Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Requests
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Project: Ashdown Gorge
Amount: $5,000,000
Purpose: To acquire 160 acres of private property located within the Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Area
Location: Dixie National Forest, Utah
Recipient of funds: U.S. Forest Service, Dixie National Forest
Explanation/Justification: The Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Area is located within the Dixie National Forest. Within the Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Area is two 160-acre properties owned by descendants of George Ashdown, which have been in family ownership for over 100 years, and have been historically used for grazing and timber harvesting. These Ashdown Gorge inholdings are currently divided into 20-acre parcels, and are located just 20 miles from Cedar City; however, because of their proximity to Cedar City, these properties are under considerable development pressure. Recognizing the unique importance of this property, the Forest Service has offered various parcels in exchange for the Ashdown Gorge inholdings over the last several decades. No land exchange agreement was reached, however, and the current landowners are now interested in selling the properties outright. This presents a unique opportunity to bring these properties into public ownership. In FY 2010, $5 million is being requested in the Land and Water Conservation Fund for the Forest Service to acquire the Ashdown Gorge properties as part of the Dixie National Forest.
Project: Assessing Estrogenic Compounds in Wastewater and their Effects on the Environment
Amount: $500,000
Purpose: To assess estrogenic compounds in wastewater and their effects on the environment
Location: Park City, Utah
Recipient of funds: Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation, 2800 Homestead Road, Park City, UT
Explanation/Justification: Measurable amounts of pharmaceuticals are making their way into the nation's rivers and streams. Some of these products contain endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) that researchers have determined may harm aquatic life, including trout populations.
The Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District (District) operates two wastewater treatment plants that discharge into small trout streams, which means that trout populations and downstream water users may be exposed to EDCs present in the effluent from the treatment plants. While there are no current regulatory requirements for the District to sample for or address EDC's, the District's Board of Trustees have taken a proactive position to determine if EDC's are present and how to remove them from the environment. Initial samples from both treatment plants have determined that EDC's are present in the effluents from both plants. In 2008, the District spent $125,000 to conduct fish assessment tests, and is seeking federal funds to conduct additional water sampling to determine if feminization is occurring and what the best course of action would be to remove EDC's from the effluent of the treatment plants.
Project: Bear Lake Gateway Project
Amount: $3,000,000
Purpose: To establish a conservation easement on the southern tip of Bear Lake, which encompasses multiple private landowners' property for a permanent conservation easement on culturally significant agricultural land
Location: Bear Lake, Utah
Recipient of funds: U.S. Forest Service
Explanation/Justification: The Bear Lake Gateway Project is a proposed conservation easement that will protect a unique landscape on the south end of Bear Lake from development and create novel opportunities for tourists. Big Creek, a tributary located on the southern tip of Bear Lake is surrounded by some of the last undeveloped land in the Bear Lake Valley. This project involves purchasing conservation easements from landowners adjacent to Big Creek, which is under increasing development pressure due to its uniqueness. Additionally, the picturesque shores of Big Creek are of historical significance as it is the location where numerous Native Americans gathered and camped during their annual rendezvous. Tourists will benefit through a unique arrangement with the landowners that will allow a walking path along Big Creek beginning at Rendezvous State Park extending through the easement.
Project: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Amount: $1,300,000
Purpose: To purchase 700 acres of property to be included in the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Location: Northern Utah
Recipient of funds: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Explanation/Justification: The Bear River Basin, located in northeastern Utah, southeastern Idaho and southwestern Wyoming, comprises 7,500 square miles of mountain and valley lands. Three hundred fifty miles in length, the Bear River crosses state boundaries five times and is the largest stream in the western hemisphere that does not empty into the ocean; instead it ends up in the Great Salt Lake. This landscape is unique in that it is entirely enclosed by mountains, thus forming a huge basin with no external drainage outlets. The Bear River is the largest tributary to the Great Salt Lake. Western Rivers Conservancy is currently protecting an inholding of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, a crucial component of the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem. The marshes at the mouth of the Bear River are the largest freshwater component of this ecosystem, and sixty percent of the Great Salt Lake's water comes from the Bear River. Funding will be used to acquire 700 acres from land owners to enhance and add significant value to the bird refuge.
Project: BLM Internet Oil and Gas Lease Auction Pilot Program
Amount: $2,500,000
Purpose: To continue the internet oil and gas lease pilot program within BLM and provide funding for the pilot program
Location: BLM field offices across country, including Utah
Recipient of funds: Bureau of Land Management
Explanation/Justification: In FY07, Congress granted statutory authority to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to expand its oil and gas lease activities to include a pilot program to determine the feasibility of conducting online oil and gas lease auctions. BLM has identified a private sector partner to help develop this capability and has made significant progress in developing the framework and the computer infrastructure to begin this pilot program. With the technological challenges resolved, BLM is now in the position to begin conducting lease sales using this technology. These funds will be used to conduct up to ten BLM lease sales in targeted BLM pilot field offices.
