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| 99-31136 | Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision on the Diamond Fork System, Central Utah Project | Notice | On November 19, 1999, Don A. Christiansen, Chairman of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (Mitigation Commission) signed the Record of Decision (ROD) which documents the selection of the Proposed Action as presented in the 1999 Final Supplement to the 1984 Diamond Fork Power System Final Environmental Statement (1999 FS-FEIS; FEIS 99-25) filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July 1, 1999. The Mitigation Commission, Central Utah Water Conservancy District and the Department of the Interior served as joint lead agencies in the preparation of the 1999 FS-FEIS. The Proposed Action and a No Action alternative are described and evaluated in the FS-FEIS upon which the ROD is based. Implementation of the Proposed Action responds to the Mitigation Commission's and the Department of the Interior's need to mitigate for impacts of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project and other federal reclamation projects. The Proposed Action also responds to the need to transport, on average, 147,600 acre-feet of water annually from the Colorado River drainage to the Utah Lake drainage including 86,100 acre-feet of CUP water to facilitate exchanges of water from Utah Lake to Jordanelle Reservoir for municipal and industrial supplies. Under the Proposed Action, the water will be conveyed through the Diamond Fork System and Strawberry Tunnel (an existing feature). The Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior, has issued a separate ROD for the Diamond Fork System. The Assistant Secretary's separate decision is necessitated by the responsibility and authority of the Department of the Interior for other aspects of the project beyond the scope of the Mitigation Commission to mitigate for reclamation projects. The Proposed Action will accomplish these measures by construction and operation of a series of pipelines, tunnels, and other facilities which will convey the transmountain diversions of the Central Utah Project (CUP) and Strawberry Valley Project (SVP). These facilities will remove environmentally damaging high flows from natural stream courses that have been released since the early part of the 20th century. Additionally, minimum instream flows will be provided. Removal of high flows and provision of minimum flows will allow for the restoration of a more natural ecosystem, improvement of fish and wildlife habitats and populations, and increases in recreational uses. | 1999-12-01 | 1999 | 12 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/12/01/99-31136/notice-of-availability-of-the-record-of-decision-on-the-diamond-fork-system-central-utah-project | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-12-01/pdf/99-31136.pdf | Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission | 518 | On November 19, 1999, Don A. Christiansen, Chairman of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (Mitigation Commission) signed the Record of Decision (ROD) which documents the selection of the Proposed Action as presented in the 1999... |