[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50639-50642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24254]



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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 that 
are new, modified, discontinued, or completed since the last 
publication of this notice on May 22, 1995. The February 1, 1995, 
notice should be used as a reference point to identify changes. The 
number in parenthesis corresponds to the number in the February 1, 
1995, notice. This notice is one means in which the public is informed 
about 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 any 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 

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proposal may be obtained by calling or writing the appropriate regional 
office at the address and telephone number given for each region in the 
supplementary information.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 226 of the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1273) and 43 CFR 426.20 of the rules and 
regulations published in 52 FR 11954, Apr. 13, 1987, Reclamation will 
publish notice of 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 area 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 request 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

    The following contract actions are either new, modified, 
discontinued, or completed in the Bureau of Reclamation since the 
February 1, 1995, Federal Register notice.
    Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis 
Road, Boise, Idaho 83706-1234, telephone 208-378-5346.
    1. New Contract Actions:
    (21) Fremont-Madison Irrigation District, Minidoka Project, Idaho-
Wyoming: Supplemental and amendatory contract providing for the 
transfer of operation and maintenance for the remaining reserved works 
of the Upper Snake Storage Division (including Cascade Creek Diversion 
Dam, Grassy Lake Dam and Reservoir, and Island Park Dam and Reservoir).
     (22) North Unit Irrigation District, Deschutes Project, Oregon: 
Warren Act contract with cost of service charge to allow for use of 
project facilities to convey nonproject water.
     2. Contract Actions Completed:
     (18) Part Completed: Temporary water service contracts executed 
with Hermiston, Stanfield, and Westland Irrigation Districts to provide 
water service for 1995 to lands outside their boundaries.
     Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, 
Sacramento, California 95825-1898, telephone 916-978-5030.
     1. New Contract Actions:
     (24) City of Folsom, CVP, California: Amendment of existing water 
rights conveyance contract to allow for delivery of an additional 5,000 
acre-feet of water from Folsom Reservoir that has been acquired from 
the Southern California Water Company.
     (25) Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, 
Solano Project, California: Amend water service contract to decrease 
quantity.
     (26) City of Roseville, CVP, California: Execution of a 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.
    (27) 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.
    2. Contract Actions Modified:
    (21) San Juan Water District, CVP, California: Execute Warren Act 
contract to replace expiring long-term wheeling contract with San Juan 
WD and the Placer County Water Agency allowing the Agency to use CVP 
facilities to deliver its water to the District for use on District 
land within Placer County.
    3. Contract Actions Completed:
    (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 

