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Title page 239 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville, Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah : Appendix A Review Comments, page 239
Coverage Electronic reproduction;
Source United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher Brigham Young University
Date 2005-10-14
Format 239 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; 4 A for the preparation of environmental impact statements contain a requirement that the implications if any of the action for population distribution or concentration should be estimated and an assessment made loade of the effect of any possible change in population patterns upon the resource base including land use water and public services of the area in question guidelines for federal agencies under the national environmental policy act 6 ii april 23 1971 what of the possibility of more diversified growth in utah by attempting to encourage growth in areas such as the uintah basin Is it clear that mans interests are served by added crowding and congestion in the wasatch front and what are the facts concerning the effect of this trans basin movement of water on the small communities in both basins the lega legal legai requirement that these problems be addressed has obviously been ignored 2 in the most matter of fact way the statement counts off the number of miles of stream fishing that will be irretrievably lost if the project is implemented at the same time the benefits of th the e added flat water reservoir recreation are extolled with enthusiasm there is no meaningful discussion of the im importance importan important portan ce of free flowing streams as resources for utahs future and it is possible that one of utahs important resources is represented by assets such as its free flowing flowina elowina streams 3 the bonneville and uintah basins have been separate river drainage systems for many thousands of years and are now different ecological systems the combination of these systems will surely create an ecological system that is different from either of the two constituents 239
Identifier http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/6047

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