AG and M&I 

T.O Final Draft 09/27-2004 

T.O Draft 08/06-2004 

R.O. Final Delta Division Form 09/14-2004 

R.O. Draft 07/22-2004 

CVP-Wide Form 05/23-2004 

Delta Division 

Contract No. 

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UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

Central Valley Project, California 

LONG-TERM RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES

AND

PATTERSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT

PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE

FROM THE DELTA DIVISION

Table of Contents

Article No. Title Page No.

 Preamble ................................................................................................................. 1 

 Explanatory Recitals ............................................................................................ 1-4 

 1 Definitions............................................................................................................ 5-9 

 2 Term of Contract................................................................................................9-13

 3 Water to be Made Available and Delivered to the Contractor.........................13-17 

 4 Time for Delivery of Water .............................................................................17-18 

 5 Point of Diversion and Responsibility for Distribution of Water.................... 19-20 

 6 Measurement of Water Within the Contractor’s Service Area........................ 20-22 

 7 Rates and Method of Payment for Water.........................................................22-28 

 8 Non-Interest Bearing Operation and Maintenance Deficits.................................. 29 

 9 Sales, Transfers, or Exchanges of Water .........................................................29-30 

 10 Application of Payments and Adjustments......................................................30-31 

 11 Temporary Reductions--Return Flows ............................................................ 31-32 

 12 Constraints on the Availability of Water ......................................................... 32-35 

 13 Unavoidable Groundwater Percolation................................................................. 35 

 14 Rules and Regulations........................................................................................... 35 

 15 Water and Air Pollution Control........................................................................... 35 

 16 Quality of Water .............................................................................................. 35-36 

 17 Water Acquired by the Contractor Other Than From the United States..........36-39 

 18 Opinions and Determinations ............................................................................... 39 

 19 Coordination and Cooperation......................................................................... 39-41 

 20 Charges for Delinquent Payments ........................................................................ 41
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Article No. Title Page No.

 21 Equal Opportunity............................................................................................41-43 

 22 General Obligation--Benefits Conditioned Upon Payment .................................. 43 

 23 Compliance With Civil Rights Laws and Regulations ......................................... 43 

 24 Privacy Act Compliance ....................................................................................... 44 

 25 Contractor to Pay Certain Miscellaneous Costs............................................... 44-45 

 26 Water Conservation .........................................................................................45-46 

 27 Existing or Acquired Water or Water Rights........................................................ 46 

 28 Operation and Maintenance by Operating Non-Federal Entity ....................... 47-48 

 29 Contingent on Appropriation or Allotment of Funds ........................................... 48 

 30 Books, Records, and Reports........................................................................... 48-49 

 31 Assignment Limited--Successors and Assigns Obligated .................................... 49 

 32 Severability ......................................................................................................49-50 

 33 Resolution of Disputes.......................................................................................... 50 

 34 Officials Not to Benefit......................................................................................... 51 

 35 Changes in Contractor’s Service Area.................................................................. 51 

 36 Federal Laws....................................................................................................51-52 

 37 Notices .................................................................................................................. 52

 38 Confirmation of Contract...................................................................................... 52 

 Signature Page ...................................................................................................... 53 

 Exhibit A - Map of Contractor's Service Area 

 Exhibit B - Rates and Charges
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R.O. Draft 07/22-2004 

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Delta Division 

Contract No. 

14-06-200-3598A-LTR1 

1 UNITED STATES 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

3 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

4 Central Valley Project, California 

5 LONG-TERM RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES

6 AND

7 PATTERSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT

8 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE

9 FROM THE DELTA DIVISION

 THIS CONTRACT, made this 10 _____ day of ____________________, 2005, in pursuance 

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

12 including, but not limited to, the Acts of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844), as amended and 

13 supplemented, August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), as amended and supplemented, July 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 

14 483), June 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1263), October 27, 1986 (100 Stat. 

15 3050), as amended, and Title XXXIV of the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4706), all 

16 collectively hereinafter referred to as Federal Reclamation law, between THE UNITED STATES 

17 OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, and PATTERSON IRRIGATION 

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

19 organized, existing, and acting pursuant to the laws thereof; 

20 WITNESSETH, That: 

21 EXPLANATORY RECITALS

 [1st 22 ] WHEREAS, the United States has constructed and is operating the Central Valley 

23 Project (Project), California, for diversion, storage, carriage, distribution and beneficial use, for 
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24 flood control, irrigation, municipal, domestic, industrial, fish and wildlife mitigation, protection and 

25 restoration, generation and distribution of electric energy, salinity control, navigation and other 

26 beneficial uses, of waters of the Sacramento River, the American River, the Trinity River, and the 

27 San Joaquin River and their tributaries; and 

 [2nd 28 ] WHEREAS, the United States constructed the Delta-Mendota Canal and related 

29 facilities, which will be used in part for the furnishing of water to the Contractor pursuant to the 

30 terms of this Contract; and 

 [3rd 31 ] WHEREAS, the rights to Project Water were acquired by the United States pursuant 

32 to California law for operation of the Project; and 

 [4th 33 ] WHEREAS, the Contractor and the United States entered into Contract 

34 No. 14-06-200-3598A, which established terms for the delivery to the Contractor of Project Water 

35 from the Delta Division Facilities from December 18, 1967, through February 28, 1995; and 

 [5th 36 ] WHEREAS, the Contractor and the United States have pursuant to subsection 

37 3404(c)(1) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), subsequently entered into 

38 interim renewal contract(s) identified as Contract No(s). 14-06-200-3598A-IR1, 14-06-200-3598A39 IR2, 14-06-200-3598A-IR3, 14-06-200-3598A-IR4, 14-06-200-3598A-IR5, 14-06-200-3598A-IR6, 

40 14-06-200-3598A-IR7, 14-06-200-3598A-IR8, the current of which is hereinafter referred to as the 

41 Existing Contract, which provided for the continued water service to the Contractor from March 1, 

42 1995, through February 29, 2006; and 

43 [5.1] WHEREAS, through Contract No. 14-06-200-3598A providing among other things 

44 6,000 acre-feet of Replacement Water, the parties reached a settlement with respect to any and all of 

45 the Contractor’s claims that the construction and operation of the Project has interfered with its right 

46 in and to the use of the water of the San Joaquin River; and 
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 [6th 47 ] WHEREAS, Section 3404(c) of the CVPIA provides for long-term renewal of the 

48 Existing Contract following completion of appropriate environmental documentation, including a 

49 programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) pursuant to the National Environmental 

50 Policy Act (NEPA) analyzing the direct and indirect impacts and benefits of implementing the 

51 CVPIA and the potential renewal of all existing contracts for Project Water; and 

 [7th 52 ] WHEREAS, the United States has completed the PEIS and all other appropriate 

53 environmental review necessary to provide for long-term renewal of the Existing Contract; and 

 [8th 54 ] WHEREAS, the Contractor has requested the long-term renewal of the Existing 

55 Contract, pursuant to the terms of the Existing Contract, Federal Reclamation law, and the laws of 

56 the State of California, for water service from the Project; and 

 [9th 57 ] WHEREAS, the United States has determined that the Contractor has fulfilled all of 

58 its obligations under the Existing Contract; and 

 [10th 59 ] WHEREAS, the Contractor has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Contracting 

60 Officer that the Contractor has utilized the Project Water supplies available to it for reasonable and 

61 beneficial use and/or has demonstrated projected future demand for water use such that the 

62 Contractor has the capability and expects to utilize fully for reasonable and beneficial use the 

63 quantity of Project Water to be made available to it pursuant to this Contract; and 

 [11th 64 ] WHEREAS, water obtained from the Project has been relied upon by urban and 

65 agricultural areas within California for more than 50 years, and is considered by the Contractor as 

66 an essential portion of its water supply; and 

 [12th 67 ] WHEREAS, the economies of regions within the Project, including the Contractor’s, 

68 depend upon the continued availability of water, including water service from the Project; and 
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 [13th 69 ] WHEREAS, the Secretary intends through coordination, cooperation, and 

70 partnerships to pursue measures to improve water supply, water quality, and reliability of the 

71 Project for all Project purposes; and 

 [14th 72 ] WHEREAS, the mutual goals of the United States and the Contractor include: to 

73 provide for reliable Project Water supplies; to control costs of those supplies; to achieve repayment 

74 of the Project as required by law; to guard reasonably against Project Water shortages; to achieve a 

75 reasonable balance among competing demands for use of Project Water; and to comply with all 

76 applicable environmental statutes, all consistent with the legal obligations of the United States 

77 relative to the Project; and 

 [15th 78 ] WHEREAS, the parties intend by this Contract to develop a more cooperative 

79 relationship in order to achieve their mutual goals; and 

80 [15.1] WHEREAS, the Contractor has utilized or may utilize transfers, contract 

81 assignments, rescheduling and conveyance of Project Water and non-Project water under this 

82 Contract as tools to minimize the impacts of Conditions of Shortage and to maximize the beneficial 

83 use of water; and 

84 [15.2] WHEREAS, the parties desire and intend that this Contract not provide a 

85 disincentive to the Contractor in continuing to carry out the beneficial activities set out in the 

86 Explanatory Recital immediately above; and 

 [16th 87 ] WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor are willing to enter into this 

88 Contract pursuant to Federal Reclamation law on the terms and conditions set forth below; 

89 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and dependent covenants herein 

90 contained, it is hereby mutually agreed by the parties hereto as follows: 
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91 DEFINITIONS

92 1. When used herein unless otherwise distinctly expressed, or manifestly incompatible 

93 with the intent of the parties as expressed in this Contract, the term: 

