Show Senate enate panel approves approves' bill for Uintah Unit U U. S. S Senator Jake Garn RUO RUt RUt R- R Ut said last week he is delighted with the Senate Interior In Interior Interior In In- Committees Committee's action in reporting the bill to authorize appropriation for the construction construction construction con con- of the Uintah Unit of the Central Utah Project The legislation introduced in May by Senator Garn and Senator Frank E E. E Moss D Ut and later amended authorizes to be appropriated for Fiscal Year 1978 and thereafter for forthe forthe forthe the construction of said Uintah Unit the sum of plus or minus such amounts as may be required by reason reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construction involved TilE THE SITUATION we found ourselves in amounted to a need to correct an oversight in legislation adopted in 1968 Senator Garn explained In that year Congress passed legislation authorizing construction construction con con- of the Uintah Unit conditional on the completion of ofa ofa ofa a study of economic feasibility That study has been made and the Administration finds the Unit justified and acceptable The liThe Administration requested for cor planning for the Unit and the Central Utah Project stands ready to tomake tomake tomake make good use of that money in Fiscal Year 1977 If planning money is is to have hav a good effect however r it is essential that ground be cleared for construction construction construction con con- in Fiscal 1978 It is for that reason that Senator Moss and I introduced the legislation which has its counterpart in the House of Representatives to correct the lack of language specific specifically authorizing the app appropriation of construction money TIlE THE UINTAH Unit is critical to the Indians of the Ute tribe Eighty percent of the water to be made available by bythe bythe bythe the storage facilities s of this unit is to provide water to supplement supplement supplement sup sup- presently irrigated Indian lands Many of us in Utah have long worked to bring the Uintah Unit to fruition and I couldn't be more pleased that the Interior Committee has reported out our bill correcting a technical deficiency I see no reason why the Ute Indians and other citizens of the state of Utah may not be pleased that construction will proceed without further delay concluded Sen Garn Senator Moss said concerning the Uintah Unit last week We have committed ourselves to build this unit but it has required a separate law to authorize the spending of the money I introduced this bill in May of this year so the committee committee committee com com- has acted quickly and that is certainly good news for Utah I am hopeful we can get the matter through the Senate without delay Moss described the Uintah Unit as vital to the agricultural needs of the residents of Duchesne and Uintah Counties He said it will regulate the flows of the Uintah and Whiterocks Rivers and will furnish irrigation municipal and industrial in in- water r r rY L Y t nor m Air t I i VERNAL'S NEW INDOOR SWIMMING pool will be finished In tim time for lor school opening The contractor leger Constructing Company of Soil Salt Lake City ha has only another weeks week's work until the nearly structure Is I. finished r The building was started about one year ago and has been overseen by Edwards and Daniel Associates architects |