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Contract No. 14-06-200-8033A-IR5 

1 UNITED STATES

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

3 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

4 Central Valley Project, California

5 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES

6 AND

7 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

8 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE TO THE MENDOTA

9 WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT AREA HEADQUARTERS

10 FROM THE SAN LUIS UNIT AND DELTA DIVISION

11 THIS CONTRACT, made this _______ day of ___________________, 20____, 

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 June 3, 1960 (74 Stat. 156), June 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1263), 

16 October 27, 1986 (100 Stat. 3050), as amended, and Title XXXIV of the Act of October 30, 1992 

17 (106 Stat. 4706), all collectively hereinafter referred to as Federal Reclamation law, between 

18 the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, and the

19 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, represented by the CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND

20 WILDLIFE, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a public agency of the State of California, 

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

22 WITNESSETH, That:

23 EXPLANATORY RECITALS

24 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor entered into an interim renewal 

25 contract identified as Contract No. 14-06-200-8033A-IR1, hereinafter referred to as IR1, which 
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26 provided for the continued water service to the Contractor effective from January 1, 2009, 

27 through February 28, 2011; and 

28 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor have entered into successive 

29 renewals of IR1, the most recent of which is Contract No. 14-06-200-8033A-IR4, hereinafter 

30 referred to as IR4, effective from March 1, 2015, through February 28, 2017; and

31 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor have made significant progress 

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

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

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

35 execution of any long-term renewal contract may be delayed for reasons beyond the control of 

36 the parties; and 

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

38 pursuant to Article 2 of IR1; and 

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

40 fulfilled all of its obligations under IR4; and

41 WHEREAS, the United States is willing to renew IR4 pursuant to the terms and 

42 conditions set forth below; 

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

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

45 RENEWAL AND REVISION OF

46 CONTRACT NO. 14-06-200-8033A-IR4

47 1. Except as specifically modified by this Contract, all provisions of IR4 are 

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

49 Article 1 of IR4 thereof, which is revised as follows: 
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50 (a) The first sentence in subdivision (a) of Article 1 of IR4 is modified as 

51 follows: “This Contract shall be effective from March 1, 2017, and shall remain in effect 

52 through February 28, 2019, and thereafter will be renewed as described in Article 2 of IR1 if a 

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

54 March 1, 2019.” 

55 (b) Subdivision (b) of Article 1 of IR4 is amended by deleting the date 

56 “February 28, 2017,” and replacing same with the date “February 28, 2019.”

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

58 the day and year first above written. 

59 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

60 By: _____________________________________ 

61 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region

62 Bureau of Reclamation

63 (SEAL)

64 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

65 By: _____________________________________ 

66 Director