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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 381 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 381 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 381 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; environmental POLICY CENFER 317 311 gir pennsylvania ave SE S E washington D C 20003 2025475330 202547 5330 COMMENTS OF THE environmental POLICY CENTER ON THE DRAFT environmental IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE DIAMOND FORK POWER SYSTEM OF THE CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT august11 AUGUST 11 1983 prepared by peter carlson the diamond fork power system as part of the bonneville unit of the central utah project is another phase of a massive project that has already been charged with causing environmental social and economic degradation these impacts range from the destruction of trout fisheries for 200 miles of streams elimination of wildlife habitat and destruction of part of an alpline alaline ecosystem to increasing the level of salinity of the colorado river increases for the level of the great salt lake to proceeding with a project that is in need of a new repayment contract because of cost ceiling problems the diamond fork fock power system in addition to contributing to the above consequences may create even more problems the recommended plan the fifth water pumped storage alternative consists of acquiring and managing at least 4440 acres of private land for wildlife mitigation the disturbance to vegetation would require at least five to ten years for grasses shrubs and forbs to grow back and at least 25 years for pinyon juniper it is unclear from reading the document where the mitigation lands for the project will be located it is our position that mitigation should be done concurrently with project construction rather than be added or considered after the fact it is also unclear from reading the document what the impact of the reservoirs fluctuation will be how many acres of mudflats mud flats will be created what will be the access to the reservoirs what will be the impacts on the high quality wetlands as well as the fisheries there was little mention of measures to eliminate the problem of fish in the power system in addition it was pointed out that water stratification will result in excessive algal growth in the project what impact will this have on recreation and fishing another issue that made reviewing the document difficult was the absence of cost figures for the project and alternatives Is this project part of the central utah project system therefore part of the questionable benefitcost benefit cost ratio of 3.2 32 32 to 1 project data sheets list the bc as 1.6 16 ig lg to 1 or does the system stand alone there is also the question of the number of jobs that are to be created by this proposal the project is due to be constructed over a seven year periodbased period based on 12 month construction cycle which is rather difficult to imagine given the location during the peak year the project will provide direct employment to about 2100 private and government employees that would be a total of 14700 jobs if every year were the peak year yet tables on page 95 show the employment to be 20646 jobs for this project what is the formula for figuring jobs on these projects also lacking in the report is any considerable discussion on the geology of the area most of the projects in this unit have been beset with seepage and other problems bequir requir requiring ng extensive work to fix rather than relying on available data an extensive re review lew bew iew of the site geology should be undertaken given what I 1 would call unstable conditions in the area EPC is a project of the environmental policy institute 381 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/4135 |
