1 Irrigation and M&I 

2 Contract No. 14-06-200-8237A-IR13 

3 UNITED STATES 

4 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

5 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

6 Central Valley Project, California 

7 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT AMONG THE UNITED STATES,

8 DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

9 OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

10 AND

11 LOWER TULE RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT

12 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE

13 THIS CONTRACT, made this _____ day of ___________________, 2010, 

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

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

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

17 July 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 483), June 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1263), 

18 as amended, and Title XXXIV of the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4706), all collectively 

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

20 AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, DEPARTMENT OF WATER 

21 RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, hereinafter referred to as DWR, 

22 and LOWER TULE RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, 

23 a public agency of the State of California, duly organized, existing, and acting pursuant to the 

24 laws thereof; 

25 WITNESSETH, That: 
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26 EXPLANATORY RECITALS

27 WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor entered into an interim 

28 renewal contract identified as Contract No. 14-06-200-8237A-IR5, hereinafter referred to as the 

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

30 following expiration of Contract No. 14-06-200-8237A; and 

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

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

33 No. 14-06-200-8237A-IR12, hereinafter referred to as the Existing Interim Renewal Contract, 

34 from March 1, 2008, through February 28, 2010; and 

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

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

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

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

39 execution of any long-term renewal contract will be delayed until March 2011, and may be 

40 delayed further for reasons beyond the control of the parties; and 

41 WHEREAS, the Contractor has requested a subsequent interim renewal contract 

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

43 Existing Interim Renewal Contract; and 

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

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

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

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

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

50 INCORPORATION AND REVISION OF

51 EXISTING INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT

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

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

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

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

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

57 March 1, 2010, and shall remain in effect through February 29, 2012, and thereafter will be 

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

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

60 March 1, 2012.” 

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

62 amended by deleting the date “February 15, 2010,” and replacing same with the date 

63 “February 15, 2012.” 

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

65 amended by deleting the dates “February 1, 2010,” “February 15, 2010,” and “February 28, 

66 2010,” and replacing same with the dates “February 1, 2012,” “February 15, 2012,” and 

67 “February 29, 2012,” respectively. 
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68 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this contract as of the 

69 day and year first above written. 

70 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

71 By: ______________________________________ 

72 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

73 Bureau of Reclamation 

74 Approved as to Legal Form and DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 

75 Sufficiency: OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

76 __________________________ By: ______________________________________ 

77 Chief Counsel Director 

78 Department of Water Resources Department of Water Resources 

79 (SEAL) LOWER TULE RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT 

80 By: ______________________________________ 

81 President, Board of Directors 

82 Attest: 

83 __________________________ 

84 Secretary