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<br />Decilmber 9, 1985 -- High Country News-? <br /> <br />;;l <br />a <br />c;') <br />a <br />1\ <br /> <br /> <br />,~.. <br /> <br />(') <br />... <br />= <br />" <br />... <br />e. <br /> <br />Central Utah Rioject got a <br />vigoro boost Nov,,{i9, when 73 <br />'.. <br />percent f 86,000 "tiers endorsed a <br />$368.5 illion rc;Jayment contract <br />{HCN, 11 1/85).",f'he strong approval <br />will help tahS~ns. Jake Garn and <br />Orrin Hatc' obtain additional con- <br />gressional . ing for the $2,1 billion <br />pro!ect. Re.e'.' George Miller,' D-,Ca., <br />chaltman of1 . House subcomnutree <br />on water';and' power resources, is <br />expectejto crf\cize the project for <br />waste .Jnd for\ spending federal <br />recl don mon\y on non-reclam- <br />ation projects. \ lOO-day review <br />peri of the projeq was triggered by <br />the. ote, which attr4ted 18 percent of <br />th ' ligible voters in; the 12 counties. <br />o onents of the project, led by the <br />N ional Wildlife Federation and the . <br />U h-based Intermountain Water <br />A, .ance, denounced Utah Gov. Norm: <br />B . gener for including a plea for CUP <br />with the paychecks of 9,000 state <br />employees just before the vote, While <br />the 3 to 1 victory margin was <br />impressive, it didn't come close to the <br />12 to 1 vote CUP received in a similar <br />election in 1965. <br /> <br />- <br />.~ <br />o <br />.00 <br />" <br />,1:1 <br />'2: <br />In <br />:l! <br />,m <br /> <br />TT"I"., PqC'C' nanln <br /> <br />- <br />