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California. ACTION: Contract executed July 25, 1995.
    (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 
convey reclaimed water for agricultural purposes and to reduce seawater 
intrusion in the groundwater aquifers. ACTION: Contract executed May 
26, 1995.
    (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 groundwater aquifers. ACTION: Contract executed June 
2, 1995.
    (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. ACTION: Interim renewal contract executed April 25, 1995.
    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. New Contract Actions:
    (41) Department of the Navy, Niland, CA. Contract for delivery of 
up to 23 acre-feet per year of California surplus water for domestic 
use.
    (42) Windsor Beach State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ. Contract for 
130 acre-feet entitlement to Colorado River domestic water.
    (43) Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District, Stanfield, 
AZ. District has requested the United States to defer payments and 
restructure its $78 million distribution system repayment obligation.
    (44) McMicken ID/City of Surprise, AZ. Amend McMicken's CAP 
subcontract to reduce its entitlement by 4,500 acre-feet and execute a 
CAP water service subcontract with the City of Surprise for 4,500 acre-
feet of CAP water.
    (45) McMicken, ID/Avondale, AZ. Amend McMicken's CAP subcontract to 
reduce its entitlement by 647 acre-feet and amend Avondale's CAP water 
service subcontract to increase its entitlement by 647 acre-feet of CAP 
water.
    (46) Kent Sea Farms, Yuma, AZ. Contract to divert and return 32,000 
acre-feet of water per year from and to, respectively, the Main Outlet 
Drain Extension for one or more fish farms.
    (47) New Magma Irrigation and Drainage District, Phoenix, AZ, 
Central Arizona Project. Amend and Supplement distribution system 
repayment Contract No. 4-07-30-W0049 to reschedule repayment terms 
pursuant to U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona, Judgement No. 
B-94-00211-TUC-JMM, June 20, 1995.
    (48) San Tan Irrigation District, Chandler Heights, AZ, CAP. Amend 
distribution system repayment Contract No. 6-07-30-W0120 to increase 
the repayment obligation approximately $168,000.
    (49) Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation District, Chandler Heights, 
AZ, CAP. Amend distribution system repayment Contract No. 6-07-30-W0119 
to increase the repayment obligation approximately $114,000.
    (50) Central Arizona Drainage and Irrigation District, Phoenix, AZ, 
CAP. Amend distribution system repayment Contract No. 4-07-30-W0048 to 
reschedule repayment terms pursuant to U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District 
of Arizona.
    (51) Arizona Sierra Utility Company, Phoenix, Arizona, CAP. 
Assignment to the Town of Florence of 407 acre-feet of CAP municipal 
and industrial water allocation under subcontract from Central Arizona 
Water Conservation District.
    (52) San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego, California, San 
Diego Project: Title transfer to the Second Barrel, San Diego Aqueduct 
composed of over 70 miles of pipeline 4.5 to 8 feet in diameter and 
related facilities and rights of way.
    (53) W.F. West, Winslow, Arizona, Boulder Canyon Project: 
Miscellaneous Present Perfected Rights contract for 0.8774 acre-feet of 
domestic water.
    (54) Julia Soto Zozaya and Steve M. Zozaya, Mohave County, Arizona, 
Boulder Canyon Project. Miscellaneous Present Perfected Rights contract 
for 720 acre-feet of irrigation water.
    (55) Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, BCP, 
California. The company intends to transfer its miscellaneous present 
perfected rights for the diversion of 1,260 acre-feet and consumptive 
use of 273 acre-feet of Colorado River water to the City of Needles.
    (56) The Gas Company, BCP, California. Short-term water delivery 
contract for 125 acre-feet of surplus Colorado river water for domestic 
and industrial water use near the City of Needles, California.
    2. Contract Actions Discontinued:
    (21) City of Yuma, BCP, AZ. Amendment to Contract No. 1-4-06-W-106. 
ACTION: The City of Yuma declined to amend its contract.
    3. Contract Actions Completed:
    (7) Ft. Yuma Indian Reservation (Quechan Indian Reservation), Yuma 
Project, AZ and CA. Surplus water contract to receive Colorado River 
water in the states of Arizona and California. The contract may include 
surplus and unused apportionment entitlements (51,616 acre-feet or 
7.743 acres, whichever is less) and wheeling arrangements with Bard ID. 
ACTION: Completed by letter dated May 18, 1995.
    (16) Elsinore Valley Municipal WD, Temescal Valley Project, SRPA, 
CA. ACTION: Contract executed.
    (26) Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, SRPA, CA. Chino Basin 
Desalination Program. ACTION: Contract executed.
    (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. ACTION: 
Contract executed.
    Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 11568 (125 
South State Street), Salt Lake City, Utah 84147, telephone 801-524-
5435.
    1. New Contract Actions:
    (17) Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District and Central Utah 
Water Conservancy District, Central Utah Project, Utah. Contract to 
provide the Bureau of Reclamation with perpetual use of 7,900 acre-feet 
of water annually for storage in the Jordanelle Reservoir.
    (18) Grand Valley Water Users Association, Orchard Mesa Irrigation 
District and Public Service Company of Colorado, Grand Valley Project, 
Colorado. Water service contract for the utilization of project water 
for cooling purposes for a steam electric generation plant.
    (19) Public Service Company of New Mexico, Colorado River Storage 
Project, Navajo Unit, New Mexico. Amendatory water service contract for 
diversion of 20,200 acre-feet, not to exceed a depletion of 16,200 
acre-feet of project water for cooling purposes for a steam electric 
generation plant.
    (20) Provo Reservoir Water Users Company, Wasatch Irrigation 
Company, Timpanogas Irrigation Company, Exchange Irrigation Company, 
Washington Irrigation Company, and the City of Provo; Central Utah 
Project, Utah: Water exchange contracts, water rights in several 
mountain lakes and reservoirs are being exchanged for 

