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, 1998, and contract actions that have been

completed or discontinued since the last publication of this notice on

October 20, 1998. 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 303-445-2889.

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 1999. 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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(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, Suite 100, 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. Pioneer Ditch Company, Boise 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 (Public Law 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. Palmer Creek Water District Improvement Company, Willamette

Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for

approximately 13,000 acre-feet.

7. 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).

8. North Unit ID and/or city of Madras, 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.

9. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for

reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Wickiup Dam.

10. Five individual contractors, Umatilla Project, Oregon:

Repayment agreements for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to

McKay Dam.

11. 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.

12. 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.

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

repay District's share of cost of dam safety repairs to Salmon Lake

Dam.

14. 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 Reservoir for a

proposed resort development.

15. 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.

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

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

17. Juniper Flat District Improvement Company, Wapinitia Project,

Oregon: Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs

to Wasco Dam.

The following contract actions have been completed or discontinued

in the Pacific Northwest Region since this notice was last published on

October 20, 1998.

1. (4) West Extension ID, Umatilla Project, Oregon: Contract

amendment to conform to the RRA (Public Law 97-293) executed in

November 1998.

2. (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. This action is not likely to be pursued.

3. (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. This action is not likely to

be pursued.

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

Sacramento, California 95825-1898, telephone 916-978-5250.

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 Unit,

Colusa Basin Drain, Cross Valley Canal, Delta Division, East Side

Division, Friant Division, Hidden Unit, Sacramento River Division, San

Felipe Division, Shasta Division, Trinity River Division, and West San

Joaquin Division, CVP, California: Renewal of existing long-term and

interim renewal water service contracts with contractors whose

contracts expire between 2000 and 2001; water quantities for these

contracts total in excess of 5.6M acre-feet. These contract actions

will be accomplished through long-term 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

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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, Grasslands 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. Sutter Extension WD, Biggs-West Gridley 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 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 District'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: 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.

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

California: 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 ID, Lindsay-Strathmore ID, 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 and Washoe County Water

Conservation District, 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.

28. Langell Valley ID, Horsefly ID, and Tulelake ID, Klamath

Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for SOD work on Clear Lake Dam.

29. Widren WD, CVP, California: Assignment of District's water

service contract to the City of Tracy. The assignment will require

approval of conversion of the District's CVP irrigation water to M&I

water.

30. Warren Act Contracts, CVP, California: Execution of long-term

Warren Act contracts with various entities for conveyance of nonproject

water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.

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

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

Dam, Putah Diversion Dam, Putah South Canal, 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.

32. Tuolumme Utility District (formerly Tuolumne Regional WD), CVP,

California: Water service contract for up to 9,000 acre-feet from New

Melones Reservoir.

33. Reno, Sparks, Washoe County, State of Nevada, State of

California, Town of Fernley, Nevada, Truckee-Carson ID, and any other

local interest or Native-American Tribal interest, who may have

negotiated rights under Public Law 101-618; 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.

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34. City of Folsom, CVP, California: Contract to amend their water

rights settlement contract's point of diversion.

35. Banta Carbona ID, CVP, California: Long-term Warren Act

contract for conveyance of nonproject water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.

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., and 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 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 to exempt each referenced contract from the acreage

limitation and full-cost pricing provisions of the RRA.

4. Brooke Water Co., Havasu Water Co., Town of Quartzsite, BCP,

Arizona: Contracts for additional M&I allocations of Colorado River

water to entities located along the Colorado River in Arizona for up to

2,610 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 for

diversion of 500 acre-feet annually and the National Park Service's

Federal Establishment PPR pursuant to Executive Order No. 5125 (April

25, 1930).

6. Mohave Valley IDD, 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 PPRs 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: 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 and California:

Reservation of Colorado River water for use at existing Federal

facilities and lands administered by Reclamation.

11. 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.

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

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

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

per year of unused Arizona entitlement for irrigation use.

14. 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.

15. 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.

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

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

17. Maricopa-Stanfield IDD, CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution system

repayment contract No. 4-07-30-W0047 to reschedule repayment pursuant

to June 28, 1996, agreement.

18. 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.

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

$7.3 million loan for the Schuk Toak District.

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

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

approximately $168,000.

21. Central Arizona Drainage and Irrigation District, CAP, Arizona:

Amend distribution system repayment contract No. 4-07-30-W0048 to

modify repayment terms pursuant to U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of

Arizona.

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

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

service subcontracting authority to the Counties of Imperial and

Riverside.

23. 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.

24. 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.

