Show Regional Director to complete Negotiations with Central Utah Water Conservancy District WASHINGTON Senator Wallace F. Bennett said today that the Bureau of Reclamation has asked its Regional Director in Salt Lake City intensify efforts to complete negotiations with the Central Utah Water Conservancy District to obtain a desired repayment The Utah Republican said the contract would be signed this Senator Bennett had urged Floyd E. Reclamation clear up the red tape and expedite plans for an early signing of the repayment contract thus taking another step toward completion of the vital Central Utah told Senator Bennett that a draft contract has been furnished to the Utah Water Conservancy District Board of The Board now plans to appoint a negotiating committee to meet with Bureau representatives in later discussions to iron out contract I told Utah's Senior Senator that a number of items have contributed to the delay in furnishing a draft of a contract to the could have provided a partial draft but we would have had to omit a number of salient Dominy told Senator hope negotiations the District will be satisfactorily completed by about April or May of this year and that the District will then approve the form of the proposed repayment the told Senator about 30 to 60 days will be required for Secretarial The Commissioner explained that the District's election on the which will require additional the contract may be Senator Bennett said that after the signing the District must file for and obtain court confirmation of the Commissioner Dominy also told Senator Bennett that qualified Bureau of Reclamation employees are expected to be available for transfer to the Bonneville Unit as other work is phased |