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equivalent contract water rights in Jordanelle Reservoir.
    (21) Sanpete County Water Conservancy District, Narrows Project, 
Utah: Application for a Small Reclamation Project Act loan and grant to 
construct a dam, reservoir and pipeline to annually supply 
approximately 5,000 acre-feet of water through a transmountain 
diversion from upper Gooseberry Creek in the Price River drainage 
(Colorado River Basin) to the San Pitch--Sevier River (Great Basin).
    (22) Dodds Ditch Water Users, Central Utah Project, Utah. Contracts 
for exchange of water rights and sale of project water; water rights in 
Ashley Creek for 30 acre-feet of project water from Steinaker 
Reservoir.
    (23) Highland Conservation District, Provo River Project, Utah. 
Water transfer agreement between the District and Highland City 
involving change of use from irrigation to municipal and industrial.
    Great Plains Region: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Federal 
Building, 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana 59107-6900, 
telephone 406-657-6413.
    1. New Contract Actions:
    (27) Enders Dam, Frenchman-Cambridge Division, Frenchman Unit, 
Nebraska: Repayment contract for proposed Safety of Dams modifications 
to Enders Dam for repair of seeping drainage features. Estimated cost 
of the repairs is $632,000.
    (28) Belle Fourche Irrigation District, Belle Fourche Unit, P-SMBP, 
South Dakota: D&MC contract for rehabilitation work on water control 
structures, lining additional canals, and rehabilitation of bridges and 
laterals. Public Law 103-434, enacted October 31, 1994, authorized an 
additional $10.5 million in Federal funds and $4 million in non-Federal 
cost share for completion of the minor construction.
    1. Contract Actions Discontinued:
    (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.
    (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.
    (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.
    2. Contract Actions Modified:
    (12) Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Canadian River 
Project, Texas: Determination of no authority for credit for 
transferred lands.
    (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. Pursuant to Section 9(e) of the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 (Public Law 260).
    (17) Belle Fourche Irrigation District, Belle Fourche Unit, P-SMBP, 
South Dakota. Amendment to Contract No. 5-07-60-WR170. The amendment 
will initiate the repayment period for the rehabilitation and 
betterment work to begin June 30, 1996. The Amendment will also provide 
an additional $10.5 million for additional rehabilitation and 
betterment work.
    (18) North Platte Project, Kendrick Project, and Glendo Project, P-
SMBP, Wyoming and Nebraska contractors: Repayment contracts under the 
Safety of Dams Project for the modification of Pathfinder, Lake Alice, 
Seminoe, and Glendo Dams.
    (21) Mountain Park Master Conservancy District, Mountain Park 
Project, Oklahoma: Pursuant to Title IV of Public Law 103-434, amend 
the District's contract to reallocate the project costs to reflect the 
environmental activities authorized by Title IV and provide for a 
discounted prepayment of all or a portion of the reimbursable costs 
allocated for its M&I water supply.
    (25) Angostura Irrigation District, Angostura Unit, P-SMBP: The 
District's current contract for water services expired on January 1, 
1995. The current contract also provided for the District to operate 
and maintain the dam and reservoir. The proposed contract would provide 
a continued water supply for the District and the District's continued 
operation and maintenance of the facility.
    (26) West River Conservancy Sub-District, Shadehill Unit, P-SMBP, 
South Dakota: Water service contract expired June 10, 1995. The 
proposed contract would provide irrigation water to the District 
pursuant to terms acceptable to both the United States and the 
District.


    Dated: September 25, 1995.
Wayne O. Deason,
Assistant Director, Program Analysis.
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