Quarterly Status Report of Water Service and Repayment; Contract Negotiations

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Quarterly Status Report of Water Service and Repayment; Contract

Negotiations

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

AGENCY: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of proposed contractual actions pending

through December 31, 1995, and contract actions that have been

[[Page 6284]] completed or discontinued since the last publication of

this notice on October 19, 1994. From the date of this publication,

future quarterly notices during this calendar year 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 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 Reclamation to be affected by

the proposed action. Announcements may be in the form of new 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. The public participation

procedures do not apply to proposed contracts for 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 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: Alonzo Knapp, Manager, Reclamation

Law, Contracts, and Repayment Office, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box

25007, Denver, Colorado 80225-0007; telephone 303-236-1061 extension

224.

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

regulation published in 52 FR 11954, Apr. 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, Feb. 22, 1982, a tabulation is

provided of all proposed contractual actions in each of the five

Reclamation regions. Each proposed action is, or is expected to be, in

some stage of the contract negotiation process in 1995. When contract

negotiations are completed, and prior to execution, each proposed

contract form must be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, 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 regional 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

(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 208-378-5346.

1. Irrigation, M&I, and Miscellaneous Water Users; Columbia Basin,

Crooked River, Deschutes, Minidoka, Rathdrum Prairie, Rogue River

Basin, and Umatilla Projects; Idaho, 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.

2. Rogue River Basin Water Users, Rogue River Project, Oregon:

Water service contracts.

3. Willamette Basin Water Users, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon:

Water service contract; $8 per acre-foot per annum.

4. 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., Parsons 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). [[Page 6285]]

5. 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.

6. Bridgeport ID, Chief Joseph Dam Project, Washington: Warren Act

contract for the use of an irrigation outlet in Chief Joseph Dam.

7. Hermiston ID, Umatilla Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for

reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Cold Springs Dam.

8. 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.

9. The Dalles ID, The Dalles Project, Oregon: SRPA loan repayment

contract; proposed loan obligation of approximately $2,000,000.

10. Sidney Irrigation Cooperative, Willamette Basin Project,

Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for approximately 2,300 acre-

feet.

11. 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.

12. Palmer Creek Water District Improvement Company, Willamette

Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for

approximately 13,000 acre-feet.

13. 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.

14. City of Madra, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Renewal or

replacement of municipal water service contract for approximately 125

acre-feet annually from the project water supply.

15. 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.

16. Lewiston Orchards ID, Lewiston Orchards Project, Idaho:

Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to

Reservoir ``A.''

17. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Repayment contract

for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Wickiup Dam.

18. Umatilla Project Irrigation Districts, Oregon: Temporary

contracts with Hermiston, Stanfield, Westland, and West Extension

Irrigation Districts to provide water service for 1995 to lands lying

outside of their boundaries, with possible renewal for a additional

year of water service.

Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way,

Sacramento, California 95825-1898, telephone 916-979-2401.

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 Public Law 102-575.

4. Redwood Valley County WD, SRPA, California: District is

considering restructuring the repayment schedule pursuant to Public Law

100-516 or initiating new legislation to prepay the loan at a

discounted rate. Prepayment option under Public Law 102-575 has

expired.

5. 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.

6. San Luis WD, CVP, California: Amendatory water service contract

to provide that the District pay the 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.

7. 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.

ACTION: Amendatory Contract No. 14-06-200-5272A executed November 22,

1994.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, CVP, California:

Agreement for the Folsom Dam and Reservoir reoperation.

12. 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.

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

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

hatchery purposes.

14. 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.

15. Del Puerto WD, CVP, California: Assignment of 12 Delta-Mendota

Canal water service contracts to Del Puerto WD for administrative and

operational purposes. Change in water district name.

16. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish

and Game, Grassland WD; CVP; California: Water service contracts to

provide water supplies for refuges within the CVP pursuant to Federal

Reclamation Laws; [[Page 6286]] 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.

