Show Federal inflation anti i inflation lation effort cuts into Utah U tab water projects President Fords Ford's latest anti- anti inflation effort has cost Utah for two water projects They were part of the 82 million deferral ordered last week by the President for public works and water power development projects CONGRESS HAS liAS already appropriated the money and the President said he acted in hopes that Congress would work with him to defer these funds for a full year Most of this money had been added by Congress to the administrations administration's budget request for the fiscal year YC that started July 1 1974 From the Bureau of Reclamation it was learned the biggest Utah cut was for the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project For this program the administration asked for and Congress added 1 million A spokesman said the bureau would have to wait until next fiscal year to call for bids on the Stillwater Tunnel above the Strawberry Reservoir They had planned to use the to start the tunnel project TilE THE REMAINING cut comes from the Jensen Unit of the CUP It was earmarked for engineering design work on the Dam near Vernal Congress added the money this year to the administrations administration's budget request President Ford announced the 82 million in federal spending freeze in a message to Congress that noted it was in ice accord with the new Cons Conj nal ml Budget and Imp nt Control Act of 1974 The Th deferral actions decrease the amount of budget authority which could otherwise be available in the fiscal year 1975 by nearly 82 million and thereby keep federal spending from rising 57 million above current estimates said the Presidents President's message |