80_FR_45827 80 FR 45680 - Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other Water-Related Contract Actions

80 FR 45680 - Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other Water-Related Contract Actions

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 147 (July 31, 2015)

Page Range45680-45681
FR Document2015-18859

Notice is hereby given of contractual actions that have been proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and are new, discontinued, or completed since the last publication of this notice. 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 consistent with section 9(f) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. Additional 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.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 147 (Friday, July 31, 2015) 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR83550000, 156R5065C6, RX.59389832.1009676]


Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other 
Water-Related Contract Actions

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of contractual actions that have been 
proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and are new, 
discontinued, or completed since the last publication of this notice. 
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 consistent with section 9(f) of the 
Reclamation Project Act of 1939. Additional 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.

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 section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Kelly, Reclamation Law 
Administration Division, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, 
Colorado 80225-0007; telephone 303-445-2888.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent with section 9(f) of the 
Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and the rules and regulations 
published in 52 FR 11954, April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22), Reclamation 
will publish notice of proposed or amendatory contract actions for any 
contract for the delivery of project water for authorized uses in 
newspapers of general circulation in the affected area at least 60 days 
prior to contract execution. 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 the 
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. Pursuant to the ``Final Revised Public 
Participation Procedures'' for water resource-related contract 
negotiations, published in 47 FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation 
is provided of all proposed contractual actions in each of the five 
Reclamation regions. 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, 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 or her 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. At a minimum, the regional director will 
furnish revised contracts to all parties who requested the contract in 
response to the initial public notice.

Definitions of Abbreviations Used in the Reports

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
BCP Boulder Canyon Project
Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation
CAP Central Arizona Project
CUP Central Utah Project
CVP Central Valley Project
CRSP Colorado River Storage Project
FR Federal Register
IDD Irrigation and Drainage District
ID Irrigation District
LCWSP Lower Colorado Water Supply Project
M&I Municipal and Industrial
NMISC New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
O&M Operation and Maintenance
OM&R Operation, maintenance, and replacement
P-SMBP Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
PPR Present Perfected Right
RRA Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
SOD Safety of Dams
SRPA Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
WD Water District

    Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis 
Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706-1234, telephone 208-378-5344.
    The Pacific Northwest Region has no updates to report for this 
quarter.
    Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, 
Sacramento, California 95825-1898, telephone 916-978-5250.
    The Mid-Pacific Region has no updates to report for this quarter.
    Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470 
(Nevada Highway and Park Street), Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470, 
telephone 702-293-8192.
    New contract action:
    24. Reclamation, Davis Dam (Davis Dam) and Big Bend WD, BCP, 
Arizona and Nevada: Enter into proposed ``Agreement for the Diversion, 
Treatment, and Delivery of Colorado

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River Water'' in order for district to divert, treat, and deliver to 
Davis Dam the Davis Dam Secretarial Reservation amount of up to 100 
acre-feet per year of Colorado River water.
    Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State 
Street, Room 8100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102, telephone 801-524-
3864.
    Discontinued contract action:
    10. City of Santa Fe, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: Contract 
to store up to 50,000 acre-feet of project water in Elephant Butte 
Reservoir. The proposed contract would have a 25- to 40-year maximum 
term, which due to ongoing consultations with the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, has been executed and extended on an annual basis. 
The Act of December 29, 1981, Public Law 97-140, 95 Stat. 1717 provides 
authority to enter into this contract.
    Completed contract action:
    29. Uintah Water Conservancy District; Jensen Unit, CUP; Utah: 
Jensen Unit M&I Block Notice No. 3 will be issued as required by a 1983 
contract with Chevron USA, Inc., for 200 acre-feet of M&I water that is 
currently being pumped upstream of Red Fleet Reservoir. Contract 
executed May 19, 2015.
    Great Plains Region: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Federal 
Building, 2021 4th Avenue North, Billings, Montana 59101, telephone 
406-247-7752.
    New contract actions:
    61. Dugout Water Association; Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP; Montana: 
Proposed renewal of 40-year contract for M&I water.
    62. Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, Garrison Diversion 
Unit, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Consideration to enter into long-term water 
service contract for M&I use out of McClusky Canal.
    63. Bryan Hauxwell, Frenchman Cambridge Project, Nebraska: 
Consideration of a long-term Warren Act contract.
    Discontinued contract action:
    9. Colorado River Water Conservation District, Colorado-Big 
Thompson Project, Colorado: Long-term exchange, conveyance, and storage 
contract to implement the Exhibit B Agreement of the Settlement 
Agreement on Operating Procedures for Green Mountain Reservoir 
Concerning Operating Limitations and in Resolution of the Petition 
Filed August 7, 2003, in Case No. 49-CV-2782 (The United States v. 
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, et al., U.S. District 
Court for the District of Colorado, Case No. 2782 and Consolidated Case 
Nos. 5016 and 5017).
    Completed contract actions:
    13. Green Mountain Reservoir, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, 
Colorado: Consideration of a request for a contract for municipal-
recreational purposes. Contract executed on April 2, 2015.
    46. Galloway, Inc. (dba Blue Valley Ranch), Green Mountain 
Reservoir; Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado: Consideration of a 
request to amend the existing contract. Contract executed on May 8, 
2015.
    47. Fort Clark ID; Fort Clark Unit; P-SMBP; North Dakota: Intent to 
enter into a new 5-year irrigation water service contract. Contract 
executed on May 12, 2015.
    53. Grass Land Colony, Inc.; Canyon Ferry Unit, P-SMBP; Montana: 
Proposed 10-year contract for M&I water. Contract executed on May 22, 
2015.
    55. East Bench ID; East Bench Unit, Three Forks Division, P-SMBP; 
Montana: Consideration of a contract amendment, pursuant to Public Law 
112-139; to extend the term of contract No. 14-06-600-3593 through 
December 31, 2019. Contract executed on May 26, 2015.

