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Show SIERRA CLUB LEGAL DEFENSE - FUND. iNC &;,iL*+ by Ansel Adams in This is the American Earth JAMES W. MOORMAN Executive Director BARRY A. FISHER JOHN D. HOFFMAN LAURENS H. SILVER Staff Attorneys, San Francisco H. ANTHONY RUCKEL Staff Attorney, Denver October 17, 1973 TO: Uintah Chapter, Sierra Club and Sierra Club Leaders FROM: Denver Office, SCLDF Re: CUP MEMO II: Central Utah Project, Legal Defense Func Preliminary Analysis oFTmal Environmental impact Statement/dated August 2, 1LJ7T. *~~ Brief Description of Project The Central Utah Project is an open-ended affair, which at its maximum attainment would consume all the remaining uncommittec Utah entitlement to Colorado River water. Rough calculation shows Utah's share of Colorado River water to be 1,323,000 acre^feet annually, while current uses and commitments, exclusive oj. salvage and the Central Utah Project, total approximately 941,000 acre ^eat annually. The balance of 382,000 acre feet represents the potential maximum Colorado River water development under the Central Utah Projec. The project also contemplates development of an additional iUU,uuo •plus acre feet in the Bonneville Basin. The Project as a whole is broken down into six units: _Bonneville; Upalco; Uintah; Vernal; Jensen; and Ute Indian. The Bonneville Unit is chosen for the starting point of this discussion as a matter ol convenience and due to its apparent imminence. The Vernal Unit, one of the smallest, is practically completed. The two central features of the Bonneville Unit are (1) diversion of 136 600 acre feet annually from the Green River Basin (Coloraco River drainage) to the Bonneville Basin (area west of the Wasatch mountains), and (2) diking of Utah Lake (near Provo, Utah, m ^onnevili* Basin) to increase useful water holding capacity thereof-. San Francisco: 311 California Street, Suite 311, 94104; Telephone (415) 398-1411 Denver: 50S Majestic Bkig., 209 16th Street, S0202; Telephone (303) 892-6301 |
