Notice2024-13764
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
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Published
June 25, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior Department
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 53118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13764]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[RR04900000, 234R0787ZA, RX.Z8379000.BR00000]
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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d5a5e474c40485e6d585e4f5f034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abdcd8c1cac6ced8ebded8c9d985ccc4dd">[email protected]</span></a>.
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]
BILLING CODE 4332-90-P
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