Quarterly Status Report of Water Service and Repayment Contract Negotiations

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3544-3550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1439]


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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, 1998, and contract actions that have been 
completed or discontinued since the last publication of this notice on 
October 20, 1998. 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 303-445-2889.

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 1999. 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

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(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, Suite 100, 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. Pioneer Ditch Company, Boise 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 (Public Law 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. Palmer Creek Water District Improvement Company, Willamette 
Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for 
approximately 13,000 acre-feet.
    7. 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).
    8. North Unit ID and/or city of Madras, 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.
    9. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for 
reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to Wickiup Dam.
    10. Five individual contractors, Umatilla Project, Oregon: 
Repayment agreements for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs to 
McKay Dam.
    11. 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.
    12. 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.
    13. Okanogan ID, Okanogan Project, Washington: SOD contract to 
repay District's share of cost of dam safety repairs to Salmon Lake 
Dam.
    14. 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 Reservoir for a 
proposed resort development.
    15. 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.
    16. City of Cle Elum, Yakima Project, Washington: Contract for up 
to 2,170 acre-feet of water for municipal use.
    17. Juniper Flat District Improvement Company, Wapinitia Project, 
Oregon: Repayment contract for reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs 
to Wasco Dam.
    The following contract actions have been completed or discontinued 
in the Pacific Northwest Region since this notice was last published on 
October 20, 1998.
    1. (4) West Extension ID, Umatilla Project, Oregon: Contract 
amendment to conform to the RRA (Public Law 97-293) executed in 
November 1998.
    2. (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. This action is not likely to be pursued.
    3. (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. This action is not likely to 
be pursued.
    Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, 
Sacramento, California 95825-1898, telephone 916-978-5250.
    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 Unit, 
Colusa Basin Drain, Cross Valley Canal, Delta Division, East Side 
Division, Friant Division, Hidden Unit, Sacramento River Division, San 
Felipe Division, Shasta Division, Trinity River Division, and West San 
Joaquin Division, CVP, California: Renewal of existing long-term and 
interim renewal water service contracts with contractors whose 
contracts expire between 2000 and 2001; water quantities for these 
contracts total in excess of 5.6M acre-feet. These contract actions 
will be accomplished through long-term 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 
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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, Grasslands 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. Sutter Extension WD, Biggs-West Gridley 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 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 District'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: 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.
    17. M&T, Inc., Sacramento River Water Rights Contractors, CVP, 
California: 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 ID, Lindsay-Strathmore ID, 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 and Washoe County Water 
Conservation District, 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.
    28. Langell Valley ID, Horsefly ID, and Tulelake ID, Klamath 
Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for SOD work on Clear Lake Dam.
    29. Widren WD, CVP, California: Assignment of District's water 
service contract to the City of Tracy. The assignment will require 
approval of conversion of the District's CVP irrigation water to M&I 
water.
    30. Warren Act Contracts, CVP, California: Execution of long-term 
Warren Act contracts with various entities for conveyance of nonproject 
water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.
    31. Solano County Water Agency and Solano ID, Solano Project, 
California: Contract to transfer responsibility for O&M of Monticello 
Dam, Putah Diversion Dam, Putah South Canal, Headworks of Putah South 
Canal, and Parshall Flume at Milepost 0.18 of Putah South Canal to 
Solano ID and provide that the Solano County Water Agency shall provide 
the funds necessary for O&M of the facilities.
    32. Tuolumme Utility District (formerly Tuolumne Regional WD), CVP, 
California: Water service contract for up to 9,000 acre-feet from New 
Melones Reservoir.
    33. Reno, Sparks, Washoe County, State of Nevada, State of 
California, Town of Fernley, Nevada, Truckee-Carson ID, and any other 
local interest or Native-American Tribal interest, who may have 
negotiated rights under Public Law 101-618; 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.

