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Contract No. 

14-06-200-8367A-IR12 

UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

Central Valley Project, California 

8 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT AMONG THE UNITED STATES,

9 DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

10 OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

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12 RAG GULCH WATER DISTRICT

13 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE

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THIS CONTRACT, made this ______ day of ___________________, 20____, in 

pursuance generally of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and acts amendatory or 

supplementary thereto, including, but not limited to, the acts of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844), as 

amended and supplemented, August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), as amended and supplemented, July 2, 

1956 (70 Stat. 483), June 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1263), as amended, and 

Title XXXIV of the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4706), all collectively hereinafter referred to 

as Federal Reclamation law, among the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to 

as the United States, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA, hereinafter referred to as DWR, and RAG GULCH WATER DISTRICT, 

hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a public agency of the State of California, duly organized, 

existing, and acting pursuant to the laws thereof; 

WITNESSETH, That: 
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WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor entered into an interim 

renewal contract identified as Contract No. 14-06-200-8367A-IR5, hereinafter referred to as the 

Interim Renewal Contract, which provided for the continued water service to the Contractor 

following expiration of Contract No. 14-06-200-8367A; and 

WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor have entered into 

successive renewals of the Interim Renewal Contract, the most recent of which is Contract 

No. 14-06-200-8367A-IR11, hereinafter referred to as the Existing Interim Renewal Contract, from 

March 1, 2007, through February 29, 2008; and 

WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor have made significant 

progress in their negotiations of a long-term renewal contract, believe that further negotiations on 

the long-term renewal contract would be beneficial, and mutually commit to continue to negotiate 

to seek to reach agreement, but anticipate that the environmental documentation necessary for 

execution of any long-term renewal contract will be delayed until March 2010 and may be delayed 

further for reasons beyond the control of the parties; and 

WHEREAS, the Contractor has requested a subsequent interim renewal contract 

pursuant to Subdivision (b)(1) of Article 2 of the Interim Renewal Contract and Article 1 of the 

Existing Interim Renewal Contract; and 

WHEREAS, the United States has determined that the Contractor has to date 

fulfilled all of its obligations under the Existing Interim Renewal Contract; and 

WHEREAS, the United States is willing to renew the Existing Interim Renewal 

Contract pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth below; 
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and dependent covenants 

herein contained, it is hereby mutually agreed by the parties hereto as follows: 

50 INCORPORATION AND REVISION OF

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1. The terms and conditions of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract are hereby 

incorporated by reference into this Contract with the same force and effect as if they were included 

in full text with the exception of Article 1 thereof, which is revised as follows: 

(a) The first sentence in Subdivision (a) of Article 1 of the Existing Interim 

Renewal Contract is modified as follows: “This interim renewal contract shall be effective from 

March 1, 2008, and shall remain in effect through February 28, 2010, and thereafter will be 

renewed as described in Subdivision (a) of Article 2 of the Interim Renewal Contract, if a 

long-term renewal contract has not been executed with an effective commencement date of 

March 1, 2010.” 

(b) Subdivision (b) of Article 1 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is 

amended by deleting the date “February 15, 2008,” and replacing same with the date 

“February 15, 2010.” 

(c) Subdivision (c) of Article 1 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is 

amended by deleting the dates “February 1, 2008,” “February 15, 2008,” and “February 29, 2008,” 

and replacing same with the dates “February 1, 2010,” “February 15, 2010,” and “February 28, 

2010,” respectively. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Contract as of the 

day and year first above written. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

By: _______________________________________ 

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Approved as to Legal Form and DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 

Sufficiency: OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

____________________________ By: _______________________________________ 

Chief Counsel Director 

Department of Water Resources Department of Water Resources 

(SEAL) RAG GULCH WATER DISTRICT 

By: _______________________________________ 

 President, Board of Directors 

Attest: 

____________________________ 

 Secretary 

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