    Dated: June 26, 2015.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration.
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45680 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 147 / Friday, July 31, 2015 / Notices Dated: June 11, 2015. written material. Meetings, workshops, 7. In the event modifications are made Cameron H. Sholly, and/or hearings may also be used, as in the form of a proposed contract, the Regional Director, Midwest Region. appropriate, to provide local publicity. appropriate regional director shall [FR Doc. 2015–18800 Filed 7–30–15; 8:45 am] The public participation procedures do determine whether republication of the BILLING CODE 4310–MA–P not apply to proposed contracts for the notice and/or extension of the comment sale of surplus or interim irrigation period is necessary. water for a term of 1 year or less. Either Factors considered in making such a DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR of the contracting parties may invite the determination shall include, but are not public to observe contract proceedings. limited to, (i) the significance of the Bureau of Reclamation All public participation procedures will modification, and (ii) the degree of be coordinated with those involved in public interest which has been [RR83550000, 156R5065C6, RX.59389832.1009676] complying with the National expressed over the course of the Environmental Policy Act. Pursuant to negotiations. At a minimum, the Quarterly Status Report of Water the ‘‘Final Revised Public Participation regional director will furnish revised Service, Repayment, and Other Water- Procedures’’ for water resource-related contracts to all parties who requested Related Contract Actions contract negotiations, published in 47 the contract in response to the initial FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation public notice. AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, is provided of all proposed contractual Interior. actions in each of the five Reclamation Definitions of Abbreviations Used in the ACTION: Notice. regions. When contract negotiations are Reports completed, and prior to execution, each ARRA American Recovery and SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of proposed contract form must be Reinvestment Act of 2009 contractual actions that have been approved by the Secretary of the BCP Boulder Canyon Project proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation Interior, or pursuant to delegated or Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and are new, redelegated authority, the Commissioner CAP Central Arizona Project discontinued, or completed since the CUP Central Utah Project of Reclamation or one of the regional last publication of this notice. This CVP Central Valley Project directors. In some instances, CRSP Colorado River Storage Project notice is one of a variety of means used congressional review and approval of a FR Federal Register to inform the public about proposed report, water rate, or other terms and IDD Irrigation and Drainage District contractual actions for capital recovery conditions of the contract may be ID Irrigation District and management of project resources involved. LCWSP Lower Colorado Water Supply and facilities consistent with section 9(f) Public participation in and receipt of Project of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. comments on contract proposals will be M&I Municipal and Industrial Additional announcements of facilitated by adherence to the following NMISC New Mexico Interstate Stream individual contract actions may be procedures: Commission published in the Federal Register and in 1. Only persons authorized to act on O&M Operation and Maintenance OM&R Operation, maintenance, and newspapers of general circulation in the behalf of the contracting entities may replacement areas determined by Reclamation to be negotiate the terms and conditions of a P–SMBP Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin affected by the proposed action. specific contract proposal. Program ADDRESSES: The identity of the 2. Advance notice of meetings or PPR Present Perfected Right approving officer and other information hearings will be furnished to those RRA Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 pertaining to a specific contract parties that have made a timely written SOD Safety of Dams proposal may be obtained by calling or request for such notice to the SRPA Small Reclamation Projects Act of appropriate regional or project office of 1956 writing the appropriate regional office at Reclamation. USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the address and telephone number given WD Water District for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY 3. Written correspondence regarding INFORMATION section. proposed contracts may be made Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of available to the general public pursuant Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: to the terms and procedures of the Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706–1234, Michelle Kelly, Reclamation Law Freedom of Information Act, as telephone 208–378–5344. Administration Division, Bureau of amended. The Pacific Northwest Region has no Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, 4. Written comments on a proposed updates to report for this quarter. Colorado 80225–0007; telephone 303– contract or contract action must be Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of 445–2888. submitted to the appropriate regional Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent officials at the locations and within the Sacramento, California 95825–1898, with section 9(f) of the Reclamation time limits set forth in the advance telephone 916–978–5250. Project Act of 1939, and the rules and public notices. The Mid-Pacific Region has no regulations published in 52 FR 11954, 5. All written comments received and updates to report for this quarter. April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22), testimony presented at any public Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation will publish notice of hearings will be reviewed and Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470 (Nevada proposed or amendatory contract summarized by the appropriate regional asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Highway and Park Street), Boulder City, actions for any contract for the delivery office for use by the contract approving Nevada 89006–1470, telephone 702– of project water for authorized uses in authority. 293–8192. newspapers of general circulation in the 6. Copies of specific proposed New contract action: affected area at least 60 days prior to contracts may be obtained from the 24. Reclamation, Davis Dam (Davis contract execution. Announcements appropriate regional director or his or Dam) and Big Bend WD, BCP, Arizona may be in the form of news releases, her designated public contact as they and Nevada: Enter into proposed legal notices, official letters, become available for review and ‘‘Agreement for the Diversion, memorandums, or other forms of comment. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 147 / Friday, July 31, 2015 / Notices 45681 River Water’’ in order for district to 13. Green Mountain Reservoir, drafted in response to the November 16, divert, treat, and deliver to Davis Dam Colorado-Big Thompson Project, 2009 United States Court of Appeals for the Davis Dam Secretarial Reservation Colorado: Consideration of a request for the Ninth Circuit ruling that the Bureau amount of up to 100 acre-feet per year a contract for municipal-recreational of Reclamation must conduct a National of Colorado River water. purposes. Contract executed on April 2, Environmental Policy Act review to Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of 2015. determine whether the associated 2008 Reclamation, 125 South State Street, 46. Galloway, Inc. (dba Blue Valley U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and 2009 Room 8100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138– Ranch), Green Mountain Reservoir; National Marine Fisheries Service 1102, telephone 801–524–3864. Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives Discontinued contract action: Colorado: Consideration of a request to cause a significant effect to the human 10. City of Santa Fe, San Juan-Chama amend the existing contract. Contract environment. Project, New Mexico: Contract to store executed on May 8, 2015. DATES: Submit written comments on the up to 50,000 acre-feet of project water in 47. Fort Clark ID; Fort Clark Unit; P– DEIS on or before September 29, 2015. Elephant Butte Reservoir. The proposed SMBP; North Dakota: Intent to enter into Four public meetings will be held to contract would have a 25- to 40-year a new 5-year irrigation water service receive oral and written comments: maximum term, which due to ongoing contract. Contract executed on May 12, • Wednesday, September 9, 2015, consultations with the U.S. Fish and 2015. from 2 to 4 p.m., Sacramento, CA; Wildlife Service, has been executed and 53. Grass Land Colony, Inc.; Canyon • Thursday, September 10, 2015, extended on an annual basis. The Act of Ferry Unit, P–SMBP; Montana: from 6 to 8 p.m., Red Bluff, CA; December 29, 1981, Public Law 97–140, Proposed 10-year contract for M&I • Tuesday, September 15, 2015, from 95 Stat. 1717 provides authority to enter water. Contract executed on May 22, 6 to 8 p.m., Los Banos CA; and into this contract. 