Project: Bonneville Shoreline Trail - North Ogden
Amount: $1,500,000
Purpose: To acquire 150-acre property along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in North Ogden in Weber County
Location: Weber County, Utah
Recipient of funds: Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah
Explanation/Justification: The Bonneville Shoreline Trail was initiated in 1990 to create, protect, and expand a trail corridor along the prehistoric shoreline of Lake Bonneville and along the foothills of the Wasatch mountains from Ogden to Provo. This partnership has been so successful that the communities in Cache and Box Elder counties have worked to extend the trail north. The 150-acre North Ogden property is a high priority for protection by the U.S. Forest Service and serves as important habitat for deer and elk and as an important buffer for fire protection for the rapidly developing area along the Wasatch Front. The property also provides watershed protection for neighboring areas in addition to key recreational resources.
The North Ogden program is a partnership effort to provide a new stretch of the BST along the northern boundaries of North Ogden and Pleasant View within the boundaries of the national forest. In 2005, a five-mile stretch of the BST along North Ogden and Pleasant View was secured through a trail easement along an existing utility corridor granted to the nonprofit Weber Pathways. The property available for protection this year is critical to the North Ogden program because it will bring Forest Service ownership to this stretch of the BST and add critical trail access to the citizens in this area of the state. Protection of this property will also protect beautiful views of the foothills of the Wasatch Front and Ben Lomond Peak, one of Weber County's most important landmarks, while conserving important wildlife habitat and winter range along this rapid growth area.
Project: Bonneville Shoreline Trail System
Amount: $500,000
Purpose: To make trail improvements along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Location: Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah
Recipient of funds: Wasatch - Cache National Forest, U.S. Forest Service
Explanation/Justification: The Bonneville Shoreline Trail in the vicinity of Ogden is used extensively. There is a very large, interlacing trail system on Forest Service lands that requires stabilization, improvements and maintenance. While the district office of the Forest Service has identified these projects in consultation with local communities, it lacks the necessary funding to carry out the work. Funds will be used for construction, maintenance, rehabilitation of trail systems on Forest Service lands that connect into the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in the vicinity of Ogden. Funding will be used to maintain and improve public land owned by the Forest Service. Funding will permit the Forest Service to take care of this resource so that it remains available for the enjoyment and use of the public.
Project: Crossroads of the West Historic District
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: To continue to implement the Secretary of the Interior's previously approved management plan to preserve and interpret the national heritage in this district.
Location: Ogden, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Ogden, Utah
Explanation/Justification: Congress designated the Crossroads of the West in section 302 of P.L. 106-577 to preserve and enhance the historic character of the properties around Union Station in Ogden. A management plan was developed and approved by the Secretary of the Interior to be a guiding tool to the improvements necessary to stimulate public understanding of the history of this District, as it played an important role in connecting the nation. The plan also helps to stimulate private sector investment that would not only preserve the buildings which tell the story of the district but also invest in the area's future. Funds received to date have successfully leveraged private money to rehabilitate historic structures, signage, elementary school curriculum, rail displays at Union Station, and other projects.
Project: Dry Lakes Ranch
Amount: Support the President's request
Purpose: To secure a conservation easement on the Dry Lakes Ranch
Location: Iron County, Utah
Recipient of funds: U.S. Forest Service
Explanation/Justification: Dry Lakes Ranch is adjacent to the Brian Head Scenic Byway, which provides direct access through the dramatic Parowan Canyon to the Dixie National Forest, Ashdown Gorge Wilderness, and Cedar Breaks National Monument. Dry Lakes Ranch has abundant water resources on and near the property. There are 40 springs and numerous small lakes, as well as Dry Lake Creek, which crosses the property, and Braffits Creek, which is adjacent to the property on the east side. Several wetlands on the ranch provide valuable riparian habitat that helps maintain and improve the water quality in the watershed. Conserving the ranch will also protect critical water supplies for Parowan City, which uses a spring downstream from Dry Lakes Ranch to provide culinary water for its residents. These abundant water resources on the property were very important to the survival of four prehistoric cultures including the Fremont and Paiute. Arrowheads from these tribes are still found on the ranch today. Due to its location only 30 minutes from Cedar City, three hours from Las Vegas, and less than one hour from Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks, the property is highly attractive for development. Demand for second homes and recreation in the area has resulted in the conversion of nearby private properties into subdivisions with over 14,000 lots subdivided within a 20-mile radius of the ranch. The landowners of the property have a strong desire to keep the entire ranch in its pristine condition to protect the forest, wildlife habitat, water resources, and quality of life. Funding will secure a conservation easement on the 1,862-acre Dry Lakes Ranch.
