Effective 3/21/2022
65A-10-8. Great Salt Lake — Management responsibilities of the division.
The division has the following powers and duties:
65A-10-8. Great Salt Lake — Management responsibilities of the division.
The division has the following powers and duties:
- (1) The division shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive plan for the Great Salt Lake that recognizes the following policies:
- (a) develop strategies to deal with a fluctuating lake level;
- (b) encourage development of the Great Salt Lake in a manner that will preserve the Great Salt Lake, encourage availability of brines to lake extraction industries, protect wildlife, and protect recreational facilities;
- (c) maintain the Great Salt Lake’s flood plain as a hazard zone;
- (d) promote water quality management for the Great Salt Lake and the Great Salt Lake’s tributary streams;
- (e) promote the development of lake brines, minerals, chemicals, and petro-chemicals to aid the state’s economy;
- (f) encourage the use of appropriate areas for extraction of brine, minerals, chemicals, and petro-chemicals;
- (g) maintain the Great Salt Lake and the marshes as important to shorebirds, waterfowl, and other waterbird flyway system;
- (h) encourage the development of an integrated industrial complex;
- (i) promote and maintain recreation areas on and surrounding the Great Salt Lake;
- (j) encourage safe boating use of the Great Salt Lake;
- (k) maintain and protect state, federal, and private marshlands, rookeries, and wildlife refuges; and
- (l) provide public access to the Great Salt Lake for recreation, hunting, and fishing.
- (2) The division may employ personnel and purchase equipment and supplies that the Legislature authorizes through appropriations for the purposes of this chapter.
- (3) The division may initiate studies of the Great Salt Lake and the Great Salt Lake’s related resources.
- (4) The division may publish scientific and technical information concerning the Great Salt Lake.
- (5) The division shall define the Great Salt Lake’s flood plain.
- (6) The division may qualify for, accept, and administer grants, gifts, or other funds from the federal government and other sources, for carrying out any functions under this chapter.
- (7) The division shall determine the need for public works and utilities for the lake area.
- (8) The division may implement the comprehensive plan described in Subsection (1) through state and local entities or agencies.
- (9) The division shall coordinate the activities of the various divisions within the Department of Natural Resources with respect to the Great Salt Lake.
- (10) The division may perform all other acts reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
- (11) The division shall retain and encourage the continued activity of the Great Salt Lake technical team.
- (12) The division shall administer Chapter 16, Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Program.
Amended by Chapter 78, 2022 General Session