[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3913-3920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1883]


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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, 1997, and contract actions that have been 
completed or discontinued since the last publication of this notice on 
October 27, 1997. From the date of this publication, future quarterly 
notices during this calendar year will be limited to modified, new, 
completed, or discontinued contract actions. This annual notice should 
be used as a point of reference to identify changes in future notices. 
This notice is one of a variety of means used to inform the public 
about proposed contractual actions for capital recovery and management 
of project resources and facilities. Additional Bureau of Reclamation 
(Reclamation) announcements of individual contract actions may be 
published in the Federal Register and in newspapers of general 
circulation in the areas determined by Reclamation to be affected by 
the proposed action. Announcements may be in the form of news releases, 
legal notices, official letters, memorandums, or other forms of written 
material. Meetings, workshops, and/or hearings may also be used, as 
appropriate, to provide local publicity. The public participation 
procedures do not apply to proposed contracts for sale of surplus or 
interim irrigation water for a term of 1 year or less. Either of the 
contracting parties may invite the public to observe contract 
proceedings. All public participation procedures will be coordinated 
with those involved in complying with the National Environmental Policy 
Act.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alonzo Knapp, Manager, Reclamation 
Law, Contracts, and Repayment Office, Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 
25007, Denver, Colorado 80225-0007; telephone 303-236-1061 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 1998. 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

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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
(SOD) Safety of Dams
(SRPA) Small Reclamation Projects Act
(WCUA) Water Conservation and Utilization Act
(WD) Water District

Pacific Northwest Region

    Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, Idaho 83706-
1234, telephone 208-378-5346.
    1. Irrigation, M&I, and miscellaneous water users; Idaho, Oregon, 
Washington, Montana, and Wyoming: Temporary or interim water service 
contracts for irrigation, M&I, or miscellaneous use to provide up to 
10,000 acre-feet of water annually for terms up to 5 years; long-term 
contracts for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-feet of water 
annually.
    2. Rogue River Basin Water Users, Rogue River Basin Project, 
Oregon: Water service contracts; $8 per acre-foot per annum.
    3. Willamette Basin Water Users, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon: 
Water service contracts; $8 per acre-foot per annum.
    4. Lake Chelan Reclamation District, Chief Joseph Dam Project, 
Washington; Consolidated ID, Spokane Valley Project, Washington; 
Individual Contractors, Crooked River Project, Oregon; Lower Payette 
Ditch Company Ltd., Pioneer Ditch Company, Boise Project, Idaho; Tumalo 
ID, Crescent Lake Dam Project, Oregon; Monroe Creek ID, Mann Creek 
Project, Idaho; Clark and Edwards Canal and Irrigation Company, 
Enterprise Canal Company, Ltd., Lenroot Canal Company, Liberty Park 
Canal Company, Parsons Ditch Company, Poplar ID, Wearyrick Ditch 
Company, all in the Minidoka Project, Idaho; Juniper Flat District 
Improvement Company, Wapinitia Project, Oregon; Roza ID, Yakima 
Project, Washington: Amendatory repayment and water service contracts; 
purpose is to conform to the RRA (Pub. L. 97-293).
    5. Bridgeport ID, Chief Joseph Dam Project, Washington: Warren Act 
contract for the use of an irrigation outlet in Chief Joseph Dam.
    6. Douglas County, Milltown Hill Project, Oregon: SRPA loan 
repayment contract; proposed combination loan and grant obligation of 
approximately $31 million.
    7. Palmer Creek Water District Improvement Company, Willamette 
Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for 
approximately 13,000 acre-feet.
    8. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Boise-Kuna ID, Boise 
Project, Idaho: Memorandum of Agreement for the use of approximately 
400 acre-feet of storage space annually in Anderson Ranch Reservoir. 
Water to be used for wildlife mitigation purposes (ponds and wetlands).
    9. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Long-term municipal 
water service contract for provision of approximately 125 acre-feet 
annually from the project water supply to the City of Madras.
    10. Lewiston Orchards ID, Lewiston Orchards Project, Idaho: 
Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to 
Reservoir ``A.''
    11. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Repayment contract 
for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Wickiup Dam.
    12. Twenty-one individual contractors, Umatilla Project, Oregon: 
Repayment agreements for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to 
McKay Dam.
    13. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Warren Act contract 
with cost of service charge to allow for use of project facilities to 
convey nonproject water.
    14. South Boise Mutual Irrigation Company, Ltd. and United Water 
Idaho, Boise Project, Idaho: Agreement amending contracts to approve 
the acquisition and municipal use of Anderson Ranch Reservoir water by 
United Water Idaho, and the transfer of Lucky Peak Reservoir water to 
the United States.
    15. Baker Valley ID, Baker Project, Oregon: Warren Act contract 
with cost of service charge to allow for use of project facilities to 
store nonproject water.
    16. Okanogan ID, Okanogan Project, Washington: SOD contract to 
repay district's share of cost to install an Early Warning System.
    17. Rogue River Valley and Medford IDs, Rogue River Basin Project, 
Oregon: SOD contract to repay each district's share of cost to repair 
Fish Lake Dam.
    18. Trendwest Resorts, Yakima Project, Washington: Long-term water 
exchange contract for assignment of Teanaway River and Big Creek water 
rights to Reclamation for instream flow use in exchange for annual use 
of up to 3,500 acre-feet of water from Cle Elum

