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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Quarterly Status Tabulation of Water Service and Repayment
Contract Negotiations
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of proposed contractual actions pending
through December 31, 1994, and contract actions that have been
completed or discontinued since the last publication of this notice on
January 21, 1994. From the date of this publication, future quarterly
notices will be limited to modified, new, completed or discontinued
contract actions. This annual notice should be used as a point of
reference to identify changes in future notices. This notice is one of
a variety of means being used to inform the public about proposed
contractual actions for capital recovery and management of project
resources and facilities. Additional Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) announcements of individual contract actions may be
published in the Federal Register and in newspapers of general
circulation in the areas determined by the Reclamation to be affected
by the proposed action. Announcements may be in the form of news
releases, legal notices, official letters, memorandums, or other forms
of written material. Meetings, workshops, and/or hearings may also be
used, as appropriate, to provide local publicity. These public
participation procedures do not apply to proposed contracts for the
sale of surplus or interim irrigation water for a term of 1 year or
less. Either of the contracting parties may invite the public to
observe any contract proceedings. All public participation procedures
will be coordinated with those involved in complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act.
ADDRESSES: The identity of the approving officer and other information
pertaining to a specific contract proposal may be obtained by calling
or writing the appropriate regional office at the address and telephone
number given for each region in the supplementary information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher L. Kenney, Acting Chief, Contracts and Repayment Division,
Bureau of Reclamation, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240;
telephone 202-208-3014.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 226 of the Reclamation
Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1273) and 43 CFR 426.20 of the rules and
regulations published in 52 FR 11954, April 13, 1987, Reclamation will
publish notice of proposed or amendatory contract actions for any
contract for the delivery of project water for authorized uses in
newspapers of general circulation in the affected area at least 60 days
prior to contract execution. Pursuant to the ``Final Revised Public
Participation Procedures'' for water resource-related contract
negotiations, published in 47 FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation
is provided below of all proposed contractual actions in each of the
five Reclamation regions. Each proposed action listed is, or is
expected to be, in some stage of the contract negotiation process in
1994. When contract negotiations are completed, and prior to execution,
each proposed contract form must be approved by the Secretary, or
pursuant to delegated or redelegated authority, the Commissioner of
Reclamation or one of the Regional Directors. In some instances,
congressional review and approval of a report, water rate, or other
terms and conditions of the contract may be involved.
Public participation in and receipt of comments on contract
proposals will be facilitated by adherence to the following procedures:
1. Only persons authorized to act on behalf of the contracting
entities may negotiate the terms and conditions of a specific contract
proposal.
2. Advance notice of meetings or hearings will be furnished to
those parties that have made a timely written request for such notice
to the appropriate regional or project office of Reclamation.
3. Written correspondence regarding proposed contracts may be made
available to the general public pursuant to the terms and procedures of
the Freedom of Information Act (80 Stat. 383), as amended.
4. Written comments on a proposed contract or contract action must
be submitted to the appropriate Reclamation officials at the locations
and within the time limits set forth in the advance public notices.
5. All written comments received and testimony presented at any
public hearings will be reviewed and summarized by the appropriate
regional office for use by the contract approving authority.
6. Copies of specific proposed contracts may be obtained from the
appropriate Regional Director or his designated public contact as they
become available for review and comment.
7. In the event modifications are made in the form of a proposed
contract, the appropriate Regional Director shall determine whether
republication of the notice and/or extension of the comment period is
necessary.
Factors considered in making such a determination shall include,
but are not limited to: (i) The significance of the modification, and
(ii) the degree of public interest which has been expressed over the
course of the negotiations. As a minimum, the Regional Director shall
furnish revised contracts to all parties who requested the contract in
response to the initial public notice.
Acronym Definitions Used Herein
(BCP) Boulder Canyon Project
(CAP) Central Arizona Project
(CUP) Central Utah Project
(CVP) Central Valley Project
(CRSP) Colorado River Storage Project
(D&MC) Drainage and Minor Construction
(FR) Federal Register
(IDD) Irrigation and Drainage District
(ID) Irrigation District
(M&I) Municipal and Industrial
(O&M) Operation and Maintenance
(P-SMBP) Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
(Pub. L.) Public Law
(R&B) Rehabilitation and Betterment
(SRPA) Small Reclamation Projects Act
(WCUA) Water Conservation and Utilization Act
(WD) Water District
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION: Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis
Road, Boise, Idaho 83706-1234, telephone 208-378-5342.
1. Cascade Reservoir Water Users, Boise Project, Idaho: Repayment
contracts for irrigation and M&I water; 19,201 acre-feet of stored
water in Cascade Reservoir.