94 (a) “Calendar Year” shall mean the period January 1 through December 31, both 

95 dates inclusive; 

96 (b) “Charges” shall mean the payments required by Federal Reclamation law in 

97 addition to the Rates and Tiered Pricing Component specified in this Contract as determined 

98 annually by the Contracting Officer pursuant to this Contract; 

99 (c) “Condition of Shortage” shall mean a condition respecting the Project during 

100 any Year such that the Contracting Officer is unable to deliver sufficient water to meet the Contract 

101 Total; 

102 (d) “Contracting Officer” shall mean the Secretary of the Interior’s duly 

103 authorized representative acting pursuant to this Contract or applicable Federal Reclamation law or 

104 regulation; 

105 (e) “Contract Total” shall mean the maximum amount of water to which the 

106 Contractor is entitled under subdivision (a) of Article 3 of this Contract; 

107 (f) “Contractor's Service Area” shall mean the area to which the Contractor is 

108 permitted to provide Project Water under this Contract as described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto, 

109 which may be modified from time to time in accordance with Article 35 of this Contract without 

110 amendment of this Contract; 

111 (g) “CVPIA” shall mean the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Title 

112 XXXIV of the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4706); 
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113 (g.1) “Delta Division Facilities” shall mean those existing and future Project 

114 facilities in and south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers Delta, including, but not limited to, the 

115 Tracy Pumping Plant, the O’Neill Pumping/Generating Plant, and the San Luis Reservoir, used to 

116 divert, store, and convey water to those Project Contractors entitled to receive water conveyed 

117 through the Delta-Mendota Canal; 

118 (h) “Eligible Lands” shall mean all lands to which Irrigation Water may be 

119 delivered in accordance with Section 204 of the Reclamation Reform Act of October 12, 1982 (96 

120 Stat. 1263), as amended, hereinafter referred to as RRA; 

121 (i) “Excess Lands” shall mean all lands in excess of the limitations contained in 

122 Section 204 of the RRA, other than those lands exempt from acreage limitation under Federal 

123 Reclamation law; 

124 (j) “Full Cost Rate” shall mean an annual rate, as determined by the Contracting 

125 Officer that shall amortize the expenditures for construction properly allocable to the Project 

126 irrigation or M&I functions, as appropriate, of facilities in service including all O&M deficits 

127 funded, less payments, over such periods as may be required under Federal Reclamation law, or 

128 applicable contract provisions. Interest will accrue on both the construction expenditures and 

129 funded O&M deficits from October 12, 1982, on costs outstanding at that date, or from the date 

130 incurred in the case of costs arising subsequent to October 12, 1982, and shall be calculated in 

131 accordance with subsections 202(3)(B) and (3)(C) of the RRA. The Full Cost Rate includes actual 

132 operation, maintenance, and replacement costs consistent with Section 426.2 of the Rules and 

133 Regulations for the RRA; 

134 (k) “Ineligible Lands” shall mean all lands to which Irrigation Water may not be

135 delivered in accordance with Section 204 of the RRA; 
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136 (l) “Irrigation Full Cost Water Rate” shall mean the Full Cost Rate applicable to 

137 the delivery of Irrigation Water; 

138 (m) “Irrigation Water” shall mean water made available from the Project that is 

139 used primarily in the production of agricultural crops or livestock, including domestic use incidental 

140 thereto, and watering of livestock; 

141 (n) “Landholder” shall mean a party that directly or indirectly owns or leases 

142 nonexempt land, as provided in 43 CFR 426.2; 

143 (o) “Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water” shall mean Project Water, other 

144 than Irrigation Water, made available to the Contractor. M&I Water shall include water used for 

145 human use and purposes such as the watering of landscaping or pasture for animals (e.g., horses) 

146 which are kept for personal enjoyment or water delivered to landholdings operated in units of less 

147 than five acres unless the Contractor establishes to the satisfaction of the Contracting Officer that 

148 the use of water delivered to any such landholding is a use described in subdivision (m) of this 

149 Article; 

150 (p) “M&I Full Cost Water Rate” shall mean the Full Cost Rate applicable to the 

151 delivery of M&I Water; 

152 (q) “Operation and Maintenance” or “O&M” shall mean normal and reasonable 

153 care, control, operation, repair, replacement (other than capital replacement), and maintenance of 

154 Project facilities; 

155 (r) “Operating Non-Federal Entity” shall mean the entity(ies), its (their) 

156 successors or assigns, which has (have) the obligation to operate and maintain all or a portion of the 

157 Delta Division Facilities pursuant to written agreement(s) with the United States. When this 
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158 Contract was entered into, the Operating Non-Federal Entity was the San Luis & Delta-Mendota 

159 Water Authority. 

160 (s) “Project” shall mean the Central Valley Project owned by the United States 

161 and managed by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; 

162 (t) “Project Contractors” shall mean all parties who have water service contracts 

163 for Project Water from the Project with the United States pursuant to Federal Reclamation law; 

164 (u) “Project Water” shall mean all water that is developed, diverted, stored, or 

165 delivered by the Secretary in accordance with the statutes authorizing the Project and in accordance 

166 with the terms and conditions of water rights acquired pursuant to California law; 

167 (v) “Rates” shall mean the payments determined annually by the Contracting 

168 Officer in accordance with the then current applicable water ratesetting policies for the Project, as 

169 described in subdivision (a) of Article 7 of this Contract; 

170 (w) “Recent Historic Average” shall mean the most recent five-year average of 

171 the final forecast of Water Made Available to the Contractor pursuant to this Contract or its 

172 preceding contract(s); 

173 (w.1) “Replacement Water” shall mean all water delivered to the Contractor 

174 without payment pursuant to this Contract, and without application of Federal Reclamation law, 

175 including but not limited to the acreage limitation provision of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 

176 (96 Stat. 1263), as amended, under the authority of Section 14 of the Reclamation Project Act of 

177 1939 (53 Stat. 1187 and 1197) as a full and complete adjustment and settlement of the Contractor’s 

178 asserted claim of right to water in the San Joaquin River in fulfillment of such rights, during the 

179 term of this Contract and any amendment or renewal thereof; and 
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180 (x) “Secretary” shall mean the Secretary of the Interior, a duly appointed 

181 successor, or an authorized representative acting pursuant to any authority of the Secretary and 

182 through any agency of the Department of the Interior; 

183 (y) “Tiered Pricing Component” shall be the incremental amount to be paid for 

184 each acre-foot of Water Delivered as described in subdivision (j) of Article 7 of this Contract; 

185 (z) “Water Delivered” or “Delivered Water” shall mean Project Water diverted 

186 for use by the Contractor at the point(s) of delivery approved by the Contracting Officer; 

187 (aa) “Water Made Available” shall mean the estimated amount of Project Water 

188 that can be delivered to the Contractor for the upcoming Year as declared by the Contracting 

189 Officer, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Article 4 of this Contract; 

190 (bb) “Water Scheduled” shall mean Project Water made available to the 

191 Contractor for which times and quantities for delivery have been established by the Contractor and 

192 Contracting Officer, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Article 4 of this Contract; and 

193 (cc) “Year” shall mean the period from and including March 1 of each Calendar 

194 Year through the last day of February of the following Calendar Year. 

195 TERM OF CONTRACT

196 2. (a) This Contract shall be effective March 1, 2005, through February 28, 2030, 

197 and supercedes the Existing Contract. In the event the Contractor wishes to renew this Contract 

198 beyond February 28, 2030, the Contractor shall submit a request for renewal in writing to the 

199 Contracting Officer no later than two years prior to the date this Contract expires. The renewal of 

200 this Contract insofar as it pertains to the furnishing of Irrigation Water to the Contractor shall be 

201 governed by subdivision (b) of this Article, and the renewal of this Contract insofar as it pertains to 

202 the furnishing of M&I Water to the Contractor shall be governed by subdivision (c) of this Article. 
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203 (b) (1) Under terms and conditions of a renewal contract that are mutually 

204 agreeable to the parties hereto, and upon a determination by the Contracting Officer that at the time 

205 of contract renewal the conditions set forth in subdivision (b)(2) of this Article are met, and subject 

206 to Federal and State law, this Contract, insofar as it pertains to the furnishing of Irrigation Water to 

207 the Contractor, shall be renewed for a period of 25 years. 

208 (2) The conditions which must be met for this Contract to be renewed are: 

209 (i) the Contractor has prepared a water conservation plan that has been determined by the 

210 Contracting Officer in accordance with Article 26 of this Contract to meet the conservation and 

211 efficiency criteria for evaluating such plans established under Federal law; (ii) the Contractor is 

212 implementing an effective water conservation and efficiency program based on the Contractor’s 

213 water conservation plan as required by Article 26 of this Contract; (iii) the Contractor is operating 

214 and maintaining all water measuring devices and implementing all water measurement methods as 

215 approved by the Contracting Officer pursuant to Article 6 of this Contract; (iv) the Contractor has 

216 reasonably and beneficially used the Project Water supplies made available to it and, based on 

217 projected demands, is reasonably anticipated and expects to fully utilize for reasonable and 

218 beneficial use the quantity of Project Water to be made available to it pursuant to such renewal; (v) 

219 the Contractor is complying with all terms and conditions of this Contract; and (vi) the Contractor 

220 has the physical and legal ability to deliver Project Water. 

