Record Details
page 552
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 552 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page 552 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-14 |
| Format | 552 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; plant would be used to deliver provo river project water at a fraction of their design capacity the existing strawberry tunnel of the strawberry valley project would have to be relined reclined at an estimated cost of 18660000 18660000 1866 1866oooo l8660000 oooo 0000 partial construction of the proposed plan As previously discussed starvation dam reservoir ald and emd end feeder canal cqnal calai water hollow tunnel and diversion dam and bottle hollow dam and reservoir are all completed construction at layout tunnel currant tunnel soldier creek dam and jordan aqueduct is well advanced representing an 85566000 investment in features completed or under construction both layout and currant tunnels have been holed through and are being lined with concrete soldier creek dam has been topped out and cleanup procedures are starting assuming the features under construction would be carried through to completion an analysis of the environmental impacts unit impacts and unit effectiveness the bonneville unit would have under various scales of cf partial construction is included in this paragraph basic to construction of the bonneville Bonn evilie unit of the central utah project and hence any plan of partial construction is the indian deferral agreement of september 20 1965 173 A brief history of events leading to this agreement is helpful in recognizing its significance in relation to water resource development in utah and adjoining states it has been generally recognized that the historical territory of three bands of ute indians that inhabit the uinta basin uintah white river and uncompahgre consisted of about 60 million acres in eastern utah and western colorado by executive order on october 2 3 1861 president abraham lincoln created the uintah reservation containing 2039ouo 20zq040 acres and comprising the entire valley of the uintah river within utah territory extending on both sides of said river to the crest of the first range of contiguous mountains on cn each side in 186 1864 a memorial had been presented by the utah legislature asking that the smaller tribes of indians be removed from their respective areas to a central reservation the superintendent of indian affairs was ordered to collect as many of the tribes as possible in the uintah valley accordingly a treaty was negotiated in june 1865 1861 1 with a number of the ute tribes they agreed to move within a year to a reservation in the uintah valley giving up their claim to all other lands within the territory in return for various compensations 153 the white river band came to the reservation in 1880 the uncompahgre band came in 1881 the uintah band had been living in the uinta basin ror for many years the indians had undisturbed possession of the reservation until july 14 1905 when 1010000 acres were set aside by executive order as an addition to the uinta forest reserve the balance of the unreserved and unallotted lands were thrown open to settlement by 1937 the indian lands had dwindled to 366140 acres 153 552 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5514 |
