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Show Advance Planning Economic and engineering studies are underway. The definite plan report is scheduled for completion in August, 1961. b. Lyman Project The Lyman Project is located in Uinta County in Southwestern Wyoming near the town of Lyman. The project would improve the late season irrigation water supply on 39,700 acres of land to provide additional late season irrigation water, storage and conveyance structures would be constructed to utilize the spring flood flows of Blacks Fork and its tributary, East Fork of Smiths Fork. Recreation and Fish and Wildlife benefits would also be derived from the project. Advance Planning Advance planning was started in fiscal year 1957. Engineering and economic studies are directed towards formulating a plan of development. Completion of the definite plan report is scheduled for May, 1962. c. Seedskadee Project The Seedskadee Project as defined by the definite plan report, would provide for the irrigation of 58,775 acres of dry arable land along both sides of the Green River in an area extending from 14 to 50 miles Northwest of Green River, Wyoming. Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir on Green River will be used both for storage (to a total capacity of 285,000 acre-feet) and as a means of diverting water from the river. Development of a wildlife refuge downstream from Fontenelle Dam will be an adjunct to the project to be constructed under Section 8 of Public Law 485. About 100 miles of canals and 160 miles of laterals will be constructed in the distribution system to convey water from the reservoir to farm units. The definite plan report was forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior on May 21, 1959. A repayment contract for the Seedskadee Project is not required prior to the start of construction because a "substantial proportion," about 65%, of the irrigable lands is Federally-owned public domain and nearly all of the other project acreage will be obtained by the Federal Government through a land exchange. Construction Activities In January, 1960 the announcement was made that trona had been discovered under the Seedskadee project area. The discovery of the valuable chemical product caused a delay in the letting of contracts until 59 |