[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6283-6289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2402]



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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation


Quarterly Status Report of Water Service and Repayment; Contract 
Negotiations

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

AGENCY: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of proposed contractual actions pending 
through December 31, 1995, and contract actions that have been 
[[Page 6284]] completed or discontinued since the last publication of 
this notice on October 19, 1994. From the date of this publication, 
future quarterly notices during this calendar year will be limited to 
modified, new, completed or discontinued contract actions. This annual 
notice should be used as a point of reference to identify changes in 
future notices. This notice is one of a variety of means used to inform 
the public about proposed contractual actions for capital recovery and 
management of project resources and facilities. Additional Bureau of 
Reclamation (Reclamation) announcements of individual contract actions 
may be published in the Federal Register and in newspapers of general 
circulation in the areas determined by Reclamation to be affected by 
the proposed action. Announcements may be in the form of new releases, 
legal notices, official letters, memorandums, or other forms of written 
material. Meetings, workshops, and/or hearings may also be used, as 
appropriate, to provide local publicity. The public participation 
procedures do not apply to proposed contracts for sale of surplus or 
interim irrigation water for a term of 1 year or less. Either of the 
contracting parties may invite the public to observe contract 
proceedings. All public participation procedures will be coordinated 
with those involved in complying with the National Environmental Policy 
Act.

ADDRESSES: The identity of the approving officer and other information 
pertaining to a specific contract proposal may be obtained by calling 
or writing the appropriate regional office at the address and telephone 
number given for each region in the supplementary information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alonzo Knapp, Manager, Reclamation 
Law, Contracts, and Repayment Office, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 
25007, Denver, Colorado 80225-0007; telephone 303-236-1061 extension 
224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 226 of the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1273) and 43 CFR 426.20 of the rules and 
regulation published in 52 FR 11954, Apr. 13, 1987, Reclamation will 
publish notice of proposed or amendatory contract actions for any 
contract for the delivery of project water for authorized uses in 
newspapers of general circulation in the affected area at least 60 days 
prior to contract execution. Pursuant to the ``Final Revised Public 
Participation Procedures'' for water resource-related contract 
negotiations, published in 47 FR 7763, Feb. 22, 1982, a tabulation is 
provided of all proposed contractual actions in each of the five 
Reclamation regions. Each proposed action is, or is expected to be, in 
some stage of the contract negotiation process in 1995. When contract 
negotiations are completed, and prior to execution, each proposed 
contract form must be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, or 
pursuant to delegated or redelegated authority, the Commissioner of 
Reclamation or one of the regional directors. In some instances, 
congressional review and approval of a report, water rate, or other 
terms and conditions of the contract may be involved.
    Public participation in and receipt of comments on contract 
proposals will be facilitated by adherence to the following procedures:
    1. Only persons authorized to act on behalf of the contracting 
entities may negotiate the terms and conditions of a specific contract 
proposal.
    2. Advance notice of meetings or hearings will be furnished to 
those parties that have made a timely written request for such notice 
to the appropriate regional or project office of Reclamation.
    3. Written correspondence regarding proposed contracts may be made 
available to the general public pursuant to the terms and procedures of 
the Freedom of Information Act (80 Stat. 383), as amended.
    4. Written comments on a proposed contract or contract action must 
be submitted to the appropriate regional officials at the locations and 
within the time limits set forth in the advance public notices.
    5. All written comments received and testimony presented at any 
public hearings will be reviewed and summarized by the appropriate 
regional office for use by the contract approving authority.
    6. Copies of specific proposed contracts may be obtained from the 
appropriate regional director or his designated public contact as they 
become available for review and comment.
    7. In the event modifications are made in the form of a proposed 
contract, the appropriate regional director shall determine whether 
republication of the notice and/or extension of the comment period is 
necessary.
    Factors considered in making such a determination shall include, 
but are not limited to: (i) the significance of the modification, and 
(ii) the degree of public interest which has been expressed over the 
course of the negotiations. As a minimum, the regional director shall 
furnish revised contracts to all parties who requested the contract in 
response to the initial public notice.

