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Show Project can be covered by separate definite plan reports the completion of these reports will be scheduled separately. Construction Activities The Second Session of the 85th Congress appropriated $1,000,000 for the initiation of construction of the Vernal Unit of the Central Utah Project. During the past year land acquisition and road surveys have been made. It is anticipated that a contract will be awarded before the end of the 1959 fiscal year for the construction of Stanaker Dam and Reservoir, access roads and certain other related facilities. b. Emery County Project The Emery County Project would provide supplemental water for 20,450 acres of land and a full supply for 3,630 acres in Emery County in east-central Utah near the towns of Huntington, Castle Dale, and Orangeville. Principal construction features would include the Joes Valley Dam and Reservoir which would impound 57,000 acre-feet of water on Cottonwood Creek, the Swasey Diversion Dam located ten miles downstream from Joes Valley, and the 17-mile Cottonwood-Hunt-ington Canal heading at the Swasey Diversion Dam. Canals, laterals and drains would be constructed as required. Investigation Activities Detailed land classification surveys are essentially complete. It has been ascertained that a large acreage is in class 5 and 6w due to deficiencies in drainage. More field work and study is required to resolve drainage problems and to determine areas that can be economically drained. Other phases of the investigations are not scheduled until 1959. The Definite Plan Report is scheduled to be completed in 1961. 4. Authorized Wyoming Participating Projects a. La Barge Project The La Barge Project is in the Green River Basin in Lincoln and Sublette Counties. The project lands are situated between South Piney Creek and La Barge Creek along the west side of the Green River in a narrow strip about 30 miles long with an average width of 1-1/2 miles. The irrigation of 7,970 acres of arable dry lands is contemplated. As presently planned, this project would involve a direct flow diversion from the Green River. Water would be carried in the 39-mile long Green River Canal to serve the project area. The canal heading would be about 6 miles east of Big Piney, Wyoming, and would be placed low enough in the west bank of the river to eliminate the need for a diversion 40 |