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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 4-32 Diamond Fork System Final Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement, page 4-32 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 4-32 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; conunent leuter lefter no 12 RESPONSE 12.8 128 128 please refer to comment response 127 227 22.7 12.7 127 227 137 COMMENT 12.9 129 129 alternatives not developed in DEIS As the discussion above indicates the district analyzed six alternatives and eliminated a host of others from further consideration yet there is another subset of alternatives altogether reasonable alternatives which were neither analyzed nor dismissed but rather were overlooked entirely from a NEPA standpoint this may represent the DEISs greatest deficiency we will not attempt to offer an exhaustive list of alternatives which might have been included in this DEIS however we will suggest several areas and ideas which the document overlooked which might have been developed into alternatives along with a useful array of information and evaluation for the public and policymakers RESPONSE 12.9 129 129 thank you for the suggestions on additional alternatives that might have been considered the range of alternatives to be included in an environmental impact statement is based on the needs that the agency is proposing to meet the alternatives that were included in the DEIS met the needs that were defined and stated in chapter 1 I section 13 of the DEIS the thejoint joint lead agencies are responsible responsiblefor for identifying the needs based on their mission and statutory requirements the additional alternatives that the comment suggested go beyond meeting the needs which were identifiedfor identified for jor the SFN project and were not appropriate appropriatefor jor for inclusion the sfnplanning SFN planning and EIS process has been discontinued vol 63 no 198 oct 14 1998 199 8 federal register A revised set of needs and ahter after alternatives afternatives natives will be considered when the planningfor planning for the utah lake drainage basin water delivery system is initiated the public and agencies will be notified when this planning effort is initiated in thefuture the future COMMENT 12.10 1210 utah lake issues section 202 aa a a4 4 of CUPCA authorizes 1000000 for the district to conduct with public involvement a feasibility study to reduce the salinity of utah lake for reasons which are not clear this study was initiated by the district but later abandoned a decision apparently made without public input nonetheless this authorization clearly reveals that congress perceived the salinity in utah lake as a problem and expected the district to examine examined ways to alleviate this problem in view of this it appears that one troubling aspect of the proposed action is that it actually exacerbates salinity problems in utah lake as the DEIS verifies in the broadest perspective this puts the proposed action at odds with the concerns of congress more specifically there are economic and environmental ramifications to increased salinity in the lake which weigh heavily against the advisability of expanding marginal farming operations in project area the prime contributor to expected salinity increases A portion of these problems are identified and evaluated in the DEIS for instance the DEIS notes that salt lake is evaluating the feasibility of treating 50000 acre feet of utah lake water to be used for M & I 1 purposes the increased salinity in this water a direct result of the proposed action will increase the annual cost of salt lake countys countes Coun tys salination desalination de efforts by a projected 450000 to 500000 in contrast the DEIS does not thoroughly evaluate the possible effects and increased costs this salinity will impose on dual water systems in the salt lake valley and elsewhere it is anticipated that many communities in the area will follow the lead of draper and attempt to mix utah lake water with other supplies in such secondary systems diamond fork system FSFEIS FS FEIS 432 4 32 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/9628 |
