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<br />According to project documents, the Indians in the area <br />would get 42 jobs during the peak of construction because of <br />worker preferential treatment in accordance with.the Indian <br />Self-D.termination and Education Assistanc. Act. This <br />employment would drop the unemployment percentage on the <br />reservations from 46t down to 40t. <br /> <br />According to 1978 unemployment rates, unemployment has <br />generally been the most severe on the Indian Reservations, <br />where about 62t of the ute Mountain Utes and 73t of the <br />South.rn Utes were unemployed. <br /> <br />It is estimated that from a $400,000 annual payroll ('79 <br />estimates) for operation and maintenance of the project, <br />$77,000 would be paid to Indian employees. This is based on <br />the assumption that lot of the employees tor both districts <br />would be Indians, and approximately three Indians would be <br />required to operate facilities on the reservation. <br /> <br />The construction schedule for the project is on the <br />following page. <br /> <br />Because ot the dividing the project into a Phase 1 and Phase <br />2 the original construction schedule for the project i. <br />unknown. Furthermore, the impact that this phasing will have <br />on the operations and maintenance personnel plans for the <br />various districts involved is also unclear. It is worth <br />noting however, what had been contemplated (see next page). <br /> <br />Future Employment <br /> <br />According to the tIS, future employment in the project area <br />depends in part on the Nation's energy .upply. However, the <br />document does indicate the following. With respect to jobs <br />in agriculture: <br /> <br />181 job. in both agriculture and related business <br />when the project i. complete. It should be noted <br />that it will take 5 to 10 years for the full <br />service lands receiving irriqation to reach full <br />economic potential once the water i. delivered. <br /> <br />80 new jobs on farm for the ute Mountain Utes <br />10 (.easonal) jobs at the Southern Ute Reservation <br /> <br />Accordinq to project documents, the a...s.ed valuation of <br />La Plata County would be $153 million in the final~year of <br />project construction with the project. Interestinqly, the <br /> <br />42 <br />