Acronym Definitions Used Herein

(BCP)  Boulder Canyon Project
(CAP)  Central Arizona Project
(CUP)  Central Utah Project
(CVP)  Central Valley Project
(CRSP)  Colorado River Storage Project
(D&MC)  Drainage and Minor Construction
(FR)  Federal Register
(IDD)  Irrigation and Drainage District
(ID)  Irrigation District
(M&I)  Municipal and Industrial
(O&M)  Operation and Maintenance
(P-SMBP)  Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
(R&B)  Rehabilitation and Betterment
(SRPA)  Small Reclamation Projects Act
(WCUA)  Water Conservation and Utilization Act
(WD)  Water District
    Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis 
Road, Boise, Idaho 83706-1234, telephone 208-378-5346.
    1. Irrigation, M&I, and Miscellaneous Water Users; Columbia Basin, 
Crooked River, Deschutes, Minidoka, Rathdrum Prairie, Rogue River 
Basin, and Umatilla Projects; Idaho, Oregon, and Washington: Temporary 
or interim repayment and water service contracts for irrigation or M&I 
use to provide up to 10,000 acre-feet of water annually for terms up to 
5 years; long-term contracts for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-
feet of water annually.
    2. Rogue River Basin Water Users, Rogue River Project, Oregon: 
Water service contracts.
    3. Willamette Basin Water Users, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon: 
Water service contract; $8 per acre-foot per annum.
    4. American Falls Reservoir District Number 2, Burgess Canal 
Company, Clark and Edwards Canal and Irrigation Company, Craig-Mattson 
Canal Company, Danskin Ditch Company, Enterprise Canal Company, Ltd., 
Farmers Friend Irrigation Company, Ltd., Lenroot Canal Company, Liberty 
Park Canal Company, Long Island Irrigation Company, Parks and 
Lewisville Irrigation Company, Ltd., Parsons Ditch Company, Peoples 
Canal and Irrigation Company, Poplar ID, Rigby Canal and Irrigating 
Company, Rudy Irrigation Canal Company, Ltd., Wearyrick Ditch Company, 
all in the Minidoka Project, Idaho; Juniper Flat ID, Wapinitia Project, 
Oregon; Roza ID, Yakima Project, Washington; Amendatory repayment and 
water service contracts; purpose is to conform to the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-293). [[Page 6285]] 
    5. Willow Creek Water Users, Willow Creek Project, Oregon: 
Repayment or water service contracts for a total of up to 3,500 acre-
feet of storage space in Willow Creek Reservoir.
    6. Bridgeport ID, Chief Joseph Dam Project, Washington: Warren Act 
contract for the use of an irrigation outlet in Chief Joseph Dam.
    7. Hermiston ID, Umatilla Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for 
reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Cold Springs Dam.
    8. Ochoco ID and Various Individual Spaceholders, Crooked River 
Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety 
repairs to Arthur R. Bowman and Ochoco Dams.
    9. The Dalles ID, The Dalles Project, Oregon: SRPA loan repayment 
contract; proposed loan obligation of approximately $2,000,000.
    10. Sidney Irrigation Cooperative, Willamette Basin Project, 
Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for approximately 2,300 acre-
feet.
    11. Douglas County, Milltown Hill Project, Oregon: SRPA loan 
repayment contract; proposed loan obligation of approximately $24.5 
million and grant of approximately $5.8 million.
    12. Palmer Creek Water District Improvement Company, Willamette 
Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for 
approximately 13,000 acre-feet.
    13. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Boise Project, Idaho: 
Irrigation water service contract for the use of approximately 200 
acre-feet of storage space annually in Anderson Ranch Reservoir. Water 
to be used on crops for wildlife mitigation purposes.
    14. City of Madra, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Renewal or 
replacement of municipal water service contract for approximately 125 
acre-feet annually from the project water supply.
    15. Willamette Basin water users, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon: 
Two water service contracts for the exchange of up to 225 acre-feet of 
water for diversion above project reservoirs.
    16. Lewiston Orchards ID, Lewiston Orchards Project, Idaho: 
Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to 
Reservoir ``A.''
    17. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Repayment contract 
for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Wickiup Dam.
    18. Umatilla Project Irrigation Districts, Oregon: Temporary 
contracts with Hermiston, Stanfield, Westland, and West Extension 
Irrigation Districts to provide water service for 1995 to lands lying 
outside of their boundaries, with possible renewal for a additional 
year of water service.
    Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, 
Sacramento, California 95825-1898, telephone 916-979-2401.
