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

October 28, 1996. 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 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, PO 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 1997. 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

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(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.

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

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

4. Clark and Edwards Canal and Irrigation Company, Enterprise Canal

Company, Ltd., Lenroot Canal Company, Liberty Park Canal Company,

Parsons Ditch Company, Poplar ID, 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. Bridgeport ID, Chief Joseph Dam Project, Washington: Warren Act

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

6. Ochoco ID and Various Individual Spaceholders, Crooked River

Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety

repairs to Arthur R. Bowman Dam.

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

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

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

repayment contract; proposed combination loan and grant obligation of

approximately $31 million.

9. Palmer Creek Water District Improvement Company, Willamette

Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for

approximately 13,000 acre-feet.

10. 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.

11. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Long-term municipal

water service contract for provision of approximately 125 acre-feet

annually from the project water supply to the city of Madras.

12. 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.

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

Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to

Reservoir ``A.''

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

for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Wickiup Dam.

15. Stanfield and Westland IDs and 69 individual contractors,

Umatilla Project, Oregon: Repayment contracts for reimbursable cost of

dam safety repairs to McKay Dam.

16. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Warren Act contract

with cost of service charge to allow for use of project facilities to

convey nonproject water.

17. South Boise Mutual Irrigation Company, Ltd., and United Water

Idaho, Boise Project, Idaho: Agreement amending contracts to approve

the acquisition and municipal use of Anderson Ranch Reservoir water by

United Water Idaho, and the transfer of Luck Peak Reservoir water to

the United States.

18. Baker Valley ID, Baker Project, Oregon: Warren Act contract

with cost of service charge to allow for use of project facilities to

store nonproject water.

19. Okanogan ID, Okanogan Project, Washington: Safety of dams

contract to repay districts' share of cost to install an Early Warning

System.

20. Rogue River Valley and Medford IDs, Rogue River Basin Project,

Oregon: Safety of dams contract to repay each districts' share of cost

to repair Fish Lake Dam.

21. Hermiston, Stanfield, Westland, and West Extension IDs,

Umatilla Project, Oregon: Temporary contracts to provide water service

for 1997 to lands lying outside of their boundaries.

22. Burley ID, Minidoka Project, Idaho: Warren Act contract with

cost of service charge to allow for use of project facilities to convey

nonproject water.

23. JELD-WEN, Inc., Yakima Project, Washington: Long-term water

exchange contract for assignment of Teanaway River water rights to

Reclamation for instream flow use in exchange for annual use of up to

1,840 acre-feet of water from Cle Elum Reservoir for a proposed resort

development.

24. J. R. Simplot Company, Boise Project, Idaho: Long-term contract

for 3,000 acre-feet of Anderson Ranch Reservoir storage for M&I use.

25. Eagle Island Water Users Association, Inc., Boise Project,

Idaho: Amendment and partial recision of water service contract to

reduce the Association's spaceholding in Lucky Peak Reservoir by up to

5,300 acre-feet, thereby allowing use of this space by Reclamation for

flow augmentation.

26. Milner ID, Minidoka-Palisades Projects, Idaho: Amendment and

partial recision of storage contracts to reduce the districts'

spaceholding in Palisades Reservoir by up to 5,162 acre-feet, thereby

allowing use of this space by Reclamation for flow augmentation.

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

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long-term water service contracts with contractors whose contracts

expire between 1997 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 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 contract for

the O&M of Newlands Project facilities. 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 to

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 and private wetlands 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. Mountain Gate Community Services District, CVP, California:

Amendment of existing long-term water service contract to include right

to renew. This amendment will also conform the contract to current

Reclamation law, including Pub. L. 102-575.

11. Santa Barbara County Water Agency: Repayment contract for

safety of dams work on Bradbury Dam.

12. 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.

13. Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District,

Solano Project, California: Amend water service contract to decrease

quantity.

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

Warren Act contract for conveyance of nonproject water provided from

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

to be used to deliver nonproject water to the City of Roseville for use

within their service area.

15. 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.

