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, 1997, and contract actions that have been

completed or discontinued since the last publication of this notice on

October 27, 1997. 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 1998. 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

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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

(SOD) Safety of Dams

(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; Idaho, Oregon,

Washington, Montana, and Wyoming: Temporary or interim water service

contracts for irrigation, M&I, or miscellaneous 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. Lake Chelan Reclamation District, Chief Joseph Dam Project,

Washington; Consolidated ID, Spokane Valley Project, Washington;

Individual Contractors, Crooked River Project, Oregon; Lower Payette

Ditch Company Ltd., Pioneer Ditch Company, Boise Project, Idaho; Tumalo

ID, Crescent Lake Dam Project, Oregon; Monroe Creek ID, Mann Creek

Project, Idaho; 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 District

Improvement Company, Wapinitia Project, Oregon; Roza ID, Yakima

Project, Washington: Amendatory repayment and water service contracts;

purpose is to conform to the RRA (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. Douglas County, Milltown Hill Project, Oregon: SRPA loan

repayment contract; proposed combination loan and grant obligation of

approximately $31 million.

7. Palmer Creek Water District Improvement Company, Willamette

Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for

approximately 13,000 acre-feet.

8. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Boise-Kuna ID, Boise

Project, Idaho: Memorandum of Agreement for the use of approximately

400 acre-feet of storage space annually in Anderson Ranch Reservoir.

Water to be used for wildlife mitigation purposes (ponds and wetlands).

9. 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.

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

Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to

Reservoir ``A.''

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

for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Wickiup Dam.

12. Twenty-one individual contractors, Umatilla Project, Oregon:

Repayment agreements for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to

McKay Dam.

13. 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.

14. 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 Lucky Peak Reservoir water to

the United States.

15. 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.

16. Okanogan ID, Okanogan Project, Washington: SOD contract to

repay district's share of cost to install an Early Warning System.

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

Oregon: SOD contract to repay each district's share of cost to repair

Fish Lake Dam.

18. Trendwest Resorts, Yakima Project, Washington: Long-term water

exchange contract for assignment of Teanaway River and Big Creek water

rights to Reclamation for instream flow use in exchange for annual use

of up to 3,500 acre-feet of water from Cle Elum

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Reservoir for a proposed resort development.

19. Milner ID, Minidoka-Palisades Projects, Idaho: Amendment of

storage contracts to reduce the district's spaceholding in Palisades

Reservoir by up to 5,162 acre-feet, thereby allowing use of this space

by Reclamation for flow augmentation.

20. Burley and Southwest IDs, Minidoka Project, Idaho: Warren Act

contract with charge to allow for use of project facilities to convey

nondistrict water to Southwest ID.

21. City of Cle Elum, Yakima Project, Washington: Contract for up

to 2,170 acre-feet of water for municipal use.

The following contract actions have been completed in the Pacific

Northwest Region since this notice was last published on October 27,

1997.

1. (15) Stanfield and Westland IDs and 69 individual contractors,

Umatilla Project, Oregon: Repayment contracts for reimbursable cost of

dam safety repairs to McKay Dam. Agreements have been executed with 50

individual contractors; a contract executed October 17, 1997, with

Stanfield ID; and a contract executed January 1998 with Westland ID.

2. (24) J. R. Simplot Company and Partners, Boise Project, Idaho:

Long-term contract for 3,000 acre-feet of Anderson Ranch Reservoir

storage for M&I use. Contract executed November 10, 1997.

3. (25) Eagle Island Water Users Association, Inc., Boise Project,

Idaho: Amendment of water service contract to reduce the Association's

spaceholding in Lucky Peak Reservoir by approximately 5,300 acre-feet,

thereby allowing use of this space by Reclamation for flow

augmentation. Amendment executed November 10, 1997.

4. (27) The Dalles ID, The Dalles Project, Oregon: Amendatory SRPA

loan repayment contract to modify the repayment schedule, including

extension of repayment period from 30 to 34 years. Contract executed

December 12, 1997.

