[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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