Project: Fisher Mansion Restoration Project
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: To restore the historically significant Albert Fisher Mansion
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Salt Lake City, Utah
Explanation/Justification: The Albert Fisher Mansion was built in 1893 for Albert Fisher, president of the Fisher Brewing Company. The two-story, twelve-room house was designed by Richard Kletting and was built at an estimated cost of $13,000. The Albert Fisher Mansion is architecturally significant as an excellent example of victorian eclectic style and as one of the relatively few residential designs by Richard K.A. Kletting. Kletting was one of Utah's most prominent architects and is best known for his design of the Utah State Capitol Building (1916). The Fisher Mansion exhibits the large scale and victorian detailing common to the victorian eclectic style, but also incorporates into its design some unusual features such as a box-like shape, stamped metal frieze foliation, and a Queen Anne-inspired wraparound porch with Eastlake and Romanesque appointments, which combine to create a distinctively unique example of the style. The two-story brick carriage house located behind the mansion is also significant, reflecting the massing and styling of the house. The Fisher Mansion is listed on the State Register as a Utah Historic Site.
Project: Fuels for Schools/Renewable Biomass Energy program
Amount: $200,000
Purpose: For planning, development, and implementation of the Fuels for Schools pilot project in Utah
Location: Utah
Recipient of funds: Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, Salt Lake City, Utah
Explanation/Justification: Fuels for Schools is a program whereby underutilized small diameter wood is converted to chips and used to heat schools and other public buildings. This program originated after the devastating forest fires in 2000 threatened and destroyed properties in the West. These fires were fueled by the hazardous fuel on the forest floors and aging, diseased trees. After these fires, the federal government initiated the National Fire Plan, to minimize future costly disasters by developing programs to: 1) remove fuel from the forest; 2) promote innovative ideas on how to use the small diameter wood, 3) promote the reduction of wildland fires to communities and 4) promote a community-based approach to wildland fire management. This National Fire Plan was the impetus to establish the Fuels for Schools program as a means to utilize hazardous fuel that is removed. The Fuels for Schools program is a federal government program designed to reduce the amount of fuel on forest floors that lead to devastating fires and to provide a reliable source of energy to rural schools.
Project: Historical Structures Preservation
Amount: $235,000
Purpose: To purchase, renovate, and repair properties in Herriman City identified as having historical significance in order to preserve the city's historical identity.
Location: Herriman, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Herriman, Utah
Explanation/Justification: The federal Save America's Treasures program is one of the largest and most successful grant programs for the protection of our nation's endangered and irreplaceable cultural heritage. Funds are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts, and historic structures and sites. Preserving the historical buildings in Herriman City is important to all city residents, as these buildings preserve and protect the city's history and identity. The Herriman Historical Committee has identified some of the historical buildings and properties with historical significance in the history of Herriman. The objective of Herriman City and the Historical Committee is to secure these properties as funding permits and restore them to their historical condition. The overall goal is to collect and preserve the history of Herriman and maintain its historical identity. The city seeks resources for the acquisition of these properties and funding for the restoration.
Project: Intermountain Region Digital Image Archive Center
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: To develop interactive, Internet based data and science results delivery systems to assist researchers and land managers to better understand landscape processes.
Location: Logan, Utah
Recipient of funds: Utah State University
Explanation/Justification: State and Federal land management agencies are in need of remote sensing and GIS technology, data, and information in order to make better informed decisions. The primary problem is the current technical and knowledge capability of federal and state land managers. Most managers are not trained to process remotely sensed imagery. Further, they do not have the on-desk capability of accessing geospatial data. This effort will attempt to bridge that gap and provide federal and state managers with easy to access Internet-based resources to quickly assess landscape condition and impacts. Further, more research is needed to develop these tools. The purpose of expanding graduate research opportunities is to capitalize on the resources of various research organizations to develop these tools, capabilities, and landscape level information content to assist in natural resource management. This funding will be used to maintain and expand current Internet based data and information content and to develop Internet based interactive data analysis tools. New funding will be leveraged with existing funding from other faculty to provide expanded research opportunities for graduate students at Utah State University and possibly the University of Utah and other institutions conducting remote sensing and GIS research. Funding acquired by other faculty to support graduate research will be matched to provide additional support.
Project: Lake Mountain Trail Preservation Project
Amount: $250,000
Purpose: To preserve and protect the natural habitat and environment of the animals and vegetation within the project area.