Mid-Pacific Region

Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California

95825-1898, telephone 916-979-2401.

1. 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.

2. 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 and interim renewal

water service contracts with contractors whose contracts expire between

1998 and 2000; 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 Public Law 102-575.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

County Water Agency, CVP, California: M&I water service contracts 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 Public Law 101-514.

7. 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 Public Law 102-575 and Federal Reclamation Laws; quantity

to be contracted for is approximately 450,000 acre-feet.

8. Glenn-Colusa ID, Sutter Extension WD, Biggs-West Gridley WD,

Central California ID, San Luis Canal Company, Grasslands WD, Buena

Vista Water Storage District, and the State of California Department of

Water Resources, CVP, California: Pursuant to Public Law 102-575,

conveyance agreements for the purpose of wheeling refuge water supplies

and funding of district facility improvements, and exchange agreements

to provide water for refuge and private wetlands.

9. 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 Public Law 102-575.

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

Repayment contract for SOD work on Bradbury Dam.

11. CVP 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

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

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

Cachuma Project facilities to the member units.

16. Stony Creek WD, Black Butte Dam and Lake, Sacramento River

Division, 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 and to add another

month to the irrigation period.

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17. M&T, Inc., Sacramento River Water Rights Contractors, CVP,

California: A proposed exchange agreement with M&T, Inc., to take its

Butte Creek water rights water from the Sacramento River in exchange

for CVP water.

18. East Bay Municipal Utility District, CVP, California: Amendment

to the long-term water service contract No. 14-06-200-5183A, to change

the points of diversion.

19. Madera and Lindsay-Strathmore IDs, and Delta Lands Reclamation

District No. 770, CVP, California: Execution of 2- to 3-year Warren Act

contracts for conveyance of nonproject water in the Friant-Kern and/or

Madera Canals when excess capacity exists.

20. Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District,

Solano Project, California: Renewal of water service contract No. 14-

06-200-1290A, which expires February 28, 1999.

21. Solano County Water Agency, Solano Project, California: Renewal

of water service contract No. 14-06-200-4090, which expires February

28, 1999.

22. Reno, Sparks, and Washoe County; Washoe and Truckee Storage

Projects; Nevada and California: Contract for the storage of non-

Federal water in Truckee River reservoirs as authorized by Public Law

101-618 and consistent with the terms and conditions of the Truckee

River Water Quality Settlement Agreement.

23. Sierra Pacific Power Company, Washoe and Truckee Storage

Projects, Nevada and California: Contract for the storage of non-

Federal water in Truckee River reservoirs as authorized by Public Law

101-618 and consistent with the terms and conditions of the proposed

Truckee River Operating Agreement.

24. Casitas Municipal Water District, Ventura Project, California:

Repayment contract for SOD work on Casitas Dam.

25. Centerville Community Services District, CVP, California: A

long-term supplemental repayment contract for reimbursement to the

United States for conveyance costs associated with CVP water conveyed

to Centerville.

26. El Dorado ID, CVP, California: Execution of long-term Warren

Act contract for conveyance of nonproject water. This contract will

allow CVP facilities to be used to deliver nonproject water to the

district for use within their service area.

27. Placer County Water Agency, CVP, California: Amendment of

existing water service contract to allow for additional points of

diversion and reduction in the amount of project water to be delivered

from a maximum of 117,000 acre-feet to a maximum of 35,000 acre-feet.

The amended contract will conform to current Reclamation law.

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., 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.

3. Armon Curtis, Arlin Dulin, Jack 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

RRA.

4. Brooke Water Co., Havasu Water Co., City of Quartzsite,

McAllister Subdivision, 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

2,657 acre-feet per year as recommended by the Arizona Department of

Water Resources.

5. 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 PPR pursuant to Executive Order No. 5125 (April

25, 1930).

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

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

points, RRA exemption, and PPR.

7. Miscellaneous PPR entitlement holders, BCP, Arizona and

California: New contracts for entitlement 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 January

9, 1979, Supreme Court Supplemental Decree in Arizona v. California et

al.

