Quarterly Status Report of Water Service and Repayment Contract Negotiations

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Quarterly Status Report 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, 1996, and contract actions that have been

completed or discontinued since the last publication of this notice on

September 29, 1995. 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 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. 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 identify 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

regulations published in 52 FR 11954, Apr. 13, 1987, Reclamation will

publish notice of the 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 1996. 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

(PPR) Present Perfected Right

(RRA) Reclamation Reform Act

(NEPA) National Environmental Policy Act

(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 Basin Project,

Oregon: Water service contracts; $8 per acre-foot per annum.

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

Water service contracts; $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).

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. 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.

8. Sidney Irrigation Cooperative, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon:

Irrigation water service contract for approximately 2,300 acre-feet.

9. Douglas County, Milltown Hill Project, Oregon: SRPA loan

repayment contract; proposed combination loan and grant obligation of

approximately $31 million.

10. Palmer Creek Water District Improvement Company, Willamette

Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for

approximately 13,000 acre-feet.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

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

Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to

Reservoir ``A.''

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

for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Wickiup Dam.

16. Stanfield and Westland Irrigation Districts, Umatilla Project,

Oregon: Repayment contracts for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs

to McKay Dam.

17. Fremont-Madison Irrigation District, Minidoka Project, Idaho-

Wyoming: Supplemental and amendatory contract providing for the

transfer of operation and maintenance for the remaining reserved works

of the Upper Snake Storage Division (including Cascade Creek Diversion

Dam, Grassy Lake Dam and Reservoir, and Island Park Dam and Reservoir).

18. North Unit Irrigation District, Deschutes Project, Oregon:

Warren Act contract with cost of service charge to allow for use of

project facilities to convey nonproject water.

19. Hermiston, Stanfield, Westland, and West Extension Irrigation

Districts, Umatilla Project, Oregon: Temporary contracts to provide

water service for 1996 to lands lying outside of their boundaries.

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, Mid-Pacific Region projects other than CVP:

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 between 1995 and 1998; water

quantities for these contracts total in excess of 1.7M acre-feet. These

contract actions will be accomplished through interim renewal contracts

pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.

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

considering restructuring the repayment schedule pursuant to Pub. L.

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

discounted rate. Prepayment option under Pub. L. 102-575 has expired.

5. Truckee Carson ID, Newlands Project, Nevada: New contract for

the operation and maintenance of Newlands Project facilities and the

collection of the unpaid construction costs for the original contract.

The United States terminated the original contract, and this was upheld

by the U.S. District Court in Nevada on August 17, 1983.

6. Sacramento River water rights 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.

7. 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.

8. El Dorado County Water Agency, San Juan WD, and Sacramento

County Water Agency, CVP, California: M&I water service contract aid

supplement existing water supply: 15,000 acre-feet for El Dorado County

Water Agency 13,000 acre-feet for San Juan WD, and 22,000 acre-feet for

Sacramento County Water Agency, authorized by Pub. L. 101-514.

9. 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; 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.

10. San Juan Water District, CVP, California: Execute Warren Act

contract to replace expiring long-term wheeling contract with San Juan

WD and the Placer County Water Agency allowing the Agency to use CVP

facilities to deliver its water to the District for use on District

land within Placer County.

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11. 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

Pub. L. 102-575.

12. Pershing County Water Conservation District, Nevada: Repayment

contract for Safety of Dams work on Rye Patch Dam.

13. Santa Barbara County Water Agency: Repayment contract for

Safety of Dams work on Bradbury Dam.

14. Central Valley Project Service Area, California: Temporary

water purchase agreements for acquisition of 20,000 to 200,000 acre-

feet of water for fish and wildlife purposes as authorized by the

Central Valley Project Improvement Act for terms of up to 3 years.

15. City of Folsom, CVP, California: Amendment of existing water

rights conveyance contract to allow delivery of an additional 5,000

acre-feet of water from Folsom Reservoir that has been acquired from

the Southern California Water Company.

16. Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District,

Solano Project, California: Amend water service contract to decrease

quantity.

17. City of Roseville, CVP, California: Execution of long-term

Warren Act contract for conveyance of non-project water provided from

the Placer County Water Agency. This contract will allow CVP facilities

to be used to deliver non-project water to the City of Roseville for

use within their service area.

