[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4281-4287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2300]



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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 pending 
through December 31, 1996, and contract actions that have been 
completed or discontinued since the last publication of this notice on 
September 29, 1995. 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 identify 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 
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 1996. 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      
(PPR)                                Present Perfected Right            
(RRA)                                Reclamation Reform Act             
(NEPA)                               National Environmental Policy Act  
(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 Basin Project, 
Oregon: Water service contracts; $8 per acre-foot per annum. 

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    3. Willamette Basin Water Users, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon: 
Water service contracts; $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).
    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. 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.
    8. Sidney Irrigation Cooperative, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon: 
Irrigation water service contract for approximately 2,300 acre-feet.
    9. Douglas County, Milltown Hill Project, Oregon: SRPA loan 
repayment contract; proposed combination loan and grant obligation of 
approximately $31 million.
    10. Palmer Creek Water District Improvement Company, Willamette 
Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for 
approximately 13,000 acre-feet.
    11. 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.
    12. City of Madras, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Renewal or 
replacement of municipal water service contract for approximately 125 
acre-feet annually from the project water supply.
    13. 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.
    14. Lewiston Orchards ID, Lewiston Orchards Project, Idaho: 
Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to 
Reservoir ``A.''
    15. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Repayment contract 
for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Wickiup Dam.
    16. Stanfield and Westland Irrigation Districts, Umatilla Project, 
Oregon: Repayment contracts for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs 
to McKay Dam.
    17. 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).
    18. 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.
    19. Hermiston, Stanfield, Westland, and West Extension Irrigation 
Districts, Umatilla Project, Oregon: Temporary contracts to provide 
water service for 1996 to lands lying outside of their boundaries.

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, 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.
    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 between 1995 and 1998; water 
quantities for these contracts total in excess of 1.7M acre-feet. These 
contract actions will be accomplished through interim renewal contracts 
pursuant to Pub. L. 102-575.
    4. Redwood Valley County WD, SRPA, California: District is 
considering restructuring the repayment schedule pursuant to Pub. L. 
100-516 or initiating new legislation to prepay the loan at a 
discounted rate. Prepayment option under Pub. L. 102-575 has expired.
    5. Truckee Carson ID, Newlands Project, Nevada: New contract for 
the operation and maintenance of Newlands Project facilities and the 
collection of the unpaid construction costs for the original contract. 
The United States terminated the original contract, and this was upheld 
by the U.S. District Court in Nevada on August 17, 1983.
    6. 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.
    7. 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.
    8. El Dorado County Water Agency, San Juan WD, and Sacramento 
County Water Agency, CVP, California: M&I water service contract aid 
supplement existing water supply: 15,000 acre-feet for El Dorado County 
Water Agency 13,000 acre-feet for San Juan WD, and 22,000 acre-feet for 
Sacramento County Water Agency, authorized by Pub. L. 101-514.
    9. 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; 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.
    10. 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. 

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    11. 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 
Pub. L. 102-575.
    12. Pershing County Water Conservation District, Nevada: Repayment 
contract for Safety of Dams work on Rye Patch Dam.
    13. Santa Barbara County Water Agency: Repayment contract for 
Safety of Dams work on Bradbury Dam.
    14. Central Valley Project 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.
    15. City of Folsom, CVP, California: Amendment of existing water 
rights conveyance contract to allow delivery of an additional 5,000 
acre-feet of water from Folsom Reservoir that has been acquired from 
the Southern California Water Company.
    16. Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, 
Solano Project, California: Amend water service contract to decrease 
quantity.
    17. City of Roseville, CVP, California: Execution of long-term 
Warren Act contract for conveyance of non-project water provided from 
the Placer County Water Agency. This contract will allow CVP facilities 
to be used to deliver non-project water to the City of Roseville for 
use within their service area.
    18. 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.

