[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31191-31192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11520]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Bostwick Division, Frenchman-Cambridge Division, and Kanaska 
Division, Almena Unit Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft repayment and long-term water 
service contracts.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1956 (Administration of 
Contracts under Section 9, Reclamation Project Act of 1939), 
contractors of federally developed irrigation water hold a first right 
to renew long-term water service contracts and/or to convert water 
service contracts to repayment

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contracts. Reclamation has entered into negotiations for contract 
renewal with irrigation districts in the Republican River basin in 
Nebraska and Kansas. A draft long-term water service contract has been 
developed for the Frenchman Valley Irrigation District. Draft repayment 
contracts have been developed for Bostwick Irrigation District in 
Nebraska, Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District No. 2, Frenchman-
Cambridge Irrigation District, and Almena Irrigation District. The 
draft contracts are now available for public review and comment.

DATES: A 60-day public review and comment period commences with the 
publication of this notice. Written comments on the draft contracts 
should be submitted by July 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments from interested parties should be submitted 
to Kent Heidt, GP-2100, Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Regional 
Office, Post Office Box 36900, Billings, MT 59107-6900 for 
consideration in the contract renewal process.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual 
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public 
disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There 
also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's 
identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish us to 
withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at 
the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.
    You may request copies of the draft contracts from Jim Beadnell, 
GP-2100, Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Region, P.O. Box 36900, 
Billings, MT 59107-6900; telephone (406) 247-7731. See Supplementary 
Information section for additional addresses where the draft contracts 
are available for public inspection and review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Heidt, GP-2100, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Great Plains Region, P.O. Box 36900, Billings, MT 59107-
6900; telephone (406) 247-7730.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Draft Contract Public Inspection and Review Locations

Offices

 Bureau of Reclamation, Nebraska-Kansas Area Office, 203 West 
Second Street, Grand Island NE 68801--telephone (308) 389-4622
 Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Regional Office, 316 North 
26th Street, Billings MT 59101--telephone (406) 247-7731
 Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska, Red Cloud NE
 Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District No. 2, Courtland KS
 Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District, Cambridge NE
 Frenchman Valley and H&RW Irrigation District, Culbertson NE
 Almena Irrigation District, Almena KS

Libraries

 Alma Public Library, West Second Street, Alma NE 68920-3378
 Blue Hill Public Library, 317 West Gage Street, Blue Hill NE 
68930-2068
 Butler Memorial Library, 621 Pennsylvania, Cambridge NE 69022
 Franklin Public Library, 1502 P Street, Franklin NE 68939-1200
 Hastings Public Library, 517 West Fourth Street, Hastings NE 
68901-7560
 Imperial Public Library, 703 Broadway Street, Imperial NE 
69033-4017
 Kearney Public Library, 2020 First Avenue, Kearney NE 68847-
5306
 McCook Library, 802 Norris Avenue, McCook NE 69001-3143
 Nelson Public Library, 10 West Third Street, Nelson NE 68961-
1246
 Red Cloud Public Library, 537 North Webster Street, Red Cloud 
NE 68970-2421
 Carnegie Public Library, 449 North Kansas Street, Superior NE 
68978-1852
 Trenton Village Library, 406 East First Street, Trenton NE 
69044
 Wauneta City Library, 319 North Tecumseh, Wauneta NE 69045-
2011
 Almena Public Library, 415 Main, Almena KS 67622
 Belleville Public Library, 1327 Nineteenth Street, Belleville 
KS 66935
 Courtland City Library, 403 Main Street, Courtland KS 66939
 Northwest Kansas Library System, 2 Washington Square, Norton 
KS 67654

    Dated: May 2, 2000.
Maryanne C. Bach,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 00-11520 Filed 5-15-00; 8:45 am]
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