221 (3) The terms and conditions of the renewal contract described in 

222 subdivision (b)(1) of this Article and any subsequent renewal contracts shall be developed 

223 consistent with the parties’ respective legal rights and obligations, and in consideration of all 

224 relevant facts and circumstances, as those circumstances exist at the time of renewal, including, 

225 without limitation, the Contractor’s need for continued delivery of Project Water; environmental 
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226 conditions affected by implementation of the Contract to be renewed, and specifically changes in 

227 those conditions that occurred during the life of the Contract to be renewed; the Secretary’s progress 

228 toward achieving the purposes of the CVPIA as set out in Section 3402 and in implementing the 

229 specific provisions of the CVPIA; and current and anticipated economic circumstances of the region 

230 served by the Contractor. 

231 (c) This Contract, insofar as it pertains to the furnishing of M&I Water to the 

232 Contractor, shall be renewed for successive periods of up to 40 years each, which periods shall be 

233 consistent with the then-existing Reclamation-wide policy, under terms and conditions mutually 

234 agreeable to the parties and consistent with Federal and State law. The Contractor shall be afforded 

235 the opportunity to comment to the Contracting Officer on the proposed adoption and application of 

236 any revised policy applicable to the delivery of M&I Water that would limit the term of any 

237 subsequent renewal contract with the Contractor for the furnishing of M&I Water to less than 40 

238 years. 

239 (d) The Contracting Officer shall make a determination ten years after the date of 

240 execution of this Contract, and every five years thereafter during the term of this Contract, of 

241 whether a conversion of the relevant portion of this Contract to a contract under subsection 9(d) of 

242 the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 can be accomplished pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1956 (70 

243 Stat 483). The Contracting Officer shall also make a determination ten years after the date of 

244 execution of this Contract and every five years thereafter during the term of this Contract of whether 

245 a conversion of the relevant portion of this Contract to a contract under subsection 9(c)(1) of the 

246 Reclamation Project Act of 1939 can be accomplished. Notwithstanding any provision of this 

247 Contract, the Contractor reserves and shall have all rights and benefits under the Act of July 2, 1956 

248 (70 Stat. 483). The Contracting Officer anticipates that during the term of this Contract, all 
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249 authorized Project construction expected to occur will have occurred, and on that basis the 

250 Contracting Officer agrees upon such completion to allocate all costs that are properly assignable to 

251 the Contractor, and agrees further that, at any time after such allocation is made, and subject to 

252 satisfaction of the condition set out in this subdivision, this Contract shall, at the request of the 

253 Contractor, be converted to a contract under subsection 9(d) or 9(c)(1), whichever is applicable, of 

254 the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, subject to applicable Federal law and under stated terms and 

255 conditions mutually agreeable to the Contractor and the Contracting Officer. A condition for such 

256 conversion to occur shall be a determination by the Contracting Officer that, account being taken of 

257 the amount credited to return by the Contractor as provided for under Federal Reclamation law, the 

258 remaining amount of construction costs assignable for ultimate return by the Contractor can 

259 probably be repaid to the United States within the term of a contract under subsection 9(d) or 

260 9(c)(1), whichever is applicable. If the remaining amount of costs that are properly assignable to 

261 the Contractor cannot be determined during the term of this Contract, the Contracting Officer shall 

262 notify the Contractor, and provide the reason(s) why such a determination could not be made. 

263 Further, the Contracting Officer shall make such a determination as soon thereafter as possible so as 

264 to permit, upon request of the Contractor and satisfaction of the conditions set out above, 

265 conversion to a contract under subsection 9(d) or 9(c)(1), whichever is applicable. In the event such 

266 determination of costs has not been made at a time which allows conversion of this Contract during 

267 the term of this Contract or the Contractor has not requested conversion of this Contract within such 

268 term, the parties shall incorporate in any subsequent renewal contract as described in subdivision (b) 

269 of this Article a provision that carries forth in substantially identical terms the provisions of this 

270 subdivision. 
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271 (e) In the event that this Contract terminates, the right of the Contractor to 

272 thereafter divert and use water from the San Joaquin River, and to assert its claim(s) against the 

273 United States for the alleged interference of the Project with the Contractor’s ability to exercise its 

274 alleged rights to divert water from the San Joaquin River, shall exist as if this Contract had not been 

275 entered into. The existence of this Contract shall not affect the rights or position of either party 

276 with respect to its water rights or the yield thereof at any time after this Contract terminates.

277 WATER TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AND DELIVERED TO THE CONTRACTOR

278 3. (a) During each Year, consistent with all applicable State water rights, permits, 

279 and licenses; Federal law; and subject to the provisions set forth in Articles 11 and 12 of this 

280 Contract, the Contracting Officer shall make available for delivery to the Contractor 16,500 acre281 feet of Project Water for irrigation and M&I purposes. Water Delivered to the Contractor in 

282 accordance with this subdivision shall be scheduled and paid for pursuant to the provisions of 

283 Articles 4 and 7 of this Contract.

284 (b) Because the capacity of the Project to deliver Project Water has been 

285 constrained in recent years and may be constrained in the future due to many factors including 

286 hydrologic conditions and implementation of Federal and State laws, the likelihood of the 

287 Contractor actually receiving the amount of Project Water set out in subdivision (a) of this Article in 

288 any given Year is uncertain. The Contracting Officer’s modeling referenced in the PEIS projected 

289 that the Contract Total set forth in this Contract will not be available to the Contractor in many 

290 years. During the most recent five years, the Recent Historic Average of Water Made Available to 

291 the Contractor was 13,555 acre-feet. Nothing in subdivision (b) of this Article shall affect the rights 

292 and obligations of the parties under any provision of this Contract. 

 
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293 (c) The Contractor shall utilize the Project Water in accordance with all applicable legal 

294 requirements. 

295 (c.1) In the event any Project Contractor (other than a Cross Valley Contractor) 

296 that receives Project Water through the Delta Division Facilities obtains a contractual agreement 

297 that the Contracting Officer shall make Project Water available at a point or points of delivery in or 

298 north of the Delta, at the request of the Contractor and upon completion of any required 

299 environmental documentation, this Contract shall be amended to provide for deliveries in or north 

300 of the Delta on mutually agreeable terms. Such amendments to the Contract shall be limited solely 

301 to those changes made necessary by the addition of such alternate points of delivery in or north of 

302 the Delta; Provided, That the Contracting Officer’s use of the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant to 

303 deliver Project Water does not trigger this right of amendment. 

304 (d) The Contractor shall make reasonable and beneficial use of all water 

305 furnished pursuant to this Contract. Groundwater recharge programs (direct, indirect, or in lieu), 

306 groundwater banking programs, surface water storage programs, and other similar programs 

307 utilizing Project Water or other water furnished pursuant to this Contract conducted within the 

308 Contractor’s Service Area which are consistent with applicable State law and result in use consistent 

309 with Federal Reclamation law will be allowed; Provided, That any direct recharge program(s) is 

310 (are) described in the Contractor’s water conservation plan submitted pursuant to Article 26 of this 

311 Contract; Provided, further, That such water conservation plan demonstrates sufficient lawful uses 

312 exist in the Contractor’s Service Area so that using a long-term average, the quantity of Delivered 

313 Water is demonstrated to be reasonable for such uses and in compliance with Federal Reclamation 

314 law. Groundwater recharge programs, groundwater banking programs, surface water storage 

315 programs, and other similar programs utilizing Project Water or other water furnished pursuant to 
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316 this Contract conducted outside the Contractor’s Service Area may be permitted upon written 

317 approval of the Contracting Officer, which approval will be based upon environmental 

318 documentation, Project Water rights, and Project operational concerns. The Contracting Officer 

319 will address such concerns in regulations, policies, or guidelines. 

320 (e) The Contractor shall comply with requirements applicable to the Contractor 

321 in biological opinion(s) prepared as a result of a consultation regarding the execution of this 

322 Contract undertaken pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as 

323 amended, that are within the Contractor’s legal authority to implement. The Existing Contract, 

324 which evidences in excess of 36 years of diversions for irrigation and/or M&I purposes of the 

325 quantities of water provided in subdivision (a) of Article 3 of this Contract, will be considered in 

326 developing an appropriate baseline for biological assessment(s) prepared pursuant to the ESA, and 

327 any other needed environmental review. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the 

328 Contractor from challenging or seeking judicial relief in a court of competent jurisdiction with 

329 respect to any biological opinion or other environmental documentation referred to in this Article.

330 (f) Following the declaration of Water Made Available under Article 4 of this 

331 Contract, the Contracting Officer will make a determination whether Project Water, or other water 

332 available to the Project, can be made available to the Contractor in addition to the Contract Total 

333 under this Article during the Year without adversely impacting other Project Contractors. At the 

334 request of the Contractor, the Contracting Officer will consult with the Contractor prior to making 

335 such a determination. If the Contracting Officer determines that Project Water, or other water 

336 available to the Project, can be made available to the Contractor, the Contracting Officer will 

337 announce the availability of such water and shall so notify the Contractor as soon as practical. The 

338 Contracting Officer will thereafter meet with the Contractor and other Project Contractors capable 
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339 of taking such water to determine the most equitable and efficient allocation of such water. If the 

340 Contractor requests the delivery of any quantity of such water, the Contracting Officer shall make 

341 such water available to the Contractor in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, 

342 guidelines, and policies. Subject to existing long-term contractual commitments, water rights and 

343 operational constraints, long-term Project Contractors shall have a first right to acquire such water, 

344 including Project Water made available pursuant to Section 215 of the RRA. 

345 (g) The Contractor may request permission to reschedule for use during the 

346 subsequent Year some or all of the Water Made Available to the Contractor during the current Year, 

347 referred to as “rescheduled water.” The Contractor may request permission to use during the 

348 current Year a quantity of Project Water which may be made available by the United States to the 

349 Contractor during the subsequent Year referred to as “preuse.” The Contracting Officer’s written 

350 approval may permit such uses in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, guidelines, and 

351 policies. 