8. Miscellaneous PPR No. 11, BCP, Arizona: Assign a portion of the

PPR from Holpal to McNulty et al.

9. Federal Establishment PPR entitlement holders, BCP, Arizona:

Individual contracts for administration of Colorado River water

entitlement of the Colorado River, Fort Mojave, Quechan, Chemehuevi,

and Cocopah Indian Tribes.

10. United States facilities; BCP; Arizona, California, and Nevada:

Reservation of Colorado River water for use at Federal facilities and

lands administered by Reclamation.

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

per year of unused Arizona entitlement for irrigation use.

15. 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.

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

Complex, BCP, Arizona: Proposed agreement for the administration of

existing Colorado River water entitlement of refuge lands located in

Arizona, resolving water rights coordination issues, and to provide for

additional entitlement for nonconsumptive use of flow through water.

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

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

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

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

distribution system repayment obligation.

19. 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.

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

contract for the CAP-funded distribution system to serve up to

approximately 77,000 acres of land.

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

$7.3 million loan for the Schuk Toak District.

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

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

approximately $168,000.

23. Central Arizona Drainage and Irrigation District, 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.

24. City of Needles, Lower Colorado Water Supply Project,

California: Amend contract No. 2-07-30-W0280 to extend Needles

subcontracting authority to the Counties of Imperial and Riverside.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. United States Navy, BCP, Niland, California: Contract for 23

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

through the Coachella Canal.

28. Southern Nevada Water Authority, Robert B. Griffith Water

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

incorporation of the Griffith Project into the expanded southern Nevada

Water System, funded and built by Southern Nevada Water Authority, to

facilitate the diversion, treatment, and conveyance of additional water

out of Lake Mead for which the Authority has an existing entitlement to

use.

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

contract for its CAP water distribution system.

30. McMicken ID/Town of Goodyear, CAP, Arizona: Amend McMicken's

CAP subcontract to reduce its entitlement by 507 acre-feet and

Goodyear's water/service subcontract to increase its entitlement by 507

acre-feet.

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

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

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

subcontract to increase its entitlement by 237 acre-feet. Upon

execution of the assignment from New Pueblo to Community, New Pueblo's

CAP water service subcontract would terminate.

32. 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.

33. Mr. Robert H. Chesney, BCP, Arizona: Amend contract No. 5-07-

30-W0321 to increase the cubic-foot-per-second diversion and install a

low-lift pump.

34. U.S. Army Proving Ground, BCP, Arizona: Agreement for 1,883

acre-feet of Colorado River water.

35. Arizona State Lands, BCP, Arizona: Water delivery contract for

1,400 acre-feet of Colorado River water for domestic use.

36. Miscellaneous PPR No. 38, BCP, California: Assign Schroeder's

portion of the PPR to Murphy Broadcasting and change the place of use

and type of the water use.

37. Berneil Water Co., CAP Arizona: Subcontracts associated with

partial assignment of water service to the City of Scottsdale, Cave

Creek Water Company, and the City of Phoenix.

38. Tohono O'odham Nation, CAP Arizona: Repayment contract for

construction costs associated with distribution system on Central

Arizona IDD.

39. Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona: Contracts for Schuk Toak and

San Xavier Districts for repayment of Federal expenditures for

construction of distribution systems.

40. Arizona State Land Department, BCP, Arizona: Water delivery

contract for delivery of up to 9,000 acre-feet per year of unused

apportionment and surplus Colorado River water for irrigation.

41. Don Schuler, BCP, California: Temporary delivery contract for

surplus and/or unused apportionment of Colorado River water for

domestic and industrial use on 18 lots of recreational homes in

California.

42. Bureau of Land Management, BCP, California: Agreement for 1,000

acre-feet of Colorado River water in accordance with Secretarial

Reservation.

43. Bureau of Land Management, Lower Colorado Water Supply Project,

California: Agreement for a consumptive use of 1,150 acre-feet of water

for use on Bureau of Land Management-administered lands in California

adjacent to the Colorado River.

