Also included in the transportation bill was $400,000 for the second phase of a downtown Clearfield redevelopment project; $400,000 to help San Juan County build a community center to host rodeos, concerts and other events to promote tourism; $200,000 to complete an informational center for the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area; and $250,000 for a community center in Lewiston, Cache County.

The energy and water bill includes $42 million for the Central Utah Project for ongoing projects. The CUP brings water from eastern Utah to the Wasatch Front.

The energy and water bill also includes $32.6 million to help fund removal of the Atlas uranium mill tailings near Moab and gives the University of Utah $4 million for research on producing oil from oil shale. An additional $1 million is earmarked for for an Energy Department project to advance technology refining oil shale by removing metals and other byproducts.

Also, it includes $1 million for Utah State University to research the economic impact of wind power in Utah's rural communities,; $12 million for improvements to rural water systems in Utah,; $21.9 million for the Colorado River Endangered Species Recovery Program,; and $600 for USU research on river restoration and dynamics.

It also includes $500,000 for a study on how to expand water supplies for Park City and surrounding areas.

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