Utah Code 73-26-503. Payment of project costs
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(1) Construction and environmental mitigation costs allocated to municipal or industrial uses shall be entirely repaid by the entities contracting for water designated for those uses.
Terms Used In Utah Code 73-26-503
- Division: means the Division of Water Resources. See Utah Code 73-26-103
- Environmental mitigation costs: means costs that may be required by federal, state, or local governmental agencies for project environmental permitting, including:(5)(a) planning;(5)(b) environmental and engineering studies;(5)(c) permitting;(5)(d) acquisition of land and rights-of-way; and(5)(e) operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities associated with project environmental mitigation. See Utah Code 73-26-103
- Person: means :
(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Project costs: include preconstruction costs, construction costs, environmental mitigation costs, and costs of operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement. See Utah Code 73-26-103
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) Twenty-five percent of construction and environmental mitigation costs allocated to agricultural use shall be repaid by entities contracting for agricultural water.(3) The full costs of operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement allocated to municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses shall be charged to the entities contracting for water for those uses.(4) Project costs allocated to recreation, fish and wildlife, and flood control are not reimbursable and shall be paid entirely by the state.(5)(5)(a) The division shall negotiate charges with any person receiving hydropower benefits from a project.(5)(b) The charges shall, at a minimum, be sufficient to pay all project costs allocated to hydropower.(5)(c) Charges in excess of the amount necessary to pay project costs allocated to hydropower shall be deposited in the Water Resources Conservation and Development Fund. - Person: means :