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5. UTAH a. Central Utah Project The Central Utah Project will provide water for irrigation, M&I uses and power generation. Benefits will also be realized in the fields of outdoor recreation, fish and wildlife conservation, flood control, water quality control and area development. The Initial Phase consists of six units. The largest of these is the Bonneville Unit, which involves the diversion of water from the Uintah Basin, a part of the Colorado River Basin, to the Great Basin, with associated resource developments in both Basins. The other five units, Vernal, Uintah, Upalco, Jensen and Ute Indian, provide for local development in the Uintah Basin. i. Bonneville Unit. Stage II construction ofJordanelle Dam is well underway. The embankment is 25 feet above ground. During the winter months, crews are working in the river outlet tunnel. Work on the embankment will resume after the spring thaw. Construction is still on schedule for a 1992 completion of embank- ment work. Work in 1993 will include installation of the gates and control structures. Filling will begin in 1994. Significant progress has been made concerning future recreation use at Jordanelle. The Jordanelle Master Plan was scheduled for completion in October of 1990. A contract for recreation management by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation was signed in December of 1990. An Architectural and Engineering contract for the design of recreation facilities was awarded in February ofl991. Designs should be completed by July 1,1992. The recreation construction contract should be awarded in late 1992 with completion by July of 1994. The Supplement to the Final Environmental Statement for the Dia- mond Fork System was filed on February 26, 1990. The document addresses revisions to the proposed system that would provide the conveyance facilities for the Irrigation and Drainage System of the Bonneville Unit. Legislation was reintroduced in 1991 by the Utah congressional delegation to increase the ceiling for the eolorado River Storage Project, primarily to allow completion of the participating eentral Utah Project Bonneville Unit. That legislation has passed the House and is being considered by the Senate as part of an Omnibus Reclamation Bill. 49