44. Bureau of Land Management, BCP, Arizona: Agreement for 4,010

acre-feet of Colorado River water in accordance with Secretarial

Reservations.

45. Arizona State Lands, CAP, Arizona: Assignment of 3,900 acre-

feet of CAP water to the City of Scottsdale.

46. Town of Youngtown, CAP, Arizona: Assignment of 380 acre-feet of

CAP water to Sun City Water Company.

The following contract actions have been completed or discontinued

in the Lower Colorado Region since this notice was last published on

October 27, 1997.

1. (5) City of Parker, BCP, Arizona: Contract for additional M&I

allocation of Colorado River water as recommended by the Arizona

Department of Water Resources.

2. (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.

3. (27) McMicken Irrigation District/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.

4. (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., to provide the

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

5. (34) San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego, California,

San Diego Project: Title transfer of the first and second barrels of

the San Diego Aqueduct.

6. (42) Salt River Project, Inc., Salt River Project, Arizona:

Repayment contract for SOD construction activities at Horse Mesa Dam

and Mormon Flat Dam.

7. (4) Discontinued--Cibola Valley IDD, BCP, Arizona: Cibola Valley

IDD was looking at the possibility of transferring, leasing, selling,

or banking its entitlement of 22,560 acre-feet for use in Arizona,

California, or Nevada

8. (9) Discontinued--Julia Soto Zozaya and Steve M. Zozaya, Mohave

County, BCP, Arizona: Miscellaneous PPR contract for 720 acre-feet of

irrigation water. This item has been included in No. 7.

9. (11) Discontinued--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

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Needles. This item has been included in No. 7.

10. (21) Yuma Mesa IDD, Gila Project, Arizona: Amendment to provide

for increase in domestic water deliveries (from 10,000 to 20,000 acre-

feet) within its overall use in the district.

11. (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.

12. (39) Discontinued--Southern Nevada Water Authority, BCP,

Nevada: Contract to use Federal facilities and land to divert water

from Lake Mead at non-Federal expense.

13. (53) Discontinued--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.

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, Colorado River Storage Project; 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) Harrison F. Russell and Patricia E. Russell, Aspinall Unit,

CRSP, Colorado: Contract for 1 acre-foot to support an augmentation

plan, Case No. 97CW39, Water Division Court No. 4, State of Colorado,

to provide for a single family residential well, including home lawn

and livestock watering (non-commercial).

(b) Lazear Domestic Water Corporation, Aspinall Unit, CRSP,

Colorado: Contract for 44 acre-feet to support an augmentation plan,

Case No. 95CW209, Water Division Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to

provide domestic water service to up to 100 residences, lawns, gardens,

and livestock watering.

(c) East Alum Creek Ranch Corporation, Aspinall Unit, CRSP,

Colorado: Contract for 23 acre-feet to support an augmentation plan,

Case No. 97CW198, Water Division Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to

provide East Alum Creek Ranch Subdivision with domestic, lawn

irrigation, pond evaporation, and livestock water.

(d) Horizon Ranch Corporation, Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado:

Contract for 4 acre-feet to support an augmentation plan, Case No.

97CW201, Water Division Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to provide

Horizon Ranch with domestic, lawn irrigation, pond evaporation, and

livestock water.

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. 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 acre-feet 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. Country Aire Estates, Forrest Groves Estates, and Los

Ranchitos, Florida Project, Colorado: Water service contracts for a

total of 86 acre-feet annually of domestic water as replacement water

in State of Colorado approved augmentation plans. The water supply for

these contracts are flow rights purchased and owned by the United

States for project development and are not specifically a part of the

project water supply.

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--Sevier River (Great Basin).

17. Emery County Water Conservancy District, Emery County Project,

Utah: Warren Act contract to allow temporary storage of nonproject

water in Joes Valley Reservoir and/or Huntington North Reservoir.

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18. Town of Taos, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: Contract to

purchase water from Town of Taos to increase native flows in Rio Grande

for benefit of the Silvery Minnow.

