59–010 

Calendar No. 248 

110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 1st Session 110–115 

JUAB COUNTY SURFACE AND GROUND WATER STUDY 

AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2007 

JUNE 28, 2007.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 1110] 

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was 

referred the bill (S. 1110) to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to provide for the conjunctive use of surface and ground water in Juab County, Utah, having 

considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment 

and recommends that the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE MEASURE

The purpose of S. 1110 is to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to provide for the conjunctive use of surface and ground water in Juab County, Utah. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED

Section 202(a)(2) of the Central Utah Project Completion Act (Public Law 102–575) authorizes $10 million for the Utah counties 

of Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Wasatch, and Weber to develop conjunctive use water projects including the conjunctive use of surface 

water and groundwater and groundwater recharge. Since the enactment of Public Law 102–575 in 1992, only Salt Lake County has 

participated in the conjunctive use program, leaving approximately 

$8.5 million in remaining authorization for the program. The Central Utah Project (CUP) allows Utah to beneficially use a portion 

of its allocation of the Colorado River under the Colorado River 

Compact. As originally contemplated, the CUP would have provided Juab County, Utah with project water. As it stands, the CUP 

will only serve more populated areas of Utah which excludes Juab 


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County. Without an allocation of CUP water and increasing demand on its existing water supply, Juab County has been forced to 

investigate other sources of water. The County has identified conjunctive use of water as a way to make available new water supplies. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

S. 1110 was introduced by Senator Hatch for himself and Senator Bennett on April 16, 2007 and referred to the Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources. At its business meeting on May 23, 

2007, the Committee ordered S. 1110 favorably reported. 

During the 109th Congress, the Committee considered an identical measure, S. 1812, introduced on October 3, 2005 by Senator 

Hatch for himself and Senator Bennett. The Subcommittee on 

Water and Power held a hearing on June 28, 2006. S. Hrg. 109–

677. A companion measure, H.R. 4013, was introduced by Representative Chris Cannon on October 7, 2005 and referred to the 

House Resources Committee. Representative Rob Bishop and Representative Jim Matheson were co-sponsors. On April 27, 2006, 

H.R. 4013 was favorably reported by the Committee on Resources. 

H. Rept. 109–443. Under suspension of the rules, H.R. 4013 passed 

the House of Representatives on June 12, 2006. It was received in 

the Senate and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources. No further action occurred prior to the sine die adjournment of the 109th Congress. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, in open business session on May 23, 2007, by voice vote of a quorum present, 

recommends that the Senate pass S. 1110. 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

Section 1 provides the short title. 

Section 2 amends section 202(a)(2) of Public Law 102–575 to add 

the county of Juab, Utah to the list of counties that are eligible to 

receive Federal funding for conjunctive use projects. 

COST AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS

The following estimate of costs of this measure has been provided 

by the Congressional Budget Office: 

MAY 31, 2007. 

Hon. JEFF BINGAMAN, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 

U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 1110, the Juab County Surface and Ground Water Study and Development Act of 2007. 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Tyler Kruzich. 

Sincerely, 

PETER R. ORSZAG. 

Enclosure. 


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S. 1110—Juab County Surface and Ground Water Study and Development Act of 2007 

CBO estimates that implementing S. 1110 would have no significant effect on the budget and would not affect direct spending or 

revenues. This bill would add the county of Juab, Utah, to a list 

of counties that are eligible to receive federal funding for a type of 

water distribution system that stores water runoff from the surface 

in groundwater aquifers. Such systems are known as conjunctiveuse projects. 

The Central Utah Project Completion Act authorized the appropriation of $10 million for those conjunctive-use projects. To date, 

the Congress has appropriated $2.5 million for a project in Salt 

Lake County. Based on information from the Bureau of Reclamation, CBO estimates that the federal share of a conjunctive-use 

project in Juab County, Utah, would be $5 million. The project authorized by S. 1110 would compete with other eligible projects to 

use the remaining funds authorized for conjunctive-use projects. 