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

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

through the Coachella Canal.

26. 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.

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

contract for its CAP water distribution system.

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

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

Goodyears's water/service subcontract to increase its entitlement by

507 acre-feet.

29. 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.

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

30-W0321 to increase the cubic-foot-per-

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second diversion and facilitate the installation of a low-lift pump.

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

acre-feet of Colorado River water.

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

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

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

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

of water use.

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

partial assignment of water service to the Cave Creek Water Company.

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

construction costs associated with distribution system for Central

Arizona IDD.

36. Tohono O'odham Nation, CAP, Arizona: Contracts for Schuk Toak

and San Xavier Districts for repayment of Federal expenditures for

construction of distribution systems.

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

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

surplus Colorado River water for irrigation.

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

surplus and/or unused apportionment Colorado River water for domestic

and industrial use on 18 lots of recreational homes in California.

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

acre-feet of Colorado River water in accordance with Secretarial

Reservations.

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

acre-feet of Colorado River water in accordance with Secretarial

Reservations.

41. Arizona Public Service Company and Imperial ID, BCP, Arizona:

Delivery contract for up to 1,500 acre-feet of unused Arizona

entitlement and/or surplus water.

42. Canyon Forest Village II Corporation, BCP, Arizona: Water

delivery contract for the diversion of up to 400 acre-feet of unused

Arizona apportionment or surplus apportionment of Colorado River water

for domestic use.

43. Gila Project Works, Gila Project, Arizona: Proposed title

transfer of facilities and certain lands in the Wellton-Mohawk

Division, Arizona, to be transferred from the United States to the

Wellton-Mohawk IDD.

44. McMicken ID, CAP, Arizona: Assignment of 486 acre-feet of M&I

water to the City of Peoria.

45. ASARCO Inc., CAP, Arizona: Amendment to extend deadline for

giving notice of termination on exchange subcontract.

46. BHP Copper, Inc., CAP, Arizona: Amendment to extend deadline

for giving notice of termination on exchange subcontract.

47. Cyprus Miami Mining Corporation, CAP, Arizona: Amendment to

extend deadline for giving notice of termination on exchange

subcontract.

48. San Carlos-Apache Tribe, CAP, Arizona: Agreement among the

United States, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power

District, and Salt River Valley Water Users' Association for exchange

of up to 14,000 acre-feet of Black River Water for CAP water.

49. San Carlos-Apache Tribe, Arizona: Agreement among the San

Carlos-Apache Tribe, the United States, and Phelps Dodge Corporation

for the lease of Black River Water.

50. San Carlos Apache Tribe, CAP, Arizona: Amendatory contract to

increase the Tribe's CAP water entitlement pursuant to the San Carlos

Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act.

51. Bureau of Reclamation, BCP, Arizona and California: Surplus

water entitlements for environmental habitat improvement projects.

52. 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.

53. City of Goodyear, CAP, Arizona: Amendment to increase

Goodyear's CAP water entitlement by 1,007 acre-feet pursuant to

agreement with McMicken ID to transfer its right to this water under

subcontract No. 5-07-30-W0100.

54. McMicken ID, CAP, Arizona: Amendment No.1 to terminate

subcontract.

55. E&R Water Company, CAP, Arizona: Exchange agreement to transfer

161 acre-feet of CAP water to the Salt River Project.

The following contract action has been completed in the Lower

Colorado Region since this notice was last published on October 20,

1998.

1. (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.

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) 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) City of Page, Arizona, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP, Arizona: Long-

term contract for 300 acre-feet of water for municipal purposes.

(c) LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP,

Arizona: Long-term contract for 200 acre-feet for municipal purposes.

(d) Stephens, Walter Daniel, Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado:

Contract for 2 acre-feet to support an augmentation plan, Case No.

97CW49, Water Division Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to provide for

pond evaporative depletions during the non-irrigation season.

(e) Frank M. Colman, Karen Edstrom, William and Lorena Gunn, Emily

Vernon, and William E. Williams, Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado:

Contract for 3 acre-feet to support augmentation plans, Water Division

Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to provide for single family

residential use, irrigation, fire protection, and livestock watering.

(f) Daggett County, Utah, Flaming Gorge Unit, CRSP, Utah: M&I water

service contract covering payment for and delivery of up to 12,000

acre-feet of untreated water as required by Section 10(k)(2) of Public

Law 105-326.

