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Show The Midview Reservoir is not part of the Bonneville Unit; however, Starvation Reservoir is included therein. Section 8 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior "... to investigate, plan, construct, operate, and maintain facilities to mitigate losses of and improve conditions for the propagation of fish and wildlife. The Secretary is authorized to acquire lands for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the facilities herein provided, and to dispose of them to Federal agencies by lease, transfer, exchange, or conveyance upon such terms and conditions as will best promote their development and operation in the public interest." In furtherance of these objectives, the Secretary of the Interior has had Starvation Reservoir constructed, with 11,600 acre- feet of water annually held to support the Midview Exchange and has approved transfer of water rights and facilities of the Midview Reservoir to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to be used by the Ute Tribe and the Uintah Indian Irrigation Project. Without the Bonneville Unit, the Midview Exchange may eventually have to be discontinued as the Duchesne River water that is being used for the exchange is put to use on other lands under prior rights claimed by the Indians. Starvation Reservoir will permit a continuation of the exchange and thus assure the Moon Lake Project of continued use of Lakefork River water. ( 5) Kaiparowits Power Project Contract No. 14- 06- 5139, dated October 2, 1969, covers the purchase of water from the Colorado River for cooling purposes for a proposed thermal- electric plant in Utah near Lake Powell. The contract was between the United States and the contractor, consisting of the Resources Company, the Associated Southern Investment Company, and the New Albion Resources Company„ Negotiations between the contractor and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District have resulted in this agreement giving limited water- right priorities to the contractor. The agreement provides the contractor with a first priority of up to 102,000 acre- feet of water annually from Lake Powell through the year 2010. Thereafter, by periodic step reductions, the annual quantity would be gradually reduced to the end of the year 2030. After the year 2030, 28 |