Record Details
page 657
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 657 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page 657 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-14 |
| Format | 657 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; of the proposed bonneville unit plan and intends to modify the plan where feasible to achieve environmental benefits changes in the proposed plan have already been made in the he design of upper stillwater dam and the locations of hades and rhodes tunnels these and other modifications such as changing road design criteria based on forest service recommendations are discussed in paragraphs abc a3c c3a caa and d2c dac measures other than seeding would often be required to provide for soil stability and revegetation this may include such techniques as wattling mulching use of jute netting terracing of slopes and drilling of seed the restoration measures would also include fertilization of soil careful selection of plants adapted to local conditions and short term watering of plants where required in conjunction with the bureau of reclamations committment to provide effective restoration of construction disturbances a assessment reassessment re of features already constructed is being carried out the major aspects of this program are summarized in paragraph d2c3 of the final environmental statement one area a 220 acre borrow disturbance located near starvation reservoir has already been treated retreated re under this program other locations scheduled to receive assessment reassessment re and restoration treatment are the access road to soldier creek dam the road to the outlet portal site of stillwater tunnel and jordan aqueduct the general plan of landscape restoration to be followed by the bureau is presented in paragraph d2c3b d2c3 b issue 9 operation of the bonneville unit would contribute to the salinity problem of the colorado river a the increase in salinity caused by the bonneville unit requires additional study and evaluation b central utah project increases salinity at the same time federal funds are being used for studies aimed at reducing the salinity of the colorado river issue raised by bureau of outdoor recreation environmental protection agency sierra club national wildlife federation and an individual response under the colorado river compact the upper basin states were authorized to develop their entitlement to the river by guaranteeing delivery of a specified amount of water to the lower basin states increases in salinity of the colorado river with these additional water developments were recognized by congress and reclamation was given the statutory responsibility to study all possible means of improving the quality and alleviating the ill effects of water of poor quality in the colorado river basin 657 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5925 |