2. Irrigation, M&I, and Miscellaneous Water Users; Columbia Basin,
Crooked River, Minidoka, Rathdrum Prairie, Rogue River Basin, and
Umatilla Projects; Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington: Temporary or
interim repayment and water service contracts for irrigation or M&I use
to provide up to 10,000 acre-feet of water annually for terms up to 5
years; long-term contracts for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-
feet of water annually.
3. Rogue River Basin Water Users, Rogue River Project, Oregon:
Water service contracts; $5 per acre-foot or $50 minimum per annum for
the term of the contract.
4. Willamette basin Water Users, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon:
Water service contracts.
5. American Falls Reservoir District Number 2, Burgess Canal
Company, Clark and Edwards Canal and Irrigation Company, Craig-Mattson
Canal Company, Danskin Ditch Company, Enterprise Canal Company, Ltd.,
Farmers Friend Irrigation Company, Ltd., Lenroot Canal Company, Liberty
Park Canal Company, Long Island Irrigation Company, Parks and
Lewisville Irrigation Company, Ltd., Parson Ditch Company, Peoples
Canal and Irrigation Company, Poplar ID, Rigby Canal and Irrigation
Company, Rudy Irrigation Canal Company, Ltd., Wearyrick Ditch Company,
all in the Minidoka Project, Idaho; Juniper Flat ID, Wapinitia Project,
Oregon; Roza ID, Yakima Project, Washington: Amendatory repayment and
water service contracts; purpose is to conform to the Reclamation
Reform Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-293).
6. City of Cle Elum, Yakima Project, Washington: Amendatory or
replacement M&I water service contract; 2,200 acre-feet (1,350 gallons
per minute) annually for the term of the contract.
7. Baker Valley ID, Baker Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service
contract on a surplus interruptible basis to serve up to 13,000 acres;
sale of excess capacity in Mason Reservoir (Phillips Lake) for the term
of the contract.
8. Willow Creek Water Users, Willow Creek Project, Oregon:
Repayment or water service contracts for a total of up to 3,500 acre-
feet of storage space in Willow Creek Reservoir.
9. Bridgeport ID, Chief Joseph Dam Project, Washington: Warren Act
contract for the use of an irrigation outlet in Chief Joseph Dam.
10. Hermiston ID, Umatilla Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for
reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Cold Springs Dam.
11. Ochoco ID and Various Individual Spaceholders, Crooked River
Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety
repairs to Arthur R. Bowman and Ochoco Dams.
12. The Dalles ID, The Dalles Project, Oregon: SRPA loan repayment
contract; proposed loan obligation of approximately $2,000,000.
13. State of Idaho, Payette Division of the Boise Project, Idaho:
Proposed repayment contracts with the State of Idaho for the sale of
uncontracted space in Cascade and Deadwood Reservoirs.
14. Sidney Irrigation Cooperative, Willamette Basin Project,
Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for approximately 2,300 acre-
feet of water.
15. Douglas County, Milltown Hill Project, Oregon: SRPA loan
repayment contract; proposed loan obligation of approximately $24.5
million and grant of approximately $5.8 million.
16. Mitigation, Inc., Palisades/Ririe Projects, Idaho: Contract for
storage space in Palisades and Ririe Reservoirs (18,980 and 80,500
acre-feet, respectively) pursuant to section 5(a) of the Fort Hall
Indian Water Rights Act of 1990.
17. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Boise Project, Idaho:
Irrigation water service contract for the use of approximately 200
acre-feet of storage space annually in Anderson Ranch Reservoir. Water
to be used on crops for wildlife mitigation purposes.
18. City of Madras, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Renewal or
replacement of municipal water service contract for approximately 125
acre-feet annually from the project water supply.
19. Willamette Basin water users, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon:
Add language to water service contract to provide for periodic reviews,
with adjustments if necessary to mitigate for impacts to natural
resources.
20. Willamette Basin water users, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon:
Two water service contracts for the exchange of up to 225 acre-feet of
water for diversion above project reservoirs.
21. Lewiston Orchards ID, Lewiston Orchards Project, Idaho:
Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to
Reservoir ``A.''
22. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Repayment contract
for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Wickiup Dam.
No contract actions have been completed or discontinued in the
Pacific Northwest Region since this notice was last published on
January 21, 1994.
MID-PACIFIC REGION: Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way,
Sacramento, California 95825-1898, telephone 916-978-5030.
1. Tuolumne Utility District (formerly Tuolumne Regional WD), CVP,
California: Water service contract for up to 9,000 acre-feet from New
Melones Reservoir.