17. 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 seawater intrusion in the ground-water aquifers.

18. 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 seawater

intrusion in the ground-water aquifers.

19. 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.

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

can prepay the loan at a discounted rate pursuant to Public Law 102-

575.

ACTION: District did not pursue prepayment option provided in Pub. L.

102-575. Prepayment option has expired.

21. 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.

22. Mountain Gate CSD, 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

Public Law 102-575.

23. Glide WD, CVP, California: Assignment of Tehama WD's water

service contract to Glide WD,

ACTION: Request withdrawn. Tehama WD dissolved.

24. Glide WD and Orland-Artois WD, CVP, California: Assignment of

Elder Creek WD water service contract to Glide WD and Orland-Artois WD.

25. Pershing County WD, Nevada: Repayment contract for Safety of

Dams work on Rye Patch Dam.

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) and

Bard ID, Yuma Project, Arizona and California: Surplus Water Contract

to receive Colorado River water in the states of Arizona and

California.

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: Contract for repayment of a $17.9 million loan and

grant of $34 million.

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

$47.3 million loan for the Schuk Toak District.

12. 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 8.126 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 (PPR) entitlement

holders, BCP, Arizona and California: New contracts for entitlements to

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 Supplemental Decree, January 9, 1979.

19. Federal Establishment present perfected rights entitlement

holders: [[Page 6287]] Individual contracts for administration of

Colorado River water entitlements of the Colorado River, Fort Mojave,

Quechan, Chemehuevi, and Cocopah Indian Tribes.

20. United States facilities, BCP: Reservation of Colorado River

water for use at Federal facilities administered by Bureau of

Reclamation in Arizona, California, and Nevada.

21. City of Yuma, BCP, Arizona: Amendment to Contract No. 14-06-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. United States Navy, BCP, California: Contract for 22 acre-feet

of surplus Colorado River water through the Coachella Canal.

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

Basin Desalination Program, environmental cleanup to remove salt from

ground water, $32 million loan.

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

Public Law 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 (CAWCD), CAP,

Arizona: Amend or supplement the master repayment contract between the

United States and CAWCD to reflect a pending settlement of certain CAP

financial and ancillary issues.

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. The new

authority expect to make portions of its entitlement available to

Bullhead City, Lake Havasu City, Mohave Water Conservation District and

environmental purposes yet to be determined.

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.

36. Yuma County Water Users Association (YCWUA) and City of Yuma,

Yuma Project, Arizona: Supplementary Agreement and Delivery Agent

contract to convert an undetermined amount of YCWUA's Present Perfected

Rights irrigation water to municipal and industrial water for

distribution by the city of Yuma.

37. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lower Colorado River Refuge

Complex, BCP, Yuma, Arizona: Proposed agreement to pool existing

Arizona refuge water rights, resolve water rights coordination issues,

and to provide for nonconsumptive use flow through water.

38. Colorado River Commission of Nevada, Robert E. Griffith

Project, Nevada: Amendatory or supplemental contract action to provide

for the expansion and upgrading of diversion and conveyance facilities

at non-Federal expense.

39. Southern Nevada Water Authority, BCP, Nevada: Contract to use

Federal facilities and land to divert water from Lake Mead at non-

Federal expense.

40. Central Arizona Water Conservation District and the

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, CAP/BCP, Arizona/

California: Amendatory Agreement for a demonstration project on

underground storage of Colorado River Water in Arizona to increase the

project from up to 100,000 acre-feet to 300,000 acre-feet.

The following contract actions have been completed in the Lower

Colorado Region since this notice was last published on October 19,

1994:

1. (12) Bullhead City: Contract for additional M&I allocations of

Colorado River water to entities located along the Colorado River in

Arizona. Contract for Bullhead City was executed on November 9, 1994.