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Reservoir for a proposed resort development.
    19. Milner ID, Minidoka-Palisades Projects, Idaho: Amendment of 
storage contracts to reduce the district's spaceholding in Palisades 
Reservoir by up to 5,162 acre-feet, thereby allowing use of this space 
by Reclamation for flow augmentation.
    20. Burley and Southwest IDs, Minidoka Project, Idaho: Warren Act 
contract with charge to allow for use of project facilities to convey 
nondistrict water to Southwest ID.
    21. City of Cle Elum, Yakima Project, Washington: Contract for up 
to 2,170 acre-feet of water for municipal use.
    The following contract actions have been completed in the Pacific 
Northwest Region since this notice was last published on October 27, 
1997.
    1. (15) Stanfield and Westland IDs and 69 individual contractors, 
Umatilla Project, Oregon: Repayment contracts for reimbursable cost of 
dam safety repairs to McKay Dam. Agreements have been executed with 50 
individual contractors; a contract executed October 17, 1997, with 
Stanfield ID; and a contract executed January 1998 with Westland ID.
    2. (24) J. R. Simplot Company and Partners, Boise Project, Idaho: 
Long-term contract for 3,000 acre-feet of Anderson Ranch Reservoir 
storage for M&I use. Contract executed November 10, 1997.
    3. (25) Eagle Island Water Users Association, Inc., Boise Project, 
Idaho: Amendment of water service contract to reduce the Association's 
spaceholding in Lucky Peak Reservoir by approximately 5,300 acre-feet, 
thereby allowing use of this space by Reclamation for flow 
augmentation. Amendment executed November 10, 1997.
    4. (27) The Dalles ID, The Dalles Project, Oregon: Amendatory SRPA 
loan repayment contract to modify the repayment schedule, including 
extension of repayment period from 30 to 34 years. Contract executed 
December 12, 1997.

Mid-Pacific Region

    Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 
95825-1898, telephone 916-979-2401.
    1. Irrigation water districts, individual irrigators, M&I, and 
miscellaneous water users, Mid-Pacific Region projects other than CVP: 
Temporary (interim) water service contracts for available project water 
for irrigation, M&I, or fish and wildlife purposes providing up to 
10,000 acre-feet of water annually for terms up to 5 years; temporary 
Warren Act contracts for use of project facilities for terms up to 1 
year; long-term contracts for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-feet 
annually.