2. Irrigation water districts, individual irrigators, M&I and
miscellaneous water users, California, Oregon, and Nevada: Temporary
(interim) water service contracts for available project water for
irrigation, M&I, or fish and wildlife purposes providing up to 10,000
acre-feet of water annually for terms up to 5 years; temporary Warren
Act contracts for use of project facilities for terms up to 1 year;
long-term contracts for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-feet
annually. Note. Copies of the standard forms of temporary water service
contracts for the various types of service are available upon written
request from the Regional Director at the address shown above.
3. Contractors from the American River Division, Buchanan Division,
Cross Valley Canal, Delta Division, Friant Division, Hidden Division,
Sacramento River Division, Shasta Division, and Trinity River Division,
CVP, California: Renewal of existing long-term water service contracts
with contractors whose contracts expire in December 1994 and 1995;
water quantities in existing contracts range from 400 to 175,440 acre-
feet. These contract actions will be accomplished through interim
renewal contracts pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.
4. Contra Costa WD, CVP, California: Amendatory water service
contract to add the operation of the Los Vaqueros Project, including an
additional point of delivery; the amendment will also conform the
contract to current Reclamation policies, including the water
ratesetting policy, and Pub. L. 102-575.
5. Redwood Valley County WD, SRPA, California: District is
considering restructuring the repayment schedule pursuant to Pub. L.
100-516 or prepaying the loan at a discounted rate pursuant to Pub. L.
102-575.
6. Truckee Carson ID, Newlands Project, Nevada: New repayment
contract for the unpaid construction cost repayment obligation from the
original contract which was terminated on August 17, 1983, by the U.S.
district Court in Nevada.
7. San Louis WD, CVP, California: Amendatory water service contract
to provide that the District pay full O&M rate for all deliveries
resulting from the Azhderian Pumping Plant enlargement and the cost of
service rate for such deliveries beginning in 1996 and each year
thereafter.
8. City of Redding, CVP, California: Amendment to Contract No. 14-
06-200-5272A to add a point of diversion at the turnout, Spring Creek
Power Conduit, to facilitate proposed water treatment plant for Buckeye
service area. This amendment will also conform the contract to current
Reclamation policies, including the water ratesetting policy, and Pub.
L. 102-575.
9. Century Ranch Water Company, Inc., CVP, California: Long-term
exchange contract for M&I, less than 100 acre-feet; Stony Creek
Watershed above Black Butte Dam.
10. State of California, Department of Forestry, CVP, California:
Water right exchange agreement, less than 100 acre-feet, above Black
Butte Dam.
11. San Luis WD, CVP, California: Amendment to Contract No. 14-06-
200-7773A to include assigned lands and allocated share of CVP water
supply to San Luis WD from Romero WD.
12. Romero WD, CVP, California: Amendment to Contract No. 14-06-
200-7758 to assign lands and allocated share of CVP water supply to San
Luis WD.
13. Sacramento River water rights settlement contractors, CVP,
California: Contract amendment for assignment under voluntary land
ownership transfers to provide for the current CVP water rates and
update standard contract articles.
14. Sierra Pacific Power Company, Pyramid Lake Tribe, Washoe County
Water Conservation District; Washoe and Truckee-Storage Projects;
Nevada and California: Interim storage contract, authorized under Pub.
L. 101-618, and the provision of the Warren Act as supplemented by the
Reclamation States Emergency Drought Act to convey and/or store non-
project water in Stampede Reservoir and in Boca Reservoir.
15. Naval Air Station and Truckee Carson ID, Newlands Project,
Nevada: Amend water service Agreement No. 14-06-400-1024 for the use of
project water on Naval Air Station land.
16. Del Puerto WD, CVP, California: Amend water service Contract
No. 14-06-200-922 to include M&I use.
17. El Dorado County Water Agency, San Juan Suburban WD, and
Sacramento County Water Agency, CVP, California: M&I water service
contract to supplement existing water supply: 15,000 acre-feet for El
Dorado County Water Agency, 13,000 acre-feet for San Juan Suburban WD,
and 22,000 acre-feet for Sacramento County Water Agency, authorized by
Pub. L. 101-514.
18. Non-Federal entity, CVP, California: Cost-sharing agreement
with a yet to be determined non-Federal entity for the Folsom Dam and
Reservoir reoperation.
19. Central Coast Water Authority, Cachuma Project, California:
Long-term Warren Act contract for use of Cachuma Project facilities
when excess capacity exists. Approximately 13,750 acre-feet of water
per year from the California State Water Project will be made available
under a Warren Act contract to users along the South Coast of
California.
20. California Department of Fish and Game, CVP, California:
Renewal of existing long-term agreement for furnishing water for fish
hatchery purposes.