18. Sacramento Municipal Utility District, CVP, California:

Amendment of existing water service contract to allow for additional

points of diversion, and assignment of up to 15,000 acre-feet of

project water to the Sacramento County Water Agency. The amended

contract will conform to current Reclamation law.

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. Milton and Jean Phillips, Kenneth or Ann Easterday, Robert E.

Harp, Cameron Brothers Construction Co., Ogram Farms, Bruce Church,

Inc., Sturges Farms, Inc., 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.

2. 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 prior contract recommendation

in the amount of 6,292 acre-feet per year.

3. 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).

4. 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, or

Nevada.

5. Consolidated Water Co., Havasu Water Co., Quartzsite, McAllister

Subdivision, City of Parker, 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

3,759 acre-feet per year as recommended by the Arizona Department of

Water Resources.

6. 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 (PPR) 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).

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

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

points, and RRA exemption.

8. Kent Sea Farms, Yuma, AZ: Contract to divert and return 32,000

acre-feet of water per year from and to, respectively, the Main Outlet

Drain Extension for one or more fish farms.

9. Miscellaneous 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 BCPA.

Miscellaneous PPR holders are listed in the Arizona v. California

settlement. Also, conversion of PPR entitlements for irrigation water

to M&I water entitlements.

10. W.F. West, BCP, California: Miscellaneous PPR contract for

0.8774 acre-feet of domestic water.

11. Julia Soto Zozaya and Steve M. Zozaya, Mohave County, BCP,

Arizona: Miscellaneous PPR contract for 720 acre-feet of irrigation

water.

12. Holpal Miscellaneous PPR, BCP, AZ: Assign a portion of the PPR

to Mr. McNutly.

13. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, BCP, California:

The company intends to transfer its miscellaneous PPR for the diversion

of 1,260 acre-feet and consumptive use of 273 acre-feet of Colorado

River water to the City of Needles.

14. Federal Establishment PPR entitlement holders, BCP; Individual

contracts for administration of Colorado River water entitlements of

the Colorado River, Fort Mojave, Quechan, Chemehuevi, and Cocopah

Indian Tribes.

15. United States facilities, BCP, Arizona, California, and Nevada:

Reservation of Colorado River Water for use at Federal facilities and

lands administered by Reclamation.

16. Windsor Beach State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ: Contract for

130 acre-feet entitlement to Colorado River domestic water.

17. 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.

18. Bureau of Land Management, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 1,176

acre-feet per year, for irrigation use, of Arizona's Colorado River

water that is not used by higher priority Arizona entitlement holders.

19. Curtis Family Trust et al., BCP, Arizona: Contract for 2,100

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

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

per year of unused Arizona entitlement for agricultural use.

21. 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.

22. 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.

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

Supplementary contract to convert irrigation use water to domestic use

water within the Valley Division of the Yuma Project.

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24. 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.

25. Hilander C Irrigation District, Colorado River Basin Salinity

Control Project, AZ: Water delivery contract for 4,500 acre-feet.

26. Kent Sea Farms, Yuma, Arizona: Contract to divert and return

32,000 acre-feet of water per year from and to, respectively, the Main

Outlet Drain Extension for one or more fish farms.

27. Central Arizona Water Conservation District, CAP, Arizona:

Amend or supplement the master repayment contract between the United

States to reflect a pending settlement of certain CAP financial and

ancillary issues.

28. Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District, Stanfield,

AZ: District has requested the United States to defer payments and

restructure its $78 million distribution system repayment obligation.

29. 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.

30. Indian and non-Indian agricultural and M&I water users, CAP,

AZ: New and amendatory contracts for repayment of Federal expenditures

for construction of distribution systems.

31. Gila River Indian Community, CAP, AZ: Master repayment/O&M

contract for distribution system to serve up to 77,000 acres.

32. McMicken ID/City of Surprise, AZ: Amend McMicken's CAP

subcontract to reduce its entitlement by 4,500 acre-feet and execute a

CAP water service subcontract with the City of Surprise for 4,500 acre-

feet of CAP water.

33. McMicken ID/Avondale, AZ: Amend McMicken's CAP subcontract to

reduce its entitlement by 647 acre-feet and amend Avondale's CAP water

service subcontract to increase its entitlement by 647 acre-feet of CAP

water.

