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2001 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Active Projects
74. | PROJECT: | Middle Fork Dam | | | | | |
| LEVEL: | II-Hold |
| SPONSOR: | State of Wyoming |
| LOCATION: | Johnson County |
| PROGRAM: | New Development |
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| EXISTING LEGISLATION: |
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Purpose |
Chapter |
Session |
Account |
Appropriation |
Due Date |
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Level II |
10 |
1994 |
I |
Hold |
1996 |
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Level II |
15 |
1996 |
I |
Hold |
1998 |
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Level II |
82 |
1998 |
I |
Hold |
2000 |
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Level II |
36 |
2000 |
I |
Hold* |
2002 |
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| *A block appropriation of $15,000 was made for all hold projects |
PROJECT INFORMATION:
The proposed project would be located on the Middle Fork of the Powder River. The Middle Fork
Reservoir would have a total capacity of 59,600 acre-feet, of which 47,700 acre-feet would be
active storage for water supply and the remaining 11,900 acre-feet would be for the purposes of
fisheries and recreation (minimum pool). The project would yield 32,200 acre-feet per year for
industrial, agricultural and instream flow purposes. The project would cost approximately
$55,000,000. In 1990, WWDC completed negotiations to obtain an interest in the reservoir permits
from the Powder River Reservoir Corporation (PRRC). The transfer required a separate contract
between EXXON U.S.A. and WWDC. EXXON has invested about 1.5 million dollars in the project
and has a contract with the PRRC which had to be addressed before the state can proceed toward
construction of the project. The Commission contracted with the USGS for a study of water quality
parameters in the Powder River drainage. This report was completed in 1992.
RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
The WWDC recommends that the project be retained at Level II-Hold status.
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