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

    2. Contractors from the American River Division, Buchanan 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 and interim renewal 
water service contracts with contractors whose contracts expire between 
1998 and 2000; 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 Public Law 102-575.
    3. Redwood Valley County WD, SRPA, California: District is 
considering restructuring the repayment schedule pursuant to Public Law 
100-516 or initiating new legislation to prepay the loan at a 
discounted rate. Prepayment option under Public Law 102-575 has 
expired.
    4. Sacramento River water rights contractors, CVP, California: 
Contract amendment for assignment under voluntary land ownership 
transfers to provide for the current CVP water rates and update 
standard contract articles.
    5. Naval Air Station and Truckee Carson ID, Newlands Project, 
Nevada: Amend water service Agreement No. 14-06-400-1024 for the use of 
project water on Naval Air Station land.
    6. El Dorado County Water Agency, San Juan WD, and Sacramento 
County Water Agency, CVP, California: M&I water service contracts to 
supplement existing water supply: 15,000 acre-feet for El Dorado County 
Water Agency, 13,000 acre-feet for San Juan WD, and 22,000 acre-feet 
for Sacramento County Water Agency, authorized by Public Law 101-514.
    7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish 
and Game, Grassland WD, CVP, California: Water service contracts to 
provide water supplies for refuges and private wetlands within the CVP 
pursuant to Public Law 102-575 and Federal Reclamation Laws; quantity 
to be contracted for is approximately 450,000 acre-feet.
    8. Glenn-Colusa ID, Sutter Extension WD, Biggs-West Gridley WD, 
Central California ID, San Luis Canal Company, Grasslands WD, Buena 
Vista Water Storage District, and the State of California Department of 
Water Resources, CVP, California: Pursuant to Public Law 102-575, 
conveyance agreements for the purpose of wheeling refuge water supplies 
and funding of district facility improvements, and exchange agreements 
to provide water for refuge and private wetlands.
    9. Mountain Gate Community Services District, CVP, California: 
Amendment of existing long-term water service contract to include right 
to renew. This amendment will also conform the contract to current 
Reclamation law, including Public Law 102-575.
    10. Santa Barbara County Water Agency, Cachuma Project, California: 
Repayment contract for SOD work on Bradbury Dam.
    11. CVP Service Area, California: Temporary water purchase 
agreements for acquisition of 20,000 to 200,000 acre-feet of water for 
fish and wildlife purposes as authorized by the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act for terms of up to 3 years.
    12. City of Roseville, CVP, California: Execution of long-term 
Warren Act contract for conveyance of nonproject water provided from 
the Placer County Water Agency. This contract will allow CVP facilities 
to be used to deliver nonproject water to the City of Roseville for use 
within their service area.
    13. Sacramento Municipal Utility District, CVP, California: 
Amendment of existing water service contract to allow for additional 
points of diversion and assignment of up to 15,000 acre-feet of project 
water to the Sacramento County Water Agency. The amended contract will 
conform to current Reclamation law.
    14. Mercy Springs WD, CVP, California: Assignment of Mercy Springs 
WD's water service contract to Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency. 
The assignment will provide for delivery of up to 13,300 acre-feet 
annually of water to the Agency from the CVP for agricultural purposes.
    15. Santa Barbara County Water Agency, Cachuma Project, California: 
Contract to transfer responsibility for O&M and O&M funding of certain 
Cachuma Project facilities to the member units.
    16. Stony Creek WD, Black Butte Dam and Lake, Sacramento River 
Division, CVP, California: A proposed amendment of Stony Creek WD's 
water service contract, No. 2-07-20-W0261, to allow the contractor to 
change from paying for all project water, whether used or not, to 
paying only for project water scheduled or delivered and to add another 
month to the irrigation period.

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    17. M&T, Inc., Sacramento River Water Rights Contractors, CVP, 
California: A proposed exchange agreement with M&T, Inc., to take its 
Butte Creek water rights water from the Sacramento River in exchange 
for CVP water.
    18. East Bay Municipal Utility District, CVP, California: Amendment 
to the long-term water service contract No. 14-06-200-5183A, to change 
the points of diversion.
    19. Madera and Lindsay-Strathmore IDs, and Delta Lands Reclamation 
District No. 770, CVP, California: Execution of 2- to 3-year Warren Act 
contracts for conveyance of nonproject water in the Friant-Kern and/or 
Madera Canals when excess capacity exists.
    20. Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, 
Solano Project, California: Renewal of water service contract No. 14-
06-200-1290A, which expires February 28, 1999.
    21. Solano County Water Agency, Solano Project, California: Renewal 
of water service contract No. 14-06-200-4090, which expires February 
28, 1999.
    22. Reno, Sparks, and Washoe County; Washoe and Truckee Storage 
Projects; Nevada and California: Contract for the storage of non-
Federal water in Truckee River reservoirs as authorized by Public Law 
101-618 and consistent with the terms and conditions of the Truckee 
River Water Quality Settlement Agreement.
    23. Sierra Pacific Power Company, Washoe and Truckee Storage 
Projects, Nevada and California: Contract for the storage of non-
Federal water in Truckee River reservoirs as authorized by Public Law 
101-618 and consistent with the terms and conditions of the proposed 
Truckee River Operating Agreement.
    24. Casitas Municipal Water District, Ventura Project, California: 
Repayment contract for SOD work on Casitas Dam.
    25. Centerville Community Services District, CVP, California: A 
long-term supplemental repayment contract for reimbursement to the 
United States for conveyance costs associated with CVP water conveyed 
to Centerville.
    26. El Dorado ID, CVP, California: Execution of long-term Warren 
Act contract for conveyance of nonproject water. This contract will 
allow CVP facilities to be used to deliver nonproject water to the 
district for use within their service area.
    27. Placer County Water Agency, CVP, California: Amendment of 
existing water service contract to allow for additional points of 
diversion and reduction in the amount of project water to be delivered 
from a maximum of 117,000 acre-feet to a maximum of 35,000 acre-feet. 
The amended contract will conform to current Reclamation law.