352 (h) The Contractor’s right pursuant to Federal Reclamation law and applicable 

353 State law to the reasonable and beneficial use of Water Delivered and Replacement Water pursuant 

354 to this Contract during the term thereof and any subsequent renewal contracts, as described in 

355 Article 2 of this Contract, during the terms thereof shall not be disturbed so long as the Contractor 

356 shall fulfill all of its obligations under this Contract and any renewals thereof. Nothing in the 

357 preceding sentence shall affect the Contracting Officer’s ability to impose shortages under Article 

358 11 or subdivision (b) of Article 12 of this Contract or applicable provisions of any subsequent 

359 renewal contracts. 

360 (i) Project Water furnished to the Contractor pursuant to this Contract may be 

361 delivered for purposes other than those described in subdivisions (m) and (o) of Article 1 of this 
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362 Contract upon written approval by the Contracting Officer in accordance with the terms and 

363 conditions of such approval. 

364 (j) The Contracting Officer shall make reasonable efforts to protect the water 

365 rights necessary for the Project and to provide the water available under this Contract. The 

366 Contracting Officer shall not object to participation by the Contractor, in the capacity and to the 

367 extent permitted by law, in administrative proceedings related to the Project Water rights; Provided,

368 That the Contracting Officer retains the right to object to the substance of the Contractor’s position 

369 in such a proceeding; Provided further, That in such proceedings the Contracting Officer shall 

370 recognize the Contractor has a legal right under the terms of this Contract to use Project Water.

371 (k) In addition to Project Water and other water available to the Contractor 

372 pursuant to this Contract, each year the Contracting Officer shall furnish from the Delta Division 

373 Facilities, free of charge to the Contractor, including free from obligation to pay Rates and Charges 

374 hereinafter provided for, and in accordance with a schedule submitted in the same manner as 

375 required by subdivision (b) of Article 4 hereof, 6,000 acre-feet of Replacement Water. For 

376 purposes of this Contract, the Replacement Water shall be considered to be the first 6,000 acre-feet 

377 furnished in each Year. Nothing in this Contract is intended to affect the Contractor’s right to 

378 continue to divert water from the San Joaquin River pursuant to State law. Nothing herein shall be 

379 deemed to be an assignment of any water right of the Contractor. 

380 TIME FOR DELIVERY OF WATER

 4. (a) On or about February 20th 381 of each Calendar Year, the Contracting Officer 

382 shall announce the Contracting Officer’s expected declaration of the Water Made Available as well 

383 as the quantity of Replacement Water expected to be delivered. Such declaration will be expressed 

384 in terms of both Water Made Available and the Recent Historic Average and will be updated 
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385 monthly, and more frequently if necessary, based on then-current operational and hydrologic 

386 conditions and a new declaration with changes, if any, to the Water Made Available will be made. 

387 The Contracting Officer shall provide forecasts of Project operations and the basis of the estimate, 

388 with relevant supporting information, upon the written request of the Contractor. Concurrently with 

389 the declaration of the Water Made Available, the Contracting Officer shall provide the Contractor 

390 with the updated Recent Historic Average. 

391 (b) On or before each March 1 and at such other times as necessary, the 

392 Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer a written schedule, satisfactory to the Contracting 

393 Officer, showing the monthly quantities of Project Water and Replacement Water to be delivered by 

394 the United States to the Contractor pursuant to this Contract for the Year commencing on such 

395 March 1. The Contracting Officer shall use all reasonable means to deliver Project Water and 

396 Replacement Water according to the approved schedule for the Year commencing on such March 1. 

397 (c) The Contractor shall not schedule Project Water or Replacement Water in 

398 excess of the quantity of Project Water and Replacement Water the Contractor intends to put to 

399 reasonable and beneficial use within the Contractor's Service Area or to sell, transfer, or exchange 

400 pursuant to Article 9 of this Contract during any Year. 

401 (d) Subject to the conditions set forth in subdivision (a) of Article 3 of this 

402 Contract, the United States shall deliver Project Water and Replacement Water to the Contractor in 

403 accordance with the initial schedule submitted by the Contractor pursuant to subdivision (b) of this 

404 Article, or any written revision(s) thereto, satisfactory to the Contracting Officer, submitted within a 

405 reasonable time prior to the date(s) on which the requested change(s) is/are to be implemented. 
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406 POINT OF DIVERSION AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION OF WATER

407 5. (a) Project Water and Replacement Water scheduled pursuant to subdivision (b) 

408 of Article 4 of this Contract shall be delivered to the Contractor at a point or points and any 

409 additional point or points of delivery either on Project facilities or another location or locations 

410 mutually agreed to in writing by the Contracting Officer and the Contractor. 

411 (b) The Contracting Officer, either directly or indirectly through its written 

412 agreement(s) with the Operating Non-Federal Entity shall make all reasonable efforts to maintain 

413 sufficient flows and levels of water in Project facilitiesto deliver Project Water and Replacement 

414 Water to the Contractor at the point or points of delivery established pursuant to subdivision (a) of 

415 this Article. 

416 (c) The Contractor shall deliver Irrigation Water in accordance with any 

417 applicable land classification provisions of Federal Reclamation law and the associated regulations. 

418 The Contractor shall not deliver Project Water to land outside the Contractor's Service Area unless 

419 approved in advance by the Contracting Officer. 

420 (d) All Water Delivered to the Contractor pursuant to this Contract shall be 

421 measured and recorded with equipment furnished, installed, operated, and maintained by the 

422 Contracting Officer either directly or indirectly through its written agreement(s) with the Operating 

423 Non-Federal Entity, unless undertaken by the Contractor with the consent of the Contracting 

424 Officer, at the point or points of delivery established pursuant to subdivision (a) of this Article. 

425 Upon the request of either party to this Contract, the Contracting Officer shall investigate, or cause 

426 to be investigated by the appropriate Operating Non-Federal Entity, the accuracy of such 

427 measurements and shall take any necessary steps to adjust any errors appearing therein. For any 

428 period of time when accurate measurements have not been made, the Contracting Officer shall 
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429 consult with the Contractor and the appropriate Operating Non-Federal Entity, if any, prior to 

430 making a final determination of the quantity delivered for that period of time. 

431 (e) Absent a separate contrary written agreement with the Contractor, neither the 

432 Contracting Officer nor any Operating Non-Federal Entity shall be responsible for the control, 

433 carriage, handling, use, disposal, or distribution of Water Delivered to the Contractor pursuant to 

434 this Contract beyond the point or points of delivery established pursuant to subdivision (a) of this 

435 Article. The Contractor shall indemnify the United States, its officers, employees, agents, and 

436 assigns on account of damage or claim of damage of any nature whatsoever for which there is legal 

437 responsibility, including property damage, personal injury, or death arising out of or connected with 

438 the control, carriage, handling, use, disposal, or distribution of such Water Delivered beyond such 

439 point or points of delivery, except for any damage or claim arising out of: (i) acts or omissions of 

440 the Contracting Officer or any of its officers, employees, agents, and assigns, including the 

441 Operating Non-Federal Entity, with the intent of creating the situation resulting in any damage or 

442 claim; (ii) willful misconduct of the Contracting Officer or any of its officers, employees, agents, 

443 and assigns, including the Operating Non-Federal Entity; (iii) negligence of the Contracting Officer 

444 or any of its officers, employees, agents, and assigns including the Operating Non-Federal Entity; or 

445 (iv) a malfunction of facilities owned and/or operated by the United States or the Operating 

446 Non-Federal Entity. 

447 MEASUREMENT OF WATER WITHIN THE CONTRACTOR’S SERVICE AREA

448 6. (a) The Contractor has established a measuring program satisfactory to the 

449 Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall ensure that all surface water delivered for irrigation 

450 purposes within the Contractor’s Service Area is measured at each agricultural turnout and such 

451 water delivered for M&I purposes is measured at each M&I service connection. The water 
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452 measuring devices or water measuring methods of comparable effectiveness must be acceptable to 

453 the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall be responsible for installing, operating, and 

454 maintaining and repairing all such measuring devices and implementing all such water measuring 

455 methods at no cost to the United States. The Contractor shall use the information obtained from 

456 such water measuring devices or water measuring methods to ensure its proper management of the 

457 water, to bill water users for water delivered by the Contractor; and, if applicable, to record water 

458 delivered for M&I purposes by customer class as defined in the Contractor’s water conservation 

459 plan provided for in Article 26 of this Contract. Nothing herein contained, however, shall preclude 

460 the Contractor from establishing and collecting any charges, assessments, or other revenues 

461 authorized by California law. The Contractor shall include a summary of all its annual surface 

462 water deliveries in the annual report described in subdivision (c) of Article 26. 

463 (b) To the extent the information has not otherwise been provided, upon 

464 execution of this Contract, the Contractor shall provide to the Contracting Officer a written report 

465 describing the measurement devices or water measuring methods being used or to be used to 

466 implement subdivision (a) of this Article and identifying the agricultural turnouts and the M&I 

467 service connections or alternative measurement programs approved by the Contracting Officer, at 

468 which such measurement devices or water measuring methods are being used, and, if applicable, 

469 identifying the locations at which such devices and/or methods are not yet being used including a 

470 time schedule for implementation at such locations. The Contracting Officer shall advise the 

471 Contractor in writing within 60 days as to the adequacy, and necessary modifications, if any, of the 

472 measuring devices or water measuring methods identified in the Contractor’s report and if the 

473 Contracting Officer does not respond in such time, they shall be deemed adequate. If the 

474 Contracting Officer notifies the Contractor that the measuring devices or methods are inadequate, 
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475 the parties shall within 60 days following the Contracting Officer’s response, negotiate in good faith 

476 the earliest practicable date by which the Contractor shall modify said measuring devices and/or 

477 measuring methods as required by the Contracting Officer to ensure compliance with subdivision 

478 (a) of this Article. 