16. Solano County Water Agency and Solano ID, Solano Project,

California: Contract to transfer responsibility for O&M of Monticello

Dam, Putah Diversion Dam, Headworks of Putah South Canal, and Parshall

Flume at Milepost 0.18 of Putah South Canal to Solano ID and provide

that the Solano County Water Agency shall provide the funds necessary

for O&M of the facilities.

17. Mercy Springs WD, CVP, California: Assignment of Mercy Springs

WD's water service contract to Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency.

The assignment will provide for delivery of up to 13,300 acre-feet

annually of water to the Agency from the CVP for agricultural purposes.

18. Santa Clara Valley WD, CVP, California: Agreement for the

conditional reallocation of a portion of Santa Clara Valley WD's annual

CVP contract water supply to San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority

members. The purpose of the conditional reallocation is to improve

overall management and establishment of more reliable water supplies

without imposing additional demands or operation changes upon the CVP.

19. Central Coast Water Authority, Cachuma Project, California:

Amendment to the Warren Act contract to change the definition of

contract year. This amendment will make the Warren Act contract

consistent with the contract year in the Santa Barbara County Water

Agency's renewed water service contract.

20. Santa Barbara County Water Agency, Cachuma Project, California:

Contract to transfer responsibility for O&M and funding of certain

Cachuma Project facilities to the member units.

21. Black Butte Dam and Lake, Sacramento River Diversion, CVP,

California: A proposed amendment of Stony Creek WD's water service

contract, No. 2-07-20-W0261, to allow the contractor to change from

paying for all Project water, whether used or not, to paying only for

Project water scheduled or delivered.

22. Sacramento River Water Rights Contractors, CVP, California: A

proposed exchange agreement with M&T, Inc., to take its Butte Creek

water rights from the Sacramento River.

The following contract actions have been completed in the Mid-

Pacific Region since this notice was last published on October 28,

1996.

1. (5) Truckee Carson ID, Newlands Project, Nevada: New contract

for the O&M of Newlands Project facilities. The United States

terminated the original contract, and this was upheld by the U.S.

District Court in Nevada on August 17, 1983. Action: Contract No. 7-07-

20-X0348 executed on November 25, 1996.

2. (20) Solano County Water Agency and Solano ID, Solano Project,

California: Contract to transfer responsibility for O&M of Monticello

Dam, Putah Diversion Dam, Headworks of Putah South Canal, and Parshall

Flume at Milepost 0.18 of Putah South Canal to Solano ID and provide

that the Solano County Water Agency shall provide the funds necessary

for O&M of the facilities. Action: Contract No. 7-07-20-X0347 executed

on November 20, 1996.

Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, PO 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 a prior contract recommendation

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

3. Armon Curtis, Arlin Dulin, Jacy Rayner, Glen Curtis, Jamar

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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.

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. Brooke Water Co., Havasu Water Co., City of 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. 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 Boulder

Canyon Project Act. Miscellaneous PPR holders are listed in the Arizona

v. California settlement. Also, conversion of PPR entitlements for

irrigation water to M&I water entitlements.

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

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

water.

10. Holpal Miscellaneous Perfected Right, BCP, Arizona: Assign a

portion of the PPR to Mr. McNutly.

11. 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.

12. 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.

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

Reservation of Colorado River Water for use at Federal facilities and

lands administered by Reclamation.

14. Windsor Beach State Park, Lake Havasu City, BCP, Arizona:

Contract for 90 acre-feet entitlement to Colorado River domestic water.

15. 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.

16. 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.

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

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

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

per year of unused Arizona entitlement for agricultural use.

19. 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.

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

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

refuge water rights, resolve water rights coordination issues, and to

provide for nonconsumptive use flow through water.

21. Yuma Mesa IDD, 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.

22. Hilander C ID, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project,

Arizona: Water delivery contract for 4,500 acre-feet.

23. Maricopa-Stanfield IDD, CAP, Arizona: District has requested

the United States to defer payments and restructure its $78 million

distribution system repayment obligation.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. Gila River Indian Community, CAP, Arizona: Master repayment/O&M

contract for CAP funded distribution system to serve up to

approximately 77,000 acres of existing land.

