Show Jensen money added to FO CUP budget request The House Appropriations Committee added to start construction work on the Jensen unit of the Central Utah Project in its budget The Jensen unit money was Included Included included In In- in a 1 million addition made in the Nixon administrations administration's fiscal 1975 budget request for the Bonneville unit of the Central Utah Project This action was taken Monday afternoon according to Representative Gunn McKay a member of the committee TillS THIS BROUGHT to the money allowed for Utah by the Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee whose actions were later okayed by parent appropriations committee The subcommittee dealt primarily with Ith funding for the Central Utah Project said Mr McKay I was able to work with the subcommittee chairman to Increase funding in some categories including 1 million for the Bonneville unit and for the Jensen unit which had not been funded In Inthe Inthe Inthe the administration request Even with the additions though funding for Central Utah Project units remains far behind what it should be THE TIlE INCREASES brought funding to 10 fo for the Bonneville unit which eventually will deliver water to the Wasatch Front Besides the to start construction work on the Jensen unit the subcommittee allowed for the Vernal unit and for the Uintah unit in Duchesne and Uintah Counties which was more than the administration recommended Mr McKay noted HE lIE SAID the subcommittee also recommended for fish and wildlife facilities in connection with CUP and for fish facilities at Flaming Gorge Reservoir For the Ogden area the subcommittee recommended for the Roy Water Conservancy District and for irrigation loans He lie said a drainage construction appropriation request of was approved for the Weber Basin and a 2000 request was recommended for Ogden River flood con control TilE THE BILL also contains for flood control in the Jordan River Basin and in planning funds for the Little Dell Project in Salt Lake County The committee allowed for the Upper Colorado River Storage Project which was the same amount as recommended by the administration The largest item was the for the Bonneville unit Among the theother theother theother other Utah items were for the Emery County Project for the Vernal Project and for the Canyon unit in Arizona and Utah |