Location: Eagle Mountain, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Eagle Mountain, Utah
Explanation/Justification: The Lake Mountain Trail Preservation Project is a joint-venture by Eagle Mountain City and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The foremost purpose of this project is to preserve and protect the natural habitat and environment wildlife and vegetation within the project area, while creating public accessibility and awareness for the environment. Several species native to the project area are federally listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. They include the Bald Eagle (threatened), Canada Lynx (threatened), Ute Ladies-Tresses (threatened), Deseret Milkvetch (threatened), and the June Sucker (endangered). The City recognizes its fiscal responsibility to the project, and to date, the city has expended more than $61,000 for environmental, cultural, and wildlife studies of the proposed project area. Funds would be used in the following ways: survey and mapping of the proposed project area; trail upgrades and improvements where necessary; route designations and signage for the various trails in the trail system (i.e. pedestrian, equestrian, bike and OHV control); two trailheads constructed including monument signs, encased maps of the trail system, map pamphlet dispensers, and other informational items; and approximately 5.2 miles of improved trails.
Project: Stop It Before It Starts, Prevent Wildfires!
Amount: $250,000
Purpose: To implement a new wildfire prevention and education campaign for the state of Utah
Location: Utah
Recipient of funds: Utah Department of Natural Resources, Salt Lake City, UT
Explanation/Justification: The Utah State Interagency Prevention Committee has formulated and compiled several products and outreach endeavors which are intended to reduce the number of human caused wildfires in the state of Utah. The overall campaign message is "Stop if Before if Starts, Prevent Wildfires," with sub-topics targeting vehicles, campfires, debris burning and target shooting. Investing money now to educate the public about areas that can easily lead to wildfires will ultimately reduce the number of wildfires, protect critical watersheds, important recreational areas, and limit the amount of exposure humans have with dangerous wildfires.
Project: The Desert Garden/Virgin River Recovery Project
Amount: $4,739,820
Purpose: To establish educational facilities and a fish refugium
Location: St. George, Utah
Recipient of funds: Washington County Water Conservancy District, St. George, Utah
Explanation/Justification: This project establishes a desert garden and educational facilities, including fish refugium. This is of value to the Washington County Water Conservancy District, City of St. George, Red Cliff Desert Reserve and Virgin River Recovery Program. The Washington County Water Conservancy District (WCWCD) and the City of St. George have each implemented a water conservation plan. This plan establishes programs to help decrease water use throughout the region. Each has identified education as a key component in their water conservation plan. Through education, these agencies encourage conservation and promote responsible use of the water resources within the community. The scope of the Virgin River Recovery Program includes native fish recovery, water management, floodplain protection, restoration, and community outreach. The program is a collaborative effort between local, state, and federal partners to balance human interests and native fish needs along the Virgin River Basin. Red Cliffs Desert Reserve is the result of the Washington County Habitat Conservation Plan. This plan was developed to protect species in the county listed under the Endangered Species Act. The project will have a three-fold purpose. First, the center will offer education on water efficiency through alternative landscapes. Second, the project will support recovery of the federally-listed woundfin minnow and will provide a refugium where the fish can be placed. Lastly, the project will be a gateway into the reserve for responsible recreational use of the reserve trail system by providing a point of contact for information dispersal to visitors and users of the area. These trails will educate users on the endangered and threatened species in Washington County.
Project: Timpanogos Interagency Facility
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: To build a joint facility to be used by the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service
Location: American Fork, Utah
Recipient of funds: National Park Service
Explanation/Justification: The visitor center at the Timpanogos Cave National Monument located in American Fork Canyon was destroyed by fire in 1992. A temporary trailer has served as the visitor center since 1992. Shortly after the fire, a new general management plan for the National Monument was completed. The GMP recommends moving the visitor center function from inside the canyon to a location outside the canyon but within the vicinity of the mouth of the canyon. The relocation of the visitor center services is necessary for public safety concerns. Public Law 107-329 authorized the forest service to acquire land near the entrance to American Fork Canyon on which to build a facility to serve as a joint facility for the National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The law authorizes the NPS to fund and build this structure. USFS has acquired the land and has committed $1.5 million of stimulus funds towards the project, and it is now up to the National Park Service to provide its portion of the funding.
Project: Undergraduate Ecological Field Studies
Amount: $200,000
Purpose: To establish an undergraduate ecological field studies in the Pine Valley Mountains in Utah
Location: St. George, Utah
Recipient of funds: Dixie State College, St. George, Utah
Explanation/Justification: Increasing human pressures on ecosystems are contributing to the decline of diverse and ecologically sustainable habitats. Ecological sciences are being used more frequently as a means to understand and counteract threats to biodiversity and essential ecosystem services. The proposed project is aimed at giving college level students the opportunity to participate in field ecological research, in collaboration with experienced scientists, which will help prepare them for the real world challenges ahead. Dixie State College of Utah is ideally located for field based undergraduate training and research. Three major desert ecosystems are locally represented (the Mojave, Great Basin, and Colorado Plateau deserts), all of which can be accessed with less than an hour's drive. The Pine Valley Mountains contain elements of all three systems and as a result it is of special ecological interest. Dixie State College, in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service, would like to use parts of this area for the ecological training of its fast-growing body of undergraduate biology students (currently around 150 students are majoring in biology). The project will focus on key aims, including: 1) Basic undergraduate training in ecological research and data collection; 2) More advanced student training (via independent research projects) will include the design of field sampling strategies to achieve specific research goals, summer-term field work and laboratory analyses of samples, and data analysis using appropriate statistical methods and GIS tools. Funding will be used to purchase scientific data collection equipment and other basic equipment.
