110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 512
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility
of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to provide
additional water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for
which that project was authorized.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 7, 2007
Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility
of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to provide
additional water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for
which that project was authorized.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Arthur V. Watkins Dam is a feature of the Weber Basin Project, which
was authorized by law on August 29, 1949.
(2) Increasing the height of Arthur V. Watkins Dam and construction of
pertinent facilities may provide additional storage capacity for the development
of additional water supply for the Weber Basin Project for uses of municipal
and industrial water supply, flood control, fish and wildlife, and recreation.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDY.
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation,
is authorized to conduct a feasibility study on raising the height of Arthur
V. Watkins Dam for the development of additional storage to meet water supply
needs within the Weber Basin Project area and the Wasatch Front. The feasibility
study shall include such environmental evaluation as required under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and a
cost allocation as required under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43
U.S.C. 485 et seq.).
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