Sponsor: Weber County
Page updated: August 19, 2024 — This page will continue to be updated as the project progresses.
The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), with assistance from Weber County as the project sponsor, is considering a proposed rehabilitation of the Utaba Retarding Dam located just downstream of the confluence of Cutler Creek and the North Fork of the Ogden River. The dam is currently out of compliance with state and NRCS dam safety standards. This project would seek to bring the dam into compliance with these standards and to reduce the possibility of a failure.
Conceptual improvements may include:
More information on the NRCS Watershed Rehabilitation Program: NRCS 2024 Updated Fact Sheet – Watershed Rehabilitation Program
Project Fact Sheet: Utaba Dam Rehabilitation Plan-EA Fact Sheet
NRCS, as the lead federal agency, is initiating National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis in the form of a Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment (Plan-EA) to analyze impacts to the natural and human environment from this project. The Plan-EA will comply with the Council on Environmental Quality’s regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508 and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulations (7 CFR Part 650), which require an evaluation of potential environmental impacts associated with federal projects and actions.
The project is in the scoping phase of the environmental process to identify issues and resource concerns. Technical studies are scheduled to take place during the summer/fall of 2024, with a Draft Watershed Plan – Environmental Assessment to be circulated for review in 2025.
★ Public Comment Submission: click here to submit a comment
Thank you to all who attended the public scoping meeting. A recording of the meeting can be seen here: https://youtu.be/KbtC3wvu8nM
Utaba Watershed EA Public Scoping Meeting Presentation (click here to download or view below)
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Agency Scoping Meeting recording: Click here to view the agency scoping meeting
Layne Jensen, P.E. – Franson Civil Engineers, Project Manager
1276 South 820 East Suite 100
American Fork, UT 84003
[email protected]
801-756-0309
Landon Richins – Franson Civil Engineers, Environmental Specialist
1276 South 820 East Suite 100
American Fork, UT 84003
[email protected]
801-756-0309
Shawn Stanley, P.E – USDA-NRCS North Watershed Engineer
1860 North 100 East
Logan, UT 84341
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