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3. COLORADO AND WYOMING a. Savery-Pot Hook Project Reclamation has submitted a Withdrawal Review Report to the Bu- reau of Land Management that will terminate all the withdrawn lands, totaling 11,303 acres, that were previously withdrawn from the public domain for construction of the Savery Pot- Hook Project. 4. NEW MEXICO a. Navajo Indian Irrigation Project Reclamation is continuing to progress toward completion of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project in San Juan County, New Mexico, Reclamation is providing design and construction management for the Bureau ofIndian Affairs (BIA), In this process, funding is sought by BIA in its budget appropriation rather than by Reclamation, Congress has continued its efforts to have the project completed. The Fiscal Year 1991 budget includes a $17.9 million write-in for the project. By the end of 1990,6 blocks were completed which are capable of irrigating 60,000 acres ofland. Construction of Block 7, Schedule 3, is underway and approximately 50 percent complete. Block 7, Schedule 4, is scheduled to be awarded when funds become available. The comple- tion of Block 7 will add about 10,000 more acres of irrigated land to the project. The entire project involves 11 blocks of construction and will have a total of 110,630 acres of irrigated land. 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. Largest of these is the Bonneville Unit, which involves the diversion of water from the Uinta 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 Uinta Basin. 47