34. City of Scottsdale and other M&I water subcontractors, CAP, AZ:

Subcontract amendments associated with assignment of M&I water service

subcontracts from Camp Verde Water System, Inc., Cottonwood Water

Works, Inc., Mayer Domestic Water Improvement District, City of

Prescott, City of Nogales, Rio Rico Utilities', Inc., and the Yavapai-

Prescott Indian Tribe to provide the City of Scottsdale with an

additional 17,823 acre-feet of CAP water.

35. Tohono O'odham Nation, SRPA, AZ: Repayment contract for a $7.3

million loan for the Schuk Toak District.

36. San Tan Irrigation District, Chandler Heights, AZ, CAP: Amend

distribution system repayment Contract No. 6-07-30-W0120 to increase

the repayment obligation approximately $168,000.

37. Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation District, Chandler Heights,

AZ, CAP: Amend distribution system repayment Contract No. 6-07-30-W0119

to increase the repayment obligation approximately $114,000.

38. Central Arizona Drainage and Irrigation District, Phoenix,

Arizona, CAP, Amend distribution system repayment Contract No. 4-07-30-

W0048 to reschedule repayment terms pursuant to U.S. Bankruptcy Court,

District of Arizona.

39. Arizona Sierra Utility Company, Phoenix, AZ, CAP: Assignment to

the Town of Florence of 407 acre-feet of CAP municipal and industrial

water allocation under subcontract from the Central Arizona Water

Conservation District.

40. San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego, California, San

Diego Project: Title transfer to the Second Barrel, San Diego Aqueduct

composed of over 70 miles of pipeline 4.5 to 8 feet in diameter and

related facilities and rights of way.

41. Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, California: Water service

and repayment contracts with nonagricultural water 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.

42. The Southern California Gas Company, BCP, California: Short-

term water delivery contract for 125 acre-feet of surplus Colorado

River water for domestic and industrial water users near the City of

Needles, California.

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

SRPA, California: Project and loan repayment contracts are under

reformulation.

44. 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.

45. 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.

46. United States Navy, BCP, Niland, California: Contract for 22

acre-feet of surplus Colorado River water for domestic use delivered

through the Coachella Canal.

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

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

Federal expense.

48. Colorado River Commissioner of Nevada, Robert B. Griffith Water

Project, BCP, Nevada: Amend the repayment contract to provide for

funding of additional facilities by Southern Nevada Water Authority to

divert, treat, and convey water out of Lake Mead.

Contract Actions Completed

1. Fort Yuma Indian Reservation (Quechan Indian Reservation), Yuma

Project, AZ and CA: Surplus water contract to receive Colorado River

Water in the states of AZ and CA. 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. Completed by

letter dated May 18, 1995.

2. Imperial ID, Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, CA: Contract

providing for administration, operation, maintenance, and replacement

of the project well field was executed October 13, 1995.

3. Lake Havasu City and Marble Canyon from item 12 above. Lake

Havasu City contract was executed October 4, 1995. Execution of the

Marble Canyon contract is in progress.

4. Elsinore Valley Municipal WD, Temescal Valley Project, SRPA, CA:

Repayment contract for a $22.3 million loan was executed April 24,

1995.

5. 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. Inactive for the foreseeable future.

6. Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, SRPA, CA: Chino Basin

Desalination Program, environmental cleanup to remove salt from

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groundwater, $32 million loan. Contract executed May 1, 1995.

7. 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 on September 15, 1995

facilitates construction under Pub. L. 93-638 funding and work

performance contract.

8. Gila River Farms, SRPA, AZ: Amendatory contract to reschedule

payments due in 1991, 1992, and subsequent years in line with payment

capacity. Execution is in progress and is expected to be completed by

the end of February 1996.

9. Mohave County, BCP, AZ: 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. Assignment accomplished

and new contract executed with newly formed Mohave County Water

Authority on December 8, 1995.

10. 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. Action

approved May 18, 1995.

11. New Magma Irrigation and Drainage District, Phoenix, Arizona,

CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT: Amend and Supplement distribution system

repayment Contract No. 4-07-30-W0049 to reschedule repayment terms

pursuant to U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona, Judgement No.

B-94-00211-TUC-JMM, June 20, 1995. Execution of restructured repayment

contract is in progress.