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    34. City of Folsom, CVP, California: Contract to amend their water 
rights settlement contract's point of diversion.
    35. Banta Carbona ID, CVP, California: Long-term Warren Act 
contract for conveyance of nonproject water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.
    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., and 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 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 to exempt each referenced contract from the acreage 
limitation and full-cost pricing provisions of the RRA.
    4. Brooke Water Co., Havasu Water Co., Town of Quartzsite, BCP, 
Arizona: Contracts for additional M&I allocations of Colorado River 
water to entities located along the Colorado River in Arizona for up to 
2,610 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 for 
diversion of 500 acre-feet annually and the National Park Service's 
Federal Establishment PPR pursuant to Executive Order No. 5125 (April 
25, 1930).
    6. Mohave Valley IDD, 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 PPRs 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: 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 and California: 
Reservation of Colorado River water for use at existing Federal 
facilities and lands administered by Reclamation.
    11. 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.
    12. Curtis Family Trust et al., BCP, Arizona: Contract for 2,100 
acre-feet per year of Colorado River water for irrigation.
    13. Beattie Farms SW, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 1,890 acre-feet 
per year of unused Arizona entitlement for irrigation use.
    14. 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.
    15. 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.
    16. Hilander C ID, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project, 
Arizona: Water delivery contract for 4,500 acre-feet.
    17. Maricopa-Stanfield IDD, CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution system 
repayment contract No. 4-07-30-W0047 to reschedule repayment pursuant 
to June 28, 1996, agreement.
    18. 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.
    19. Tohono O'odham Nation, SRPA, Arizona: Repayment contract for a 
$7.3 million loan for the Schuk Toak District.
    20. San Tan ID, CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution system repayment 
contract No. 6-07-30-W0120 to increase the repayment obligation 
approximately $168,000.
    21. Central Arizona Drainage and Irrigation District, CAP, Arizona: 
Amend distribution system repayment contract No. 4-07-30-W0048 to 
modify repayment terms pursuant to U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of 
Arizona.
    22. City of Needles, Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, 
California: Amend contract No. 2-07-30-W0280 to extend Needles water 
service subcontracting authority to the Counties of Imperial and 
Riverside.
    23. 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.
    24. 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.
    25. United States Navy, BCP, Niland, California: Contract for 23 
acre-feet of surplus Colorado River water for domestic use delivered 
through the Coachella Canal.
    26. 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.
    27. Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community, CAP, Arizona: O&M 
contract for its CAP water distribution system.
    28. McMicken ID/Town of Goodyear, CAP, Arizona: Amend McMicken's 
CAP subcontract to reduce its entitlement by 507 acre-feet and 
Goodyears's water/service subcontract to increase its entitlement by 
507 acre-feet.
    29. 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.
    30. Mr. Robert H. Chesney, BCP, Arizona: Amend contract No. 5-07-
30-W0321 to increase the cubic-foot-per-