479 (c) All new surface water delivery systems installed within the Contractor's 

480 Service Area after the effective date of this Contract shall also comply with the measurement 

481 provisions described in subdivision (a) of this Article. 

482 (d) The Contractor shall inform the Contracting Officer and the State of 

483 California in writing by April 30 of each Year of the monthly volume of surface water delivered 

484 within the Contractor’s Service Area during the previous Year. 

485 (e) The Contractor shall inform the Contracting Officer and the Operating Non486 Federal Entity on or before the 20th calendar day of each month of the quantity of Irrigation Water 

487 and M&I Water taken during the preceding month. 

488 RATES AND METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR WATER

489 7. (a) The Contractor shall pay the United States as provided in this Article for all 

490 Delivered Water at Rates, Charges, and the Tiered Pricing Component established in accordance 

491 with: (i) the Secretary’s ratesetting policy for Irrigation Water adopted in 1988 and the Secretary’s 

492 then-existing ratesetting policy for M&I Water, which ratesetting policies shall be amended, 

493 modified, or superceded only through a public notice and comment procedure; (ii) applicable 

494 Federal Reclamation law and associated rules and regulations, or policies; and (iii) other applicable 

495 provisions of this Contract. Payments shall be made by cash transaction, electronic funds transfer, 

496 or any other mechanism as may be agreed to in writing by the Contractor and the Contracting 
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497 Officer. The Rates, Charges, and Tiered Pricing Component applicable to the Contractor upon 

498 execution of this Contract are set forth in Exhibit “B,” as may be revised annually. 

499 (b) The Contracting Officer shall notify the Contractor of the Rates, Charges, and 

500 Tiered Pricing Component as follows: 

501 (1) Prior to July 1 of each Calendar Year, the Contracting Officer shall 

502 provide the Contractor an estimate of the Charges for Project Water that will be applied to the 

503 period October 1, of the current Calendar Year, through September 30, of the following Calendar 

504 Year, and the basis for such estimate. The Contractor shall be allowed not less than two months to 

505 review and comment on such estimates. On or before September 15 of each Calendar Year, the 

506 Contracting Officer shall notify the Contractor in writing of the Charges to be in effect during the 

507 period October 1 of the current Calendar Year, through September 30, of the following Calendar 

508 Year, and such notification shall revise Exhibit “B.” 

509 (2) Prior to October 1 of each Calendar Year, the Contracting Officer 

510 shall make available to the Contractor an estimate of the Rates and Tiered Pricing Component for 

511 Project Water for the following Year and the computations and cost allocations upon which those 

512 Rates are based. The Contractor shall be allowed not less than two months to review and comment 

513 on such computations and cost allocations. By December 31 of each Calendar Year, the 

514 Contracting Officer shall provide the Contractor with the final Rates and Tiered Pricing Component 

515 to be in effect for the upcoming Year, and such notification shall revise Exhibit “B.” 

516 (c) At the time the Contractor submits the initial schedule for the delivery of 

517 Project Water for each Year pursuant to subdivision (b) of Article 4 of this Contract, the Contractor 

518 shall make an advance payment to the United States equal to the total amount payable pursuant to 

519 the applicable Rate(s) set under subdivision (a) of this Article, for the Project Water scheduled to be 
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520 delivered pursuant to this Contract during the first two calendar months of the Year. Before the end 

521 of the first month and before the end of each calendar month thereafter, the Contractor shall make 

522 an advance payment to the United States, at the Rate(s) set under subdivision (a) of this Article, for 

523 the Water Scheduled to be delivered pursuant to this Contract during the second month immediately 

524 following. Adjustments between advance payments for Water Scheduled and payments at Rates 

525 due for Water Delivered shall be made before the end of the following month; Provided, That any 

526 revised schedule submitted by the Contractor pursuant to Article 4 of this Contract which increases 

527 the amount of Water Delivered pursuant to this Contract during any month shall be accompanied 

528 with appropriate advance payment, at the Rates then in effect, to assure that Project Water is not 

529 delivered to the Contractor in advance of such payment. In any month in which the quantity of 

530 Water Delivered to the Contractor pursuant to this Contract equals the quantity of Water Scheduled 

531 and paid for by the Contractor, no additional Project Water shall be delivered to the Contractor 

532 unless and until an advance payment at the Rates then in effect for such additional Project Water is 

533 made. Final adjustment between the advance payments for the Water Scheduled and payments for 

534 the quantities of Water Delivered during each Year pursuant to this Contract shall be made as soon 

535 as practicable but no later than April 30th of the following Year, or 60 days after the delivery of 

536 Project Water rescheduled under subdivision (g) of Article 3 of this Contract if such water is not 

537 delivered by the last day of February. 

538 (d) The Contractor shall also make a payment in addition to the Rate(s) in 

539 subdivision (c) of this Article to the United States for Water Delivered, at the Charges and the 

540 appropriate Tiered Pricing Component then in effect, before the end of the month following the 

541 month of delivery; Provided, That the Contractor may be granted an exception from the Tiered 

542 Pricing Component pursuant to subdivision (j)(2) of this Article. The payments shall be consistent 
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543 with the quantities of Irrigation Water and M&I Water Delivered as shown in the water delivery 

544 report for the subject month prepared by the Operating Non-Federal Entity(ies) or, if there is no 

545 Operating Non-Federal Entity, by the Contracting Officer. The water delivery report shall be 

546 deemed a bill for the payment of Charges and the applicable Tiered Pricing Component for Water 

547 Delivered. Adjustment for overpayment or underpayment of Charges shall be made through the 

548 adjustment of payments due to the United States for Charges for the next month. Any amount to be 

549 paid for past due payment of Charges and the Tiered Pricing Component shall be computed 

550 pursuant to Article 20 of this Contract. 

551 (e) The Contractor shall pay for any Water Delivered under subdivision (a), (f), 

552 or (g) of Article 3 of this Contract as determined by the Contracting Officer pursuant to applicable 

553 statutes, associated regulations, any applicable provisions of guidelines or ratesetting policies; 

554 Provided, That the Rate for Water Delivered under subdivision (d) of Article 3 of this Contract shall 

555 be no more than the otherwise applicable Rate for Irrigation Water or M&I Water under subdivision 

556 (a) of this Article. 

557 (f) Payments to be made by the Contractor to the United States under this 

558 Contract may be paid from any revenues available to the Contractor. 

559 (g) All revenues received by the United States from the Contractor relating to the 

560 delivery of Project Water or the delivery of non-Project water through Project facilities shall be 

561 allocated and applied in accordance with Federal Reclamation law and the associated rules or 

562 regulations, and the then current Project ratesetting policies for M&I Water or Irrigation Water. 

563 (h) The Contracting Officer shall keep its accounts pertaining to the 

564 administration of the financial terms and conditions of its long-term contracts, in accordance with 

565 applicable Federal standards, so as to reflect the application of Project costs and revenues. The 
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566 Contracting Officer shall, each Year upon request of the Contractor, provide to the Contractor a 

567 detailed accounting of all Project and Contractor expense allocations, the disposition of all Project 

568 and Contractor revenues, and a summary of all water delivery information. The Contracting Officer 

569 and the Contractor shall enter into good faith negotiations to resolve any discrepancies or disputes 

570 relating to accountings, reports, or information. 

571 (i) The parties acknowledge and agree that the efficient administration of this 

572 Contract is their mutual goal. Recognizing that experience has demonstrated that mechanisms, 

573 policies, and procedures used for establishing Rates, Charges, and Tiered Pricing Component, 

574 and/or for making and allocating payments, other than those set forth in this Article may be in the 

575 mutual best interest of the parties, it is expressly agreed that the parties may enter into agreements to 

576 modify the mechanisms, policies, and procedures for any of those purposes while this Contract is in 

577 effect without amending this Contract. 

578 (j) (1) Beginning at such time as deliveries of Project Water in a Year 

579 exceed 80 percent of the Contract Total, then before the end of the month following the month of 

580 delivery the Contractor shall make an additional payment to the United States equal to the 

581 applicable Tiered Pricing Component. The Tiered Pricing Component for the amount of Water 

582 Delivered in excess of 80 percent of the Contract Total, but less than or equal to 90 percent of the 

583 Contract Total, shall equal one-half of the difference between the Rate established under 

584 subdivision (a) of this Article and the Irrigation Full Cost Water Rate or M&I Full Cost Water Rate, 

585 whichever is applicable. The Tiered Pricing Component for the amount of Water Delivered which 

586 exceeds 90 percent of the Contract Total shall equal the difference between (i) the Rate established 

587 under subdivision (a) of this Article and (ii) the Irrigation Full Cost Water Rate or M&I Full Cost 

588 Water Rate, whichever is applicable. 
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589 (2) Subject to the Contracting Officer’s written approval, the Contractor 

590 may request and receive an exemption from such Tiered Pricing Component for Project Water 

591 delivered to produce a crop which the Contracting Officer determines will provide significant and 

592 quantifiable habitat values for waterfowl in fields where the water is used and the crops are 

593 produced; Provided, That the exemption from the Tiered Pricing Component for Irrigation Water 

594 shall apply only if such habitat values can be assured consistent with the purposes of the CVPIA 

595 through binding agreements executed with or approved by the Contracting Officer prior to use of 

596 such water. 

