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Show i Interior Budget For Utah Area Disclosed The Department of Interior Inter-ior plans to spend a total $41,079,785 in Utah during fiscal year 1970, beginning July 1, Sen. Walace F. Bennett, Ben-nett, R-Utah said this weeK. Largest figure in the proposed pro-posed budget is $13,784,100, for the Bureau of Reclamation. Reclama-tion. Other agencies slated to receive top funding in Utah include the Bureau cf Land Management, $7,687,-100; $7,687,-100; Bureau of Indian Affairs, Af-fairs, $7,326,923; Geological Survey, $2,918,000; Bureau of Mines, $2,288,000; National Park Service, $2,276,437; and Federal Water Pollution Control Con-trol Administration, $1,998,-nnn. Rounding out the total Interior In-terior budget for the state are the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, $861,072; Office of the Solicitor, $142,618; Office Of-fice of Water Resources Research Re-search and Coal Research with $100,000 each; and Bureau Bu-reau of Commercial Fisheries. Fisher-ies. $19,000. Bennett s'aid, "The bulk of funding for reclamation $11,219,000 will be used for participating projects of the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, including $8 million for Bonneville Un- it of the Central Utah Project. Pro-ject. Late word this 'week from Sen. Frank E. Moss, D-'Ulali. D-'Ulali. fndic?ated that within the Park segment of the Interior In-terior budget, that Arches, Canyonlands and Natural Bridges combined would get $518,450. .' |