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<br />443G <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />t. The Project requires a total of 37,756 acres of land of <br />which about 240 acres is easements for transmission lines, <br />2,000 acres is easements for conduits and the remainder <br />of about 35,500 acres is purchase of private and State <br />land and transfer of federally-owned and administered <br />lands to the Project. <br /> <br />The total acreage involves a significant change in land use <br />within the Project development area. Preacquisition use of <br />'land is broken into private and public. Private land use <br />includes residential purposes, businesses, grazing, dry land <br />farming, irrigated farming, ranching, and tourist-related <br />activities. The public land use includes grazing, and <br />management for timber, watershed protection, wildlife, <br />recreation and transportation. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Project will convert the private and public uses of the <br />land to Project purposes which include water storage, access, <br />recreation, fish and wildlife, and operation and maintenance <br />facilities. Of the total right-of-way acquired, 34,760 acres <br />(or 90 percent) is for the six storage reservoirs. These <br />land uses will be for public purposes and most will be avail- <br />able to the public, primarily for recreation purposes. The <br />area designated for wildlife management will be exclusively <br />for wildlife habitat as opposed to incidental habitat under <br />the private and multiple-purpose practices. <br /> <br />Construction of Project features will ultimately require the <br />clearing of 6,166 acres of land. Borrow areas comprise 3,512 <br />acres of the total requirement and 45 acres will be required <br />to accommodate tunnel spoil. Of the 3,512 acres for borrow, <br />about 1,500 acres are outside of the reservoir inundated <br />areas and require rehabilitation. <br /> <br />u. The construction of the Project will require a substantial <br />commitment in the amount of fossil fuel to run the construction <br />equipment, vehicles, and heat the temporary construction <br />related buildings over an estimated 15-year period. <br /> <br />Lubricants, antifreeze and other petroleum base products will <br />also be used by the construction equipment. <br /> <br />Electricity will also be required to operate some of the <br />equipment and light the buildings and construction sites. <br />These uses will increase the demand of base load energy <br />supplied primarily by fossil fuel. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The operation of the Project will require petroleum products <br />and fuel for vehicles. SOme specialized operation and mainte- <br />nance equipment, and heating facilities. <br /> <br />IV-46 <br />