Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 6.djvu/77

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PUBLIC LAW 102-575—OCT. 30, 1992 106 STAT. 4635 (7) study of the mitigation and conservation opportunities that could be achieved by construction of a bypass flowUne from the base of Deer Creek Reservoir to the Ohnsted Diversion. (e) EARMARK.—Of the amoiints authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $500,000 shall be available only for the implementation of subsection (d). (f) STRAWBERRY VALLEY TUNNEL.— (1) Upon completion of the Diamond Fork System, the Strawberry Tunnel shall not be used except for deliveries of water for the instream purposes specified in subsection (c). All other waters for the Bonneville Unit and Strawberry Valley Reclamation Project purposes shall be delivered through the Diamond Fork System. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply during any time in which the District, in consultation with the Commission, has determined that the Syar Timnel or the Sixth Water Aqueduct is rendered unusable or emergency circiunstances require the use of the Strawberry Valley Tunnel for the delivery of contracted Central Utah Project water and Strawberry Valley Reclamation Project water. SEC. 304. FISH, WILDLIFE, AND RECREATION PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR PROPOSED IN THE 1988 DEFINITE PLAN REPORT FOR THE CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT. The fish, wildlife, and recreation projects identified or proposed in the 1988 Definite Plan Report which have not been completed as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be completed in accordance with the 1988 Definite Plan Report and the schedule specified in section 315, unless otherwise provided in this Act. SEC. 306. WILDLIFE LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS. (a) ACQUISITION OF RANGELANDS. —In addition to lands acquired on or before the date of enactment of this Act and in addition to the acreage to be acquired in accordance with the 1988 Definite Plan Report, the Commission shall acquire on an expedited basis from willing sellers, in accordance with the schedule specified in section 315 and a plan to be developed by the Commission, big game winter range lands to compensate for the impacts of Federal reclamation projects in Utah. Such lands shall be transferred to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources or, for such parcels as may be within the boundaries of Federal land ownerships, to the appropriate Federal agency, for management as a big game winter range. In the case of such transfers, lands acquired within the boundaries of a national forest shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a part of the National Forest System. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $1,300,000 shall be available only for the purposes of this subsection. (b) BIG GAME CROSSINGS AND WILDLIFE ESCAPE RAMPS.—In addition to the measures to be taken in accordance with the 1988 Definite Plan Report, the Commission shall construct big game crossings and wildlife escape ramps for the protection of big game animals along the Provo Reservoir Canal, Highline Canal, Strawberry Power Canal, and others. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $750,000 shall be available only for the purposes of this subsection.