Project: The University of Utah/Utah Museum of Natural History
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: To complete design and construction of the new Utah Museum of Natural History
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Recipient of funds: University of Utah, Utah
Explanation/Justification: Funds will be used to meet the 25 percent federal matching requirement outlined in P.L. 107-329, Title II, The Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act. The museum provides both on-sight and off-sight education opportunities for children across the state while preserving the rich heritage and natural history of the state of Utah. All communities across the state will benefit from the educational opportunities that will be provided by the museum. The federal matching funds will provide the necessary capital for the completion of the museum. Operation and maintenance funds will be made available from federal and state resources. The national significance of this project is the preservation of the numerous historical artifacts, both natural and American heritage, which will be housed in the museum. The major measurable outcome of this project will be the completion of the construction of the museum itself and the new facilities which will become the federal repository of natural history artifacts found on all the public lands in the state of Utah.
Project: Utah Rural Cadastral Data Program
Amount: $300,000
Purpose: To support rural government efforts to locate public land survey control corners and enable digital land ownership parcel mapping activities.
Location: Utah
Recipient of funds: Utah Department of Technology Services, Salt Lake City, Utah
Explanation/Justification: In a Geographic Information Systems, cadastral information is mapped data utilizing accurate survey control corners to establish property lines as a reference system for extent, ownership, and value of real property. Cadastral information is critical in the west where there is a complex pattern of public and private ownership and land use and management issues, conflicting interests, and balancing economies face citizens and elected officials every day. Survey control corners and digital parcel maps are the base for many other types of state and local information, and are essential to support economic development, land conservation, energy development, public safety, land management and decision making. The request of $300,000 per year to the Automated Geographic Reference Center will continue the Utah Rural Government Geographic Information Systems Assistance Program that is currently focusing on creation and integration of cadastral information. All funds are passed through AGRC to rural counties involved in this program. The program objectives are: 1) train rural governments in standards and procedures related to cadastral data; 2) create cadastral data for counties and the State; 3) assist rural governments in developing their capacity to implement Geographic Information Systems; and 4) to develop an infrastructure to inform the public and provide better information for decision-makers.
Project: Washington County Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Management Plan
Amount: $500,000
Purpose: To begin preparation of the Washington County Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Management Plan
Location: Washington County, Utah
Recipient of funds: Bureau of Land Management
Explanation/Justification: The Bureau of Land Management completed Washington County's resource management plan (RMP) in the mid-1990s that gave guidance to a recreational travel plan. However, this travel plan has never been completed. Washington County is one of the fastest growing counties in the nation, and its metropolitan areas are surrounded by heavily used public lands. This growth has brought with it outdoor recreationists and off-highway vehicle users (OHV) that enjoy the scenic trails and paths that Washington County has to offer. Without an over-arching travel management plan and funding to implement that plan, degradation of precious public resources and land have resulted. The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 authorized the Washington County Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Management Plan, and required its preparation within three years of the passage of the legislation. This request will fund the initial planning and implementation of the travel management plan.
STAG GRANT REQUESTS
Project: Brigham City State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $839,850
Purpose: To improve Brigham City's drinking water infrastructure
Location: Brigham City, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Brigham City, Utah
Explanation/Justification: In seeking to improve the culinary water system on Brigham's west side, the city has identified several areas of improvement that have the highest priority. Successful completion of this project will enhance the city's water resources for safety purposes, as well as improve the overall culinary water supply system. The Brigham City Waterline Improvements Project is comprised of two separate components: 1) 1200 West from 600 North: this aspect of the project provides a looped water system that will increase both the water volumes and pressures for the business and industrial customers in the northwest quadrant of the city's culinary water supply system; 2) 1200 West from 600 South to Forest: this component of the project provides the redundancy needed to provide water and fire protection in the southwest quadrant as well as the culinary demand that will be placed on the city's water supply due to the future development of a large, commercial enterprise in the northwest section of the city's limits. Brigham City is requesting $839,850 to begin construction activities and installation of these various waterline improvements. The total cost of these improvements is $1,527,000, and EPA STAG awards require a 45 percent local share of the cost. In this case, the remaining $687,150 required to complete the project would be provided by Brigham City redevelopment funds.
