Irrigation and M&I 

Contract No. 14-06-200-8293A-IR16 

1 UNITED STATES 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

3 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

4 Central Valley Project, California 

5 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT AMONG THE UNITED STATES,

6 THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 

7 OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

8 AND

9 THE COUNTY OF TULARE 

10 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE 

11 THIS CONTRACT, made this _______ day of ___________________, 2016, 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, hereinafter referred to as DWR, and the 

20 COUNTY OF TULARE, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a political subdivision of the 

21 State of California, duly organized, existing, and acting pursuant to the laws thereof; 

22 WITNESSETH, That: 

23 EXPLANATORY RECITALS 

24 WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor entered into interim 

25 renewal Contract (long-form interim renewal contract) No. 14-06-200-8293A-IR1 which 

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26 provided for the continued water service to the Contractor following expiration of Contract 

27 No. 14-06-200-8293A; and 

28 WHEREAS, the last long-form interim renewal contract between the United 

29 States, DWR, and the Contractor is Contract No. 14-06-200-8293A-IR5, hereinafter referred 

30 to as IR5; and 

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

32 successive renewals of IR5, the most recent of which is Contract No. 14-06-200-8293A-IR15, 

33 hereinafter referred to as IR15, effective March 1, 2014, through February 29, 2016; and

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

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

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

37 negotiate to seek to reach agreement, but anticipate that the environmental documentation 

38 necessary for execution of any long-term renewal contract may be delayed for reasons beyond 

39 the control of the parties; and

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

41 pursuant to IR15; and 

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

43 fulfilled all of its obligations under IR15; and 

44 WHEREAS, the United States and DWR are willing to renew IR15 pursuant to 

45 the terms and conditions set forth below; 

46 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and dependent covenants 

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

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48 RENEWAL AND REVISION OF 

49 CONTRACT NO. 14-06-200-8293A-IR15 

50 1. Except as specifically modified by this Contract, all provisions of IR15 are 

51 renewed with the same force and effect as if they were included in full text with the exception of 

52 Article 1 of IR15 thereof, which is revised as follows: 

53 (a) The first sentence in subdivision (a) of Article 1 of IR15 is replaced with 

54 the following language: “This Contract shall be effective from March 1, 2016, and shall remain 

55 in effect through February 28, 2018, and thereafter will be renewed as described in Article 2 of 

56 IR5 if a long-term renewal contract has not been executed with an effective commencement date 

57 of March 1, 2018.”

58 (b) Subdivision (b) of Article 1 of IR15 is amended by deleting the date 

59 “February 15, 2016,” and replacing same with the date “February 15, 2018.”

60 (c) Subdivision (c) of Article 1 of IR15 is amended by deleting the dates 

61 “February 1, 2016”, “February 15, 2016”, and “February 29, 2016”, respectively, and 

62 replacing same with the dates “February 1, 2018”, “February 15, 2018”, and 

63 “February 28, 2018”, respectively.

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64 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Contract as of 

65 the day and year first above written. 

66 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

67 By: _____________________________________ 

68 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

69 Bureau of Reclamation 

70 Approved as to Legal Form and DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 

71 Sufficiency: OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

72 __________________________ By: _____________________________________ 

73 Chief Counsel Director 

74 Department of Water Resources Department of Water Resources 

75 (SEAL) 

76 COUNTY OF TULARE 

77 By: _____________________________________ 

78 Chairman, Board of Supervisors 

79 Attest: 

80 __________________________ By: _____________________________________ 

81 Clerk, Board of Supervisors County Counsel 

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