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<br />SUMMARY (Continued) <br /> <br />i;)~ <br /> <br />intercepted flow8 would have no 8ignificant impact on the total 8Y8tems, <br />but 80me farmer8 in i801ated instances may be affected. Salt loading to <br />the Colorado River 8ystem would be reduced by 21,000 to 30,000 tons per <br />year, and the 8alinity at Imperial Dam would be reduced by a mean annual <br />range of about 1.9 to 2.7 mg/L. <br /> <br />Social and economic condition8 <br /> <br />Under the no-action alternative, the population of Duchesne County <br />between 1980 and 2000 is projected by the St8te of Utah to increase from <br />12,600 to 18,300, employment i8 projected to increase by an average of <br />1. 9 percent annually, and per capita income is projected to increase <br />from $7,330 to $10,643. The 8tudent enrollment in the Duche8ne School <br />Di8trict was expected to increa8e by 1,582 between 1980 and 1985, but <br />the increase between 1985 and 2000 i8 projected to be only 156. Medical <br />per80nnel and facilities are expected to remain eS8entially con8tant <br />from 1985 through 2000. Housing units are projected to increase only <br />slightly between 1985 and 2000--from 5,229 to 5,380 unit8. Without the <br />project, 8mall reductions in farm acreage would probably occur as a <br />re8ult of other future development8. <br /> <br />The recommended plan would induce an additional population of 81 <br />person8 in Duchesne County during the peak con8truction year8. Most of <br />these people would probably reside in Ro08evelt, Duche8ne, and My ton. <br />The project would provide 70 jobs during the peak years of construction. <br />The worker8 would probably leave the county 8fter completion of the proj- <br />ect. About $5,491,000 would be paid for project on8ite worker salarie8 <br />over an 8-year construction period. In 1995, projected per capita in- <br />come i8 $9,764 without the project and $9,791 with the project. Recla- <br />mation projects an increase of 25 school-age children during the 2 peak <br />year8 of con8truction. Since the additional population resulting from <br />project construction i8 le88 than 1 percent of the total for the county, <br />the project would probably not have any significant impact on medical <br />8ervice8, tran8portation, communication, or utilitie8. The small addi- <br />tional population would require an e8timated 37 housing unit8 during the <br />peak year8 of con8truction. The major impact of the recommended plan on <br />agriculture would be an increased water supply of about 4,600 acre-feet <br />to meet late 8ea80n irrigation shortages. Thi8 would 81ightly improve <br />agricultural production and income for the local farmer8. Canal lining <br />would have minor impacts on livestock mortality, on amount8 of grazing <br />land available, on amounts of flows intercepted by lower canals, on OM&R <br />expense8, and on winter water conveyance. The recommended plan would <br />have no significant impact on salt loading from on-farm source8, and <br />irrigation practice8 would remain e88entially the 8ame. <br /> <br />Cultural resource8 <br /> <br />Under the no-action alternative, the cana18 would continue to be <br />affected by general maintenance activitie8, but this i8 not con8idered <br />an adverse impact on cultural resource8. In con8ultation with the Utah <br />State Hi8toric Preservation Officer and the Advi80ry Council on Hi8toric <br />Preservation, Reclamation has concluded that the recommended plan would <br /> <br />S-12 <br /> <br />00(,4 <br /> <br />,.. <br />I <br />