Lower Colorado Region

    Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 61470 (Nevada Highway and Park 
Street), Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470, telephone 702-293-8536.
    1. Milton and Jean Phillips, Kenneth or Ann Easterday, Robert E. 
Harp, Cameron Brothers Construction Co., Ogram Farms, Bruce Church, 
Inc., Sunkist Growers, Inc., 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.
    3. Armon Curtis, Arlin Dulin, Jack 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 
RRA.
    4. Brooke Water Co., Havasu Water Co., City of Quartzsite, 
McAllister Subdivision, 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 
2,657 acre-feet per year as recommended by the Arizona Department of 
Water Resources.
    5. National Park Service for Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 
Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v. California, and BCP in Arizona and 
Nevada: Memorandum of Understanding for delivery of Colorado River 
water for the National Park Service's Federal Establishment PPR of 500 
acre-feet of diversions annually and the National Park Service's 
Federal Establishment PPR pursuant to Executive Order No. 5125 (April 
25, 1930).
    6. Mohave Valley ID, BCP, Arizona: Amendment of current contract 
for additional Colorado River water, change in service area, diversion 
points, RRA exemption, and PPR.
    7. Miscellaneous PPR entitlement holders, BCP, Arizona and 
California: New contracts for entitlement to Colorado River water as 
decreed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona v. California, as 
supplemented or amended, and as required by section 5 of the Boulder 
Canyon Project Act. Miscellaneous PPR holders are listed in the January 
9, 1979, Supreme Court Supplemental Decree in Arizona v. California et 
al.
    8. Miscellaneous PPR No. 11, BCP, Arizona: Assign a portion of the 
PPR from Holpal to McNulty et al.
    9. Federal Establishment PPR entitlement holders, BCP, Arizona: 
Individual contracts for administration of Colorado River water 
entitlement of the Colorado River, Fort Mojave, Quechan, Chemehuevi, 
and Cocopah Indian Tribes.
    10. United States facilities; BCP; Arizona, California, and Nevada: 
Reservation of Colorado River water for use at Federal facilities and 
lands administered by Reclamation.
    11. Windsor Beach State Park, Lake Havasu City, BCP, Arizona: 
Contract for 90 acre-feet entitlement to Colorado River domestic water.
    12. 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.
    13. Curtis Family Trust et al., BCP, Arizona: Contract for 2,100 
acre-feet per year of Colorado River water for irrigation.
    14. Beattie Farms SW, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 1,890 acre-feet 
per year of unused Arizona entitlement for irrigation use.
    15. 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.
    16. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lower Colorado River Refuge 
Complex, BCP, Arizona: Proposed agreement for the administration of 
existing Colorado River water entitlement of refuge lands located in 
Arizona, resolving water rights coordination issues, and to provide for 
additional entitlement for nonconsumptive use of flow through water.
    17. Hilander C ID, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project, 
Arizona: Water delivery contract for 4,500 acre-feet.
    18. Maricopa-Stanfield IDD, CAP, Arizona: District has requested 
the United States to defer payments and restructure its $78 million 
distribution system repayment obligation.
    19. 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.
    20. Gila River Indian Community, CAP, Arizona: Master repayment/O&M 
contract for the CAP-funded distribution system to serve up to 
approximately 77,000 acres of land.

