[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 29095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13403]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[RC0ZCUPCA0, 177R0680R1, RR.17549897.2017000.01]
Office of the Assistant Secretary--Water and Science; Notice of
Termination of a Lease of Power Privilege Process for the Spanish Fork
Flow Control Structure of the Central Utah Project
AGENCY: Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior is announcing the termination
of a lease of power privilege process for the Spanish Fork Flow Control
Structure of the Central Utah Project located in Utah County, Utah.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information related to this
Federal Register Notice may be obtained by contacting Mr. Lee Baxter,
Program Coordinator, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office,
Department of the Interior, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606;
(801) 379-1174; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The process for non-Federal development of
hydroelectric power at the Spanish Fork Flow Control Structure was
established through a Federal Register Notice (Notice) published May
11, 2011. The Notice announced the Department of the Interior's intent
to consider proposals for non-Federal development of hydroelectric
power at the Spanish Fork Flow Control Structure of the Central Utah
Project. The Notice presented background information, proposal content
guidelines, information concerning the selection of a non-Federal
entity to develop hydroelectric power at the Spanish Fork River Flow
Control Structure, and power purchasing and/or marketing
considerations. The Notice also established the deadline for a
potential lessee to enter into a lease with the United States as 5
years after notification of the selection of a potential lessee.
On October 13, 2011, a joint proposal from the Central Utah Water
Conservancy District, Strawberry Water Users Association, and the South
Valley Electric Service District was received in response to the
Notice. The joint proposal was reviewed by an evaluation team comprised
of specialists from the Bureau of Reclamation, Western Area Power
Administration, and the Bonneville Power Administration.
Based upon the recommendation from the evaluation team, the joint
proposal was selected by the Department of the Interior as the
potential lessee for non-Federal power development at the Spanish Fork
Flow Control Structure. The joint applicants were notified of this
decision by correspondence dated March 9, 2012, and were given a
deadline of March 9, 2017, to enter into a lease with the United
States.
The deadline for entering into a lease has now passed and a lease
was not negotiated and executed with the Department of the Interior. As
a result, the Department of the Interior has rescinded the selection of
Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Strawberry Water Users
Association, and the South Valley Electric Service District as the
successful potential joint lessee and has terminated this lease of
power privilege process for the Spanish Fork Flow Control Structure.
Future non-Federal development of hydroelectric power at the
Spanish Fork Flow Control Structure would be considered upon request
from interested parties. However, no formal request for proposals is
being made by the Department of the Interior at this time.
Dated: June 21, 2017.
Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2017-13403 Filed 6-26-17; 8:45 am]
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