Correspondence on Bonneville Unit of Central Utah Project

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It can reasonably be expected that demands' for water will* exert pressures for the development of the ultimate phase of the Central uxaa £TQ3ect. Wivh a progressive and timely construction program xor wiuc project, the Indian needs can be met by the year 2005 or !?5; & f^ indian "eeds are not -e- W the timely construction :L.T^L°*t 5acilltle3^ vater to satisfy Indian requirements could ". come from t.:e^onnevi^e Unit of the Central Utah Project. We regard 2£? ^ n c u - 1 ^ as unlikely, however, caution dictates term contracts f£!? ^^er^sers « -ne Bonneville Unit so approximately 60,000 acre-ieet annually can oe made available to meet the Indian commitment 11 iiecessary. The proposed agreement provides that facilities in connection with u.. Bonneville Unit will be provided under the Colorado River Storage ."°f SL*?* f B^ti?*?4.fcr losses to « * a«d wildlife and recreation r ^ L ^ l - , °ne U te *ndian & i b e- I* ^ recognized that ^7.;:^ l - ^ ?XS° reSUlt f r ° a the a«iHti«ri provided. Ute Tribe representees have discussed the need for facilities of this type S M I t°! SSfeseutatJves of «w Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Z i m ^ r R>"owwg tne discussions the Ute Tribe requested certain " B e n t s aju the Bonaeville Unit plan to pro-ride for mitigation and e.^ncement of fishery benefits within the Ute Indian Reservation. We wish to call your attention particularly to numbered paragraph 9 5 Sf n f f f ! f S i ^ f b y th£ «&*«»«m of the Tribal easiness Lmkttee w f l t o i i ^ ^ f understands -,hat mitigation for the losses of fish, Serbian SrXZV*?-°? r.esour<:es caused by the construction and opera^on of the Centra. Utah Project will be accomplished as follows: , „ A £ J*1 fauja °f.25 ,c-f-s- of water will be provided in. Rock ureeE ak „ae reservation boundary. O T.T_J_ J-. . . Duchesne *>uCi.ieoi.Ae xMu.Wve r. *." " D a C a g e ! a e n 1 : " » » • - r i l i b * established along° the i r t l d i ? ^ S f + ° P e r a t ^ 0 n a n d ^ i n t e n a : l c e o f the recreation, fishery and W^SSTSS? , MidVleV R e 3 e - o i r W t e transferred to 5 j reserved ' & S d W * * ^ ^ p° o 1 v i l i b e maintained, i n t he C- 4. Fishing lakes aggregating approximately 8C0-surfarP . r r - v-m •oe. constructed on Indian land<? «?+« , n o 4 , J " suriace acreo wj.ll