Office of the Assistant Secretary, Water and Science; Central Utah Project Completion Act; Notice of Intent to Negotiate a Contract among the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Heber Light and Power, and the Department of the Interior for Non-Federal Hydroelectric Power Development at Jordanelle Dam, Central Utah Project, Utah

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The CUP's Bonneville Unit, located in northern Utah, was authorized for construction, including hydroelectric power, by the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Act of April 11, 1956 (ch. 203, 70 Stat. 105)(CRSPA). The United States constructed Jordanelle Dam under the CRSPA. The Central Utah Project Completion Act (CUPCA), comprised of Titles II-VI of the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4600, Pub. Law 102-575) authorized the construction of other features of the Bonneville Unit. Section 208 of the CUPCA provides that power generation facilities associated with the CUP be developed and operated in accordance with the CRSPA, which explicitly embodies all Reclamation law except as otherwise provided in the CRSPA. In accordance with a Federal Register notice published July 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 127, Pages 36030--36032), Interior, in consultation with the Western Area Power Administration, selected the joint proposal of the District/HL&P to develop non-federal hydroelectric power at Jordanelle Dam through a lease of power privilege. A lease of power privilege is an alternative to federal hydroelectric power development. A lease of power privilege grants to a non-federal entity