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F.]11'?1.." Mr. Paul Pi!~!f"i-l;~ 't Page 3 June 6, 1979 Hydro-electric potential of the dam: A run-of-river hydro-power installation rated at 8.0 megawatts at the proposed Hhite River dam site. could produce approximately 25,000,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity. A peaking power installation rated at 15 megawatts could produce approximately 30,000,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity at the proposed site. Hhite River Shale Project: The "Detailed Development Plan .- Federal Lease Tracts Ua and Ub", Vol. 2 page 7.14-10 prepared by WRSP indicates in a discussion on selection rationale that White River Dam and Reservoir is 'the preferred plan for developing a water supply for the project. The reasons for the selection are: 1. Its close proximity to the leases. 2. The multiple benefits served by the dam (recreation, hydro- electric generation, Indian irrigation, reservoir and stream fishery habitat improvement). 3. . The competence of the dam site. 4. The efficiency of the reservoir. 5. Its lower cost. Other alternative sources of water considered were a) Flaming Gorge Reservoir, b) Starvation Reservoir, c) Red Fleet Reservoir, d) Hatson Reservoir, and e) Hells Hole Canyon Reservoir. Water Supply: The historical record of annual discharges of the White River near Watson (USGS stream gage located about seven (7) miles upstream of the dam site) averages 508,000 acre-feet for the 1924 to 1973 period. (See figure 2). Some 42% of the annual runoff usually occurs during the months of f1ay and June each year as shown by figure 3. Environmental Impact Statement: Prior to construction of the dam and reservoir and the granting of a Special Use Permit by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to construct the reservoir on federal lands~ an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) must be prepared. The state officially requested the Bureau of Land Management to initiate an environmental impact statement on August 4, 1975. To date the BLM has refused to initiate the statement process. In the state's most recent correspondence from the BLM (February 7, 1979) the National Director of BLM sent the State Director of BLM a memo outlining the following items that must be answered before the BLM can start on the Environmental Statement. a. How do the Indians intend to use water allocated to them from the project? b. What will the downstream flow below the Indian's diversion be? c. Does Moon Lake Electric (Deseret) plan to use White River Dam water or another source?