597 (3) For purposes of determining the applicability of the Tiered Pricing 

598 Component pursuant to this Article, Water Delivered shall include Project Water that the Contractor 

599 transfers to others but shall not include Project Water transferred to the Contractor, nor shall it 

600 include the additional water provided to the Contractor under the provisions of subdivision (f) of 

601 Article 3 of this Contract. 

602 (k) For the term of this Contract, Rates applied under the respective ratesetting 

603 policies will be established to recover only reimbursable O&M (including any deficits) and capital 

604 costs of the Project, as those terms are used in the then-current Project ratesetting policies, and 

605 interest, where appropriate, except in instances where a minimum Rate is applicable in accordance 

606 with the relevant Project ratesetting policy. Changes of significance in practices which implement 

607 the Contracting Officer’s ratesetting policies will not be implemented until the Contracting Officer 

608 has provided the Contractor an opportunity to discuss the nature, need, and impact of the proposed 

609 change. 

610 (l) Except as provided in subsections 3405(a)(1)(B) and 3405(f) of the CVPIA, 

611 the Rates for Project Water transferred by the Contractor shall be the Contractor’s Rates, in 
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612 accordance with the applicable Project ratesetting policy, adjusted upward or downward to reflect 

613 the changed costs, if any, incurred by the Contracting Officer in the delivery of the transferred 

614 Project Water to the transferee’s point of delivery. If the Contractor is receiving lower Rates and 

615 Charges because of inability to pay and is transferring Project Water to another entity whose Rates 

616 and Charges are not adjusted due to inability to pay, the Rates and Charges for transferred Project 

617 Water shall not be adjusted to reflect the Contractor’s inability to pay. 

618 (m) Pursuant to the Act of October 27, 1986 (100 Stat. 3050), the Contracting 

619 Officer is authorized to adjust determinations of ability to pay every five years. 

620 (n) With respect to the Rates for M&I Water, the Contractor asserts that it is not 

621 legally obligated to pay any Project deficits claimed by the United States to have accrued as of the 

622 date of this Contract or deficit-related interest charges thereon. By entering into this Contract, the 

623 Contractor does not waive any legal rights or remedies that it may have with respect to such 

624 disputed issues. Notwithstanding the execution of this Contract and payments made hereunder, the 

625 Contractor may challenge in the appropriate administrative or judicial forums; (1) the existence, 

626 computation, or imposition of any deficit charges accruing during the term of the Existing Contract 

627 and any preceding interim renewal contracts, if applicable; (2) interest accruing on any such 

628 deficits; (3) the inclusion of any such deficit charges or interest in the Rates; (4) the application by 

629 the United States of payments made by the Contractor under its Existing Contract and any 

630 preceding interim renewal contracts if applicable; and (5) the application of such payments in the 

631 Rates. The Contracting Officer agrees that the Contractor shall be entitled to the benefit of any 

632 administrative or judicial ruling in favor of any Project M&I contractor on any of these issues, and 

633 credits for payments heretofore made, provided that the basis for such ruling is applicable to the 

634 Contractor. 
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635 NON-INTEREST BEARING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE DEFICITS

636 8. The Contractor and the Contracting Officer concur that, as of the effective date of 

637 this Contract, the Contractor has no non-interest bearing O&M deficits and shall have no further 

638 liability therefore. 

639 SALES, TRANSFERS, OR EXCHANGES OF WATER

640 9. (a) The right to receive Project Water provided for in this Contract may be sold, 

641 transferred, or exchanged to others for reasonable and beneficial uses within the State of California 

642 if such sale, transfer, or exchange is authorized by applicable Federal and State laws, and applicable 

643 guidelines or regulations then in effect. No sale, transfer, or exchange of Project Water under this 

644 Contract may take place without the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer, except as 

645 provided for in subdivision (b) of this Article, and no such sales, transfers, or exchanges shall be 

646 approved absent all appropriate environmental documentation, including but not limited to, 

647 documents prepared pursuant to the NEPA and ESA. Such environmental documentation should 

648 include, as appropriate, an analysis of groundwater impacts and economic and social effects, 

649 including environmental justice, of the proposed water transfers on both the transferor and 

650 transferee. 

651 (b) In order to facilitate efficient water management by means of water transfers 

652 of the type historically carried out among Project Contractors located within the same geographical 

653 area and to allow the Contractor to participate in an accelerated water transfer program during the 

654 term of this Contract, the Contracting Officer shall prepare, as appropriate, all necessary 

655 environmental documentation, including but not limited to documents prepared pursuant to NEPA 

656 and ESA, analyzing annual transfers within such geographical areas and the Contracting Officer 

657 shall determine whether such transfers comply with applicable law. Following the completion of 
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658 the environmental documentation, such transfers addressed in such documentation shall be 

659 conducted with advance notice to the Contracting Officer, but shall not require prior written 

660 approval by the Contracting Officer. Such environmental documentation and the Contracting 

661 Officer’s compliance determination shall be reviewed every five years and updated, as necessary, 

662 prior to the expiration of the then existing five-year period. All subsequent environmental 

663 documentation shall include an alternative to evaluate not less than the quantity of Project Water 

664 historically transferred within the same geographical area. 

665 (c) For a water transfer to qualify under subdivision (b) of this Article, such 

666 water transfer must: (i) be for irrigation purposes for lands irrigated within the previous three years, 

667 for M&I use, groundwater recharge, groundwater banking, or similar groundwater activities, surface 

668 water storage, or fish and wildlife resources; not lead to land conversion; and be delivered to 

669 established cropland, wildlife refuges, groundwater basins, or M&I use; (ii) occur within a single 

670 Year; (iii) occur between a willing seller and a willing buyer; (iv) convey water through existing 

671 facilities with no new construction or modifications to facilities and be between existing Project 

672 Contractors and/or the Contractor and the United States, Department of the Interior; and (v) comply 

673 with all applicable Federal, State, and local or tribal laws and requirements imposed for protection 

674 of the environment and Indian Trust Assets, as defined under Federal law. 

675 APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS AND ADJUSTMENTS 

676 10. (a) The amount of any overpayment by the Contractor of the Contractor’s O&M, 

677 capital, and deficit (if any) obligations for the Year shall be applied first to any current liabilities of 

678 the Contractor arising out of this Contract then due and payable. Overpayments of more than 

679 $1,000 shall be refunded at the Contractor’s request. In lieu of a refund, any amount of such 

680 overpayment at the option of the Contractor may be credited against amounts to become due to the 
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681 United States by the Contractor. With respect to overpayment, such refund or adjustment shall 

682 constitute the sole remedy of the Contractor or anyone having or claiming to have the right to the 

683 use of any of the Project Water supply provided for herein. All credits and refunds of overpayments 

684 shall be made within 30 days of the Contracting Officer obtaining direction as to how to credit or 

685 refund such overpayment in response to the notice to the Contractor that it has finalized the 

686 accounts for the Year in which the overpayment was made. 

687 (b) All advances for miscellaneous costs incurred for work requested by the 

688 Contractor pursuant to Article 25 of this Contract shall be adjusted to reflect the actual costs when 

689 the work has been completed. If the advances exceed the actual costs incurred, the difference will 

690 be refunded to the Contractor. If the actual costs exceed the Contractor's advances, the Contractor 

691 will be billed for the additional costs pursuant to Article 25. 

692 TEMPORARY REDUCTIONS--RETURN FLOWS

693 11. (a) Subject to: (i) the authorized purposes and priorities of the Project and the 

694 requirements of Federal law and (ii) the obligations of the United States under existing contracts, or 

695 renewals thereof, providing for water deliveries from the Project, the Contracting Officer shall make 

696 all reasonable efforts to optimize Project Water and Replacement Water deliveries to the Contractor 

697 as provided in this Contract. 

698 (b) The Contracting Officer or Operating Non-Federal Entity(ies) may 

699 temporarily discontinue or reduce the quantity of Water Delivered and Replacement Water 

700 Delivered to the Contractor as herein provided for the purposes of investigation, inspection, 

701 maintenance, repair, or replacement of any of the Project facilities or any part thereof necessary for 

702 the delivery of Project Water and Replacement Water to the Contractor, but so far as feasible the 

703 Contracting Officer or Operating Non-Federal Entity(ies) will give the Contractor due notice in 
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704 advance of such temporary discontinuance or reduction, except in case of emergency, in which case 

705 no notice need be given; Provided, That the United States shall use its best efforts to avoid any 

706 discontinuance or reduction in such service. Upon resumption of service after such reduction or 

707 discontinuance, and if requested by the Contractor, the United States will, if possible, deliver the 

708 quantity of Project Water and Replacement Water which would have been delivered hereunder in 

709 the absence of such discontinuance or reduction. 

710 (c) The United States reserves the right to all seepage and return flow water 

711 derived from Water Delivered to the Contractor hereunder which escapes or is discharged beyond 

712 the Contractor's Service Area; Provided, That this shall not be construed as claiming for the United 

713 States any right to seepage or return flow being put to reasonable and beneficial use pursuant to this 

714 Contract within the Contractor’s Service Area by the Contractor or those claiming by, through, or 

715 under the Contractor. 

716 CONSTRAINTS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER

717 12. (a) In its operation of the Project, the Contracting Officer will use all reasonable 

718 means to guard against a Condition of Shortage in the quantity of water to be made available to the 

719 Contractor pursuant to this Contract. In the event the Contracting Officer determines that a 

720 Condition of Shortage appears probable, the Contracting Officer will notify the Contractor of said 

721 determination as soon as practicable. 

722 (b) If there is a Condition of Shortage because of errors in physical operations of 

723 the Project, drought, other physical causes beyond the control of the Contracting Officer or actions 

724 taken by the Contracting Officer to meet legal obligations then, except as provided in subdivision 

725 (a) of Article 18 of this Contract, no liability shall accrue against the United States or any of its 
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726 officers, agents, or employees for any damage, direct or indirect, arising therefrom. 