Project: City of South Jordan State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: For drinking water system improvements
Location: South Jordan, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of South Jordan, Utah
Explanation/Justification: South Jordan's population in 2000 was 29,437. Since then, the population has exceeded 50,000 and is expected to grow to more than 102,000 by 2030, according to the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. As a result, South Jordan's water system presently suffers from inadequate storage capacity to accommodate existing demands. As part of the city's master water plan, the addition of a drinking water storage tank and associated transmission lines would allow the city to remedy this situation, while also providing a secondary benefit of enhanced fire protection for the city's residents. Additional storage will also allow the city's system to operate more efficiently.
Project: Clearfield State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $1,595,000
Purpose: To upgrade and improve Clearfield's 50-year-old wastewater infrastructure
Location: Clearfield, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Clearfield, Utah
Explanation/Justification: During 1960-62, the Jamarl Acres subdivision was developed with 350 single-family dwellings. The original infrastructure for the subdivision has not been replaced or upgraded, and as a result, the ability to supply the necessary fire protection safeguards is below national standards. The sanitary sewer lines serving as collector lines for the subdivision are also undersized, requiring the sewer lines to receive maintenance cleaning twice a year. Currently this subdivision area has no piped storm drainage system and some properties experience continual flooding with only moderate rain storms. Funding would be used to upgrade all these systems to meet required standards.
Project: Draper City State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $4,000,000
Purpose: To begin construction and development of basic water infrastructure
Location: Draper, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Draper, Utah
Explanation/Justification: Draper City currently has no water resources and purchases 100 percent of its water from Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District. The proposed project will purchase water rights and three wells and transport the water into Draper City. This project includes three culinary water wells, three pump stations, one booster pump station, 15,000 lineal feet of transmission piping, property acquisition and water rights.
Project: Draper City State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $2,000,000
Purpose: To construct a storage tank to improve capacity and basic water infrastructure
Location: Draper, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Draper, Utah
Explanation/Justification: This project will allow Draper City to construct a 2.3 million gallon reinforced concrete culinary reservoir to protect fire flow and water storage capacity for South Mountain. The project will create 75 jobs for the community.
Project: Eagle Mountain City State and Tribal Assistance Grant
Amount: $2,000,000
Purpose: To connect to the CUP terminal water reservoir located in Saratoga Springs
Location: Eagle Mountain City, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Eagle Mountain, Utah
Explanation/Justification: Eagle Mountain City is in the process of purchasing the right to use up to 10,000 acre feet of water from the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. This line will provide a connection to a point on the system to be installed by Central Utah, and allow the city to have access to this water. Costs for this project include a 21 inch ductile iron water line to be installed from the point of connection to a reservoir location within the city. Costs also include the construction of a five million gallon reservoir within the city, and a booster station to pressurize this water to accommodate the city's pressure zone. Funding will be used to conduct a preliminary design for the projects and an environmental study. Eagle Mountain City is located predominantly within the Cedar Valley area with no surface water. The Utah State Engineer currently has a moratorium issued for water rights within the Cedar Valley, and as such, growth cannot continue without additional sources of water being identified. This water line project will allow the city to purchase and use water rights owned by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, so that the district can use water rights they own outside of the valley to deliver water to our system, which is in turn delivered to the residents (taxpayers).
Project: City of Tooele State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
Amount: $850,000
Purpose: To enhance the city's water infrastructure by using funds to construct a water holding reservoir
Location: Tooele, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Tooele, Utah
Explanation/Justification: This project involves the construction of a 1 million gallon water reservoir, with the piping necessary to connect to the city's culinary system. This project is necessary to allow continued growth within the city. That growth not only includes residential but also commercial and industrial growth. The reservoir is needed to meet water system demands and to comply with new state regulations. Without this reservoir the city will be forced to limit its growth. The project can be completed within 9-12 months after receiving federal funding.
Project: Clearfield City State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $3,500,000
Purpose: To build a new three million gallon water tank and transmission line to help accommodate HAFB/Falcon Hill development and to improve Clearfield's overall water system for improved fire flows and pressure
Location: Clearfield, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Clearfield, Utah
Explanation/Justification: In November 2006, Clearfield City completed its water system capital improvement plan. The largest capital improvement project in that plan is a two million gallon water tank that was estimated to cost $4,900,000 for the tank and associated transmission line. The tank is needed for increased storage for general municipal use, improved fire flows and storage for emergencies and overall increased pressure. The water tank improvement was slated for funding and construction by 2012. However, the new Falcon Hill EUL development project on HAFB's west side has requested culinary water service from Clearfield City to begin sooner. This project is anticipated to provide an additional 8 million square feet of office development along with supportive retail establishments. This will have a large impact on Clearfield's water system. We still need our new tank, but now we need a larger tank (three million gallons as opposed to two million) sooner than expected due to Falcon Hill's request (2010 as opposed to 2012). Without this new tank, Clearfield City will not be able to provide the culinary water service requested by HAFB and the Falcon Hill developers and may impact the development's overall strategy and cost.