    1. Tuolumne Utility District (formerly Tuolumne Regional WD), CVP, 
California: Water service contract for up to 9,000 acre-feet from New 
Melones Reservoir.
    2. Irrigation water districts, individual irrigators, M&I and 
miscellaneous water users, California, Oregon, and Nevada: Temporary 
(interim) water service contracts for available project water for 
irrigation, M&I, or fish and wildlife purposes providing up to 10,000 
acre-feet of water annually for terms up to 5 years; temporary Warren 
Act contracts for use of project facilities for terms up to 1 year; 
long-term contracts for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-feet 
annually.

    Note. Copies of the standard forms of temporary water service 
contracts for the various types of service are available upon 
written request from the Regional Director at the address shown 
above.

    3. Contractors from the American River Division, Buchanan Division, 
Cross Valley Canal, Delta Division, Friant Division, Hidden Division, 
Sacramento River Division, Shasta Division, and Trinity River Division, 
CVP, California: Renewal of existing long-term water service contracts 
with contractors whose contracts expire in December 1994 and 1995; 
water quantities in existing contracts range from 400 to 175,440 acre-
feet. These contract actions will be accomplished through interim 
renewal contracts pursuant to Public Law 102-575.
    4. Redwood Valley County WD, SRPA, California: District is 
considering restructuring the repayment schedule pursuant to Public Law 
100-516 or initiating new legislation to prepay the loan at a 
discounted rate. Prepayment option under Public Law 102-575 has 
expired.
    5. Truckee Carson ID, Newlands Project, Nevada: New repayment 
contract for the unpaid construction cost repayment obligation from the 
original contract, which was terminated on August 17, 1983, by the U.S. 
District Court in Nevada.
    6. San Luis WD, CVP, California: Amendatory water service contract 
to provide that the District pay the full O&M rate for all deliveries 
resulting from the Azhderian Pumping Plant enlargement and the cost of 
service rate for such deliveries beginning in 1996 and each year 
thereafter.
    7. City of Redding, CVP, California: Amendment to Contract No. 14-
06-200-5272A to add a point of diversion at the turnout, Spring Creek 
Power Conduit, to facilitate proposed water treatment plant for Buckeye 
service area. This amendment will also conform the contract to current 
Reclamation policies, including the water ratesetting policy, and Pub. 
L. 102-575.
ACTION: Amendatory Contract No. 14-06-200-5272A executed November 22, 
1994.
    8. Sacramento River water rights settlement contractors, CVP, 
California: Contract amendment for assignment under voluntary land 
ownership transfers to provide for the current CVP water rates and 
update standard contract articles.
    9. Naval Air Station and Truckee Carson ID, Newlands Project, 
Nevada: Amend water service Agreement No. 14-06-400-1024 for the use of 
project water on Naval Air Station land.
    10. El Dorado County Water Agency, San Juan Suburban WD, and 
Sacramento County Water Agency, CVP, California: M&I water service 
contract to supplement existing water supply: 15,000 acre-feet for El 
Dorado County Water Agency, 13,000 acre-feet for San Juan Suburban WD, 
and 22,000 acre-feet for Sacramento County Water Agency, authorized by 
Pub. L. 101-514.
    11. Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, CVP, California: 
Agreement for the Folsom Dam and Reservoir reoperation.
    12. Central Coast Water Authority, Cachuma Project, California: 
Long-term Warren Act contract for use of Cachuma Project facilities 
when excess capacity exists. Approximately 13,750 acre-feet of water 
per year from the California State Water Project will be made available 
under a Warren Act contract to users along the South Coast of 
California.
    13. California Department of Fish and Game, CVP, California: 
Renewal of existing long-term agreement for furnishing water for fish 
hatchery purposes.
    14. Widren WD, CVP, California: Amend water service Contract No. 
14-06-200-8018 to include M&I use, conform to Pub. L. 102-575, and 
assign water supply to City of Tracy.
    15. Del Puerto WD, CVP, California: Assignment of 12 Delta-Mendota 
Canal water service contracts to Del Puerto WD for administrative and 
operational purposes. Change in water district name.
    16. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish 
and Game, Grassland WD; CVP; California: Water service contracts to 
provide water supplies for refuges within the CVP pursuant to Federal 
Reclamation Laws; [[Page 6286]] exchange agreements and wheeling 
contracts to deliver some of the increased refuge water supplies; 
quantity to be contracted for is approximately 450,000 acre-feet.