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second diversion and facilitate the installation of a low-lift pump.
    31. U.S. Army Proving Ground, BCP, Arizona: Agreement for 1,883 
acre-feet of Colorado River water.
    32. Arizona State Land Department, BCP, Arizona: Water delivery 
contract for 1,400 acre-feet of Colorado River water for domestic use.
    33. Miscellaneous PPR No. 38, BCP, California: Assign Schroeder's 
portion of the PPR to Murphy Broadcasting and change the place and type 
of water use.
    34. Berneil Water Co., CAP, Arizona: Subcontracts associated with 
partial assignment of water service to the Cave Creek Water Company.
    35. Tohono O'odham Nation, CAP, Arizona: Repayment contract for 
construction costs associated with distribution system for Central 
Arizona IDD.
    36. Tohono O'odham Nation, CAP, Arizona: Contracts for Schuk Toak 
and San Xavier Districts for repayment of Federal expenditures for 
construction of distribution systems.
    37. Arizona State Land Department, BCP, Arizona: Water delivery 
contract for up to 9,000 acre-feet per year of unused apportionment and 
surplus Colorado River water for irrigation.
    38. Don Schuler, BCP, California: Temporary delivery contract for 
surplus and/or unused apportionment Colorado River water for domestic 
and industrial use on 18 lots of recreational homes in California.
    39. Bureau of Land Management, BCP, California: Agreement for 1,000 
acre-feet of Colorado River water in accordance with Secretarial 
Reservations.
    40. Bureau of Land Management, BCP, Arizona: Agreement for 4,010 
acre-feet of Colorado River water in accordance with Secretarial 
Reservations.
    41. Arizona Public Service Company and Imperial ID, BCP, Arizona: 
Delivery contract for up to 1,500 acre-feet of unused Arizona 
entitlement and/or surplus water.
    42. Canyon Forest Village II Corporation, BCP, Arizona: Water 
delivery contract for the diversion of up to 400 acre-feet of unused 
Arizona apportionment or surplus apportionment of Colorado River water 
for domestic use.
    43. Gila Project Works, Gila Project, Arizona: Proposed title 
transfer of facilities and certain lands in the Wellton-Mohawk 
Division, Arizona, to be transferred from the United States to the 
Wellton-Mohawk IDD.
    44. McMicken ID, CAP, Arizona: Assignment of 486 acre-feet of M&I 
water to the City of Peoria.
    45. ASARCO Inc., CAP, Arizona: Amendment to extend deadline for 
giving notice of termination on exchange subcontract.
    46. BHP Copper, Inc., CAP, Arizona: Amendment to extend deadline 
for giving notice of termination on exchange subcontract.
    47. Cyprus Miami Mining Corporation, CAP, Arizona: Amendment to 
extend deadline for giving notice of termination on exchange 
subcontract.
    48. San Carlos-Apache Tribe, CAP, Arizona: Agreement among the 
United States, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power 
District, and Salt River Valley Water Users' Association for exchange 
of up to 14,000 acre-feet of Black River Water for CAP water.
    49. San Carlos-Apache Tribe, Arizona: Agreement among the San 
Carlos-Apache Tribe, the United States, and Phelps Dodge Corporation 
for the lease of Black River Water.
    50. San Carlos Apache Tribe, CAP, Arizona: Amendatory contract to 
increase the Tribe's CAP water entitlement pursuant to the San Carlos 
Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act.
    51. Bureau of Reclamation, BCP, Arizona and California: Surplus 
water entitlements for environmental habitat improvement projects.
    52. 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.
    53. City of Goodyear, CAP, Arizona: Amendment to increase 
Goodyear's CAP water entitlement by 1,007 acre-feet pursuant to 
agreement with McMicken ID to transfer its right to this water under 
subcontract No. 5-07-30-W0100.
    54. McMicken ID, CAP, Arizona: Amendment No.1 to terminate 
subcontract.
    55. E&R Water Company, CAP, Arizona: Exchange agreement to transfer 
161 acre-feet of CAP water to the Salt River Project.
    The following contract action has been completed in the Lower 
Colorado Region since this notice was last published on October 20, 
1998.
    1. (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.
    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, CRSP; 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) City of Page, Arizona, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP, Arizona: Long-
term contract for 300 acre-feet of water for municipal purposes.
    (c) LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP, 
Arizona: Long-term contract for 200 acre-feet for municipal purposes.
    (d) Stephens, Walter Daniel, Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: 
Contract for 2 acre-feet to support an augmentation plan, Case No. 
97CW49, Water Division Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to provide for 
pond evaporative depletions during the non-irrigation season.
    (e) Frank M. Colman, Karen Edstrom, William and Lorena Gunn, Emily 
Vernon, and William E. Williams, Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: 
Contract for 3 acre-feet to support augmentation plans, Water Division 
Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to provide for single family 
residential use, irrigation, fire protection, and livestock watering.
    (f) Daggett County, Utah, Flaming Gorge Unit, CRSP, Utah: M&I water 
service contract covering payment for and delivery of up to 12,000 
acre-feet of untreated water as required by Section 10(k)(2) of Public 
Law 105-326.
    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 
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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 Acequias, 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. Carlsbad ID, Carlsbad Project, New Mexico: Multi-year contract 
to allow the District to lease water to the New Mexico Interstate 
Stream Commission to fulfill New Mexico's water obligation to Texas 
under Supreme Court's Amended Decree in Texas v. New Mexico 485 U.S. 
288(1988).
    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. 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.
    13. Public Service Company of New Mexico, CRSP, Navajo Unit, New 
Mexico: Amendatory water service contract for diversion of 16,700 acre-
feet, not to exceed a depletion of 16,200 acre-feet of project water 
for cooling purposes for a steam electric generation plant.
