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<br /> <br />Drains within the embankment will be constructed of either the river gravels <br /> <br /> <br />in the vicinity of the damsite or from the terrace gravels. <br /> <br />Gravel for concrete aggregate will come from commercial sources near <br />Jensen, Utah. <br /> <br />B. Pumping Facilities <br /> <br />A schematic diagram of a proposed reservoir pumping facility for an oil <br /> <br /> <br />shale processing plant (shown in figure 8) although not part of the dam and <br /> <br /> <br />reservoir project will be located on the south shore of the reservoir. This <br /> <br /> <br />pumping plant will be sized and constructed to deliver between 13,000 and 26,000 <br /> <br /> <br />acre-feet of water annually to the lease tracts Ua and Ub prototype plant. Another <br /> <br /> <br />pumping plant will be located downstream of the dam at the Indian irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />diversion point to deliver 18,OOO~ acre-feet of water to the State oil shale leases <br /> <br /> <br />of the Oil Shale Corporation (TOSCO). These pumping facilities, although an <br /> <br />important part of the White River Dam and Reservoir Project, will be constructed <br /> <br /> <br />by others to supply water for oil shale processing in the future. <br /> <br />C. Access and Road Relocations <br /> <br />U. S. Highway 40 and Utah State Highway 45 provide for all-weather access <br /> <br /> <br />from Vernal to Bonanza. Relocation of the county road across White River Reservoir <br /> <br /> <br />from Bonanza south, with inundation of the bridge at the Ignatio Stage stop, will <br /> <br /> <br />be via a new bridge over the reservoir either at the present location or 1.3 miles <br /> <br /> <br />upstream from the existing bridge, Siting studies in progress by the State <br /> <br /> <br />Department of Transportation will determine which is the most economic location. <br /> <br /> <br />(See figure 9). Approximately 2.5 miles of new road and straightening and paving <br /> <br /> <br />7.5 miles of existing dirt road will also be required if the latter plan is adopted, <br /> <br /> <br />This relocation will provide access to the oil shale plant in the future. Access <br /> <br /> <br />to the damsite from Bonanza for construction and maintenance of the dam will be <br /> <br /> <br />provided by straightening approximatelylO miles of existing road and construction <br /> <br /> <br />of one mile of new road. <br /> <br />D. Powerline Corridor and Substation <br /> <br />A power line corridor as shown in figure 9 will be acquired to transmit <br /> <br /> <br />electrical energy produced by the proposed 8 MW hydro-electric plant to site 3 <br /> <br /> <br />selected in the recently completed scoping studies conducted by the Deseret <br /> <br /> <br />Generation and Transmission Cooperative, Inc., as their preferred Moon Lake Power <br /> <br />- 16 - <br />