27. McMicken ID/Avondale, CAP, Arizona: 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.

28. City of Scottsdale and Other M&I Water Subcontractors, CAP,

Arizona: 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

Nogales, Rio and Rico Utilities', Inc., to provide the City of

Scottsdale with an additional 17,823 acre-feet of CAP water.

29. Tohono O'dham Nation, SRPA, Arizona: Repayment contract for a

$7.3 million loan for the Schuk Toak District.

30. San Tan ID, CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution system repayment

contract No. 6-07-30-W0120 to increase the repayment obligation

approximately $168,000.

31. Chandler Heights Citrus ID, CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution

system repayment contract No. 6-07-30-W0119 to increase the repayment

obligation approximately $114,000.

32. Central Arizona IDD, CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution system

repayment contract No. 4-07-30-W0048 to reschedule repayment terms

pursuant to U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona.

33. Arizona Sierra Utility Company, CAP, Arizona: Assignment to the

Town of Florence of 407 acre-feet of CAP M&I water allocation under

subcontract from Central Arizona Water Conservation District.

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

Project: Title transfer to the San Diego Aqueduct composed of over 70

miles of pipeline 4.5 to 8 feet in diameter and related facilities and

rights of way.

35. City of Needles/Bureau of Land Management and/or Nonagriculture

Water Users in California Adjacent to the Colorado River, Lower

Colorado Water Supply Project, California: Either amend contract No. 2-

07-30-W0280 with the City of Needles for up to 5,000 acre-feet with

subcontracting authority extended to the Counties of Imperial and

Riverside, or enter into water service contract and repayment contracts

with BLM and nonagricultural water users in California adjacent to the

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Colorado River for an aggregate annual consumptive use of the project's

well field capacity in exchange for an equivalent amount of water to be

pumped into the All-American Canal from the project well field.

36. 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.

37. 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.

38. United States Navy, BCP, California: Contract for 23 acre-feet

of surplus Colorado River water for domestic use delivered through the

Coachella Canal.

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. Colorado River Commission 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.

41. Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, CAP, Arizona: O&M

contract for its CAP water distribution system.

42. Salt River Project, Inc., Salt River Project, Arizona: Funding

agreement for safety of dams construction activities at Horse Mesa and

Mormon Flat Dams.

43. McMicken ID/Goodyear, CAP, Arizona: Amend McMicken's CAP

subcontract to reduce its entitlement by 507 acre-feet and Goodyears'

water/service subcontract to increase its entitlement by 507 acre-feet.

44. Community Water Company of Green Valley/New Pueblo Water Co.,

CAP, Arizona: Execute an assignment assigning 237 acre-feet of New

Pueblos CAP water entitlement to Community. Amend Community's CAP

subcontract to increase its entitlement by 237 acre-feet and upon

execution of the assignment from New Pueblo to Community, New Pueblos

CAP water service subcontract terminates.

45. Arizona State Land Department/City of Scottsdale, CAP, Arizona:

Amend Arizona State Department agreement to decrease CAP water

entitlement by 530 acre-feet.

46. Brooke Water Co., LLC, CAP Arizona: Assignment of subcontract

for M&I water service to City of Apache Junction.

47. Canada Hills Water Co., CAP Arizona: Assignment of subcontract

for M&I water service to Town of Oro Valley.

48. Bullhead City, BCP, Arizona: Assignment of 1,800 acre-feet of

water and associated service area from Mohave County Water Conservation

District to Bullhead City, Arizona.

49. Santa Ana Project Water Shed Authority, SRPA, California: Amend

current contract with United States to shorten repayment schedule from

30 to 20 years.

50. Elsinore Valley Municipal WD, SRPA, California: Amend current

contract with United States to transfer certain project facilities and

certain O&M responsibilities from District to City of Lake Elsinore.

51. Mr. Robert H. Chesney, BCP, Arizona: Proposed amendatory

contract to amend contract No. 5-07-30-W0321, to increase the cubic

feet per second and install a lowlift pump.

52. U.S. Army Proving Ground, BCP, Arizona: Proposed permanent

allocation of 1,883 acre-feet of Colorado River water.

53. Arizona Public Service, BCP, Arizona: Colorado River water

diversion contract for 1,500 acre-feet for domestic use at Yucca Power

Plant near Yuma, Arizona.

