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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 4-35 Finding of No Significant Impact Lake Fork Section 203 Alternative : Proposed Action, page 4-35 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 4-35 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; 3.1 31 discussions in section 1.3 13 history and background and sec section tion 1.7 17 17 section 203 features considered but eliminatedfrom Eliminated from detailed analysis of this final EA have been expanded to respond to this comment As noted in those discussions the project alternatives were developed from replacement features of the section 203 legislation these replacement features were included and evaluated in the alternatives for the upalco unit draft EIS and discussed in chapter 2 of the draft EA for the section 203 proposed project feasibility of a section 203 project was discussed on pages 273 2 73 through 281 2 81 of the draft upalco unit replacement project feasibility study dated november 1996 the project alternatives carried forth in the draft EA and this final EA are variations of those alternatives to meet the project need to manage the water resources within the project area to provide early and late season irrigation water mai mal water supplies and to enhance facilities for environmental purposes the proposed expansion of big sand wash reservoir by 12000 ac ft would provide the opportunity to meet these project purposes and needs using the enlarged off stream storage space differently for the various alternatives 3.2 32 32 the variation in the number of high mountain lakes proposed for stabilization in the draft EA was one of several ways of distinguishing different project features among the action alternatives and the degree to which an alternative would meet project purpose and need however as noted in the response to comment 1.1 11 li 11 the proposed action the lake fork alternative has been revised to include stabilization of the nine high mountain lakes in the upper yellowstone river drainage the revision and its associated water delivery requirements are described in tl this ds final EA this revision of the proposed action is based on requests from the US forest service and the moon lake water users association see comment letters no 12 and 13 and overwhelming support from various environmental and outdoor interests that the nine high mountain lakes in the yellowstone drainage proposed for stabilization under the twin pots alternative be included and stabilized under the proposed action along with the four high mountain lakes in the upper lake fork river drainage this revision also is responsive to requests by numerous other commentors com mentors who wanted an alternative that would provide the wilderness benefits derived from stabilizing all 13 high mountain lakes plus the environmental benefits of providing in stream flows in the lake fork river that were described in the draft EA the revised proposed action described in this final EA now provides all of those wilderness and environmental benefits under one alternative compared to the proposed action the twin pots alternative is a less environmentally acceptable alternative because of the absence of in stream and bypass flow commitments coupled with depletions to the duchesne river and increases in contaminant levels in addition the twin pots alternative is the only alternative with some features on tribal land however the ute tribe states in comment 7.1 71 of their letter see conu bonu comment nent letter no 7 that they can not support any of the action alternatives including the proposed action thus the twin pots alternative could not be implemented without tribal approval 3.3 33 33 table 2.22 222 22 222 2 in the draft EA indicated that there is approximately 5250 ac ft of storage in the four high mountain lakes this number is based on the state certificated storage rights that are held by moon lake water users association for the high mountain lakes in the lake fork river drainage basin table 2.22 222 22 222 2 has been revised to table 2.23 223 22 223 3 in this final EA and includes 5175 ac ft for the high mountain lakes in the lake fork river drainage basin based on review comments from the moon lake water users association table 2.23 223 22 223 3 has also been expanded to include the high mountain lakes from the yellowstone river drainage basin the 4500 ac ft of replacement storage to be provided in the enlarged big sand wash reservoir for the lakes in the lake fork river drainage basin is a reduction from the original storage rights and is based on the historical water yield produced by those high mountain lakes the replacement storage to be provided in the enlarged big sand wash reservoir for the high mountain lakes in the yellowstone river drainage basin will be 2000 ac ft based on the average annual historical water yield produced by those high mountain lakes 435 4 35 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/11906 |
