Notice of Intent To Negotiate a Contract Among Ouray Park Irrigation Company, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, and the Department of the Interior for Temporary Storage of Project Water in the Proposed Lower Uintah Reservoir as Part of the Uintah Unit Replacement Project of the Central Utah Project Completion Act

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Pub. L. 102-575, Central Utah Project Completion Act, Section 201(c), allows for the construction of the Uintah Unit Project as part of the Central Utah Project. As part of this project, the United States plans to temporarily store a portion of the Ouray Park storage right during the non-irrigation season and release it at a flow rate in the Uinta River that will enhance stream fishery. The water will be recaptured in the existing Ouray Park storage facilities through a new diversion and pipeline system to be located lower on the Uinta River and built by the District as part of the Uintah Unit. The purpose of the negotiation sessions will be to determine the terms of the temporary storage and the release pattern that will provide Ouray Park with the same amount of water they have received historically and at the time they need it for irrigation use. It will also address the responsibility for operation and maintenance for the Lower Uintah Reservoir, the new diversion, and pipeline.