Record Details
page 121
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 121 Final supplement to the final environmental impact statement : Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 121 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 121 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; CHAPTER IV consultation AND coordination 6000 ats ftvs fts left for that drainage which is to my knowledge barely enough to water the rocks and its a big certain of mine that we are footing the bill almost the entire bill for this and yet I 1 can see it doing nothing but hurting the fish and wildlife in that area RBSPONSE RZSPMISZ 20 see response to written comment 5 ORAL COMMENT COMMIT 21 on pages 17 through 19 of the draft supplemental EIS there are 1030 acres of land that are designated for mitigation use these lands are presently provo river project lands though cost of purchasing these lands are borne by the provo river water users association through the 1936 repayment contract that the association has with bureau of reclamation the association opposes any transfer of these lands directly to any other organization for any other purpose other than for project purposes they have stated so in letters to the bureau of reclamation dated october 21 1987 november 6 1987 and november 17 1988 the november 17 1988 is a 17 page document outlining the legal and the equity obligations of the bureau of reclamation to the association although we recognize the title to this piece of property is in the name of the united states government it is also held in trust by the secretary of the interior for the provo river project and not for any other project giving this land to another project such as the CUP or any other entity such as department of wildlife resources is analogous to your home mortgage company giving your home to someone else while youre still living there and making payments on that home the law does not permit reclamation to transfer land in this manner under the surplus acquired lands act of 1911 it requires a secretary to dispose of land only when it is in the best interest of that project and if it does so it must be disposed of at fair market value with the proceeds being credited to that project subsection I 1 and J fact finders act of 1924 also states that any profits from project lands must be separated and not be commingled with the proceeds or the revenues of another project reclamation simply cannot compel any project to subsidize another project if they do so they must provide fair market value for that land exchanged the monies used for mitigation of the central utah project or section VIII funds the section VIII funds also do not give reclamation authority todivest to divest one project of land for benefit of another the association tends to submit formal written comments following these proceedings however it is also my understanding that reclamation and regional solicit solicitor oz have agreed to involve the 121 13 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/13044 |
