Central Utah Water Conservancy District: Alpine Aqueduct System, Bonneville Unit; construction agreement,

[Federal Register: July 20, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 138)]

[Notices]

[Page 38912]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Intent To Negotiate an Agreement Between the Central Utah Water Conservancy District and Department of the Interior for Construction of the Alpine Aqueduct Reach 3 Raw Water Bypass Pipeline, Utah County, UT

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate an agreement between the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD) and Department of the Interior (Interior) for construction of the Alpine Aqueduct Reach 3 Raw Water Bypass Pipeline, Utah County, Utah.

SUMMARY: Under repayment contract No. 14-06-400-4286, dated December 28, 1965, as amended and supplemented, the United States and CUWCD agreed to the terms and conditions for the delivery of project water from the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. The project purposes for the Bonneville Unit include but are not limited to, irrigation, municipal and industrial, water conservation, water efficiency improvements, fish and wildlife, and recreation. As part of the Bonneville Unit, the Alpine Aqueduct System was constructed to convey Project municipal and industrial water to North Utah County. CUWCD is under contract for the operation and maintenance of Alpine Aqueduct System. Since treated Project water is not yet available for delivery through the Alpine Aqueduct, CUWCD intends to use Alpine Aqueduct Reach 3 to deliver untreated raw water. To deliver the raw water, a pipeline must be constructed to bypass the Utah Valley Water Purification Plant. This bypass pipeline, will be approximately 2,030 feet in length, up to 60 inches in diameter, and will connect Alpine Aqueduct Reach 1 to Alpine Aqueduct Reach 3, which will enable the delivery of the untreated municipal and industrial water to the North Utah County communities.

When construction of the bypass pipeline is completed it will become a CUP Project feature and title will be in the name of the United States. National Environmental Policy Act compliance will be completed by Interior.

DATES: Dates for public negotiation sessions will be announced in local newspapers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information on matters related to this Federal Register notice can be obtained at the address and telephone number set forth below: Mr. Michael Hansen, Program Coordinator, CUP Completion Act Office, Department of the Interior, 302 East 1860 South, Provo UT 84606-6154, Telephone: (801) 379-1194, Internet: mhansen@uc.usbr.gov

Dated: July 14, 1999. Ronald Johnston, CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 99-18408Filed7-19-99; 8:45 am]

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