2. (25) Southern Nevada Water Authority, BCP, Nevada: Assignment or

transfer of 14,550 acre-feet of Basic Management, Incorporated's water

entitlement to the Southern Nevada Water Authority as a result of Basic

Management, Inc.'s water conservation efforts. This assignment and

related contract actions were completed on November 17, 1994.

Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State

Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102, telephone 801-524-

4419.

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 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 [[Page 6288]] 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. 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.

10. 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.

11. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, Wayne N.

Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Substitute supply plan for the

administration of the Gunnison River.

12. Collbran Conservancy District, Collbran Project, Colorado:

Amendatory contract defining priority of use of project water.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. Florida Water Conservancy District, Florida Project, Colorado:

Water service contract to market for municipal and industrial use 114

acre-feet of water rights held by the United States.

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. Green Mountain Reservoir, Colorado-Big Thompson Project,

Colorado; Water service contracts for irrigation, municipal, and

industrial; contract negotiations for sale of water from the marketable

yield to water users within the Colorado River Basin of Western

Colorado.

3. 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.

4. Cedar Bluff Irrigation District No. 6, Cedar Bluff Unit, P-SMBP,

Kansas: In accordance with Section 901 of Public Law 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.

5. 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.

6. Corn Creek Irrigation District, Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming:

Repayment contract for 10,350 acre-feet of supplemental irrigation

water from Glendo Reservoir pending completion of NEPA review.

7. Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District, Washita Basin

Project, Oklahoma; Amendatory repayment contract for remedial work.

8. 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).

9. 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.

10. Midvale Irrigation District, Riverton Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming:

Long-term contract for water service from Boysen Reservoir.

11. Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1,

San Angelo Project, Texas: Pursuant to Section 501 of Pub. L. 101-434,

negotiate amendatory contract to increase irrigable acreage within the

project.

12. Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Canadian River

Project, Texas: Issue of credit for transferred lands under review.

13. Lakeview Irrigation District, 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.

14. Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 6, Texas: SRPA contract

for a 20-year loan for up to $5,712,900 to rehabilitate the District's

irrigation facilities pending appropriation of funds.

15. 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.

16. 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 pending appropriation of funds.

17. Belle Fourche Irrigation District, Belle Fourche Unit, P-SMBP,

South Dakota: Amendment to Contract No. 5-07-60-WR170. The amendment

will initiate repayment period June 30, 1996. The amendment will also

provide an additional $10.5 million for additional rehabilitation and

betterment work.

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

Nebraska contractors: Repayment contracts under the Safety of Dams

Program for the modifications of Pathfinder, Guernsey, and Glendo Dams.

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

contract under the Safety of Dams Program for the modification of Bonny

Dam.

20. Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska and Kansas-Bostwick

Irrigation District, Ainsworth Irrigation District, Farwell Irrigation

and Sargent Irrigation District, Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation

District, [[Page 6289]] Frenchman Valley Irrigation District, Almena

Irrigation District, Webster Irrigation District, and Kirwin Irrigation

District, P-SMBP, Kansas and Nebraska: Renewal of existing water

service and repayment contracts for irrigation water supplies, pending

completion of NEPA review.

21. Mountain Park Master Conservancy District, Mountain Park

Project, Oklahoma: Pending revision of 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 Frederick's obligation for the

reimbursable costs of its M&I water supply or to reschedule its

payments based on ability to pay.

22. Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana: In accordance

with Section 9 of the Northern Cheyenne Reserved Water Rights

Settlement Act of 1992, the United States 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 United States both

capital and O&M costs associated with each acre-foot of water the Tribe

sells from this storage for M&I purposes.

23. 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.

24. 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 nonprofit corporation for the

planning and construction of a rural water supply system.

25. Angostura Irrigation District, 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.

26. 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.

Dated: January 24, 1995.

Wayne O. Deason,

Assistant Director, Program Analysis.

[FR Doc. 95-2402 Filed 1-31-95; 8:45 am]

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