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    21. Tohono O'odham Nation, SRPA, Arizona: Repayment contract for a 
$7.3 million loan for the Schuk Toak District.
    22. San Tan ID, CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution system repayment 
contract No. 6-07-30-W0120 to increase the repayment obligation 
approximately $168,000.
    23. Central Arizona Drainage and Irrigation District, CAP, Arizona: 
Amend distribution system repayment contract No. 4-07-30-W0048 to 
reschedule repayment terms pursuant to U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District 
of Arizona.
    24. City of Needles, Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, 
California: Amend contract No. 2-07-30-W0280 to extend Needles 
subcontracting authority to the Counties of Imperial and Riverside.
    25. 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.
    26. 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.
    27. United States Navy, BCP, Niland, California: Contract for 23 
acre-feet of surplus Colorado River water for domestic use delivered 
through the Coachella Canal.
    28. Southern Nevada Water Authority, Robert B. Griffith Water 
Project, BCP, Nevada: Amend the repayment contract to provide for the 
incorporation of the Griffith Project into the expanded southern Nevada 
Water System, funded and built by Southern Nevada Water Authority, to 
facilitate the diversion, treatment, and conveyance of additional water 
out of Lake Mead for which the Authority has an existing entitlement to 
use.
    29. Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community, CAP, Arizona: O&M 
contract for its CAP water distribution system.
    30. McMicken ID/Town of Goodyear, CAP, Arizona: Amend McMicken's 
CAP subcontract to reduce its entitlement by 507 acre-feet and 
Goodyear's water/service subcontract to increase its entitlement by 507 
acre-feet.
    31. Community Water Company of Green Valley/New Pueblo Water Co., 
CAP, Arizona: Execute an assignment assigning 237 acre-feet of New 
Pueblo's CAP water entitlement to Community. Amend Community's CAP 
subcontract to increase its entitlement by 237 acre-feet. Upon 
execution of the assignment from New Pueblo to Community, New Pueblo's 
CAP water service subcontract would terminate.
    32. Bullhead City, BCP, Arizona: Assignment of 1,800 acre-feet of 
water and associated service area from Mohave County Water Conservation 
District to Bullhead City, Arizona.
    33. Mr. Robert H. Chesney, BCP, Arizona: Amend contract No. 5-07-
30-W0321 to increase the cubic-foot-per-second diversion and install a 
low-lift pump.
    34. U.S. Army Proving Ground, BCP, Arizona: Agreement for 1,883 
acre-feet of Colorado River water.
    35. Arizona State Lands, BCP, Arizona: Water delivery contract for 
1,400 acre-feet of Colorado River water for domestic use.
    36. Miscellaneous PPR No. 38, BCP, California: Assign Schroeder's 
portion of the PPR to Murphy Broadcasting and change the place of use 
and type of the water use.
    37. Berneil Water Co., CAP Arizona: Subcontracts associated with 
partial assignment of water service to the City of Scottsdale, Cave 
Creek Water Company, and the City of Phoenix.
    38. Tohono O'odham Nation, CAP Arizona: Repayment contract for 
construction costs associated with distribution system on Central 
Arizona IDD.
    39. Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona: Contracts for Schuk Toak and 
San Xavier Districts for repayment of Federal expenditures for 
construction of distribution systems.
    40. Arizona State Land Department, BCP, Arizona: Water delivery 
contract for delivery of up to 9,000 acre-feet per year of unused 
apportionment and surplus Colorado River water for irrigation.
    41. Don Schuler, BCP, California: Temporary delivery contract for 
surplus and/or unused apportionment of Colorado River water for 
domestic and industrial use on 18 lots of recreational homes in 
California.
    42. Bureau of Land Management, BCP, California: Agreement for 1,000 
acre-feet of Colorado River water in accordance with Secretarial 
Reservation.
    43. Bureau of Land Management, Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, 
California: Agreement for a consumptive use of 1,150 acre-feet of water 
for use on Bureau of Land Management-administered lands in California 
adjacent to the Colorado River.
    44. Bureau of Land Management, BCP, Arizona: Agreement for 4,010 
acre-feet of Colorado River water in accordance with Secretarial 
Reservations.
    45. Arizona State Lands, CAP, Arizona: Assignment of 3,900 acre-
feet of CAP water to the City of Scottsdale.
    46. Town of Youngtown, CAP, Arizona: Assignment of 380 acre-feet of 
CAP water to Sun City Water Company.
    The following contract actions have been completed or discontinued 
in the Lower Colorado Region since this notice was last published on 
October 27, 1997.
    1. (5) City of Parker, BCP, Arizona: Contract for additional M&I 
allocation of Colorado River water as recommended by the Arizona 
Department of Water Resources.
    2. (15) 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.
    3. (27) McMicken Irrigation District/Avondale, CAP, Arizona: 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.
    4. (28) City of Scottsdale and other M&I water subcontractors, CAP, 
Arizona: Subcontract amendments associated with assignment of M&I water 
service subcontracts from Camp Verde Water System, Inc., to provide the 
City of Scottsdale with an additional 17,823 acre-feet of CAP water.
    5. (34) San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego, California, 
San Diego Project: Title transfer of the first and second barrels of 
the San Diego Aqueduct.
    6. (42) Salt River Project, Inc., Salt River Project, Arizona: 
Repayment contract for SOD construction activities at Horse Mesa Dam 
and Mormon Flat Dam.
    7. (4) Discontinued--Cibola Valley IDD, BCP, Arizona: Cibola Valley 
IDD was looking at the possibility of transferring, leasing, selling, 
or banking its entitlement of 22,560 acre-feet for use in Arizona, 
California, or Nevada
    8. (9) Discontinued--Julia Soto Zozaya and Steve M. Zozaya, Mohave 
County, BCP, Arizona: Miscellaneous PPR contract for 720 acre-feet of 
irrigation water. This item has been included in No. 7.
    9. (11) Discontinued--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

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Needles. This item has been included in No. 7.
    10. (21) Yuma Mesa IDD, Gila Project, Arizona: Amendment to provide 
for increase in domestic water deliveries (from 10,000 to 20,000 acre-
feet) within its overall use in the district.
    11. (24) 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.
    12. (39) Discontinued--Southern Nevada Water Authority, BCP, 
Nevada: Contract to use Federal facilities and land to divert water 
from Lake Mead at non-Federal expense.
    13. (53) Discontinued--Arizona Public Service, BCP, Arizona: 
Colorado River water diversion contract for 1,500 acre-feet for 
domestic use at Yucca Power Plant near Yuma, Arizona.