727 (c) In any Year in which there may occur a Condition of Shortage for any of the 

728 reasons specified in subdivision (b) of this Article, and subject to subdivision (d) of this Article, the 

729 Contracting Officer will first allocate the available Project Water consistent with the Central Valley 

730 Project M&I Water Shortage Policy in its form on the effective date of this Contract for determining 

731 the amount of Project Water available for delivery to the Project Contractors. Subject to the 

732 foregoing allocation, in any year in which there may occur a Condition of Shortage, the Contracting 

733 Officer shall then apportion Project Water among the Contractor and others entitled to Project 

734 Water from Delta Division Facilities under long-term water service or repayment contracts (or 

735 renewals thereof or binding commitments therefore) in force on February 28, 2005, as follows: 

736 (1) The Contracting Officer shall make an initial and subsequent 

737 determination as necessary of the total quantity of Project Water estimated to be scheduled or 

738 actually scheduled under subdivision (b) of Article 4 of this Contract and under all other long-term 

739 water service or repayment contracts then in force for the delivery of Project Water by the United 

740 States from Delta Division Facilities during the relevant Year, the quantity so determined being 

741 hereinafter referred to as the scheduled total; 

742 (2) A determination shall be made of the total quantity of Project Water 

743 that is available for meeting the scheduled total, the quantity so determined being hereinafter 

744 referred to as the available supply; 

745 (3) The total quantity of Project Water estimated to be scheduled or 

746 actually scheduled by the Contractor during the relevant Year, under subdivision (b) of Article 4 

747 hereof, shall be divided by the scheduled total, the quotient thus obtained being hereinafter referred 

748 to as the Contractor’s proportionate share; and 
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749 (4) The available supply shall be multiplied by the Contractor’s 

750 proportionate share and the result shall be the quantity of Project Water made available by the 

751 United States to the Contractor for the relevant Year in accordance with the schedule developed by 

752 the Contracting Officer under subdivision (c)(1) of this Article 12, but in no event shall such 

753 amount exceed the Contract Total. In the event the Contracting Officer subsequently determines 

754 that the Contracting Officer can increase or needs to decrease the available supply for delivery from 

755 Delta Division Facilities to long-term water service and repayment Contractors during the relevant 

756 Year, such additions or reductions to the available supply shall be apportioned consistent with 

757 subparagraphs (1) through (4), inclusive. 

758 (d) By entering into this Contract, the Contractor does not waive any legal rights 

759 or remedies it may have to file or participate in any administrative or judicial proceeding contesting 

760 (i) the sufficiency of the Central Valley Project M&I Water Shortage Policy; (ii) the substance of 

761 such a policy; (iii) the applicability of such a policy; or (iv) the manner in which such policy is 

762 implemented in order to allocate Project Water between municipal and industrial and irrigation 

763 purposes; Provided, That the Contractor has commenced any such judicial challenge or any 

764 administrative procedures necessary to institute any judicial challenge within six months of the 

765 policy becoming final. By agreeing to the foregoing, the Contracting Officer does not waive any 

766 legal defenses or remedies that it may have to assert in such a proceeding. Nothing contained herein 

767 shall be interpreted to validate or invalidate the Central Valley Project M&I Water Shortage Policy.

768 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Contract, Replacement Water 

769 will bear shortages and be reduced in accordance with the terms of the Second Amended Contract 

770 for Exchange of Waters, dated February 14, 1968, between the United States and the Central 
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771 California Irrigation District, Columbia Canal Company, San Luis Canal Company, and Firebaugh 

772 Canal Company, Contract No. I1r-1144. 

773 UNAVOIDABLE GROUNDWATER PERCOLATION

774 13. To the extent applicable, the Contractor shall not be deemed to have delivered 

775 Irrigation Water to Excess Lands or Ineligible Lands within the meaning of this Contract if such 

776 lands are irrigated with groundwater that reaches the underground strata as an unavoidable result of 

777 the delivery of Irrigation Water by the Contractor to Eligible Lands. 

778 RULES AND REGULATIONS

779 14. The parties agree that the delivery of Irrigation Water or use of Federal facilities 

780 pursuant to this Contract is subject to Federal Reclamation law, including but not limited to the 

781 Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C.390aa et seq.), as amended and supplemented, and the 

782 rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior under Federal Reclamation law. 

783 WATER AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

784 15. The Contractor, in carrying out this Contract, shall comply with all applicable water 

785 and air pollution laws and regulations of the United States and the State of California, and shall 

786 obtain all required permits or licenses from the appropriate Federal, State, or local authorities. 

 

787 QUALITY OF WATER

788 

789 16. (a) Project facilities used to deliver Project Water and Replacement Water to the 

790 Contractor pursuant to this Contract shall be operated and maintained to enable the United States to 

791 deliver Project Water and Replacement Water to the Contractor in accordance with the water quality 

792 standards specified in subsection 2(b) of the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 865), as added by 

793 Section 101 of the Act of October 27, 1986 (100 Stat. 3050) or other existing Federal laws. The 

794 United States is under no obligation to construct or furnish water treatment facilities to maintain or 

795 to improve the quality of Water Delivered to the Contractor pursuant to this Contract. The United 

796 States does not warrant the quality of Water Delivered to the Contractor pursuant to this Contract. 
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797 (b) The O&M of Project facilities shall be performed in such manner as is 

798 practicable to maintain the quality of raw water made available through such facilities at the highest 

799 level reasonably attainable as determined by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall be 

800 responsible for compliance with all State and Federal water quality standards applicable to surface 

801 and subsurface agricultural drainage discharges generated through the use of Federal or Contractor 

802 facilities or Project Water provided by the Contractor within the Contractor's Service Area. 

803 (c) Omitted. 

804 WATER ACQUIRED BY THE CONTRACTOR

805 OTHER THAN FROM THE UNITED STATES

806 17. (a) Water or water rights now owned or hereafter acquired by the Contractor 

807 other than from the United States and Irrigation Water furnished pursuant to the terms of this 

808 Contract may be simultaneously transported through the same distribution facilities of the 

809 Contractor subject to the following: (i) if the facilities utilized for commingling Irrigation Water 

810 and non-Project water were constructed without funds made available pursuant to Federal 

811 Reclamation law, the provisions of Federal Reclamation law will be applicable only to the 

812 Landholders of lands which receive Irrigation Water; (ii) the eligibility of land to receive Irrigation 

813 Water must be established through the certification requirements as specified in the Acreage 

814 Limitation Rules and Regulations (43 CFR Part 426); (iii) the water requirements of Eligible Lands 

815 within the Contractor's Service Area can be established and the quantity of Irrigation Water to be 

816 utilized is less than or equal to the quantity necessary to irrigate such Eligible Lands; and (iv) if the 

817 facilities utilized for commingling Irrigation Water and non-Project water are/were constructed with 

818 funds made available pursuant to Federal Reclamation law, the non-Project water will be subject to 

819 the acreage limitation provisions of Federal Reclamation law, unless the Contractor pays to the 

820 United States the incremental fee described in 43 CFR 426.15. In determining the incremental fee, 
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821 the Contracting Officer will calculate annually the cost to the Federal Government, including 

822 interest of storing or delivering non-Project water, which for purposes of this Contract shall be 

823 determined as follows: The quotient shall be the unpaid distribution system costs divided by the 

824 total irrigable acreage within the Contractor’s Service Area. The incremental fee per acre is the 

825 mathematical result of such quotient times the interest rate determined using Section 202 (3) of the 

826 Act of October 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1263). Such incremental fee will be charged to each acre of 

827 excess or full cost land within the Contractor’s Service Area that receives non-Project water through 

828 Federally financed or constructed facilities. The incremental fee calculation methodology will 

829 continue during the term of this Contract absent the promulgation of a contrary Reclamation-wide 

830 rule, regulation, or policy adopted after the Contractor has been afforded the opportunity to review 

831 and comment on the proposed rule, regulation, or policy. If such rule, regulation, or policy is 

832 adopted it shall supercede this provision. 

833 (b) Water or water rights now owned or hereafter acquired by the Contractor, 

834 other than from the United States may be stored, conveyed, and/or diverted through Project 

835 facilities, subject to the completion of appropriate environmental documentation, with the approval 

836 of the Contracting Officer and the execution of any contract determined by the Contracting Officer 

837 to be necessary, consistent with the following provisions: 

838 (1) The Contractor may introduce non-Project water into Project facilities 

839 and deliver said water to lands within the Contractor’s Service Area, including Ineligible Lands, 

840 subject to payment to the United States and/or to any applicable Operating Non-Federal Entity of an 

841 appropriate rate as determined by the applicable Project ratesetting policy, the RRA, and the Project 

842 use power policy, if such Project use power policy is applicable, each as amended, modified or 

843 superceded from time to time. 
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844 (2) Delivery of such non-Project water in and through Project facilities 

845 shall only be allowed to the extent such deliveries do not: (i) interfere with other Project purposes 

846 as determined by the Contracting Officer; (ii) reduce the quantity or quality of water available to 

847 other Project Contractors; (iii) interfere with the delivery of contractual water entitlements to any 

848 other Project Contractors; or (iv) interfere with the physical maintenance of the Project facilities. 