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 2,000 acre-feet of

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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 Acequias, 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. Carlsbad ID, Carlsbad Project, New Mexico: Multi-year contract

to allow the District to lease water to the New Mexico Interstate

Stream Commission to fulfill New Mexico's water obligation to Texas

under Supreme Court's Amended Decree in Texas v. New Mexico 485 U.S.

288(1988).

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. 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.

13. Public Service Company of New Mexico, CRSP, Navajo Unit, New

Mexico: Amendatory water service contract for diversion of 16,700 acre-

feet, not to exceed a depletion of 16,200 acre-feet of project water

for cooling purposes for a steam electric generation plant.

14. Sanpete County Water Conservancy District, Narrows Project,

Utah: Application for an 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--Savor River (Great Basin).

15. 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.

16. Individual irrigators, Dolores Project, Colorado: The United

States proposes to carry up to 6,000 acre-feet of nonproject water in

project facilities under the authority of the Warren Act of 1911.

17. Various contractors, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: The

United States proposes to purchase lease water from various contractors

to stabilize flows in a critical reach of the Rio Grande in order to

meet the needs of irrigators and preserve habitat for the silvery

minnow.

The following contract actions have been completed or discontinued

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

October 20, 1998.

1. (18) Town of Taos, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: Contract

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

Grande for benefit of the silvery minnow. This action has been

discontinued.

2. (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. Contract

was executed October 21, 1998.

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

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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 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.

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

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

Bostwick, Frenchman Valley, Frenchman-Cambridge, and Almena IDs.

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

for water supply from Garrison Diversion Unit facilities. Basis of

negotiation has been approved by Commissioner. Negotiations are

pending.

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.

Have received the revised/approved basis of negotiation from the

Commissioner. In the process of negotiating a contract with Fort Shaw

ID.

16. 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 Public Law 104-326 enacted October

19, 1996. Water service contracts will be renewed prior to expiration.

17. 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.

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

Renegotiation of long-term water service contract; includes provisions

for repayment of construction costs.

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

Renegotiation of long-term water service contract; includes provisions

for repayment of construction cost.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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. Received approved basis of negotiation from the Commissioner.

Currently developing the contract and consulting with the Tribes

regarding the Water Rights Compact.

25. 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. A 1-year temporary contract has been

issued to allow additional time to complete necessary actions required

for the long-term contract.

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

expired May 31, 1998. Initiating renewal of the long-term water service

contract to provide 4,570 acre-feet of storage from Tiber Reservoir to

irrigate 2,285 acres. A 1-year interim contract has been issued to

continue delivery of water until the necessary actions can be completed

to renew the long-term contract.

27. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Initiate amendments to extend the

current contracts until December 31, 2000, in accordance with the

``Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998'' for Burbank

Ditch, New Grattan Ditch Company, Torrington ID, Lucerne Canal and

Power Company, and Wright and Murphy Ditch Company.

28. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Nebraska: Initiate amendments to extend

the current contracts until December 31, 2000, in accordance with the

``Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998'' for Bridgeport,

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

Irrigation District.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. Canadian River Project, Texas: Amend repayment contract No. 14-

06-500-485 to allow for prepayment of construction charge obligation as

authorized by Public Law 105-316, signed October 30, 1998.

32. Savage ID, P-SMBP, Montana: Contract with District has expired.

Preparing basis of negotiation for the Commissioner's approval prior to

issuing a long-term contract.

33. San Angelo Project, Texas: San Angelo Water Supply Corporation,

amend contract to reflect increase in irrigable acreage as authorized

pursuant to section 501 of Public Law 101-434.

34. City of Fort Collins, Colorado, Colorado-Big Thompson Project,

Colorado: Long-term contracts for conveyance and storage of nonproject

M&I water through Colorado-Big Thompson Project facilities pursuant to

the Town Sites and Power Development Act of 1906.

35. Green Mountain Reservoir, Colorado-Big Thompson Project,

Colorado: In compliance with the October 1996 Stipulation and

Agreement, Orchard Mesa Check Case No. 91CW247, Colorado Water Division

No. 5, Reclamation is currently negotiating a long-term Operating

Agreement among Colorado Public Service Company of Colorado, Orchard

Mesa ID, and Grand Valley Water Users Association, for delivery of

surplus Green Mountain Reservoir water to the Federal Grand Valley

Power Plant.

36. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Proposing to amend

contract No. 9-07-70-W0090 for water storage with Busk-Ivanhoe, Inc.

Dated: January 14, 1999.

Wayne O. Deason,

Deputy Director, Program Analysis Office.

[FR Doc. 99-1439 Filed 1-21-99; 8:45 am]

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