54. Arizona State Lands, BCP, Arizona: Approval of assignment of

water delivery contract with Lakeview City for 400 acre-feet of

Colorado River water for domestic use.

55. Murphy Broadcasting, Inc., BCP, California: Change of use and

assignment of the Schroeder's PPR entitlement for 12.0068 acre-feet.

56. City of Yuma, BCP, Arizona: Proposed supplemental and

amendatory water delivery contract to amend the city's 50,000 acre-feet

of Colorado River water diversion entitlement to a 50,000 acre-feet

consumptive use entitlement.

The following contract actions have been completed in the Lower

Colorado Region since this notice was last published on October 28,

1996.

1. (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.

Action: Executed.

2. (32) McMicken ID/City of Surprise, Arizona: 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. Action: Executed.

3. (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. Action: Modification.

4. (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 use near the

City of Needles, California. Action: Executed.

5. (49) Pacific Gas and Electric Company, BCP, California: Short-

term delivery contract for surplus and/or unused apportionment Colorado

River water for domestic and industrial use at the Topock Compressor

Station California. Action: Executed.

6. (43) County of San Bernardino, San Sevaine Creek Water Project,

SRPA, California: Project and loan repayment contracts are under

reformulation. Action: Executed.

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,

Initial Units, CRSP; 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) Castle Mountain Ranches L.L.C., Wayne N. Aspinall Unit, CRSP,

Colorado: Contract for 30 acre-feet of M&I water from Blue Mesa

Reservoir for domestic, municipal, and irrigation (including irrigation

of laws and golf courses).

(b) VanDeHey, Vernon and Linda, Wayne N. Aspinall Unit, CRSP,

Colorado: Contract for 1 acre-foot for augmentation plan to replace the

consumptive use of water for domestic and industrial use only.

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

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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. Pine River ID, Pine River Project, Colorado: Contract to allow

the District to convert up to 3,000 acre-feet of project irrigation

water to municipal, domestic, and industrial uses.

5. San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: San Juan Pueblo--Repayment

contract for up to 2,000 of project water for irrigation purposes. Taos

area--The Taos area Aceqias, the Town and County of Taos are forming a

joint powers agreement to form an organization to enter into a

repayment contract for up to 2,990 acre-feet of project water to be

used for irrigation and M&I in the Taos, New Mexico area.

6. 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.

7. The National Park Service, Colorado Water Conservation Board,

Wayne N. Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Contract to provide specific

river flow patterns in the Gunnison River through the Black Canyon of

the Gunnison National Monument.

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

Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Long-term water service contract for

municipal, domestic, and irrigation use.

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

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

administration of the Gunnison River.

10. 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.

11. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Florida Project, Colorado:

Supplement to contract No. 14-06-400-3038, dated May 7, 1963, for an

additional 181 acre-feet of project water, plus 563 acre-feet of water

pursuant to the 1986 Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Final Settlement

Agreement.

12. Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District and Central Utah

Water Conservancy District, CUP, 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.

13. Grand Valley Water Users Association, Orchard Mesa ID, 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.

14. Public Service Company of New Mexico, CRSP, 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.

15. Provo Reservoir Water Users Company, Wasatch Irrigation

Company, Timpanogas Irrigation Company, Exchange Irrigation Company,

Washington Irrigation Company, and the City of Provo; CUP, Utah: Water

exchange contracts, water rights in several mountain lakes and

reservoirs are being exchanged for equivalent contract water rights in

Jordanelle Reservoir.

16. Sanpete County Water Conservancy District, Narrows Project,

Utah: Application for a SRPA 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).

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

Water transfer agreement between District and Highland City involving

change of use from irrigation to M&I.

18. Strawberry Water Users Association, Strawberry Valley Project,

Utah: Contract to authorize the conversion of up to 71,000 acre-feet of

irrigation water to M&I use, the replacement of some project

facilities, and participation in construction of the Spanish Fork

System with the Central Utah Water Conservancy District.

