Appendix A

2002 Interim Contract Sample

DRAFT 12-MONTH IRC

Irrigation and M&I

 R.O. 10/31-2001

Rev. R.O. 11/01-2001

Rev. R.O. 11/05-2001

Rev. R.O. 11/13-2001

Contract No.

UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

Central Valley Project, California

INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES

AND

PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE

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, between THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, and (district/entity), hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a public agency of the State of California, duly organized, existing, and acting pursuant to the laws thereof, with its principal place of business in ____________________(city), California;

WITNESSETH, That:

EXPLANATORY RECITALS

WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor entered into interim renewal contract identified as Contract No. __________________________, hereinafter referred to as the Existing Interim Renewal Contract, which provided for the continued water service to the Contractor from  March 1, 2001, through February 28, 2002; and

WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor 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, or the required environmental review necessary to execute a long-term renewal contract has not been completed, and the Contractor has requested a subsequent interim renewal contract pursuant to Article 2 (b) (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;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and dependent covenants herein contained, it is hereby mutually agreed by the parties hereto as follows:

INCORPORATION AND REVISION OF EXISTING INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT

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 2 thereof, which  is revised as follows:

(a)The first sentence in Subdivision (a) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is deleted, and the following is inserted in lieu thereof:  (This interim renewal 

contract shall be effective from March 1, 2002, and shall remain in effect through February 28, 

2003, and thereafter will be renewed as described in this Article if a long-term renewal contract has not been executed with an effective commencement date of March 1, 2003.(

(b)Subdivision (b)(1) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is amended by deleting the date (November 30, 2001," and replacing same with the date (February 15, 2003.( 

(c)Subdivision (b)(2) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is amended by deleting the dates (February 1, 2002," (February 15, 2002," and (February 28, 2002," and replacing same with the dates (February 1, 2003," (February 15, 2003," and (February 28, 2003," respectively. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this interim renewal contract as of the day and year first above written.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

By: _________________________________________

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region

Bureau of Reclamation

(SEAL)                                                                       (District/Entity)

By: _________________________________________

        President

Attest:

_______________________________________

Secretary

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