    17. Monterey County Water Resources Agency, Castroville Irrigation 
Water Supply Project, SRPA, California: Loan repayment contract in the 
amount of $32,600,000 to construct an irrigation distribution system to 
reduce seawater intrusion in the ground-water aquifers.
    18. Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency, Water 
Reclamation Facility for Crop Irrigation Project, SRPA, California: 
Loan repayment contract in the amount of $20,544,400 to reduce seawater 
intrusion in the ground-water aquifers.
    19. Santa Barbara County Water Agency, Cachuma Project, California: 
Renewal of existing long-term water service contract which expires May 
14, 1995; water quantity in existing contract 32,000 acre-feet.
    20. United Water Conservation District, SRPA, California: District 
can prepay the loan at a discounted rate pursuant to Public Law 102-
575.
ACTION: District did not pursue prepayment option provided in Pub. L. 
102-575. Prepayment option has expired.
    21. San Juan Suburban WD and the Placer County Water Agency, CVP, 
California: Renewal of existing long-term wheeling contract allowing 
the Agency to use CVP facilities to deliver its water to the District 
for use on District land within Placer County.
    22. Mountain Gate CSD, CVP, California: Amendment of existing long-
term water service contract to include right to renew. This amendment 
will also conform the contract to current Reclamation law, including 
Public Law 102-575.
    23. Glide WD, CVP, California: Assignment of Tehama WD's water 
service contract to Glide WD,
ACTION: Request withdrawn. Tehama WD dissolved.
    24. Glide WD and Orland-Artois WD, CVP, California: Assignment of 
Elder Creek WD water service contract to Glide WD and Orland-Artois WD.
    25. Pershing County WD, Nevada: Repayment contract for Safety of 
Dams work on Rye Patch Dam.
    Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470 
(Nevada Highway and Park Street), Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470, 
telephone 702-293-8536.
    1. Agricultural and M&I water users, CAP, Arizona: Water service 
subcontracts for percentages of available supply reallocated in 1992 
for irrigation entities and up to 640,000 acre-feet per year allocated 
in 1983 for M&I use.
    2. Milton and Jean Phillips, Kenneth or Ann Easterday, Robert E. 
Harp, Cameron Brothers Construction Co., Ogram Farms, Bruce Church, 
Inc., Stephen Sturges, Sunkist Growers, Inc., Clayton Farms, BCP, 
Arizona: Water service contracts, as recommended by Arizona Department 
of Water Resources, with agricultural entities located near the 
Colorado River for up to an additional 15,557 acre-feet per year total.
    3. Arizona State Land Department, State of Arizona, BCP, Arizona: 
Contract for 6,607 acre-feet per year of Colorado River water for 
agricultural use and related purposes on State-owned land. This 
contract action reflects an increase in a prior contract recommendation 
in the amount of 6,292 acre-feet per year.
    4. Armon Curtis, Arlin Dulin, Jacy Rayner, Glen Curtis, Jamar 
Produce Corporation, and Ansel T. Hall, BCP, Arizona: Water service 
contracts: purpose is to amend their contracts to exempt them from the 
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-293).
    5. Indian and non-Indian agricultural and M&I water users, CAP, 
Arizona: New and amendatory contracts for repayment of Federal 
expenditures for construction of distribution systems.
    6. Cibola Valley IDD, BCP, Arizona: Cibola Valley IDD is looking at 
the possibility of transferring, leasing, selling, or banking its 
entitlement of 22,560 acre-feet, for use in Arizona, California, and 
Nevada.
    7. Ft. Yuma Indian Reservation (Quechan Indian Reservation) and 
Bard ID, Yuma Project, Arizona and California: Surplus Water Contract 
to receive Colorado River water in the states of Arizona and 
California.
    8. Imperial ID, Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, California: 
Contract providing for administration, operation, maintenance, and 
replacement of the project well field.
    9. Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, California: Water service 
and repayment contracts with nonagricultural users in California 
adjacent to the Colorado River for an aggregate consumptive use of up 
to 10,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water per year in exchange for an 
equivalent amount of water to be pumped into the All-American Canal 
from a well field to be constructed adjacent to the canal.
    10. County of San Bernardino, San Sevaine Creek Water Project, 
SRPA, California: Contract for repayment of a $17.9 million loan and 
grant of $34 million.
