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Show I. DESCRIPTION The purpose of this . Environmental Analysis Report is to analyze the impacts and benefits that will result from the development of · a combination office and laboratory on the existing Stockmore Administrative Site. The structures and facilities required for the office and lab will remain in place after completion of the Central Utah Project and will become the property of the U. S. Forest Service. The structures will be used for administration of Forest activities in the vicinity of the North Fork of the Duchesne River after they are vacated by the Bureau of . Reclamation., The Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project is a multimillion dollar proposal that is approximately 18 percent completed. The office and lab is proposed in the vicinity of the North Fork of the Duchesne River and will provide needed field laboratory and office facilities for several features to be constructed on the Central Utah Project. These include the Vat Diversion Dam, West Fork Pipeline, Rhodes Diversion Dam, Win Diversion Dam and Pipeline, all on the Uinta National Forest, and the Hades Tunnel, Hades Diversion Dam and Pipeline, and the Stillwater Tunnel on the Ashley National Forest. The Stockmore Administrative Site is centrally located to these Project features. Laboratory and office facilities could serve the Bureau of Reclamation construction office needs very well from this central location. The Stockmore' Adminis.t rati ve Site was originally withdrawn from the Uinta and Ouray Indian Reservation in 1908 for use as a site to administer the surrounding National Forest lands. A Ranger was actually located at this site for many years, but it is now used as a work center for administration of the Duchesne Ranger District. The 80-acre administrative site has an interesting history. After being withdrawn from the Indian Reservation in 1908 and ·improved as a Ranger Station by the Forest Service, it was claimed by Mr. Lawrence A. Pike. Mr. Pike paid a fee to acquire this property from the Ute Indian Tribe. The Forest Service evaluated other potential administrative site .locations but determined that this site, with the improvements located on it and being situated adjacent to State Highway 35 near the National Forest, was the most desirable site in the area. The land was purchased by condemnation from Mr. Pike in 1962 and the title approved by the Attorney General |