Project: City of Holladay State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
Amount: $646,470
Purpose: To address storm drainage and flood control problems in the watershed areas of Holladay City by installing piping systems and drain pipes to reduce flooding associated with storm runoff.
Location: Holladay, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Holladay, Utah
Explanation/Justification: When the Holladay incorporated in 1999, it inherited many serious roadway, storm drainage, and other infrastructure problems. The city's recent storm drainage master plan identified nearly $8 million in needed storm drainage improvements. The primary purpose of this project is water quality protection. Successful remediation of each of the problem areas would help the city of Holladay to achieve compliance with the mandates of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the federal Clean Water Act. Additional benefits of the project are storm drainage/flood control and watershed protection. This project would allow the city of Holladay to drain a low-lying, flood-prone area in the vicinity of Hillsden and Haven Lanes. It would also help the city achieve the goal of separating irrigation facilities from storm drain facilities and would enhance the protection of Utah residents and businesses from the adverse effects of storm water discharges from older drainage systems and flooding.
Project: City of Lindon State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: To provide needed maintenance and protection to regionally significant storm and irrigation water channels
Location: Utah County, Utah
Recipient of funds: Lindon, Utah
Explanation/Justification: Lindon Hollow Creek is a perennial waterway that carries storm water discharges and irrigation water from multiple communities within Utah County. The cities of Lindon and Orem determined that the wetlands surrounding the creek provide a regionally significant storm water pre-treatment area before the storm and irrigation water enters into Utah Lake. In Fall 2008, pending development threatened the creek and associated wetlands, prompting the cities of Lindon and Orem to purchase nearly 14 acres of the wetlands for preservation as a storm water detention and management area. The cities of Lindon, Orem, Vineyard, and Pleasant Grove are now entering into interlocal agreements to perform needed improvements along the creek channel necessary to maintain flows and to protect this waterway from encroaching development. As part of the purchase agreements with the seller of the wetlands, a portion of the creek is required to be relocated off of the seller's property by October 2010, thus necessitating immediate action by the cities involved. Due to the recent purchase to preserve the wetlands, the city of Lindon is in need of new funding to facilitate completion of the channel improvements by the October 2010 deadline required as part of our purchase agreement.
Project: Park City State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
Amount: $1,500,000
Purpose: For system wide improvement to meet federally mandated water quality requirement
Location: Park City, Utah
Recipient of funds: Park City, Utah
Explanation/Justification: Park City's Water System must now comply with federally mandated clean water regulations which have become very onerous on the community. The demand for water has significantly increased in the last 25 years because of significant population and commercial growth. Transmission and distribution waterlines built 30 years ago were not planned to accommodate this additional level of water demand. These projects will construct new larger diameter waterlines to meet current and future requirements. Funding for this project will accomplish three things: 1) Spiro Treatment Plant to Boothill Reservoir --construct 3000 feet of 16-inch water transmission pipeline to replace an existing 12-inch pipe, rehabilitate the existing 12-inch waterline and connect to an existing well water supply at the reservoir to provide blending water to Spiro to meet antimony drinking water standards; 2) Boothill Reservoir to Chatham Pump Station --Construct 3500 feet of new 16-inch transmission pipeline to add capacity to the existing pump station and improve fire flows in the area; 3) replace undersized distribution-- five projects to upsize 6-inch water lines to 8-inch water lines to comply with current Utah Division of Drinking Water Standards and current fire flow requirements.
Project: Provo State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $1,094,500
Purpose: To construct a sewer system for the undeveloped area east of Provo Airport, which would enhance the environment of the area and develop sustainable infrastructure
Location: Provo, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Provo, Utah
Explanation/Justification: The Provo Westside Wastewater Infrastructure Development project would construct and provide sanitary sewer infrastructure to an undeveloped area east of the Provo Municipal Airport. As this area becomes home to commercial and residential development, the need for a reliable sewer system is readily apparent. This project will eliminate the need for two private sewer lift stations and one public sewer lift station in the region. Sewer lift stations are maintenance intensive, expensive to operate, and pose a significant risk of unwelcome sewage backups in the event of failure. Eliminating lift stations also reduces maintenance and operation costs and lowers the risk of a costly sewage backup. And because the public lift station exclusively services the Utah Lake State Park, the general public would also benefit.
Project: South Salt Lake City State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $1,100,000
Purpose: To improve basic water infrastructure
Location: South Salt Lake City, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of South Salt Lake City
Explanation/Justification: The South Salt Lake Waterline Replacement Project will replace approximately 16,000 linear feet of existing 4-inch water mains with 8 and 10-inch ductile iron waterlines to meet current State fire suppression codes.