    11. Tohono O'odham Nation, SRPA, Arizona: Repayment contract for a 
$47.3 million loan for the Schuk Toak District.
    12. Consolidated Water Co., Lake Havasu City, Havasu Water Co., 
Quartzsite, McAllister Subdivision, City of Parker, Marble Canyon, and 
Arizona State Land Department, BCP, Arizona: Contracts for additional 
M&I allocations of Colorado River water to entities located along the 
Colorado River in Arizona for up to 8.126 acre-feet per year as 
recommended by the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
    13. National Park Service for Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 
Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v. California, and BCP in Arizona and 
Nevada: Memorandum of Understanding for delivery of Colorado River 
water for the National Park Service's Federal Establishment present 
perfected right of 500 acre-feet of diversions annually, and the 
National Park Service's Federal Establishment perfected right pursuant 
to Executive Order No. 5125 (April 25, 1930).
    14. Imperial ID/Coachella Valley WD and/or The Metropolitan WD of 
Southern California, BCP, California: Contract to fund the Department 
of the Interior's expenses to conserve All-American Canal seepage water 
in accordance with Title II of the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights 
Settlement Act, dated November 17, 1988.
    15. Coachella Valley WD and/or The Metropolitan WD of Southern 
California, BCP, California: Contract to fund the Department of the 
Interior's expenses to conserve seepage water from the Coachella Branch 
of the All-American Canal in accordance with Title II of the San Luis 
Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, dated November 17, 1988.
    16. Elsinore Valley Municipal WD, Temescal Valley Project, SRPA, 
California: Repayment contract for a $22.3 million loan.
    17. Mohave Valley ID, BCP, Arizona: Amendment of current contract 
for additional Colorado River water, change in service areas, diversion 
points, and RRA exemption.
    18. Miscellaneous present perfected rights (PPR) entitlement 
holders, BCP, Arizona and California: New contracts for entitlements to 
Colorado River water as decreed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona v. 
California, as supplemented or amended, and as required by section 5 of 
the BCP. Miscellaneous present perfected rights holders are listed in 
the Arizona v. California Supplemental Decree, January 9, 1979.
    19. Federal Establishment present perfected rights entitlement 
holders: [[Page 6287]] Individual contracts for administration of 
Colorado River water entitlements of the Colorado River, Fort Mojave, 
Quechan, Chemehuevi, and Cocopah Indian Tribes.
    20. United States facilities, BCP: Reservation of Colorado River 
water for use at Federal facilities administered by Bureau of 
Reclamation in Arizona, California, and Nevada.
    21. City of Yuma, BCP, Arizona: Amendment to Contract No. 14-06-W-
106, for additional points of diversion.
    22. Imperial ID and The Metropolitan WD of Southern California, 
BCP, California: Temporary contract to store approximately 200,000 
acre-feet of water that is expected to be saved over a 2-year period 
under a test water savings program that involves land fallowing and a 
modified irrigation plan for alfalfa.
    23. Crystal Beach Water Conservation District, BCP, Arizona: 
Contract for delivery of 132 acre-feet per year of Colorado River water 
for domestic use, as recommended by the Arizona Department of Water 
Resources.
    24. Robert B. Griffith Water Project, BCP, Nevada: Revision of 
water delivery contract to amend points of diversion.
    25. United States Navy, BCP, California: Contract for 22 acre-feet 
of surplus Colorado River water through the Coachella Canal.
    26. Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, SRPA, California: Chino 
Basin Desalination Program, environmental cleanup to remove salt from 
ground water, $32 million loan.
    27. Gila River Indian Community/Gila River Farms, CAP, Arizona: 
Repayment/deferment/O&M contract for distribution system not to exceed 
$4 million. Execution of this contract facilitates construction under 
Public Law 93-638 funding and work performance contract.
    28. Gila River Farms, SRPA, Arizona: Amendatory contract to 
reschedule payments due in 1991, 1992, and subsequent years in line 
with payment capacity.
    29. Bureau of Land Management, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 1,176 
acre-feet per year, for agricultural use, of Arizona's Colorado River 
water that is not used by higher priority Arizona entitlement holders.
    30. Curtis Family Trust et al., BCP, Arizona: Contract for 2,100 
acre-feet per year of Colorado River water for agricultural water.
