Show J Jensen ensen U Unit IIi nit t tRealy Ready Realy For or Review A proposed statement discussing discussing discussing dis dis- cussing the probable environmental environmental environ environmental environ environ- mental impact of the Jensen Unit of the Central Utah Project Project Project has been forwarded to many agencies groups and individuals for review it was announced today by Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director Director Director Di Di- rector David L. L Crandall MAJOR FEATURES of the Jensen Unit located in County in northeastern Utah will be the Dam Reservoir Reservoir Reservoir Res Res- Pumping Plant and Aqueduct on Big Brush Creek and the Burns Pumping Plant on the Green River Water from the project willbe willbe will willbe be used for irrigation in the vicinity of Jensen to augment existing water supplies supplies sup sup- supplies plies in the area and for in industrial industrial industrial in- in purposes at the Stauffer Stauffer Stauffer Stauf- Stauf fer Chemical Company's phosphate phosphate phosphate phate plant near Vernal CONSTRUCTION of the prof project project will have major economic c benefits as well as benefits benefit to fish wildlife and recreation in the area Mr Crandall said The dam and reservoir will also also aid in control of flood flows Clows he added Environmental impact discussed discussed discussed dis dis- dis- dis cussed in the statement include include in in- clude elude INUNDATION of about 40 acres of irrigated farm lan land d and some acres of lan land d now used for livestock grazing grazing grazing graz graz- ing and deer habitat Loss of o f grazing land will not be significant significant significant sig sig- because acres immediately immediately im im- mediately east of the reservoir reset reser voir have been recently re re- seeded for livestock forage |