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Upper Weber Basin Watershed Plan (Sponsor = Weber Basin WCD)

The project is funded through authority of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.

Project Description

The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), with the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District (WBWCD) as the project sponsor, is proposing to partially fund through the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Public Law [PL] 83-566) improvements within and around the Headwaters Weber River-Upper Weber River Watershed in Summit County, Utah. Part of the proposed project is located on National Forest System lands within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest; the U.S. Forest Service will decide whether to authorize the project as proposed.

NEPA Analysis

NRCS, as the lead federal agency, is initiating National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis in the form of a new Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment (Plan-EA) to analyze impacts to the natural and human environment from this project. The U.S. Forest Service will be a cooperating agency. The Plan-EA will comply with the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, which require an evaluation of potential environmental impacts associated with federal projects and actions. The Plan-EA must also be in conformance with the 2003 Wasatch-Cache Forest Plan.

Current Status

The Scoping Phase has been completed to get public, organization, and agency comments on the proposed project and any resource concerns. Currently, a variety of alternatives are under consideration and evaluation by the project team. 

Scoping Public Comment Period
Open: Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Close: Friday, October 4, 2019

Scoping Public Open House - Kamas City Offices
Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Kamas City Offices
170 N Main Street
Kamas, Utah

Project Documents

Weber Scoping Notice (948 KB)

Contact Information

Jones & DeMille Engineering - Attn: Jenna Jorgensen
1535 South, 100 West
Richfield, Utah 84701
Phone: (435) 896-8266
Email: jenna.j@jonesanddemille.com

or

Derek Hamilton - NRCS
125 S. State Street - Room 4010
Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1100
Phone: 801-524-4560
Email: derek.hamilton@usda.gov 


Updated: February 2023