible to receive CUP M&I water.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information may be obtained 
by contacting Mr. Lynn Hansen, Central Utah Project Completion Act 
Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606, by calling (801) 379-
1238, or e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: April 5, 2010.
Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act, Department of 
the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2010-8105 Filed 4-8-10; 8:45 am]
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