[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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