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

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

Albuquerque from acreage limitation and reporting provisions.

20. El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1, Rio Grande

Project, Texas and New Mexico: Supplemental contract between El Paso

County Water Improvement District No. 1 and the United States to allow

the conversion of project water from irrigation to M&I within the El

Paso area.

21. Individual Irrigators, Dolores Project, Colorado: The United

States proposes to lease up to 1,500 acre-feet of project water

declared surplus under the authority of the Warren Act of 1911.

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.

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: Second

round water sales from the regulatory capacity of Ruedi Reservoir.

Negotiation of water service and repayment contracts for approximately

17,000 acre-feet annually for M&I use; contract with Colorado Water

Conservation Board for remaining 21,650 acre-feet of marketable yield

for interim use by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for benefit of

endangered fishes in the Upper Colorado River Basin.

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.

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.

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

regarding SOD program modification of Lake Alice Dam No. 1 Filter/

Drain.

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 had a contract for water service which expired on December 31,

1995. An interim 3-year contract provides for a continuing water supply

and 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. Cities of Loveland and Berthold, 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.

13. 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.

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

for water supply from Garrison Diversion Unit facilities. Draft basis

of negotiation has been submitted to the Regional Office for review.

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

Contract for SOD costs for repairs to Willow Creek Dam. Greenfields ID

has signed a 1-year repayment contract for its share of the SOD costs.

Basis of negotiation for Fort Shaw ID has been submitted to the Denver

Office for review.

16. P-SMBP, Kansas: Water service contracts with 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.

Water service contracts will be renewed prior to expiration.

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

Reclamation District for 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.

18. 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. A temporary contract has been issued

pending negotiation of the long-term contract.

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

Renegotiation of long-term water service contract; includes provisions

for repayment of construction costs.

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

Renegotiation of long-term water service contract; includes provisions

for repayment of construction cost.

21. 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.

22. 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.

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23. 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.

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

Negotiation of water service contract to continue delivery of project

water to the district.

25. Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: Water service contract

expired June 1997. Initiating renewal of existing contract for 25 years

for up to 480 acre-feet of storage from Tiber Reservoir to irrigate 160

acres. Basis of negotiation is in the process of being completed;

existing contract was extended for 1 year pending negotiation of long-

term contract.

26. Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: Initiating 25-year water

service contract for up to 750 acre-feet of storage from Tiber

Reservoir to irrigate 250 acres.

27. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Initiate negotiations for renewal

of long-term water service contracts with Burbank Ditch, New Grattan

Ditch Company, Torrington ID, Lucerne Canal and Power Company, and

Wright and Murphy Ditch Company. The current contracts expire in 1998.

28. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Nebraska: Initiate negotiations for

renewal of long-term water service contracts with Bridgeport,

Enterprise, and Mitchell IDs, and Central Nebraska Public Power and

Irrigation District. The current contracts expire in 1998.

29. Belle Fourche Unit, P-SMBP, South Dakota: Basis of negotiation

has been approved for the negotiation of a long-term repayment contract

deferring the Belle Fourche ID's 1997 construction payment and also

reduction of the district's annual payment.

30. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Repayment contract with

Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District for repayment of cost

of SOD modifications to Pueblo Dam.

31. Dickinson Heart River Mutual Aid Corporation, P-SMBP, Dickinson

Unit, North Dakota: Negotiate renewal of water service contract for

irrigation of lands below Dickinson Dam in western North Dakota.

32. Greenfields ID, Sun River Project, Montana: Contract for SOD

costs for repairs to Pishkun Dike No. 4.

33. Public Service Company of Colorado: Agreement to furnish

surplus water from the historic users pool at Green Mountain Reservoir

for the purpose of generating hydroelectric power at the Grand Valley

Power Plant, Palisade, Colorado.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Wayne O. Deason,

Deputy Director, Program Analysis Office.

[FR Doc. 98-1883 Filed 1-26-98; 8:45 am]

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