Pub. L. 102-575, tit. V, sec. 505

RESERVOIR, STREAM, HABITAT AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE UTE INDIAN RESERVATION.

EnactedYear: 1992Length: 500 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 505. RESERVOIR, STREAM, HABITAT AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE UTE INDIAN RESERVATION. (a) Repair of Cedarview Reservoir.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $5,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary, in cooperation with the Tribe, to repair the leak in Cedarview Reservoir in Dark Canyon, Duchesne County, Utah, so that the resultant surface area of the reservoir is two hundred and ten acres. (b) Reservation Stream Improvements.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $10,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary, in cooperation with the Tribe and in consultation with the Commission, to undertake stream improvements to not less than 53 linear miles (not counting meanders) for the Pole Creek, Rock Creek, Yellowstone River, Lake Fork River, Uinta River, and Whiterocks River, in the State of Utah. Nothing in this authorization shall increase the obligation of the District to deliver more than 44,400 acre-feet of Central Utah Project water as its contribution to the preservation of minimum stream flows in the Uinta Basin. (c) Bottle Hollow Reservoir.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $500,000 in an initial appropriation shall be available to permit the Secretary to clean the Bottle 106 STAT. 4654Hollow Reservoir on the Ute Indian Reservation of debris and trash resulting from a submerged sanitary landfill, to remove all non-game fish, and to secure minimum flow of water to the reservoir to make it a suitable habitat for a cold water fishery. The United States, and not the Tribe, shall be responsible for cleanup and all other responsibilities relating to the presently contaminated Bottle Hollow waters. (d) Minimum Stream Flows.—As a minimum, the Secretary shall endeavor to maintain continuous releases into Rock Creek to maintain twenty-nine cubic feet per second during May through October and continuous releases into Rock Creek of twenty-three cubic feet per second during November through April, at the reservation boundary. Nothing in this authorization shall increase the obligation of the District to deliver more than forty-four thou-sand four hundred acre-feet of Central Utah Project water as its contribution to the preservation of minimum stream flow in the Uinta Basin. (e) Land Transfer.—The Bureau shall transfer 315 acres of land to the Forest Service, located at the proposed site of the Lower Stillwater Reservoir as a wildlife mitigation measure. (f) Recreation Enhancement.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $10,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary, in cooperation with the Tribe, to permit the Tribe to develop, after consultation with the appropriate fish, wildlife, and recreation agencies, big game hunting, fisheries, campgrounds and fish and wildlife management facilities, including administration buildings and grounds on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, in lieu of the construction of the Lower Stillwater Dam and related facilities. (g) Municipal Water Conveyance System.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in section 201, $3,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary for participation by the Tribe in the construction of pipelines associated with the Duchesne County Municipal Water Conveyance System.