S. 1110 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. The bill 

would benefit Juab County by authorizing the county to use surface 

and ground water provided by the Utah Division of Water Resources. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Tyler Kruzich. This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

REGULATORY IMPACT EVALUATION

In compliance with paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of the Standing 

Rules of the Senate, the Committee makes the following evaluation 

of the regulatory impact which would be incurred in carrying out 

S. 1110. The bill is not a regulatory measure in the sense of imposing Government-established standards or significant economic responsibilities on private individuals and businesses. 

No personal information would be collected in administering the 

program. Therefore, there would be no impact on personal privacy. 

Little, if any, additional paperwork would result from the enactment of S. 1110, as ordered reported. 

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS

Because S. 1110 is identical to legislation considered by the Committee in the 109th Congress, the Committee did not request Executive Agency Views. The testimony provided by the Department of 

the Interior at the Subcommittee hearing in the 109th Congress on 

S. 1812 follows: 

STATEMENT OF JASON PELTIER, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WATER AND SCIENCE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF

THE INTERIOR

Madam Chairwoman and members of the Subcommittee, 

my name is Jason Peltier. I am a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science in the Department of the Interior. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you to 


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express the Administration’s support for S. 1812, which 

would amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 

Adjustment Act of 1992, or more specifically the Central 

Utah Project Completion Act. The proposed legislation 

would provide the opportunity for conjunctive use of surface and groundwater in Juab County, Utah. 

The Central Utah Project Completion Act provides for 

the completion of the construction of the Central Utah 

Project by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. 

The Act also authorizes programs for fish, wildlife, and 

recreation mitigation and conservation; establishes an account in the Treasury for deposit of appropriations and 

other contributions; establishes the Utah Reclamation 

Mitigation and Conservation Commission to coordinate 

mitigation and conservation activities; and provides for the 

Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement. 

Section 202(a)(2) of the Central Utah Project Completion 

Act provides authorization to develop conjunctive use 

projects involving groundwater recharge, management and 

conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater in five 

counties within Utah. S. 1812 would allow conjunctive use 

funds currently restricted for use in Salt Lake, Utah, 

Davis, Wasatch, and Weber counties to also be used in 

Juab County. To date, only one project in Salt Lake County has participated in the conjunctive use program, leaving 

approximately $8.5 million of authorized appropriations for 

the program. No other counties have requested to participate in the conjunctive use program. 

The conjunctive use program was originally limited to 

five counties that had been part of the Bureau of Reclamation’s High-Plains States Groundwater Demonstration Program. The Central Utah Project (CUP) as it was originally 

planned would have provided Juab County with sufficient 

water supplies. However, this project has evolved over 

time. Under current plans, CUP water will be used in 

more populated areas of Utah. East Juab County is now 

planning to meet its water needs without CUP water, and 

this bill will provide it with an opportunity to develop 

needed water resources. 

This bill would not increase the level of authorized appropriations for the Central Utah Project Completion Act, 

but would allow Juab County to compete for funds in the 

same way that its five sister counties do today. 

Madam Chairwoman, this bill would allow Juab County 

to efficiently develop its water resources, and the Administration is pleased to support it. This concludes my testimony. I am happy to answer any questions. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the Standing 

Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill S. 

1110, as ordered reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is 

printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is 

shown in roman): 


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Public Law 102–575, Section 202(a)(2) (106 Stat. 4609) 

SEC. 202. BONNEVILLE UNIT WATER DEVELOPMENT. 

(a) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in section 201, 

the following amounts shall be available only for the following features of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project: 

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(2) CONJUNCTIVE USE OF SURFACE AND GROUND WATER.—

$10,000,000 for a feasibility study and development, with public involvement, by the Utah Division of Water Resources of 

systems to allow ground water recharge, management, and the 

conjunctive use of surface water resources with ground water 

resources in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Juab, Wasatch, and 

Weber Counties, Utah. 

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