[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 53118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13764]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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Notice of Intent To Negotiate a Contract Between Utah Water 
Conservancy District and Department of the Interior for Payment of a 
Portion of the Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit Import Water 
Stored in Utah Lake

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

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Central Utah Water Conservancy District intends to 
purchase up to 6,000 acre-feet of import water from the total quantity 
annually stored in Utah Lake. These return flows originate from the 
Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project.

DATES: A public meeting to negotiate a water service contract will be 
held at the Central Utah Water Conservancy District in Orem, Utah, at a 
date and time announced locally.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Central Utah Water 
Conservancy District Office, 1426 East 750 North, Suite 400, Orem, Utah 
84097.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information on matters 
related to this Federal Register notice can be obtained by contacting 
Mr. Wesley James, Program Coordinator, Central Utah Project Completion 
Act Office, Department of the Interior, 302 East Lakeview Parkway, 
Provo, Utah 84606; via telephone at (801) 379-1137; or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 102-575, Central Utah Project 
Completion Act, section 207, provides for minimum inflows and meets 
statutory and environmental requirements for Central Utah Project 
(CUP), Bonneville Unit water into Utah Lake. CUP import water is 
delivered from Strawberry Reservoir, released into Spanish Fork River, 
Hobble Creek and Provo River and then stored in Utah Lake under subject 
water rights.
    CUP import water is the result of the Strawberry/Utah Lake/
Jordanelle exchange, providing storage of Provo River water in 
Jordanelle Reservoir which otherwise would naturally flow to Utah Lake. 
In return for this stored water, CUP water is delivered from Strawberry 
Reservoir to Utah Lake as CUP import water. CUP import water stored in 
Utah Lake in excess of the amount required for this exchange may be 
available for other purposes.
    The Department of the Interior desires to make available to the 
Central Utah Water Conservancy District (District) up to 6,000 acre-
feet of CUP import water stored in Utah Lake to be used by the District 
to offset the non-Federal Central Water Project Utah Lake Water 
depletions.
    Section 9(c)(2) of the 1939 Reclamation Project Act provides for 
the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to enter into municipal 
& industrial water service contracts and to set the water charge rate 
at what is deemed reasonable and appropriate.
    In accordance with Public Law 102-575, the District intends to 
purchase a portion of the return flows associated with the Bonneville 
Unit that are stored in Utah Lake. The terms of the payment are to be 
publicly negotiated between the District and the Department of the 
Interior.

Paul Christensen,
Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, 
Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2024-13764 Filed 6-24-24; 8:45 am]
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