21. Widren WD, CVP, California: Amend water service Contract No.
14-06-200-8018 to include M&I use, conform to Pub. L. 102-575 and
assign water supply to City of Tracy.
22. Gateway WD, CVP, California: Combine by assignment twelve
Delta-Mendota Canal water service contracts into 1-entity to be renamed
Gateway WD for administrative and operation purposes.
23. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish
and Game, Grassland WD; CVP; California: Water service contracts to
provide Level II water supplies for refuges within the CVP pursuant to
Pub. L. 102-575; exchange agreements and wheeling contracts to deliver
some of the increased refuge water supplies; quantity to be contracted
for is approximately 450,000 acre-feet.
24. Monterey County Water Resources Agency, Castroville Irrigation
Water Supply Project, SRPA, California: Loan repayment contract in the
amount of $32,600,000 to construct an irrigation distribution system to
reduce sea water intrusion in the ground water aquifers.
25. Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency, Water
Reclamation Facility for Crop Irrigation Project, SRPA, California:
Loan repayment contract in the amount of $20,544,400 to reduce sea
water intrusion in the ground water aquifers.
26. State of California, CVP, California: Cost sharing agreement
with State of California pursuant to CVP Improvement Act (Pub. L. 102-
575). The cost sharing agreement with the State will provide for the
general principles and administration of cost sharing for and
implementation of specific restoration actions identified in Pub. L.
102-575.
27. Santa Barbara County Water Agency, Cachuma Project, California:
Renewal of existing long-term water service contract which expires May
14, 1995; water quantity in existing contract 32,000 acre-feet.
28. United Water Conservation District, SRPA, California: District
can prepay the loan at a discounted rate pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.
29. San Juan Suburban WD and the Place County Water Agency, CVP,
California: Renewal of existing long-term wheeling contract allowing
the Agency to use CVP facilities to deliver its water to the District
for use on District land within Placer County.
30. Mountain Gate Community Services District, CVP, California:
Amendment of existing long-term water service contract to include right
to renew. This amendment will also conform the contract to current
Reclamation law, including Pub. L. 102-575.
The following contract actions have been completed or discontinued
in the Mid-Pacific Region since this notice was last published on
January 21, 1994:
1. Proposed Action: Madera Irrigation District (ID), Hidden
Division, Central Valley (CVP), California: Renewal of existing water
service contract for 24,000 acre-feet of water which expires February
28, 1994. This contract action will be accomplished through interim
contracts pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575. ACTION: Interim contract
executed on February 28, 1994, Contract No. 14-06-200-4020IR. Long-term
contract remains to be completed.
2. Proposed Action: Chowchilla Water District, Buchanan Division,
CVP, California: Renewal of existing water service contract for 24,000
acre-feet of water which expires February 28, 1994. This contract
action will be accomplished through interim contracts to Pub. L. 102-
575. ACTION: Interim contract executed on February 28, 1994, Contract
No. 14-06-200-3844IR. Long-term contract remains to be completed.
3. Proposed Action: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, CVP,
California: Long-term contract, for M&I water purposes in support of
the new San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery near Santa Nella,
California. ACTION: Contract executed January 1, 1993, Contract No. 3-
07-20-W1124.
4. Proposed Action: IDs and similar water user entities, CVP,
California: Amendatory water service contracts; to change the
definition of ``year'' to conform to the standard CVP water year of
March 1 through the end of February. ACTION: All applicable contracts
have been amended.
5. Proposed Action: Pershing County Water Conservation District,
Humboldt Project, Nevada: Safety of Dams Repayment contract for
modification of Rye Patch Dam; reimbursable obligation of the District
approximately $1,050,000. ACTION: District not interested in
modification to dam as it is presently envisioned.
6. Proposed Action: Shasta Dam Area Public Utility District, CVP,
California: Renewal of existing temporary contract which expires
February 28, 1994; water quantity in contract is 2,750 acre-feet. This
contract action will be accomplished through interim contracts pursuant
to Pub. L. 102-575. ACTION: Contract executed March 1, 1994, Contract
No. 4-07-20-W1134. Contractor also changed name to the City of Shasta
Lake.
LOWER COLORADO REGION: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470 (Nevada
Highway and Park Street), Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470, telephone
702-293-8536.
1. Agricultural and M&I water users, CAP, Arizona: Water service
subcontracts for percentages of available supply reallocated in 1992
for irrigation entities and up to 640,000 acre-feet per year allocated
in 1983 for M&I use.