19. Department of Energy, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico:

Reassignment of rights under contract No. 7-07-51-X0883 from the

Department of Energy to the County of Los Alamos for 1,200 acre-feet of

San Juan-Chama Project water to be used for municipal, commercial,

residential, and scientific purposes.

20. City of Albuquerque, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: Amend

water storage contract No. 3-CS-53-01510 to exempt the City of

Albuquerque for acreage limitation and reporting provisions.

Great Plains Region: Bureau of Reclamation, PO 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 sale, 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 and M&I; 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. 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.

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

San Angelo Project, Texas: Pursuant to section 501 of Public Law 101-

434, negotiate amendatory contract to increase irrigable acreage within

the project. Also negotiate contract amendment with the District to

defer its annual 1997 construction installment.

6. 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. Pursuant to section 9(e) of the Reclamation Project Act of

1939 and Public Law 100-516.

7. 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.

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8. North Platte Project, Pathfinder ID, Nebraska: Negotiation of

contract regarding Safety of Dams Program modification of Lake Alice

Dam No. 1.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Angostura ID, Angostura Unit, P-SMBP, South Dakota: The

District's current contract for water service expired on December 31,

1995. An interim 3-year contract provides for the District to operate

and maintain the dam and reservoir. The proposed long-term contract

would provide a continued water supply for the District and the

District's continued O&M of the facility.

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

Nebraska: Repayment contract for proposed Safety of Dams modifications

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

of the repairs is $632,000.

13. 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.

14. P-SMBP, Kansas and Nebraska: Initiate negotiations for renewal

of long-term water supply contracts with Kansas-Bostwick, Nebraska-

Bostwick, Frenchman Valley, and Frenchman-Cambridge IDs.

15. Northwest Area Water Supply, North Dakota: Long-term contract

for water supply from Garrison Diversion Unit facilities.

16. Fort Shaw and Greenfields IDs, Sun River Project, Montana:

Contract for Safety of Dams cost for repairs to Willow Creek Dam.

17. Canyon Ferry Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: Water service contract with

Montana Tunnels Mining, Inc., expires June 1997. Working with area

office to develop criteria for NEPA compliance and basis of

negotiation. Renewal of existing contract for an additional 5 years.

18. P-SMBP, Kansas: Water service contracts with the Kirwin and

Webster IDs in the Solomon River Basin in Kansas will be extended for a

period of 4 years in accordance with Pub. L. 104-326 enacted October

19, 1996.

19. P-SMBP, Nebraska: Water service contracts with the Loup Basin

Reclamation District for the Sargent and Farwell IDs in the Middle Loup

River Basin in Nebraska will be extended for a period of 4 years in

accordance with Public Law 104-326 enacted October 19, 1996.

20. City of Cheyenne, Kendrick Project, Wyoming: Negotiation of

contract to renew for an additional term of 5 years. Contract for up to

10,000 acre feet of storage space for replacement water on a yearly

basis in Seminoe Reservoir.

21. Highland-Hanover ID, P-SMBP, Hanover-Bluff Unit, Wyoming:

Renegotiation of long-term water service contract; includes provisions

for repayment of construction costs.

22. Upper Bluff ID, P-SMBP, Hanover-Bluff Unit, Wyoming:

Renegotiation of long-term water service contract; includes provisions

for repayment of construction costs.

23. Fort Clark ID, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Negotiate an interim water

service contract to continue delivery of project water pending renewal

of a long-term water service-repayment contract.

24. Canadian River Project, Texas: Recalculate existing contract

repayment schedule to conform with the provisions of the Emergency

Drought Relief Act of 1996. The revised schedule is to reflect a

consideration for project land transferred to the National Park

Service, and a 3-year deferment of payments.

25. Nueces River Project, Texas: Recalculate existing contract

repayment schedule to conform with the provisions of the Emergency

Drought Relief Act of 1996. The revised schedule is to reflect a 5-year

deferment of payments.

26. Western Heart River ID, P-SMBP, Heart Butte Unit, North Dakota:

Negotiation of water service contract to continue delivery of project

water the District.

Dated: January 31, 1997.

J. Austin Burke,

Director, Program Analysis Office.

[FR Doc. 97-3142 Filed 2-7-97; 8:45 am]

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