Upper Colorado Region

    Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84138-1102, telephone 801-524-4419.
    1. Individual irrigators, M&I, and miscellaneous water users, 
Initial Units, Colorado River Storage Project; Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, 
and New Mexico: Temporary (interim) water service contracts for surplus 
project water for irrigation or M&I use to provide up to 10,000 acre-
feet of water annually for terms up to 10 years; long-term contracts 
for similar service for up to 1,000 acre-feet of water annually.
    (a) Harrison F. Russell and Patricia E. Russell, Aspinall Unit, 
CRSP, Colorado: Contract for 1 acre-foot to support an augmentation 
plan, Case No. 97CW39, Water Division Court No. 4, State of Colorado, 
to provide for a single family residential well, including home lawn 
and livestock watering (non-commercial).
    (b) Lazear Domestic Water Corporation, Aspinall Unit, CRSP, 
Colorado: Contract for 44 acre-feet to support an augmentation plan, 
Case No. 95CW209, Water Division Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to 
provide domestic water service to up to 100 residences, lawns, gardens, 
and livestock watering.
    (c) East Alum Creek Ranch Corporation, Aspinall Unit, CRSP, 
Colorado: Contract for 23 acre-feet to support an augmentation plan, 
Case No. 97CW198, Water Division Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to 
provide East Alum Creek Ranch Subdivision with domestic, lawn 
irrigation, pond evaporation, and livestock water.
    (d) Horizon Ranch Corporation, Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: 
Contract for 4 acre-feet to support an augmentation plan, Case No. 
97CW201, Water Division Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to provide 
Horizon Ranch with domestic, lawn irrigation, pond evaporation, and 
livestock water.
    2. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado: 
Repayment contract for 26,500 acre-feet per year for M&I use and 2,600 
acre-feet per year for irrigation use in Phase One and 700 acre-feet in 
Phase Two; contract terms to be consistent with binding cost-sharing 
agreement and water rights settlement agreement.
    3. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and 
New Mexico: Repayment contract; 6,000 acre-feet per year for M&I use in 
Colorado; 26,400 acre-feet per year for irrigation use in Colorado; 900 
acre-feet per year for irrigation use in New Mexico; contract terms to 
be consistent with binding cost-sharing agreement and water rights 
settlement agreement.
    4. Pine River ID, Pine River Project, Colorado: Contract to allow 
the district to convert up to 3,000 acre-feet of project irrigation 
water to municipal, domestic, and industrial uses.
    5. San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: San Juan Pueblo repayment 
contract for up to 2,000 acre-feet of project water for irrigation 
purposes. Taos Area--The Taos Area Aceqias, the Town and County of Taos 
are forming a joint powers agreement to form an organization to enter 
into a repayment contract for up to 2,990 acre-feet of project water to 
be used for irrigation and M&I in the Taos, New Mexico area.
    6. 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.
    7. The National Park Service, Colorado Water Conservation Board, 
Wayne N. Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Contract to provide specific 
river flow patterns in the Gunnison River through the Black Canyon of 
the Gunnison National Monument.
    8. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, Wayne N. 
Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Long-term water service contract for 
municipal, domestic, and irrigation use.
    9. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, Wayne N. 
Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Substitute supply plan for the 
administration of the Gunnison River.
    10. Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association, Upper Gunnison 
River Water Conservancy District, Colorado River Water Conservation 
District, Uncompahgre Project, Colorado: Water management agreement for 
water stored at Taylor Park Reservoir and the Wayne N. Aspinall Storage 
Units to improve water management.
    11. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Florida Project, Colorado: 
Supplement to contract No. 14-06-400-3038, dated May 7, 1963, for an 
additional 181 acre-feet of project water, plus 563 acre-feet of water 
pursuant to the 1986 Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Final Settlement 
Agreement.
    12. Country Aire Estates, Forrest Groves Estates, and Los 
Ranchitos, Florida Project, Colorado: Water service contracts for a 
total of 86 acre-feet annually of domestic water as replacement water 
in State of Colorado approved augmentation plans. The water supply for 
these contracts are flow rights purchased and owned by the United 
States for project development and are not specifically a part of the 
project water supply.
    13. Grand Valley Water Users Association, Orchard Mesa ID, and 
Public Service Company of Colorado, Grand Valley Project, Colorado: 
Water service contract for the utilization of project water for cooling 
purposes for a steam electric generation plant.
    14. Public Service Company of New Mexico, CRSP, 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.
    15. Provo Reservoir Water Users Company, Wasatch Irrigation 
Company, Timpanogas Irrigation Company, Exchange Irrigation Company, 
Washington Irrigation Company, and the City of Provo; CUP, Utah: Water 
exchange contracts, water rights in several mountain lakes and 
reservoirs are being exchanged for equivalent contract water rights in 
Jordanelle Reservoir.
    16. Sanpete County Water Conservancy District, Narrows Project, 
Utah: Application for a SRPA loan and grant to construct a dam, 
reservoir, and pipeline to annually supply approximately 5,000 acre-
feet of water through a transmountain diversion from upper Gooseberry 
Creek in the Price River drainage (Colorado River Basin) to the San 
Pitch--Sevier River (Great Basin).
    17. Emery County Water Conservancy District, Emery County Project, 
Utah: Warren Act contract to allow temporary storage of nonproject 
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    18. Town of Taos, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: Contract to 
purchase water from Town of Taos to increase native flows in Rio Grande 
for benefit of the Silvery Minnow.
    19. City of Albuquerque, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: Amend 
water storage contract No. 3-CS-53-01510 to exempt the City of 
Albuquerque from acreage limitation and reporting provisions.
    20. El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1, Rio Grande 
Project, Texas and New Mexico: Supplemental contract between El Paso 
County Water Improvement District No. 1 and the United States to allow 
the conversion of project water from irrigation to M&I within the El 
Paso area.
    21. Individual Irrigators, Dolores Project, Colorado: The United 
States proposes to lease up to 1,500 acre-feet of project water 
declared surplus under the authority of the Warren Act of 1911.

