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Show S RESTORATION PROCLAMATION THAT PORTION OF THE PROVO RIVER BETWEEN ITS HEAD WATERS AND DEER CREEK DAM AND SPANISH FORK RIVER AND ALL TRIBUTARIES TO SAID STREAMS WHEREAS, by proclamation dated December 19, 1946, the Governor of the State of Utah, pursuant to Section 100-8-1, U.C.A., 1943, (now Section 73- 6-1 U.C.A., 1953) suspended the right of the public to approp- riate water from the following sources : Green River, in Daggett and Uintah Counties; Little Brush Creek, Brush Creek, Ashley Creek, Uintah River, Yellowstone Creek, Lake Fork Creek, Rock Creek, Duchesne Du-chesne River, Strawberry River, Provo River, Spanish Fork Creek and all tributaries : of said streams. ! PROVIDED, HOWEVER, i there is excepted from the ef- j feet of ths proclamation as I to streams named above (1) isolated water holes, springs and underground water in the j drainage areas of the streams named above ; (2) applications applica-tions for appropriations of not exceeding five second-feet second-feet of water for any one project; pro-ject; (3) application for change of point of diversion, place and nature of use of such surface and underground under-ground water and (4) applications appli-cations for exchange. AND WHEREAS, the right to appropriate water from the Green River in Daggett and Uintah Counties was restored by proclamation dated June 25, 1958; the right to appropriate water from the Provo River below be-low Deer Creek Dam was restored re-stored by proclamation dated December 23, 1948; and the right to appropriate water from Little Brush Creek, Brush Creek, Ashley Creek, Uintah River, Yellowstone Creek, Lake Fork Creek, Rock Creek, Duchesne Du-chesne River and Strawberry River was restored by proclamation procla-mation dated November 2, 1964, and WHEREAS, the purposes sought to be accomplished by said withdrawal have been achieved on that portion of the Provo River between its head waters and Deer Creek Dam and Spanish Fork River and ' ! all tributaries to said streams and there is no need for further fur-ther suspension of the right of appropriation on these sources, and WHEREAS, the State Engineer Engin-eer has recommended that the right of the appropriation on that portion of the Provo River between its head waters and Deer Creek Dam and Spanish Fork River and all tributaries be restored. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Calvin Cal-vin L. Rampton; Governor of the State of Utah, on the recommendation rec-ommendation of the State Engineer En-gineer of Utah, and pursuant and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 73-6-2, U.C.A., 1953, do hereby restore to the public the right to appropriate ap-propriate the surplus and unappropriated un-appropriated water for any and all lawful purposes from that portion of the Provo River between be-tween its head waters and Deer Creek Dam and Spanish Fork River and all tributaries to said streams. This proclamation shall become be-come effective April 5, 1971, after af-ter notice thereof has been published pub-lished at least once a week for three successive weeks in newspapers news-papers of general circulation within the drainage basins of the Provo and Spanish Fork Rivers; provided, however, that after first publication of said notice, applications may be deposited with the State Engineer En-gineer and at the time such proclamation becomes effective the State Engineer shall hold public hearings giving all applicants ap-plicants notice to determine which applications so filed during dur-ing the period of publication are most conducive to the public pub-lic good, and shall file such applications in order of priority according to such determination determina-tion and rejecting those for which there is no unappropriated unappropria-ted water. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah. Done at the State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, this 5th day of March, 1971, at 11:50 o'clock a.m. CALVIN L. RAMPTON, Governor of the State of Utah Published in Pleasant Grove Review, Pleasant Grove, Utah, March 18, 25, and April 1, 1971. |