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Congressional Appropriations Fiscal Year 1985 FY 1985 Total 10 Dale Appropriation for Construction Basin Fund Recreational Fisll and Wildlife Subtotal $134,592,704 12,233,737 $1 ~6,826,441 $1 ,947.053,5~9 148,691,493 $2,095,745,042 381,357 2,081,773 239,815,500 $2,338,023,672 Transfers betweon Government Agencies Appropriations to Original Paonia Project Navajo Indian t!!:'92tlon!"rC!.lect...-_ Tolal Congressional Appropriations 8,918,000 $155,744,441 , Participants on CentrAl Utal) PrOjCCl Emeflence see Upper Stillwater Dam under construction at the proposed Last Chance Powerplant to meet project pumping needs. The total construction cost ot the Diamond Fork tacilities under this plan would be approx- imately $210 million, including the cost ot all water conveyance, regulalion, and storage facilities required to accommo- date the transbasin diversion ot Central Utah Project water from the enlarged Strawberry Reservoir to the contluence of Diamond Fork and the Spalllsh Fork River. In addilion to the 32 megawatts that would be Federally tinanced for project pumping, the potential exists for develop- ment ot an additional 34 megawatts of In- stalled capacity. If non-Federal entities should desire to develop the remaining capacity In the future. the required faCili- ties would be non-Federally tinanced. Under Ihe current contiguratlon tor the Diamond Fork Power System, the water- ways and storage facilities will need to be constructed at the same size lor both a 32-megawatt system and a 66-megawatt system. The proposed downsized 32-megawatt system was not covered under the 1984 final environmental statement. Reclama- tion.s Upper Colorado Region IS currently working on a supplemental NEPA compli- ance document for the new proposal. This document will be a combined envi- ronmental impact statement for both the Diamond Fork Power System and the Bonneville Unit. The document will meet the NEPA compliance for a full 56-megawatt system The final environ- mental statement is scheduled to be tiled In October 1988. Since the proposed Syar Tunnel in the downsized plan would be identical to the one described in the 1984 finat environ- mental statement, a contract to construct a Syar access road could be awarded in fiscal year 1987 and a construction con- Iract for Syar Tunnel could be awarded in fiscal year 1988. Relcamatlon has already complied with NEPA tor these facifities under the existing environmental state- ment. The second stage of the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies is underway. The objectives of the studies are to define the impact of Glen Canyon Dam operations on the natural environment of the Grand Canyon and, if significant adverse im- pacts are occurring, to identify alternative operating criteria for Glen Canyon Dam that could lessen these impacts and opti- mize the relationship between water released and the environment. The studies are a cooperative effort between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Na- tional Park Service, with the Bureau of Reclamation providing the overall study management and funding. Other agencies and groups providing technical expertise Include the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Game and Fish Department, commercial river operators, recreation consultants, eco- nomic consultants, and other interested indiViduals 5