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-Law 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 aid 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.

17. Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District and Central Utah

Water Conservancy District, Central Utah Project, Utah. Contract to

provide the Bureau of Reclamation with perpetual use of 7,900 acre-feet

of water annually for storage in the Jordanelle Reservoir.

18. Grand Valley Water Users Association, Orchard Mesa Irrigation

District, and Public Service Company of Colorado, Grand Valley Project,

Colorado. Water service contract for the utilization of project water

for cooling purposes for a steam electric generation plant.

19. Public Service Company of New Mexico, Colorado River Storage

Project, Navajo Unit, New Mexico. Amendatory water service contract for

diversion of 20,200 acre-feet, not to exceed a depletion of 16,200

acre-feet of project water for cooling purposes for a steam electric

generation plant.

20. Provo Reservoir Water Users Company, Wasatch Irrigation

Company, Timpanogas Irrigation Company, Exchange Irrigation Company,

Washington Irrigation Company, and the City of Provo; Central Utah

Project, Utah: Water exchange contracts, water rights in several

mountain lakes and

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reservoirs are being exchanged for equivalent contract water rights in

Jordanelle Reservoir.

21. Sanpete County Water Conservancy District, Narrows Project,

Utah: Application for a Small Reclamation Project Act loan and grant to

construct a dam, reservoir and pipeline to annually supply

approximately 5,000 acre-feet of water through a transmountain

diversion from Upper Gooseberry Creek in the Price River drainage

(Colorado River Basin) to the San Pitch--Sever River (Great Basin).

22. Highland Conservation District, Provo River Project, Utah:

Water transfer agreement between District and Highland City involving

change of use from irrigation to municipal and industrial.

Great Plains Region

Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Federal Building, 316 North

26th Street, Billings, Montana 59107-6900, telephone 406-247-7730.

1. Individual irrigators, M&I, and miscellaneous water users:

Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South

Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: 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 a term up to 1 year; 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 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.

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. 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.

10. 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. Pursuant to Section 9(e) of the Reclamation

Project Act of 1939 (Pub. L. 260).

11. 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.

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

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

will initiate the repayment period for the rehabilitation and

betterment work to begin June 30, 1996. The amendment will also provide

an additional $10.5 million for additional rehabilitation and

betterment work.

13. North Platte Project, Pathfinder Irrigation District:

Negotiation of contract, Pathfinder Irrigation District: Negotiation of

contract regarding Safety of Dams Program modification of Lake Alice

Dam.

14. Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska and Kansas-Bostwick

Irrigation District, Ainsworth Irrigation District, Farwell Irrigation

and Sargent Irrigation District, Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation

District, 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.

15. Mountain Park Master Conservancy District, Mountain park

Project, Oklahoma: Pursuant to Title IV of Pub. L. 103-434, amend the

District's contract to reallocate the project costs to reflect the

environmental activities authorized by Title IV and provide for a

discounted prepayment of all or a portion of the reimbursable costs

allocated for its M&I water supply.

16. 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, 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.

17. 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.

18. Angostura Irrigation District, Angostura Unit, P-SMBP, South

Dakota: The District's current contract for water service expired on

December 31, 1995. The current contract also provided 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.

19. Shadehill Water User District, Shadehill Unit, P-SMBP, South

Dakota: Water service contract expired 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.

20. Enders Dam, Frenchman-Cambridge Division, Frenchman Unit,

Nebraska: Repayment contract for proposed Safety of Dams modifications

to Enders Dam for repaid of seeping drainage features. Estimated cost

of the repairs is $632,000.

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

South Dakota: D&MC contract for rehabilitation work on water control

structures, lining additional canals, and rehabilitation of bridges and

laterals. Pub. L. 103-434, enacted October 31, 1994, authorized an

additional $10.5 million in Federal funds and $4 million

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in non-Federal cost share for completion of the minor construction.

22. Cities of Loveland and Berthoud, Colorado, Colorado-Big

Thompson Project, Colorado: Long-term contracts for conveyance of

nonproject M&I water through Colorado-Big Thompson Project facilities

pursuant to the Town Sites and Power Development Act of 1906.

Dated: January 24, 1996.

Wayne O. Deason,

Assistant Director, Program Analysis Office.

[FR Doc. 96-2300 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]

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