    31. Beattie Farms SW, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 1,890 acre-feet 
per year of unused Arizona entitlement for agricultural use.
    32. Section 10 Backwater, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 250 acre-feet 
per year of unused Arizona entitlement for environmental use until a 
permanent water supply can be obtained.
    33. Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD), CAP, 
Arizona: Amend or supplement the master repayment contract between the 
United States and CAWCD to reflect a pending settlement of certain CAP 
financial and ancillary issues.
    34. Mohave County, BCP, Arizona: Assignment, transfer, or 
reallocation of 18,500 acre-feet of water from the City of Kingman to a 
new water authority being formed to serve Mohave County. The new 
authority expect to make portions of its entitlement available to 
Bullhead City, Lake Havasu City, Mohave Water Conservation District and 
environmental purposes yet to be determined.
    35. Yuma Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District, Gila Project, 
Arizona: Amendment to provide for increase in domestic water allocation 
(from 10,000 to 20,000 acre-feet) within its overall use in the 
district.
    36. Yuma County Water Users Association (YCWUA) and City of Yuma, 
Yuma Project, Arizona: Supplementary Agreement and Delivery Agent 
contract to convert an undetermined amount of YCWUA's Present Perfected 
Rights irrigation water to municipal and industrial water for 
distribution by the city of Yuma.
    37. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lower Colorado River Refuge 
Complex, BCP, Yuma, Arizona: Proposed agreement to pool existing 
Arizona refuge water rights, resolve water rights coordination issues, 
and to provide for nonconsumptive use flow through water.
    38. Colorado River Commission of Nevada, Robert E. Griffith 
Project, Nevada: Amendatory or supplemental contract action to provide 
for the expansion and upgrading of diversion and conveyance facilities 
at non-Federal expense.
    39. Southern Nevada Water Authority, BCP, Nevada: Contract to use 
Federal facilities and land to divert water from Lake Mead at non-
Federal expense.
    40. Central Arizona Water Conservation District and the 
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, CAP/BCP, Arizona/
California: Amendatory Agreement for a demonstration project on 
underground storage of Colorado River Water in Arizona to increase the 
project from up to 100,000 acre-feet to 300,000 acre-feet.
    The following contract actions have been completed in the Lower 
Colorado Region since this notice was last published on October 19, 
1994:
    1. (12) Bullhead City: Contract for additional M&I allocations of 
Colorado River water to entities located along the Colorado River in 
Arizona. Contract for Bullhead City was executed on November 9, 1994.
    2. (25) Southern Nevada Water Authority, BCP, Nevada: Assignment or 
transfer of 14,550 acre-feet of Basic Management, Incorporated's water 
entitlement to the Southern Nevada Water Authority as a result of Basic 
Management, Inc.'s water conservation efforts. This assignment and 
related contract actions were completed on November 17, 1994.
    Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State 
Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102, telephone 801-524-
4419.
    1. Individual irrigators, M&I, and miscellaneous water users, Utah, 
Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico: Temporary (interim) water service 
contracts for surplus project water for irrigation or M&I use to 
provide up to 10,000 acre-feet of water annually for terms up to 10 
years; long-term contracts for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-
feet of water annually.
    (a) The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, Lodge No. 
1747, Farmington, New Mexico: Navajo Reservoir water service contract; 
20 acre-feet per year for municipal use.
    2. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado: 
Repayment contract for 26,500 acre-feet per year for M&I use and 2,600 
acre-feet per year for irrigation use in Phase One and 700 acre-feet in 
Phase Two; contract terms to be consistent with binding cost sharing 
agreement and water rights settlement agreement.
    3. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and 
New Mexico: Repayment contract 6,000 acre-feet per year for M&I use in 
Colorado; 26,400 acre-feet per year for irrigation use in Colorado; 900 
acre-feet per year for irrigation use in New Mexico; contract terms to 
be consistent with binding cost sharing agreement and water rights 
settlement agreement.
    4. Navajo Indian Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, New Mexico: 
Repayment contract for 7,600 acre-feet per year for M&I use.
    5. La Plata Conservancy District, Animas-La Plata Project, New 
Mexico: Repayment contract for 9,900 acre-feet per year for irrigation 
use.