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. Milton and Jean Phillips, Kenneth or Ann Easterday, Robert E. 
Harp, Cameron Brothers Construction Co., Ogram Farms, Bruce Church, 
Inc., Sturges Farms, Inc., Sunkist Growers, Inc., Clayton Farms, BCP, 
Arizona: Water service contracts, as recommended by Arizona Department 
of Water Resources, with agricultural entities located near the 
Colorado River for up to an additional 15,557 acre-feet per year total.
    2. Arizona State Land Department, State of Arizona, BCP, Arizona: 
Contract for 6,607 acre-feet per year of Colorado River water for 
agricultural use and related purposes on State-owned land. This 
contract action reflects an increase in prior contract recommendation 
in the amount of 6,292 acre-feet per year.
    3. 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).
    4. 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, or 
Nevada.
    5. Consolidated Water Co., Havasu Water Co., Quartzsite, McAllister 
Subdivision, City of Parker, 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 
3,759 acre-feet per year as recommended by the Arizona Department of 
Water Resources.
    6. National Park Service for Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 
Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v. California, and BCP in Arizona and 
Nevada: Memorandum of Understanding for delivery of Colorado River 
water for the National Park Service's Federal Establishment (PPR) of 
500 acre-feet of diversions annually, and the National Park Service's 
Federal Establishment perfected right pursuant to Executive Order No. 
5125 (April 25, 1930).
    7. Mohave Valley ID, BCP, Arizona: Amendment of current contract 
for additional Colorado River water, change in service areas, diversion 
points, and RRA exemption.
    8. 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.
    9. Miscellaneous 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 BCPA. 
Miscellaneous PPR holders are listed in the Arizona v. California 
settlement. Also, conversion of PPR entitlements for irrigation water 
to M&I water entitlements.
    10. W.F. West, BCP, California: Miscellaneous PPR contract for 
0.8774 acre-feet of domestic water.
    11. Julia Soto Zozaya and Steve M. Zozaya, Mohave County, BCP, 
Arizona: Miscellaneous PPR contract for 720 acre-feet of irrigation 
water.
    12. Holpal Miscellaneous PPR, BCP, AZ: Assign a portion of the PPR 
to Mr. McNutly.
    13. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, BCP, California: 
The company intends to transfer its miscellaneous PPR for the diversion 
of 1,260 acre-feet and consumptive use of 273 acre-feet of Colorado 
River water to the City of Needles.
    14. Federal Establishment PPR entitlement holders, BCP; Individual 
contracts for administration of Colorado River water entitlements of 
the Colorado River, Fort Mojave, Quechan, Chemehuevi, and Cocopah 
Indian Tribes.
    15. United States facilities, BCP, Arizona, California, and Nevada: 
Reservation of Colorado River Water for use at Federal facilities and 
lands administered by Reclamation.
    16. Windsor Beach State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ: Contract for 
130 acre-feet entitlement to Colorado River domestic water.
    17. 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.
    18. 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.
    19. Curtis Family Trust et al., BCP, Arizona: Contract for 2,100 
acre-feet per year of Colorado River water for agricultural water.
    20. Beattie Farms SW, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 1,890 acre-feet 
per year of unused Arizona entitlement for agricultural use.
    21. 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.
    22. 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.
    23. Yuma County Water Users' Association, Yuma Project, Arizona: 
Supplementary contract to convert irrigation use water to domestic use 
water within the Valley Division of the Yuma Project. 

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    24. 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.
    25. Hilander C Irrigation District, Colorado River Basin Salinity 
Control Project, AZ: Water delivery contract for 4,500 acre-feet.
    26. Kent Sea Farms, Yuma, Arizona: 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.
    27. Central Arizona Water Conservation District, CAP, Arizona: 
Amend or supplement the master repayment contract between the United 
States to reflect a pending settlement of certain CAP financial and 
ancillary issues.
    28. 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.
    29. 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.
    30. Indian and non-Indian agricultural and M&I water users, CAP, 
AZ: New and amendatory contracts for repayment of Federal expenditures 
for construction of distribution systems.
    31. Gila River Indian Community, CAP, AZ: Master repayment/O&M 
contract for distribution system to serve up to 77,000 acres.
    32. 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.
    33. 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.
    34. City of Scottsdale and other M&I water subcontractors, CAP, AZ: 
Subcontract amendments associated with assignment of M&I water service 
subcontracts from Camp Verde Water System, Inc., Cottonwood Water 
Works, Inc., Mayer Domestic Water Improvement District, City of 
Prescott, City of Nogales, Rio Rico Utilities', Inc., and the Yavapai-
Prescott Indian Tribe to provide the City of Scottsdale with an 
additional 17,823 acre-feet of CAP water.
    35. Tohono O'odham Nation, SRPA, AZ: Repayment contract for a $7.3 
million loan for the Schuk Toak District.
    36. 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.
    37. 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.
    38. Central Arizona Drainage and Irrigation District, Phoenix, 
Arizona, CAP, Amend distribution system repayment Contract No. 4-07-30-
W0048 to reschedule repayment terms pursuant to U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 
District of Arizona.
    39. Arizona Sierra Utility Company, Phoenix, AZ, CAP: Assignment to 
the Town of Florence of 407 acre-feet of CAP municipal and industrial 
water allocation under subcontract from the Central Arizona Water 
Conservation District.
    40. 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.
    41. Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, California: Water service 
and repayment contracts with nonagricultural water 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.
    42. The Southern California Gas Company, BCP, California: Short-
term water delivery contract for 125 acre-feet of surplus Colorado 
River water for domestic and industrial water users near the City of 
Needles, California.
    43. County of San Bernardino, San Sevaine Creek Water Project, 
SRPA, California: Project and loan repayment contracts are under 
reformulation.
    44. 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.
    45. 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.
    46. United States Navy, BCP, Niland, California: Contract for 22 
acre-feet of surplus Colorado River water for domestic use delivered 
through the Coachella Canal.
    47. Southern Nevada Water Authority, BCP, Nevada: Contract to use 
Federal facilities and land to divert water from Lake Mead at non-
Federal expense.
    48. Colorado River Commissioner of Nevada, Robert B. Griffith Water 
Project, BCP, Nevada: Amend the repayment contract to provide for 
funding of additional facilities by Southern Nevada Water Authority to 
divert, treat, and convey water out of Lake Mead.