Great Plains Region

    Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Federal Building, 316 North 
26th Street, Billings, Montana 59107-6900, telephone 406-247-7730.
    1. Individual irrigators, M&I, and miscellaneous water users; 
Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South 
Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: Temporary (interim) water service contracts 
for the sale, conveyance, storage, and exchange of surplus project 
water and nonproject water for irrigation or M&I use to provide up to 
10,000 acre-feet of water annually for a term up to 1 year.
    2. Green Mountain Reservoir, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, 
Colorado: Water service contracts for irrigation and M&I contract 
negotiations for sale of water from the marketable yield to water users 
within the Colorado River Basin of Western Colorado.
    3. Ruedi Reservoir, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Second 
round water sales from the regulatory capacity of Ruedi Reservoir. 
Negotiation of water service and repayment contracts for approximately 
17,000 acre-feet annually for M&I use; contract with Colorado Water 
Conservation Board for remaining 21,650 acre-feet of marketable yield 
for interim use by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for benefit of 
endangered fishes in the Upper Colorado River Basin.
    4. Garrison Diversion Unit, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Renegotiation of 
the master repayment contract with Garrison Diversion Conservancy 
District to conform with the Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act 
of 1986; negotiation of repayment contracts with irrigators and M&I 
users.
    5. Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, 
San Angelo Project, Texas: Pursuant to section 501 of Public Law 101-
434, negotiate amendatory contract to increase irrigable acreage within 
the project.
    6. Lakeview ID, Shoshone Project, Wyoming: New long-term water 
service contract for up to 3,200 acre-feet of firm water supply 
annually and up to 11,800 acre-feet of interim water from Buffalo Bill 
Reservoir. Pursuant to section 9(e) of the Reclamation Project Act of 
1939 and Public Law 100-516.
    7. City of Rapid City and Rapid Valley Water Conservancy District, 
Rapid Valley Unit, P-SMBP, South Dakota: Contract renewal for up to 
55,000 acre-feet of storage capacity in Pactola Reservoir.
    8. North Platte Project, Pathfinder ID: Negotiation of contract 
regarding SOD program modification of Lake Alice Dam No. 1 Filter/
Drain.
    9. Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana: In accordance 
with section 9 of the Northern Cheyenne Reserved Water Rights 
Settlement Act of 1992, the United States and the Northern Cheyenne 
Indian Tribe are proposing to contract for 30,000 acre-feet per year of 
stored water from Bighorn Reservoir, Yellowtail Unit, Lower Bighorn 
Division, P-SMBP, Montana. The Tribe will pay the United States both 
capital and O&M costs associated with each acre-foot of water the Tribe 
sells from this storage for M&I purposes.
    10. Mid-Dakota Rural Water System, Inc., South Dakota: Pursuant to 
the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants and loans to 
Mid-Dakota Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation for the 
planning and construction of a rural water supply system.
    11. Angostura ID, Angostura Unit, P-SMBP, South Dakota: The 
district had a contract for water service which expired on December 31, 
1995. An interim 3-year contract provides for a continuing water supply 
and the district to operate and maintain the dam and reservoir. The 
proposed long-term contract would provide a continued water supply for 
the district and the district's continued O&M of the facility.
    12. Cities of Loveland and Berthold, Colorado, Colorado-Big 
Thompson Project, Colorado: Long-term contracts for conveyance of 
nonproject M&I water through Colorado-Big Thompson Project facilities 
pursuant to the Town Sites and Power Development Act of 1906.
    13. P-SMBP, Kansas and Nebraska: Initiate negotiations for renewal 
of long-term water supply contracts with Kansas-Bostwick, Nebraska-
Bostwick, Frenchman Valley, and Frenchman-Cambridge IDs.
    14. Northwest Area Water Supply, North Dakota: Long-term contract 
for water supply from Garrison Diversion Unit facilities. Draft basis 
of negotiation has been submitted to the Regional Office for review.
    15. Fort Shaw and Greenfields IDs, Sun River Project, Montana: 
Contract for SOD costs for repairs to Willow Creek Dam. Greenfields ID 
has signed a 1-year repayment contract for its share of the SOD costs. 
Basis of negotiation for Fort Shaw ID has been submitted to the Denver 
Office for review.
    16. P-SMBP, Kansas: Water service contracts with Kirwin and Webster 
IDs in the Solomon River Basin in Kansas will be extended for a period 
of 4 years in accordance with Pub. L. 104-326 enacted October 19, 1996. 
Water service contracts will be renewed prior to expiration.
    17. P-SMBP, Nebraska: Water service contracts with the Loup Basin 
Reclamation District for Sargent and Farwell IDs in the Middle Loup 
River Basin in Nebraska will be extended for a period of 4 years in 
accordance with Public Law 104-326 enacted October 19, 1996.
    18. City of Cheyenne, Kendrick Project, Wyoming: Negotiation of 
contract to renew for an additional term of 5 years. Contract for up to 
10,000 acre-feet of storage space for replacement water on a yearly 
basis in Seminoe Reservoir. A temporary contract has been issued 
pending negotiation of the long-term contract.
    19. Highland-Hanover ID, P-SMBP, Hanover-Bluff Unit, Wyoming: 
Renegotiation of long-term water service contract; includes provisions 
for repayment of construction costs.
    20. Upper Bluff ID, P-SMBP, Hanover-Bluff Unit, Wyoming: 
Renegotiation of long-term water service contract; includes provisions 
for repayment of construction cost.
    21. Fort Clark ID, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Negotiate an interim water 
service contract to continue delivery of project water pending renewal 
of a long-term water service-repayment contract.
    22. Canadian River Project, Texas: Recalculate existing contract 
repayment schedule to conform with the provisions of the Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1996. The revised schedule is to reflect a 
consideration for project land transferred to the National Park 
Service, and a 3-year deferment of payments.