    6. Vermejo Conservancy District, Vermejo Project, New Mexico: Amend 
contract pursuant to Pub. L. 96-550 to relieve the district of the 
requirement to make annual payments until the Secretary of the Interior 
determines that [[Page 6288]] further payments are feasible; the 
current obligation exceeds $2 million.
    7. San Juan Pueblo, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: Repayment 
contract for up to 2,000 acre-feet of project water for irrigation 
purposes.
    8. City of El Paso, Rio Grande Project, Texas and New Mexico: 
Amendment to the 1941 and 1962 contracts to expand acreage owned by the 
City to 3,000 acres; extend terms of water rights assignments; and 
allow assignments outside City limits under authority of the Public 
Service Board.
    9. The National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado 
Water Conservation Board, Wayne N. Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: 
Contract for between 180,000 to 740,000 acre-feet of project water to 
provide specific river flow patterns in the Gunnison River through the 
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument.
    10. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, Wayne N. 
Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Water service contract for 500 acre-feet 
for 1 year for municipal and domestic use.
    11. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, Wayne N. 
Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Substitute supply plan for the 
administration of the Gunnison River.
    12. Collbran Conservancy District, Collbran Project, Colorado: 
Amendatory contract defining priority of use of project water.
    13. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Fork Water Conservancy 
District, Paonia Project, Colorado: Contract for releases to support 
endangered fish in the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers; water available 
for releases will come from reserve capacity held by Reclamation as a 
sediment pool, estimated to be 1,800 acre-feet annually; contract will 
define the terms and conditions associated with delivery of this water.
    14. Rio Grande Water Conservation District, Closed Basin Division, 
San Luis Valley Project, Colorado: Water service contract for 
furnishing priority 4 water to third parties; contract will allow 
District to market priority water, when available, for agricultural, 
municipal and/or industrial use.
    15. Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association, Upper Gunnison 
River Water Conservancy District, Colorado River Water Conservation 
District, Uncompahgre Project, Colorado: Water management agreement for 
water stored at Taylor Park Reservoir and the Wayne N. Aspinall Storage 
Units to improve water management.
    16. Florida Water Conservancy District, Florida Project, Colorado: 
Water service contract to market for municipal and industrial use 114 
acre-feet of water rights held by the United States.
    Great Plains Region: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Federal 
Building, 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana 59107-6900, 
telephone 406-657-6413.
    1. Individual irrigators, M&I, and miscellaneous water users: 
Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, 
Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas: Temporary (interim) water service 
contracts for the conveyance, storage, and exchange of surplus project 
water and nonproject water for irrigation or M&I use to provide up to 
10,000 acre-feet of water annually for terms up to 5-years; long-term 
contracts for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-feet of water 
annually.
    2. Green Mountain Reservoir, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, 
Colorado; Water service contracts for irrigation, municipal, and 
industrial; contract negotiations for sale of water from the marketable 
yield to water users within the Colorado River Basin of Western 
Colorado.
    3. Ruedi Reservoir, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado; Repayment 
contracts; second round contract negotiations for municipal, domestic, 
and industrial water from the regulatory capacity of Ruedi Reservoir.
    4. Cedar Bluff Irrigation District No. 6, Cedar Bluff Unit, P-SMBP, 
Kansas: In accordance with Section 901 of Public Law 102-575, 106 Stat. 
4600, terminate the Cedar Bluff Irrigation District's repayment 
contract and transfer use of the District's portion of the reservoir 
storage capacity to the State of Kansas for fish, wildlife, recreation, 
and other purposes.
    5. Garrison Diversion Unit, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Renegotiation of 
the master repayment contract with Garrison Diversion Conservancy 
District to conform with the Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act 
of 1986; negotiation of repayment contracts with irrigators and M&I 
users.
    6. Corn Creek Irrigation District, Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: 
Repayment contract for 10,350 acre-feet of supplemental irrigation 
water from Glendo Reservoir pending completion of NEPA review.
    7. Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District, Washita Basin 
Project, Oklahoma; Amendatory repayment contract for remedial work.
    8. Arbuckle Master Conservancy District, Arbuckle Project, 
Oklahoma: Contract for the repayment of costs of the construction of 
the Sulphur, Oklahoma, pipeline and pumping plant (if constructed).
    9. Chinook Water Users Association, Milk River Project, Montana: 
SRPA contract for loan of up to $6,000,000 for improvements to the 
Association's water conveyance system.