2. Milton and Jean Phillips, Kenneth or Ann Easterday, Robert E.
Harp, Cameron Brothers Construction Co., Ogram Farms, Bruce Church,
Inc., Stephen Sturges, Sunkist Growers, Inc., Clayton Farms, BCP,
Arizona: Water service contracts, as recommended by Arizona Department
of Water Resources, with agricultural entities located near the
Colorado River for up to an additional 15,557 acre-feet per year total.
3. Arizona State Land Department, State of Arizona, BCP, Arizona:
Contract for 6,607 acre-feet per year of Colorado River water for
agricultural use and related purposes on State-owned land. This
contract action reflects an increase in a prior contract recommendation
in the amount of 6,292 acre-feet per year.
4. Armon Curtis, Arlin Dulin, Jacy Rayner, Glen Curtis, Jamar
Produce Corporation, and Ansel T. Hall, BCP, Arizona: Water service
contracts; purpose is to amend their contracts to exempt them from the
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-293).
5. Indian and non-Indian agricultural and M&I water users. CAP,
Arizona: New and amendatory contracts for repayment of Federal
expenditures for construction of distribution systems.
6. Cibola Valley IDD, BCP, Arizona: Cibola Valley IDD is looking at
the possibility of transferring, leasing, selling, or banking its
entitlement of 22,560 acre-feet, for use in Arizona, California, and
Nevada.
7. Ft. Yuma Indian Reservation (Quechan Indian Reservation), Yuma
Project, Arizona and California: Surplus water contract to receive
Colorado River water in the States of Arizona and California. The
contract may include surplus and unused apportionment entitlements
(51,616 acre-feet or 7,743 acres, whichever is less) and wheeling
arrangements with Bard ID.
8. Imperial ID, Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, California:
Contract providing for administration, operation, maintenance, and
replacement of the project well field.
9. Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, California: Water service
and repayment contracts with nonagricultural users in California
adjacent to the Colorado River for an aggregate consumptive use of up
to 10,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water per year in exchange for an
equivalent amount of water to be pumped into the All-American Canal
from a well field to be constructed adjacent to the canal.
10. County of San Bernardino, San Sevaine Creek Water Project,
SRPA, California: Project and loan repayment contracts are under
reformulation.
11. Tohono O'odham Nation, SRPA, Arizona: Repayment contract for a
$7.3 million loan for the Schuk Toak District.
12. Bullhead City, Consolidated Water Co., Lake Havasu City, Havasu
Water Co., Quartzsite, McAllister Subdivision, City of Parker, Marble
Canyon, and Arizona State Land Department, BCP, Arizona: Contracts for
additional M&I allocations of Colorado River water to entities located
along the Colorado River in Arizona for up to 15,146 acre-feet per year
as recommended by the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
13. National Park Service for Lake Mead National Recreation Area,
Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v. California, and BCP in Arizona and
Nevada: Memorandum of Understanding for delivery of Colorado River
water for the National Park Service's Federal Establishment present
perfected right of 500 acre-feet of diversions annually, and the
National Park Service's Federal Establishment perfected right pursuant
to Executive Order No. 5125 (April 25, 1930).
14. Imperial ID/Coachella Valley WD and/or The Metropolitan WD of
Southern California, BCP, California: Contract to fund the Department
of the Interior's expenses to conserve All-American Canal seepage water
in accordance with Title II of the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights
Settlement Act, dated November 17, 1988.
15. Coachella Valley WD and/or The Metropolitan WD of Southern
California, BCP, California: Contract to fund the Department of the
Interior's expenses to conserve seepage water from the Coachella Branch
of the All-American Canal in accordance with Title II of the San Luis
Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, dated November 17, 1988.
16. Elsinore Valley Municipal WD, Temescal Valley Project, SRPA,
California: Repayment contract for a $22.3 million loan.
17. Mohave Valley ID, BCP, Arizona: Amendment of current contract
for additional Colorado River water, change in service areas, diversion
points, and RRA exemption.
18. Miscellaneous present perfected rights entitlement holders,
BCP, Arizona and California: Contracts for entitlements of Colorado
River water as decreed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona v.
California, as supplemented or amended, and as required by section 5 of
the BCP. Miscellaneous present perfected rights holders are listed in
the Arizona v. California settlement.
19. Federal Establishment present perfected rights entitlement
holders: Individual contracts for administration of Colorado River
water entitlements of the Colorado River, Fort Mojave, Quechan,
Chemehuevi, and Cocopah Indian Tribes.
20. Yuma County Water Users' Association, Yuma Project, Arizona:
Contract to enable the Association to administer non-irrigation water
within its service area.
21. City of Yuma, BCP, Arizona: Amendment to Contract No. 14-067-W-
106 for additional points of diversion.