2015. • Thursday, September 17, 2015, Completed contract action: 55. East Bench ID; East Bench Unit, from 6 to 8 p.m., Irvine, CA. 29. Uintah Water Conservancy Three Forks Division, P–SMBP; Staff will be available to take District; Jensen Unit, CUP; Utah: Jensen Montana: Consideration of a contract comments and answer questions during Unit M&I Block Notice No. 3 will be amendment, pursuant to Public Law this time. issued as required by a 1983 contract 112–139; to extend the term of contract ADDRESSES: Send written comments to with Chevron USA, Inc., for 200 acre- No. 14–06–600–3593 through December 31, 2019. Contract executed on May 26, Mr. Ben Nelson, Bureau of Reclamation, feet of M&I water that is currently being 2015. Bay-Delta Office, 801 I Street, Suite 140, pumped upstream of Red Fleet Sacramento, CA 95814–2536; fax to Reservoir. Contract executed May 19, Dated: June 26, 2015. (916) 414–2439; or via email to 2015. Roseann Gonzales, bcnelson@usbr.gov. Great Plains Region: Bureau of Director, Policy and Administration. Public meetings will be held at the Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Federal [FR Doc. 2015–18859 Filed 7–30–15; 8:45 am] following locations: Building, 2021 4th Avenue North, BILLING CODE 4332–90–P • Sacramento—Federal Building, 650 Billings, Montana 59101, telephone Capitol Mall, Stanford Room, 406–247–7752. Sacramento, CA 95814. New contract actions: 61. Dugout Water Association; Lower DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR • Red Bluff—Red Bluff Community Marias Unit, P–SMBP; Montana: Center, 1500 S. Jackson Street, Red Bureau of Reclamation Bluff, CA 96080. Proposed renewal of 40-year contract for [RR02800000, 15XR0680A1, • Los Banos—Los Banos Community M&I water. 62. Garrison Diversion Conservancy RX.17868946.0000000] Center, Grand Room 645 7th Street, Los District, Garrison Diversion Unit, P– Banos, CA 93635. SMBP, North Dakota: Consideration to Notice of Availability of the Draft • Irvine—Hilton Hotel Irvine/Orange Environmental Impact Statement for County Airport, 18800 MacArthur enter into long-term water service the Coordinated Long-Term Operation Boulevard, Irvine, CA 92612. contract for M&I use out of McClusky of the Central Valley Project and State The DEIS may be viewed at the Canal. 63. Bryan Hauxwell, Frenchman Water Project Bureau of Reclamation’s Web site at Cambridge Project, Nebraska: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_ AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Consideration of a long-term Warren Act projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=21883. Interior. contract. To request a compact disc of the DEIS, ACTION: Notice. Discontinued contract action: please contact Mr. Ben Nelson as 9. Colorado River Water Conservation SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation indicated above, or call (916) 414–2424. District, Colorado-Big Thompson has prepared and made available for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Project, Colorado: Long-term exchange, public review and comment, the Draft Janice Piñero, Endangered Species Act conveyance, and storage contract to Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Compliance Specialist, Bureau of implement the Exhibit B Agreement of on impacts of implementing the 2008 Reclamation, via email at jpinero@ the Settlement Agreement on Operating U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service usbr.gov, or by phone (916) 414–2428. Procedures for Green Mountain Biological Opinion and the 2009 For public involvement information, Reservoir Concerning Operating National Marine Fisheries Service please contact Wilbert Moore via email asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Limitations and in Resolution of the Biological Opinion, including the at wmoore@usbr.gov, or phone at (916) Petition Filed August 7, 2003, in Case Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives, 978–5102. No. 49–CV–2782 (The United States v. for the Coordinated Long-Term SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Northern Colorado Water Conservancy Operation of the Central Valley Project District, et al., U.S. District Court for the and State Water Project. This action will I. Agencies Involved District of Colorado, Case No. 2782 and continue the operation of the Central We, the Bureau of Reclamation, are Consolidated Case Nos. 5016 and 5017). Valley Project in coordination with the the lead Federal agency. We invited Completed contract actions: State Water Project. The DEIS was over 740 agencies to participate as VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:44 Jul 30, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31JYN1.SGM 31JYN1


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ActionNotice.
ContactMichelle Kelly, Reclamation Law Administration Division, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, Colorado 80225-0007; telephone 303-445-2888.
FR Citation80 FR 45680 
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