    10. Midvale Irrigation District, Riverton Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: 
Long-term contract for water service from Boysen Reservoir.
    11. Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, 
San Angelo Project, Texas: Pursuant to Section 501 of Pub. L. 101-434, 
negotiate amendatory contract to increase irrigable acreage within the 
project.
    12. Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Canadian River 
Project, Texas: Issue of credit for transferred lands under review.
    13. Lakeview Irrigation District, Shoshone Project, Wyoming: New 
long-term water service contract for up to 3,200 acre-feet of firm 
water supply annually and up to 11,800 acre-feet of interim water from 
Buffalo Bill Reservoir.
    14. Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 6, Texas: SRPA contract 
for a 20-year loan for up to $5,712,900 to rehabilitate the District's 
irrigation facilities pending appropriation of funds.
    15. City of Rapid City and Rapid Valley Water Conservancy District, 
Rapid Valley Unit, P-SMBP, South Dakota: Contract renewal for up to 
55,000 acre-feet of storage capacity in Pactola Reservoir.
    16. Thirty Mile Canal Company, Nebraska: SRPA contract for a loan 
of $2,264,000 to reline the main canal, replace open laterals with 
buried pipe, and replace bridges pending appropriation of funds.
    17. Belle Fourche Irrigation District, Belle Fourche Unit, P-SMBP, 
South Dakota: Amendment to Contract No. 5-07-60-WR170. The amendment 
will initiate repayment period June 30, 1996. The amendment will also 
provide an additional $10.5 million for additional rehabilitation and 
betterment work.
    18. North Platte Project and Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming and 
Nebraska contractors: Repayment contracts under the Safety of Dams 
Program for the modifications of Pathfinder, Guernsey, and Glendo Dams.
    19. State of Colorado, Armel Unit, P-SMBP, Colorado: Repayment 
contract under the Safety of Dams Program for the modification of Bonny 
Dam.
    20. Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska and Kansas-Bostwick 
Irrigation District, Ainsworth Irrigation District, Farwell Irrigation 
and Sargent Irrigation District, Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation 
District, [[Page 6289]] Frenchman Valley Irrigation District, Almena 
Irrigation District, Webster Irrigation District, and Kirwin Irrigation 
District, P-SMBP, Kansas and Nebraska: Renewal of existing water 
service and repayment contracts for irrigation water supplies, pending 
completion of NEPA review.
    21. Mountain Park Master Conservancy District, Mountain Park 
Project, Oklahoma: Pending revision of Section 3102 of Pub. L. 102-575, 
(106 Stat. 4600) amend the District's contract to either reflect a 
discounted prepayment of the City of Frederick's obligation for the 
reimbursable costs of its M&I water supply or to reschedule its 
payments based on ability to pay.
    22. Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana: In accordance 
with Section 9 of the Northern Cheyenne Reserved Water Rights 
Settlement Act of 1992, the United States and the Northern Cheyenne 
Indian Tribe are proposing to contract for 30,000 acre-feet per year of 
stored water from Bighorn Reservoir, Yellowtail Unit, Lower Bighorn 
Division, P-SMBP, in Montana. The Tribe will pay the United States both 
capital and O&M costs associated with each acre-foot of water the Tribe 
sells from this storage for M&I purposes.
    23. Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Canadian River 
Project, Texas: Contract for the United States to pay up to 33 percent 
of the costs of the salinity control project. These costs are to be 
used for the design and construction management of the project 
facilities.
    24. Mid-Dakota Rural Water System, Inc., South Dakota: Pursuant to 
the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992, The 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants and loans to 
Mid-Dakota Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation for the 
planning and construction of a rural water supply system.
    25. Angostura Irrigation District, Angostura Unit, P-SMBP: The 
District's current contract for water services expires on January 1, 
1995. The current contract also provides for the District to operate 
and maintain the dam and reservoir. The proposed contract would provide 
a continued water supply for the District and the District's continued 
operation and maintenance of the facility.
    26. West River Conservancy Sub-District, Shadehill Unit, P-SMBP, 
South Dakota: Water service contract expires June 10, 1995. The 
proposed contract would provide irrigation water to the District 
pursuant to terms acceptable to both the United States and the 
District.

    Dated: January 24, 1995.
Wayne O. Deason,
Assistant Director, Program Analysis.
[FR Doc. 95-2402 Filed 1-31-95; 8:45 am]
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