22. Imperial ID and The Metropolitan WD of Southern California,
BCP, California: Temporary contract to store approximately 200,000
acre-feet of water that is expected to be saved over a 2-year period
under a test water savings program that involves land fallowing and a
modified irrigation plan for alfalfa.
23. Crystal Beach Water Conservation District, BCP, Arizona:
Contract for delivery of 132 acre-feet per year of Colorado River water
for domestic use, as recommended by the Arizona Department of Water
Resources.
24. Robert B. Griffith Water Project, BCP, Nevada: Revision of
water delivery contract to amend points of diversion.
25. Southern Nevada Water Authority, BCP, Nevada: Assignment or
transfer of 14,550 acre-feet of Basic Management, Inc.'s water
entitlement to the Southern Nevada Water Authority as a result of Basic
Management, Inc.'s water conservation efforts.
26. Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, SRPA, California: Chino
Basin Desalination Program, environmental cleanup to remove salt from
ground water, $32 million project.
27. Gila River Indian Community/Gila River Farms, CAP, Arizona:
Repayment/deferment/O&M contract for distribution system not to exceed
$4 million. Execution of this contract facilitates construction under
Pub. L. 93-638 funding and work performance contract.
28. Gila River Farms, SRPA, Arizona: Amendatory contract to
reschedule payments due in 1991, 1992 and subsequent years in line with
payment capacity.
29. Bureau of Land Management, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 1,176
acre-feet per year, for agricultural use, of Arizona's Colorado River
water that is not used by higher priority Arizona entitlement holders.
30. Curtis Family Trust et al., BCP, Arizona: Contract for 2,100
acre-feet per year of Colorado River water for agricultural water.
31. Beattie Farms SW, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 1,890 acre-feet
per year of unused Arizona entitlement for agricultural use.
32. Section 10 Backwater, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 250 acre-feet
per year of unused Arizona entitlement for environmental use until a
permanent water supply can be obtained.
33. Central Arizona Water Conservation District, CAP, Arizona:
Amendment of the contract between the United States and Central Arizona
Water Conservation District for the delivery of water and repayment of
costs of the CAP (Master Repayment Contract) to increase the repayment
ceiling set forth in subarticle 9.3(e) from $2.0 billion to $2.3
billion.
34. Mohave County, BCP, Arizona: Assignment, transfer, or
reallocation of 18,500 acre-feet of water from the City of Kingman to a
new water authority being formed to serve Mohave County.
35. Yuma Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District, Gila Project,
Arizona: Amendment to provide for increase in domestic water allocation
(from 10,000 to 20,000 acre-feet) within its overall use in the
district.
The following contract actions have been completed or discontinued
in the Lower Colorado Region since this notice was last published on
January 21, 1994:
1. Proposed Action: Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act:
Sale of up to 28,200 acre-feet per year of municipal effluent to the
City of Tucson, Arizona. ACTION: Sale will be coordinated by the Bureau
of Reclamation's Native American Affairs Division in Phoenix, Arizona.
2. Proposed Action: Town of Payson, Central Arizona Project (CAP),
Arizona: Assignment of Payson's CAP water entitlement of 4,995 acre-
feet per year to the City of Scottsdale, ACTION: Contract assigned
March 23, 1994, No Assignment Number.
UPPER COLORADO REGION: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 11568, (125
South State Street), Salt Lake City, Utah 84147, telephone 801-524-
5435.
1. Individual irrigators, M&I, and miscellaneous water users, Utah,
Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico: Temporary (interim) water service
contracts for surplus project water for irrigation or M&I use to
provide up to 10,000 acre-feet of water annually for terms up to 10
years; long-term contracts for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-
feet of water annually.
(a) The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, Lodge No.
1747, Farmington, New Mexico: Navajo Reservoir water service contract;
20 acre-feet per year for municipal use.
2. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado:
Repayment contract for 26,500 acre-feet per year for M&I use and 2,600
acre-feet per year for irrigation use in Phase One and 700 acre-feet in
Phase Two; contract terms to be consistent with binding cost sharing
agreement and water rights settlement agreement.
3. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and
New Mexico: Repayment contract; 6,000 acre-feet per year for M&I use in
Colorado; 26,400 acre-feet per year irrigation use in Colorado; 900
acre-feet per year for irrigation use in New Mexico; contract terms to
be consistent with binding cost sharing agreement and water rights
settlement agreement.
4. Navajo Indian Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, New Mexico:
Repayment contract for 7,600 acre-feet per year for M&I use.
5. La Plata Conservancy District, Animas-La Project, New Mexico:
Repayment contract for 9,900 acre-feet per year for irrigation use.
