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2001 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
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 85. PROJECT:Oakley Water Supply
LEVEL:II (Opal Regional Water Supply)
SPONSOR:Oakley Service and Improvement District
LOCATION:Lincoln County
PROGRAM:New Development
  
EXISTING LEGISLATION:
Purpose Chapter Session Account Appropriation Due Date
Level I 36 2000 II $30,000 2002

PROJECT INFORMATION:
The Oakley Subdivision is organizing as the Oakley Improvement and Service District and would like to move forward with the water supply pipeline from Kemmerer/Diamondville JPB hook-up to Oakley as outlined in the level II study funded by the WWDC in 2000. The pipeline would consist of a 4 inch transmission line from the Kemmerer-Diamondville Joint Powers Board hookup in Diamondville and run along Wyoming Highway 30 across the Hams Fork River and Union Pacific railroad into Oakley.

RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
The WWDC recommends the project be incorporated into the New Development Program at Level III with an appropriation of $176,000. The financing plan is a grant of 50%,$176,000, and a loan of 50%, $176,000, to be secured by the sponsor through other sources. The WWDC also recommends that the authorization be conditioned on successful formation of the district.

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