    14. Sanpete County Water Conservancy District, Narrows Project, 
Utah: Application for an 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--Savor River (Great Basin).
    15. Emery County Water Conservancy District, Emery County Project, 
Utah: Warren Act contract to allow temporary storage of nonproject 
water in Joes Valley Reservoir and/or Huntington North Reservoir.
    16. Individual irrigators, Dolores Project, Colorado: The United 
States proposes to carry up to 6,000 acre-feet of nonproject water in 
project facilities under the authority of the Warren Act of 1911.
    17. Various contractors, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: The 
United States proposes to purchase lease water from various contractors 
to stabilize flows in a critical reach of the Rio Grande in order to 
meet the needs of irrigators and preserve habitat for the silvery 
minnow.
    The following contract actions have been completed or discontinued 
in the Upper Colorado Region since this notice was last published on 
October 20, 1998.
    1. (18) Town of Taos, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: Contract 
to purchase water from the Town of Taos to increase native flows in Rio 
Grande for benefit of the silvery minnow. This action has been 
discontinued.
    2. (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. Contract 
was executed October 21, 1998.
    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 
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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 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.
    13. P-SMBP, Kansas and Nebraska: Initiate negotiations for renewal 
of long-term water supply contracts with Kansas-Bostwick, Nebraska-
Bostwick, Frenchman Valley, Frenchman-Cambridge, and Almena IDs.
    14. Northwest Area Water Supply, North Dakota: Long-term contract 
for water supply from Garrison Diversion Unit facilities. Basis of 
negotiation has been approved by Commissioner. Negotiations are 
pending.
    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. 
Have received the revised/approved basis of negotiation from the 
Commissioner. In the process of negotiating a contract with Fort Shaw 
ID.
    16. P-SMBP, Kansas: Water service contracts with the Kirwin and 
Webster IDs in the Solomon River Basin in Kansas will be extended for a 
period of 4 years in accordance with Public Law 104-326 enacted October 
19, 1996. Water service contracts will be renewed prior to expiration.
    17. 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.
    18. Highland-Hanover ID, P-SMBP, Hanover-Bluff Unit, Wyoming: 
Renegotiation of long-term water service contract; includes provisions 
for repayment of construction costs.
    19. Upper Bluff ID, P-SMBP, Hanover-Bluff Unit, Wyoming: 
Renegotiation of long-term water service contract; includes provisions 
for repayment of construction cost.
    20. 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.
    21. 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.
    22. 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.
    23. 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.
    24. 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. Received approved basis of negotiation from the Commissioner. 
Currently developing the contract and consulting with the Tribes 
regarding the Water Rights Compact.
    25. 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. A 1-year temporary contract has been 
issued to allow additional time to complete necessary actions required 
for the long-term contract.
    26. Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: Water service contract 
expired May 31, 1998. Initiating renewal of the long-term water service 
contract to provide 4,570 acre-feet of storage from Tiber Reservoir to 
irrigate 2,285 acres. A 1-year interim contract has been issued to 
continue delivery of water until the necessary actions can be completed 
to renew the long-term contract.
    27. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Initiate amendments to extend the 
current contracts until December 31, 2000, in accordance with the 
``Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998'' for Burbank 
Ditch, New Grattan Ditch Company, Torrington ID, Lucerne Canal and 
Power Company, and Wright and Murphy Ditch Company.
    28. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Nebraska: Initiate amendments to extend 
the current contracts until December 31, 2000, in accordance with the 
``Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998'' for Bridgeport, 
Enterprise, and Mitchell IDs, and Central Nebraska Public Power and 
Irrigation District.
    29. 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.
    30. 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.
    31. Canadian River Project, Texas: Amend repayment contract No. 14-
06-500-485 to allow for prepayment of construction charge obligation as 
authorized by Public Law 105-316, signed October 30, 1998.
    32. Savage ID, P-SMBP, Montana: Contract with District has expired. 
Preparing basis of negotiation for the Commissioner's approval prior to 
issuing a long-term contract.
    33. San Angelo Project, Texas: San Angelo Water Supply Corporation, 
amend contract to reflect increase in irrigable acreage as authorized 
pursuant to section 501 of Public Law 101-434.
    34. City of Fort Collins, Colorado, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, 
Colorado: Long-term contracts for conveyance and storage of nonproject 
M&I water through Colorado-Big Thompson Project facilities pursuant to 
the Town Sites and Power Development Act of 1906.
    35. Green Mountain Reservoir, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, 
Colorado: In compliance with the October 1996 Stipulation and 
Agreement, Orchard Mesa Check Case No. 91CW247, Colorado Water Division 
No. 5, Reclamation is currently negotiating a long-term Operating 
Agreement among Colorado Public Service Company of Colorado, Orchard 
Mesa ID, and Grand Valley Water Users Association, for delivery of 
surplus Green Mountain Reservoir water to the Federal Grand Valley 
Power Plant.
    36. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Proposing to amend 
contract No. 9-07-70-W0090 for water storage with Busk-Ivanhoe, Inc.

    Dated: January 14, 1999.
Wayne O. Deason,
Deputy Director, Program Analysis Office.
[FR Doc. 99-1439 Filed 1-21-99; 8:45 am]
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