Contract Actions Completed

    1. Fort Yuma Indian Reservation (Quechan Indian Reservation), Yuma 
Project, AZ and CA: Surplus water contract to receive Colorado River 
Water in the states of AZ and CA. 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. Completed by 
letter dated May 18, 1995.
    2. Imperial ID, Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, CA: Contract 
providing for administration, operation, maintenance, and replacement 
of the project well field was executed October 13, 1995.
    3. Lake Havasu City and Marble Canyon from item 12 above. Lake 
Havasu City contract was executed October 4, 1995. Execution of the 
Marble Canyon contract is in progress.
    4. Elsinore Valley Municipal WD, Temescal Valley Project, SRPA, CA: 
Repayment contract for a $22.3 million loan was executed April 24, 
1995.
    5. 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. Inactive for the foreseeable future.
    6. Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, SRPA, CA: Chino Basin 
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groundwater, $32 million loan. Contract executed May 1, 1995.
    7. 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 on September 15, 1995 
facilitates construction under Pub. L. 93-638 funding and work 
performance contract.
    8. Gila River Farms, SRPA, AZ: Amendatory contract to reschedule 
payments due in 1991, 1992, and subsequent years in line with payment 
capacity. Execution is in progress and is expected to be completed by 
the end of February 1996.
    9. Mohave County, BCP, AZ: 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. Assignment accomplished 
and new contract executed with newly formed Mohave County Water 
Authority on December 8, 1995.
    10. 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. Action 
approved May 18, 1995.
    11. New Magma Irrigation and Drainage District, Phoenix, Arizona, 
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. Execution of restructured repayment 
contract is in progress.

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-Law 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 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 aid 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.
    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 
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reservoirs are being exchanged for 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--Sever River (Great Basin).
    22. Highland Conservation District, Provo River Project, Utah: 
Water transfer agreement between 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 406-247-7730.
    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 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; 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 Pub. L. 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. 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.
    10. 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 (Pub. L. 260).
    11. 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.
    12. 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.
    13. North Platte Project, Pathfinder Irrigation District: 
Negotiation of contract, Pathfinder Irrigation District: Negotiation of 
contract regarding Safety of Dams Program modification of Lake Alice 
Dam.
    14. Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska and Kansas-Bostwick 
Irrigation District, Ainsworth Irrigation District, Farwell Irrigation 
and Sargent Irrigation District, Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation 
District, 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.
    15. Mountain Park Master Conservancy District, Mountain park 
Project, Oklahoma: Pursuant to Title IV of Pub. L. 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.
    16. 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.
    17. 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.
    18. Angostura Irrigation District, Angostura Unit, P-SMBP, South 
Dakota: The District's current contract for water service expired on 
December 31, 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.
    19. Shadehill Water User 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.
    20. Enders Dam, Frenchman-Cambridge Division, Frenchman Unit, 
Nebraska: Repayment contract for proposed Safety of Dams modifications 
to Enders Dam for repaid of seeping drainage features. Estimated cost 
of the repairs is $632,000.
    21. 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. Pub. L. 103-434, enacted October 31, 1994, authorized an 
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in non-Federal cost share for completion of the minor construction.
    22. 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.

    Dated: January 24, 1996.
Wayne O. Deason,
Assistant Director, Program Analysis Office.
[FR Doc. 96-2300 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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