6. Vermejo Conservancy District, Vermejo Project, New Mexico: Amend
contract pursuant to Pub. L. 96-550 to relieve the district of the
requirement to make annual payments until the Secretary of the Interior
determines that further payments are feasible; the current obligation
exceeds $2 million.
7. San Juan Pueblo, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: Repayment
contract for up to 2,00 acre-feet of project water for irrigation
purposes.
8. City of El Paso, Rio Grande Project, Texas and New Mexico:
Amendment to the 1941 and 1962 contracts to expand acreage owned by the
City to 3,000 acres; extend terms of water rights authority of the
Public Service Board.
9. Mancos Water Conservancy District, Mancos Project, Colorado:
Amendatory contract to remove contract restrictions that prevent the
Mancos project.
10. The National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado
Water Conservation Board, Wayne N. Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado:
Contract for between 180,000 to 740,000 acre-feet of project water to
provide specific river flow patterns in the Gunnison River through the
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument.
11. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, Wayne N.
Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Water service contract for 500 acre-feet
for 1-year for municipal and domestic use.
12. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, Wayne N.
Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Substitute supply plan for the
administration of the Gunnison River.
13. Collbran Conservancy District, Collbran Project, Colorado:
Amendatory contract defining priority of use of project water.
14. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Fork Water Conservancy
District, Paonia Project, Colorado: Contract for releases to support
endangered fish in the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers; water available
for releases will come from reserve capacity held by Reclamation as a
sediment pool, estimated to be 1,800 acre-feet annually; contract will
define the terms and conditions associated with delivery of this water.
15. Rio Grande Water Conservation District, Closed Basin Division,
San Luis Valley Project, Colorado: Water service contract for
furnishing priority 4 water to third parties; contract will allow
District to market priority water, when available, for agricultural,
municipal and/or industrial use.
16. Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association, Upper Gunnison
River Water Conservancy District, Colorado River Water Conservation
District, Uncompahgre Project, Colorado: Water management agreement for
water stored at Taylor Park Reservoir and the Wayne N. Aspinall Storage
Units to improve water management.
17. Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Provo River Water
Users Association, CUP, Utah: Operating agreement for the Jordanelle
Reservoir and the Deer Creek Reservoir pursuant to Section 209 of Pub.
L. 102-575.
The following contract actions have been completed or discontinued
in the Upper Colorado Region since this notice was last published on
January 21, 1994.
1. Proposed Action: Emery Water Conservancy District, Emery County
Project, Utah: Repayment contract for installation of early warning
system for Joe's Valley Dam pursuant to safety of dams legislation.
Action: Contract executed January 4, 1994, Contract No. 94-07-40-R1630.
GREAT PLAINS REGION: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Federal
Building 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana 59107-6900, telephone
406-657-6413.
1. Individual irrigators, M&I, and miscellaneous water users;
Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Kansas,
Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas: Temporary (interim) water service
contracts for the conveyance, storage, and exchange of surplus project
water and nonproject water for irrigation or M&I use to provide up to
10,000 acre-feet of water annually for terms up to 5-years; long-term
contracts for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-feet of water
annually.
2. Fort Shaw ID, Sun River Project, Montana: R&B loan repayment
contract; up to $1.5 million.
3. Green Mountain Reservoir, Colorado-Big Thompson Project,
Colorado: Water service contracts for irrigation, municipal, and
industrial purposes; contract negotiations for sale of water from the
marketable yield to water users within the Colorado River Basin of
Western Colorado.
4. Ruedi Reservoir, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Repayment
contracts; second round contract negotiations for municipal, domestic,
and industrial water from the regulatory capacity of Ruedi Reservoir
pending completion of NEPA review.
5. Cedar Bluff ID No. 6 Cedar Bluff Unit, P-SMBP, Kansas: In
accordance with Section 901 of Pub. L. 102-575, 106 Stat. 4600,
terminate the Cedar Bluff Irrigation District's repayment contract and
transfer use of the District's portion of the reservoir storage
capacity to the State of Kansas for fish, wildlife, recreation, and
other purposes.
6. Garrison Diversion Unit, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Renegotiation of
the master repayment contract with Garrison Diversion Conservancy
District to conform with the Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act
of 1986; negotiation of repayment contracts with irrigators and M&I
users.
7. Corn Creek ID, Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Repayment contract
for 10,350 acre-feet of supplemental irrigation water from Glendo
Reservoir.
8. Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District, Washita Basin
Project, Oklahoma: Amendatory repayment contract for remedial work.
9. Arbuckle Master Conservancy District, Arbuckle Project,
Oklahoma: Contract for the repayment of costs of the construction of
the Sulphur, Oklahoma, pipeline and pumping plant (if constructed).
