Quarterly Status Tabulation of Water Service and Repayment Contract Negotiations

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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