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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 4-93 Finding of No Significant Impact Lake Fork Section 203 Alternative : Proposed Action, page 4-93 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 4-93 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; 10.15 1015 text has been clarified in this final EA noting the ownership of the staging area 10.16 1016 text in this final EA describing instream stream in flows has been revised according to the terms and conditions of the operating agreement the commitment to provide in stream flows is stated in section VIII VIIII of the operating agreement as follows In instream mstream stream astream ms tream flow releases from moon lake reservoir and bypass by pass flows at the yellowstone feeder diversion and at the ca c7 C canal are project commitments made by MLWUA the district and department who collectively will take all appropriate and necessary actions to provide the in stream flows without adversely affecting other water uses or water rights the provisions of the operating agreement related to instream in stream flow requirements are found in section 2226.2 22262 of this final EA 10.17 1017 under the twin pots alternative the united states would execute a contract with the moon lake water users association MLWUA regarding compensation operation and maintenance associated exclusively with the storage of up to 6500 ac ft of non project water in the enlarged reservoir this non project water would have previously been stored in high mountain lakes prior to their stabilization the high mountain lakes replacement storage water in the enlarged big sand wash reservoir will be released at the call of the MLWUA i 10.18 1018 the referenced second paragraph on page 3.29 329 32 329 9 of the draft EA discusses flow differences between the proposed action and baseline conditions in reach LF 6 of an average water year under the proposed action assessed in the draft EA modeled flows in reach LF 6 from october through april of an average water year W would ould ouid vary from 40 to 83 cfs cs and would be 0 to 7 cfs cs greater than baseline under the revised proposed action presented in this final EA modeled flows in reach LF 6 from october through april of an average water year would vary from 40 to 85 cfs cs and would be 0 to 8 cfs cs greater than baseline under the revised proposed action presented in this final EA modeled flows in reach LF 6 from october through april of an average water year would vary from 40 to 85 cfs cs and would be 0 to 8 cfs cs greater than baseline river flows this far downstream from moon lake dam reflect a number of factors including in stream flow releases from moon lake dam using water previously stored in high mountain lakes studies show that 7 cfs cs from october through april may occur 42 out of 100 years the release of waters from moon lake dam from mid april through mid october to meet downstream irrigation and storage needs the effects of inflows to the lake fork river between moon lake dam and the confluence with the yellowstone river the effects of inflows to the lake fork river from the yellowstone river and the effects of irrigation diversions that can begin in april and extend into october the referenced paragraph on page 3.28 328 32 328 8 of the draft EA only refers to in stream flow releases from moon lake dam during designated months of dry and wet water years 493 4 93 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/12078 |