10. Chinook Water Users Association, Milk River Project, Montana:
SRPA contract for loan of up to $6,000,000 for improvements to the
Association's water conveyance system.
11. Midvale ID, Riverton Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Long-term contract
for water service from Boysen Reservoir.
12. Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1,
San Angelo Project, Texas: Contingent upon passage of authorizing
legislation, negotiate amendatory contract to increase irrigable
acreage within the project.
13. Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Canadian River
Project, Texas: Amendatory contract to reflect credit for project lands
transferred to the National Park Service under Pub. L. 101-628 for the
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.
14. Lakeview ID, Shoshone Project, Wyoming: new long-term water
service contract for up to 3,200 acre-feet of firm water supply
annually and up to 11,800 acre-feet of interim water from Buffalo Bill
Reservoir.
15. Hidalgo County ID No. 6, Texas: SRPA contract for a 20-year
loan for up to $5,712,900 to rehabilitate the District's irrigation
facilities.
16. City of Rapid City and Rapid Valley Water Conservancy District,
Rapid Valley Unit, P-SMBP, South Dakota: Contract renewal for up to
55,000 acre-feet of storage capacity in Pactola Reservoir.
17. Thirty Mile Canal Company, Nebraska: SRPA contract for a loan
of $2,264,000 to reline the main canal, replace open laterals with
buried pipe, and replace bridges.
18. City of Estes Park, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado:
Modification of water service contract to change point of diversion and
other administrative revisions.
19. North Platte Projects and Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming and
Nebraska contractors: Repayment contracts under the safety of dam
programs for the modification of Pathfinder, Guernsey, and Glendo Dams.
20. State of Colorado, Armel Unit, P-SMBP, Colorado: Repayment
contract under the safety of dams program for the modification of Bonny
Dam.
21. Ainsworth ID, Almena ID, Bostwick ID, Frenchman-Cambridge ID,
Frenchman Valley ID, Kansas-Bostwick ID, Kirwin ID, Loup Basin
Reclamation District, Webster ID; P-SMBP; Kansas and Nebraska: Renewal
of existing water service and repayment contracts for irrigation water
supplies, pending completion of NEPA review.
22. Mountain Park Master Conservancy District, Mountain Park
Project, Oklahoma: In accordance with Section 3102 of Pub. L. 102-575,
106 Stat. 4600, amend the District's contract to either reflect a
discounted prepayment of the City of Fredrick's obligation for the
reimbursable costs of its M&I water supply or to reschedule its
payments based on ability to pay.
23. Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana: In accordance
with Section 9 of the Northern Cheyenne Reserved Water Rights
Settlement Act 1992, the U.S. and the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe
are proposing to contract for 30,000 acre-feet per year of stored water
from Bighorn Reservoir, Yellowtail Unit, Lower Bighorn Division, P-
SMBP, in Montana. The Tribe will pay the U.S. both captial and O&M
costs associated with each acre-foot or water the Tribe sells from this
storage for M&I purposes.
24. Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Canadian River
Project, Texas: Contract for the United States to pay up to 33 percent
of the costs of the salinity control project. These costs are to used
for the design and construction management of the project facilities.
25. Mid-Dakota Rural Water System, Inc., South Dakota: Pursuant to
the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants and loans to
Mid-Dakota Rural Water System, Inc., a non-profit corporation for the
planning and construction of a rural water supply system.
26. Angostura ID, Angostura Unit, P-SMBP: The District's current
contract for water services expires on January 1, 1995. The current
contract also provides for the District to operate and maintain the dam
and reservoir. The proposed contract would provide a continued water
supply for the District and the District's continued operation and
maintenance of the facility.
27. West River Conservancy Sub--District, Shadehill Unit, P-SMBP,
South Dakota: Water service contract expires June 10, 1995. The
proposed contract would provide irrigation water to the District
pursuant to terms acceptable to both the United States and the
District.
The following contract actions have been completed or discontinued
in the Great Plains Region since this notice was last published on
January 21, 1994:
1. Proposed Action: East Bench Irrigation District, East Bench
Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: Drainage and Minor Construction (D&MC) contract
for $300,000 for minor construction work for up to a 10-year period.
ACTION: Alternative means of conveying funds were utilized.
2. Proposed Action: Belle Fourche Irrigation District, Belle
Fourche Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program (P-SMBP), South Dakota:
Amendment to D&MC contract to extend work through 1995 and provide an
additional $1 million to complete the work. ACTION: Alternative means
of conveying funds were utilized.
Dated: May 2, 1994.
J. Austin Burke,
Director, Operations.
[FR Doc. 94-10996 Filed 5-5-94; 8:45 am]
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