Show Uintah Unit draft impact r hearing 3 held The Bureau of Reclamation held a public hearing Thursday of last week on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Uintah unit of the Central Utah Project at Bottle Hollow The two-hour hearing was attended by about 80 Roland G. Robison of the Bureau of Reclamation said written comments from those unable to attend should be lf U laler than Se Daniel F. c. State Division of water began by Uintah Unit has been subjected to many unfortunate especially in theW and completion of the draft En- Impact Statement an important milestone in the progress of this the final statement can be prepared ex- The project is sorely needed as experience in the 1977 drought will Lawrence said the report Is complete and appropriate and recommends that the project be un- Although no legislators were Robison read a by Jake water is the life blood of our Senator Garn need to get on with the I do not want to see the Uintah Unit of the CUP go through another I pledge my support to cn Uintah Unit must go We can't hold up We lost a lot of water this and be in a lot better We're almost in as bad shape as we were last year during the Lawrence representing the Uintah Water Conservancy said the district Is in full support of the report and the He said there is no feasible alternative to the But he did request that the final draft be changed to read that in the course of historical areas would not be A number of other speakers sup- ported the Uintah including representatives of the Ute Indian several water associations and conservation Brian a member of the Utah the Sierra said that his organization has long been concerned over the He listed 16 points the Sierra Club wants included in the Environmental Impact of insects in the area and off-road vehicle According to definite plan report was not available when we requested it This report is supposed to be completed prior to the public hearing Dorothy representing Citizens for a Responsible made up of member clubs of Trout Unlimited and the Federation of Fly Fishermen Utah and the CUP would degrade or about miles to a leading said will have much more value in the future than have enough but we're running out of Lillian a former resident of the Uintah brought up the subject of dam She cited a geological study made In 1967 stating that the proposed reservoir site in Whiterocks Canyon Is geologically nor topographically The report said there would be too much seepage through abutment piping would be a Hays said piping was a major factor in the Teton Dam |