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 March 1994. 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) announcement of individual contract

actions may be published in the Federal Register and in newspapers of

general circulation in the areas determined by 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 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:

Alan Dickerman, Acting Chief, Contracts and Repayment Division, Bureau

of Reclamation, 1849 C St. 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 state of the contract negotiation process

during January, February or March of 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; $1.75 per acre-foot or $50 minimum per annum

for the term of the contract.

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 Irrigating

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 Memorandum of Agreement with the State of Idaho for the use 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; $1.75 per acre-foot for the term of the contract.

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.

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. Friant Division Contractors, CVP, California: Renewal of

existing long-term water service contracts with contractors on the

Friant-Kern and Madera Canals or diverters from Millerton Reservoir;

most contracts expire 1994-1997, two contracts expire later; water

quantities in existing contracts range from 1,200 to 175,440 acre-feet.

These contract actions will be accomplished through interim 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. Madera ID, Hidden 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 pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.

7. Chowchilla WD, 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 pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.

8. 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.

9. San Luis 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.

10. Delta Mendota Canal Contractors, CVP, California: Renewal of

existing long-term water service contracts with contractors on the

Delta-Mendota Canal whose contracts expire in 1994-2003; water

quantities in existing contracts range from 70 to 50,000 acre-feet.

These contract actions will be accomplished through interim contracts

pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.

11. 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.

12. U.S. Department of Veteran 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.

13. 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.

14. State of California, Department of Forestry, CVP, California:

Water right exchange agreement, less than 100 acre-feet, above Black

Butte Dam.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. Del Puerto WD, CVP, California: Amend water service Contract

No. 14-06-200-922 to include M&I use.

22. 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.

23. Non-Federal entity, CVP, California: Cost-sharing agreement

with a yet to be determined non-Federal entity for the Folsom Dam and

Reservoir reoperation.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. California Department of Fish and Game, CVP, California:

Renewal of existing long-term agreement for furnishing water for fish

hatchery purposes.

27. 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.

28. Corning Canal, Tehama-Colusa Canal, and Cross Valley Canal;

CVP; California: Renewal of existing long-term water service contracts

with contractors on the Canals, whose contracts expire in 1995; water

quantities in existing contracts range from 400 to 62,200 acre-feet.

These contract actions will be accomplished through interim contracts

pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.

29. Bella Vista WD, CVP, California: Renewal of existing long-term

water service contract which expires December 31, 1994; water quantity

in existing contract is 24,000 acre-feet. This contract action will be

accomplished through interim contracts pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.

30. Clear Creek Community Services District, CVP, California:

Renewal of existing long-term water service contract which expires

December 31, 1994; water quantity in existing contract is 15,300 acre-

feet. This contract action will be accomplished through interim

contracts pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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 intrustion in the ground water aquifers.

35. San Juan Suburban WD, CVP, California: Renewal of existing

long-term water service contract which expires February 28, 1995; water

quantity in existing contract is 11,200 acre-feet. This contract action

will be accomplished through interim contracts pursuant to Pub. L. 102-

575.

36. 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.

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. United Water Conservation District, SRPA, California: District

can prepay the loan at a discounted rate pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.

40. San Juan Suburban WD and the Placer 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.

41. Feather WE, CVP, California: Renewal of existing long-term

water service contract which expires December 31, 1994; water quantity

in existing contract is 20,000. This contract action will be

accomplished through interim contracts pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.

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. 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.

3. 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 total.

4. 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.

5. 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).

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Imperial ID, Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, California:

Contract providing for O&M of the project well field.

10. 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.

11. County of San Bernardino, San Sevaine Creek Water Project,

SRPA, California: Project and loan repayment contracts are under

reformulation.

12. Tohono O'odham Nation, SRPA, Arizona: Repayment contract for a

$7.3 million loan for the Schuk Toak District.

13. 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.

14. 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).

15. Imperial ID 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 January 25, 1988.

16. 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 Coachella Branch of

the All-American Canal in accordance with Title II of the San Luis Rey

Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, dated January 25, 1988.

17. Elsinore Valley Municipal WD, Temescal Valley Project, SRPA,

California: Repayment contract for a $22.3 million loan.

18. Mohave Valley ID, BCP, Arizona: Amendment of current contract

for additional Colorado River water, change in service areas, diversion

points, and RRA exemption.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. Yuma County Water Users' Association, Yuma Project, Arizona:

Contract to enable the Association to administer non-irrigation water

within its service area.

22. City of Yuma, BCP, Arizona: Amendment to Contract No. 14-067-W-

106 for additional points of diversion.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. Robert B. Griffith Water Project, BCP, Nevada: Revision of

water delivery contract to amend points of diversion.

26. Southern Nevada Water Authority, BCP, Nevada: Assignment or

transfer of 14,500 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.

27. Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, SRPA, California: Chino

Basin Desalination Program, environmental cleanup to remove salt from

ground water, $49 million project.

28. Gila River Farms, SRPA, Arizona: Amendatory contract to

reschedule payments due in 1991, 1992, 1993 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 el al., BCP, Arizona: Contract for 2,100

acre-feet per year of Colorado River water for agricultural water.

31. Town of Payson, CAP, Arizona: Assignment of Payson's CAP water

entitlement of 4,995 acre-feet per year to the city of Scottsdale.

32. Beattie Farms SW, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 1,890 acre-feet

per year of unused Arizona entitlement for agricultural use.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. 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.

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 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 for 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 Plata 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 2,000 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 assignments; and

allow assignments outside City limits under authority of the Public

Service Board.

9. Mancos Water Conservancy District, Mancos Project, Colorado:

Amendatory contract to remove contract restrictions that prevent the

Mancos Water Conservancy District from developing hydropower on 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.

18. 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.

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.

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. East Bench ID, East Bench Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: D&MC contract

for $300,000 for minor construction work for up to a 10-year period.

9. Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District, Washita Basin

Project, Oklahoma: Amendatory repayment contract for remedial work.

10. 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).

11. 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.

12. Midvale ID, Riverton Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Long-term contract

for water service from Boysen Reservoir.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. City of Estes Park, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado:

Modification of water service contract to change point of diversion and

other administrative revisions.

20. Belle Fourche ID, Belle Fourche Unit, P-SMBP, South Dakota:

Amendment to D&MC contract to extend work through 1995 and provide an

additional $1 million to complete the work.

21. North Platte Project and Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming and

Nebraska contractors: Repayment contracts under the safety of dams

program for the modification of Pathfinder, Guernsey, and Glendo Dams.

22. State of Colorado, Armel Unit, P-SMBP, Colorado: Repayment

contract under the safety of dams program for the modification of Bonny

Dam.

23. 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:

Renegotiation of existing water service and repayment contracts for

irrigation water supplies.

24. 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 reflect a discounted

prepayment of the City of Frederick's obligation for the reimbursable

costs of its M&I water supply.

25. Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana: In accordance

with Section 9 of the Northern Cheyenne Reserved Water Rights

Settlement Act of 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 capital and O&M

costs associated with each acre-foot of water the Tribe sells from the

storage for M&I purposes.

26. 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 be

used for the design and construction management of the project

facilities.

27. Mid-Dakota Rural Water Systems, 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.

Dated: January 14, 1994.

Stephen V. Magnussen,

Acting Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 94-1485 Filed 1-20-94; 4:15 pm]

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