Record Details
page G-1
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page G-1 Final environmental statement : authorized Upalco Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page G-1 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | G-1 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; G irreversible AND irretrievable commitments OF RESOURCES renewable and nonrenewable resources would be irreversibly or irretrievably committed by construction and operation of the upalco unit although it would be theoretically possible to reverse commit ments of some of these resources the council on environmental quality has stated that construction and facility uses are basically irreversible since a large commitment of resources makes removal or nonuse thereafter unlikely this section briefly describes these commitments and quantifies them where possible 1 construction materials and energy nearly 4 million cubic yards of permeable and impermeable earth material gravel cobble and riprap would be irretrievably committed for use in dam embankments and associated features much smaller amounts of concrete aggregate would be used but the quantity has not been determined cement and manufactured materials would be irretriev ably committed to the project features fuels explosives and elec erical trical power would be consumed in construction 2 land taskeech Tas keech reservoir inundation and other project features adamsite damsite dam site recreation facilities and road relocations would permanently alter use on about 1320 acres of land currently functioning primarily as wildlife habitat and livestock grazing land for purposes of this analysis the 11 acres of laterals literals late rals are assumed to remain available for wildlife habitat or grazing 3 water the upalco unit would commit about 1 percent 11900 acre feet of utahs share of colorado river water to project purposes under present utah water law commitments of water resources would essentially remain permanent provided that they are beneficially used although the areas water resources would not be irretrievably or irreversibly committed use of the project water would probably be long term in nature 4 fish and wildlife habitat inundation of about 4.2 42 42 miles of class III 111 ili stream fishery by the reservoir would be essentially irreversible the recommended reservoir operation would reduce some streamflows stream flows but this condition would not gl G l 1 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3457 |
