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Show the contractor's right to Colorado River water would be secondary to the Central Utah Projects' right to the water for development of the ultimate phase of that project. 5. Interrelationship of the Bonneville Unit with Other Developments a. Units of the Central Utah Project The Colorado River Storage Project Act authorized the construction of four large storage units and 11 participating projects, including the initial phase of the Central Utah Project. All of these projects would develop water of the Upper Colorado River Basin and would be linked financially through the Upper Colorado Basin Fund. Revenues from this fund resulting from the sale of hydroelectric power generated at the storage units would be available to assist with repayment of construction costs of the various participating projects. Physically, the initial phase of the Central Utah Project could be operated without construction of the ultimate phase if the Indian deferral and water replacement agreement discussed previously is satisfactorily fulfilled by an alternative method. Likewise, each of the four units of the initial phase could be constructed and operated independently of each other. The Bureau of Reclamation is currently studying a range of plans for the Ute Indian Unit. The Ute Indian Unit and the Uintah Unit would constitute the ultimate phase of the Central Utah Project. A minimum Ute Indian development would consist of features designed specifically for replacing the deferred irrigation water supplies to Indian lands. A maximum development would be essentially an enlargement and expansion of the Bonneville Unit, and could develop Utah's remaining entitlement to Colorado River water. In addition to satisfying the Indian requirement, it would include an additional transbasin diversion from Uinta Basin to Bonneville Basin, with a lower elevation replacement of water to the Uinta Basin from Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the Green River. Although the Bonneville Unit would not deliver water to Indian lands ( other than assuring the Midview Exchange Agreement), it would provide mitigation and enhancement measures in the area of fish and wildlife management. Wildlife management areas along the Duchesne River would provide enhancement as well as mitigate the loss of some waterfowl habitat on Indian lands caused by the Unit. Two fishing reservoirs ( Bottle Hollow and Lower Stillwater) would have a combined surface area of 800 acres. Proposed as 29 |