Project: Spanish Fork State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: For wastewater infrastructure improvements
Location: Spanish Fork, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Spanish Fork, Utah
Explanation/Justification: This project will rehabilitate the clay tile sewer mains in the central part of Spanish Fork. These clay pipes were put into the ground over 80 years ago and are now experiencing infiltration, significantly reducing the capacity of the city's sewer and wastewater treatment plants. The city budgets about $1.35 million a year to replace the water line, but even at that rate, it will take 12-13 years to finish the replacement project. Federal funding would allow the city to accelerate its ability to replace the deteriorating pipes, minimizing the disruption and additional costs that results from frequently tearing up streets to replace the water mains.
Project: Syracuse City Drinking Water Upgrades
Amount: $910,000
Purpose: To improve drinking water infrastructure in Syracuse
Location: Syracuse City, Utah
Recipient of funds: Syracuse
Explanation/Justification: The city is in need of security & monitoring features/upgrades at our culinary water pump house and pressure tank at the Freeport center. This is the beginning of the city's culinary water storage capability and system design. Currently the site has minimal security if at all. The site is protected only by an old chain-link fence. The city needs to install and upgrade the site for access management and monitoring of water levels. This project would construct and install new fencing, access control, monitoring equipment, video surveillance, equipment storage building, and minor construction work for a new water overflow structure. The final portion of this project is to construct approximately 1.5 miles of 14 inch secondary water line from Jensen Nature Park to the six way roundabout along Bluff Road. This pipe line would carry water from the Jensen Nature Park secondary water storage reservoir to the north west area of the city. The proposed project would allow for increased conservation of culinary water and the reuse of captured land drain water as identified by the Bureau of Reclamation's and the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District's missions.
Project: City of Taylorsville State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $850,000
Purpose: For capital improvements for storm water infrastructure
Location: Taylorsville, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Taylorsville, Utah
Explanation/Justification: The vast majority of storm water infrastructure within the city of Taylorsville has surpassed its intended life expectancy, and is experiencing eroding and collapsing pipes. Additionally, the system is undersized for Taylorsville's current needs. At present, Taylorsville has co-permitted with Salt Lake County with the goal of fulfilling the federal clean water requirements. This program aims to address the quality of storm water before it is discharged to natural conveyance systems (in this case, the Jordan River). In anticipation of a large number of maintenance, upgrades, and water quality requirements needed for the overall system, the city has developed a storm water utility fee assessed to residents and businesses. The requested funding would be used to assist the city of Taylorsville in complying with federal and state water quality requirements, addressing infrastructure problems before they become safety concerns, and maintaining a storm water system that has already passed its life expectancy.
Project: City of Logan State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $1,200,000
Purpose: For reconstruction of water transmission lines to accommodate for undersized flow for fire and public safety needs
Location: Logan, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Logan, Utah
Explanation/Justification: Several areas in Logan have many undersized water transmission pipelines and cannot meet the demands for fire flows. Several blocks of water line around this area would be replaced with larger pipe to mitigate the fire protection limitations. Funding would be allocated for construction of these improvements, greatly enhancing the safety of the residents of Logan.
Project: Weber County State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: To enhance water infrastructure in Weber County
Location: Weber County, Utah
Recipient of funds: Weber County, Utah
Explanation/Justification: Weber County has existing stormwater management problems that have grown along with the development and the associated impermeable surfaces. A large portion of the development is taking place east of the I-15 corridor creating a significant stormwater runoff problem for areas west of that corridor. In recent years the Farr West City area in particular has suffered significant damage as a result of insufficient capacity to retain, contain, or channel the flows resulting from rain storms or snow melt. Smaller communities such as Farr West, Hooper, Roy, West Haven, and others do not have the financial capacity to deal with these issues. Therefore, Weber County is taking the lead on attempting to resolve these problems that fail to recognize local political or jurisdictional boundaries. A regional approach is the only way to successfully address this issue. Federal funds would be allocated to the most critical storm water control problems by providing new and enhanced detention basins, improved canal development and maintenance, and culvert replacements to better handle the capacity problems.
Project: City Logan State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG)
Amount: $2,000,000
Purpose: To improve wastewater infrastructure in Logan
Location: Logan, Utah
Recipient of funds: City of Logan, Utah
Explanation/Justification: The project will entail the installation of new discharge pipeline from the West Regional Lift Station to Logan wastewater treatment plant headworks. It will also install an additional pump in lift station to allow additional capacity and install variable frequency drives to allow better operation during variable discharges during the day. The lift station transmission line improvements are a critical part of the community and maintaining compliance with the environmental regulations. Infrastructure is a direct benefit to all citizens within Logan as well as many of the surrounding communities that discharge their wastewater into Logan's wastewater system which contributes to the capacity issues at the lift station.
