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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 2 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 2 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 2 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; CHAPTER I 1 introduction technical analyses contained in the body of this statement and was pre pared in accordance with section 404bl 404b1 404 604 bl of public law 95217 95 217 the corps of engineers and the environmental protection agency have responded in letters commenting on the draft environmental statement that this in formation is in compliance with the section 404bl 404b1 404 bl guidelines see consultation and coordination section in the appendix reclamation will submit the final environmental impact statement for the diamond fork power system to congress prior to construction funding A programmatic final environmental statement FES for the entire bonneville uniel unitl unic unit was filed with the council on environmental quality in august 1973 reclamation has employed a technique known as biering tiering ti ering which is a process of covering broad matters in a general impact state ment and focusing on a specific proposal requiring a current decision in a narrower impact statement the programmatic bonneville unit statement and subsequent decisions determined the basic unit plan including them the diamond fork power system the basic decision to accept the resulting cumulative impacts of the unit was made 30 days after filing the final statement and need not be examined again in detail the programmatic statement also committed reclamation to prepare site specific statements covering specific impacts of the major unit systems remaining to be con strutted structed struc ted except the strawberry collection system which had already met net NEPA compliance this document is the site specific statement for the diamond fork power system purpose of the power system the purpose of the diamond fork power system is to utilize the potential developed by a planned transbasin trans basin diversion of water from the uinta basin of the upper colorado river basin to the bonneville basin of the great basin to provide additional hydroelectric capacity and generate additional energy the transbasin trans basin diversion would provide water for irrigation and municipal and industrial uses by the municipal and industrial mai m&i and irrigation and drainage iad i&d systems of the bonneville unit an integral part of the bonneville unit this transbasin trans basin diver sion involves an elevation drop of about 2600 feet and thus provides a significant resource for hydroelectric capacity and energy generation the power system would also provide increased recreational opportunities flood control and improved stream fisheries the 1973 programmatic environmental statement for the bonneville unit discussed four alternative routes to accomplish the transbasin trans basin diversion these routes include 1 diversion to the provo river through two potential wallsburg Walls burg tunnels and a round valley power system 2 diversion to the spanish fork river through a halls fork tunnel and a hobble creek power system 3 diversion to the provo river through a wallsburg Walls burg tunnel and main creek and 4 diversion to the spanish fork river through A a syar tunnel and the diamond fork drainage the first three of these alternative routes are not discussed in this statement because they were adequately covered in the programmatic statement the fourth has been selected as the preferred route because it maximizes 2 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3488 |