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    23. Nueces River Project, Texas: Recalculate existing contract 
repayment schedule to conform with the provisions of the Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1996. The revised schedule is to reflect a 5-year 
deferment of payments.
    24. Western Heart River ID, P-SMBP, Heart Butte Unit, North Dakota: 
Negotiation of water service contract to continue delivery of project 
water to the district.
    25. Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: Water service contract 
expired June 1997. Initiating renewal of existing contract for 25 years 
for up to 480 acre-feet of storage from Tiber Reservoir to irrigate 160 
acres. Basis of negotiation is in the process of being completed; 
existing contract was extended for 1 year pending negotiation of long-
term contract.
    26. Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: Initiating 25-year water 
service contract for up to 750 acre-feet of storage from Tiber 
Reservoir to irrigate 250 acres.
    27. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Initiate negotiations for renewal 
of long-term water service contracts with Burbank Ditch, New Grattan 
Ditch Company, Torrington ID, Lucerne Canal and Power Company, and 
Wright and Murphy Ditch Company. The current contracts expire in 1998.
    28. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Nebraska: Initiate negotiations for 
renewal of long-term water service contracts with Bridgeport, 
Enterprise, and Mitchell IDs, and Central Nebraska Public Power and 
Irrigation District. The current contracts expire in 1998.
    29. Belle Fourche Unit, P-SMBP, South Dakota: Basis of negotiation 
has been approved for the negotiation of a long-term repayment contract 
deferring the Belle Fourche ID's 1997 construction payment and also 
reduction of the district's annual payment.
    30. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Repayment contract with 
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District for repayment of cost 
of SOD modifications to Pueblo Dam.
    31. Dickinson Heart River Mutual Aid Corporation, P-SMBP, Dickinson 
Unit, North Dakota: Negotiate renewal of water service contract for 
irrigation of lands below Dickinson Dam in western North Dakota.
    32. Greenfields ID, Sun River Project, Montana: Contract for SOD 
costs for repairs to Pishkun Dike No. 4.
    33. Public Service Company of Colorado: Agreement to furnish 
surplus water from the historic users pool at Green Mountain Reservoir 
for the purpose of generating hydroelectric power at the Grand Valley 
Power Plant, Palisade, Colorado.

    Dated: January 20, 1998.
Wayne O. Deason,
Deputy Director, Program Analysis Office.
[FR Doc. 98-1883 Filed 1-26-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-94-P