7144

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7144
• Author: Inslee, T. D.
• Title: Spawning and Hatching of the Razorback Sucker
• USFW Year: 1982
• USFW - Doc Type: Western Association of Fish & Game Agencies
• Copyright Material: NO

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INTRODUCTION

Description of Proposed Action

Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperative, Inc., is proposing
the construction of a coal-fired electrical generating plant, named the
Moon Lake Project, near Bonanza, Utah. Water for the plant will be
withdrawn from the Green River and transported via pipeline to the
plant site. The power cooperative owns a 33 cfs water right from the
Green River which will be used to supply the power plant. The intake
facility is designed to include Raney and water gallery type systems
that withdraw water from beneath the river's bed. Neither of these
systems require instream activity. The withdrawal site is located
about 8 km below the U.S. Highway 40 bridge at Jensen, Utah
in the NE~, Sec. 12, T6S, R22E, Uintah County, Utah.

Objectives

This report is submitted as part of the biological baseline in-
formation needed for completion of an Environmental Impact Statement
on the Moon Lake Project. The major objective of this study was to
collect and analyze data concerning the aquatic flora and fauna of the
Green River in the area of the withdrawal site, and to assess potential
impacts of water withdrawal on those organisms. Major emphasis was
placed on the Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius), a species
listed as endangered by the U.S. Department of the Interior and protected