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<br />mitigate the effects of peak flows:
<br />o promote water conservation-and
<br />penalize noncompliance -in
<br />urban areas using CUP water:
<br />o compensatetheUtelndiantribefor
<br />the loss of water on federal trust
<br />lands:
<br />:J strip the Bureau Df responsibilitv
<br />fDr all future construction projects
<br />and give those duties tD the Central
<br />Utah Water CDnservation District;
<br />o raise the local rost share for future
<br />phases of the project tD 35 percent,
<br />up to the funding limits spelled out
<br />in the bilL Bevond those limits,
<br />local inrc'l'eSts would absorb 1()()
<br />percent Df th~ costs,
<br />Qwc~ytheoolfo~dMdespread
<br />support, even from former CUP oppo-
<br />nents like Sen, Bill Bradley, "About three
<br />years agD, Bill told me he'd do everything
<br />
<br />he could to kill the Cup," Garn recalled
<br />recently,
<br />However, another long-time cribr of the
<br />CUP, Rep, George Miller Df Caliromia,
<br />added his own amendments which, in
<br />Garn's opinion, killec the bill for 1990,
<br />Those amendments, auned at limibng the
<br />amount Dfland a fanner could irrigate with
<br />federally-subsidized water, prompted
<br />iien:edebateduring the 1990 gubernatorial
<br />campaign in Miller's home state,
<br />'We had nD dog in that fight," Garn
<br />said, "Nevertheless, we were held hos-
<br />tage,"
<br />When Congress reconvened in Janu-
<br />ary, the bill was remtroduced, With
<br />a';;endments attached oy Rep, Bill OrtDn
<br />tD protect irrigation interests in Wasatch
<br />CDunty, it is threading its way through
<br />the a pprovaJ process, Both Garn and
<br />Owensareoptimisticit will pass, perhaps
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<br />bv the end ot the summer. assuminc
<br />Miller's amendments draw less fire tru,;,
<br />they did a vear ago,
<br />That optimism doesn't mean everv-
<br />bodv loves the legislation, In fact, mam'
<br />of its advocates can point to elements
<br />thev don't like, However, fDr perhaps the
<br />first time m the hlStorv Df the CUP, Utah's
<br />politicians, fanners, environmentalists,
<br />and urban mterests appear tD be on the
<br />same side of the issue.
<br />
<br />REMOVING THE BUREAU'S 4UTHORITY
<br />Among the most unusuo' of the bill' 5
<br />provisions IS a stipulation to strip the Bu-
<br />reau of its authority to complete the project,
<br />"I'm not aware of any instance where
<br />local sponsors have assumed responsibil-
<br />itv tD complete a project of this SIZe. " said
<br />Osann Df the NWF. "It reflectS years of
<br />frustration, within the (congressionall
<br />delegation and the District. over the way
<br />the Bureau has managed the project,"
<br />Even the House Interior CDmmittee
<br />was sharply critical of the Bureau:
<br />"The Bureau's history of mismanage-
<br />ment, cost overruns and runaway assod-
<br />ated with this projeCt has caused delavs
<br />in the project's completion and added the
<br />the costs borne by the federal govern-
<br />ment and those project beneficiaries whD
<br />have the responsiooity to repay these
<br />costs," the committee said in its expianil-
<br />tion of the Garn-owens bill, "Although
<br />some of these management problems
<br />have been corrected in recent vears. the
<br />committee remains persuaded that the
<br />project can be completed sooner and iD'
<br />less cost if construction management IS
<br />assumed bv the District"
<br />Fair criticism? Administrators In the
<br />Bureau's Upper Colorado Region aliKe
<br />in Salt Lake City argue that they often are
<br />victims of circumstances thev cannot CDn-
<br />troL An example: In 1985 the Bureau was
<br />forced to withhold monev from CUP con-
<br />struction ~til a local election authorized
<br />a new repavrnent contract, Therefore,
<br />cDnstruction expenditures dropped. but
<br />administrative costs staved steady,
<br />"So our overhead (in'1985) wa.sa fairlv
<br />high percentage of our actual expendi-
<br />tures," said Lee j. McQuivey. who later
<br />would become assistant projects man-
<br />ager, 'This raised some concerns on the
<br />part of the congressional delegation,"
<br />Being a federal agency also means the
<br />Bureau cannDt respond quicklv to chang-
<br />ing conditiDns, argued RegiDnal Director
<br />Roland G. Robison, who inherited the
<br />CUP maelstrom from his predecessor in
<br />July 1989. In private business. if times are
<br />slow vou can lay people off, he said, '11
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