849 (3) Neither the United States nor the Operating Non-Federal Entity(ies) 

850 shall be responsible for control, care, or distribution of the non-Project water before it is introduced 

851 into or after it is delivered from the Project facilities. The Contractor hereby releases and agrees to 

852 defend and indemnify the United States and the Operating Non-Federal Entity(ies), and their 

853 respective officers, agents, and employees, from any claim for damage to persons or property, direct 

854 or indirect, resulting from the act(s) of the Contractor, its officers, employees, agents, or assigns, in 

855 (i) extracting or diverting non-Project water from any source, or (ii) diverting such non-Project 

856 water into Project facilities. 

857 (4) Diversion of such non-Project water into Project facilities shall be 

858 consistent with all applicable laws, and if involving groundwater, consistent with any applicable 

859 groundwater management plan for the area from which it was extracted. 

860 (5) After Project purposes are met, as determined by the Contracting 

861 Officer, the United States and Project Contractors entitled to Project Water from Delta Division 

862 Facilities shall share priority to utilize the remaining capacity of the facilities declared to be 

863 available by the Contracting Officer for conveyance and transportation of non-Project water prior to 

864 any such remaining capacity being made available to non-Project contractors. Other Project 

865 Contractors shall have a second priority to any remaining capacity of facilities declared to be 
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866 available by the Contracting Officer for conveyance and transportation of non-Project water prior to 

867 any such remaining capacity being made available to non-Project contractors. 

868 OPINIONS AND DETERMINATIONS

869 18. (a) Where the terms of this Contract provide for actions to be based upon the 

870 opinion or determination of either party to this Contract, said terms shall not be construed as 

871 permitting such action to be predicated upon arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable opinions or 

872 determinations. Both parties, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Contract, expressly 

873 reserve the right to seek relief from and appropriate adjustment for any such arbitrary, capricious, or 

874 unreasonable opinion or determination. Each opinion or determination by either party shall be 

875 provided in a timely manner. Nothing in this subdivision (a) of this Article is intended to or shall 

876 affect or alter the standard of judicial review applicable under Federal law to any opinion or 

877 determination implementing a specific provision of Federal law embodied in statute or regulation.

878 (b) The Contracting Officer shall have the right to make determinations 

879 necessary to administer this Contract that are consistent with the provisions of this Contract, the 

880 laws of the United States and of the State of California, and the rules and regulations promulgated 

881 by the Secretary of the Interior. Such determinations shall be made in consultation with the 

882 Contractor to the extent reasonably practicable. 

883 COORDINATION AND COOPERATION

884 19. (a) In order to further their mutual goals and objectives, the Contracting Officer 

885 and the Contractor shall communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with each other, and with other 

886 affected Project Contractors, in order to improve the operation and management of the Project. The 

887 communication, coordination, and cooperation regarding operations and management shall include, 

888 but not be limited to, any action which will or may materially affect the quantity or quality of 
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889 Project Water supply, the allocation of Project Water supply, and Project financial matters 

890 including, but not limited to, budget issues. The communication, coordination, and cooperation 

891 provided for hereunder shall extend to all provisions of this Contract. Each party shall retain 

892 exclusive decision making authority for all actions, opinions, and determinations to be made by the 

893 respective party. 

894 (b) Within 120 days following the effective date of this Contract, the Contractor, 

895 other affected Project Contractors, and the Contracting Officer shall arrange to meet with interested 

896 Project Contractors to develop a mutually agreeable, written Project-wide process, which may be 

897 amended as necessary separate and apart from this Contract. The goal of this process shall be to 

898 provide, to the extent practicable, the means of mutual communication and interaction regarding 

899 significant decisions concerning Project operation and management on a real-time basis. 

900 (c) In light of the factors referred to in subdivision (b) of Article 3 of this 

901 Contract, it is the intent of the Secretary to improve water supply reliability. To carry out this 

902 intent: 

903 (1) The Contracting Officer will, at the request of the Contractor, assist in 

904 the development of integrated resource management plans for the Contractor. Further, the 

905 Contracting Officer will, as appropriate, seek authorizations for implementation of partnerships to 

906 improve water supply, water quality, and reliability. 

907 (2) The Secretary will, as appropriate, pursue program and project 

908 implementation and authorization in coordination with Project Contractors to improve the water 

909 supply, water quality, and reliability of the Project for all Project purposes. 

910 (3) The Secretary will coordinate with Project Contractors and the State 

911 of California to seek improved water resource management. 
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912 (4) The Secretary will coordinate actions of agencies within the 

913 Department of the Interior that may impact the availability of water for Project purposes. 

914 (5) The Contracting Officer shall periodically, but not less than annually, 

915 hold division level meetings to discuss Project operations, division level water management 

916 activities, and other issues as appropriate. 

917 (d) Without limiting the contractual obligations of the Contracting Officer under 

918 the other Articles of this Contract, nothing in this Article shall be construed to limit or constrain the 

919 Contracting Officer’s ability to communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with the Contractor or 

920 other interested stakeholders or to make decisions in a timely fashion as needed to protect health, 

921 safety or the physical integrity of structures or facilities. 

922 CHARGES FOR DELINQUENT PAYMENTS

923 20. (a) The Contractor shall be subject to interest, administrative and penalty charges 

924 on delinquent installments or payments. When a payment is not received by the due date, the 

925 Contractor shall pay an interest charge for each day the payment is delinquent beyond the due date. 

926 When a payment becomes sixty (60) days delinquent, the Contractor shall pay an administrative 

927 charge to cover additional costs of billing and processing the delinquent payment. When a payment 

928 is delinquent ninety (90) days or more, the Contractor shall pay an additional penalty charge of six 

929 (6%) percent per year for each day the payment is delinquent beyond the due date. Further, the 

930 Contractor shall pay any fees incurred for debt collection services associated with a delinquent 

931 payment. 

932 

933 (b) The interest charge rate shall be the greater of the rate prescribed quarterly in 

934 the Federal Register by the Department of the Treasury for application to overdue payments, or the 

935 interest rate of one-half of one (0.5%) percent per month prescribed by Section 6 of the Reclamation 

936 Project Act of 1939 (Public Law 76-260). The interest charge rate shall be determined as of the due 

937 date and remain fixed for the duration of the delinquent period. 

938 (c) When a partial payment on a delinquent account is received, the amount 

939 received shall be applied, first to the penalty, second to the administrative charges, third to the 

940 accrued interest, and finally to the overdue payment. 

941 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

942 21. During the performance of this Contract, the Contractor agrees as follows: 
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943 (a) The Contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for 

944 employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The Contractor will take 

945 affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during 

946 employment, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Such action shall 

947 include, but not be limited to, the following: Employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; 

948 recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination, rates of payment or other forms of 

949 compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The Contractor agrees to post in 

950 conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided 

951 by the Contracting Officer setting forth the provisions of this nondiscrimination clause. 

952 (b) The Contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees 

953 placed by or on behalf of the Contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration 

954 for employment without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. 

955 (c) The Contractor will send to each labor union or representative of workers 

956 with which it has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, a notice, to 

957 be provided by the Contracting Officer, advising the said labor union or workers' representative of 

958 the Contractor's commitments under Section 202 of Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, 

959 and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for 

960 employment. 

961 (d) The Contractor will comply with all provisions of Executive Order 

962 No. 11246 of September 24, 1965, as amended, and of the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of 

963 the Secretary of Labor. 

964 (e) The Contractor will furnish all information and reports required by said 

965 amended Executive Order and by the rules, regulations, and orders of the Secretary of Labor, or 

966 pursuant thereto, and will permit access to its books, records, and accounts by the Contracting 

967 Officer and the Secretary of Labor for purposes of investigation to ascertain compliance with such 

968 rules, regulations, and orders. 

969 (f) In the event of the Contractor's noncompliance with the nondiscrimination 

970 clauses of this Contract or with any of the said rules, regulations, or orders, this Contract may be 

971 canceled, terminated, or suspended, in whole or in part, and the Contractor may be declared 

972 ineligible for further Government contracts in accordance with procedures authorized in said 

973 amended Executive Order, and such other sanctions may be imposed and remedies invoked as 

974 provided in said Executive Order, or by rule, regulation, or order of the Secretary of Labor, or as 

975 otherwise provided by law. 

976 (g) The Contractor will include the provisions of paragraphs (a) through (g) in 

977 every subcontract or purchase order unless exempted by the rules, regulations, or orders of the 

978 Secretary of Labor issued pursuant to Section 204 of said amended Executive Order, so that such 

979 provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The Contractor will take such action 

980 with respect to any subcontract or purchase order as may be directed by the Secretary of Labor as a 

981 means of enforcing such provisions, including sanctions for noncompliance: Provided, however, 

982 That in the event the Contractor becomes involved in, or is threatened with, litigation with a 
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983 subcontractor or vendor as a result of such direction, the Contractor may request the United States 

984 to enter into such litigation to protect the interests of the United States. 

985 GENERAL OBLIGATION--BENEFITS CONDITIONED UPON PAYMENT

986 22. (a) The obligation of the Contractor to pay the United States as provided in this 

987 Contract is a general obligation of the Contractor notwithstanding the manner in which the 

988 obligation may be distributed among the Contractor's water users and notwithstanding the default of 

989 individual water users in their obligations to the Contractor. 

990 (b) The payment of charges becoming due hereunder is a condition precedent to 

991 receiving benefits under this Contract. The United States shall not make water available to the 

992 Contractor through Project facilities during any period in which the Contractor may be in arrears in 

993 the advance payment of water rates due the United States. The Contractor shall not furnish water 

994 made available pursuant to this Contract for lands or parties which are in arrears in the advance 

995 payment of water rates levied or established by the Contractor. 

996 (c) With respect to subdivision (b) of this Article, the Contractor shall have no 

997 obligation to require advance payment for water rates which it levies. 

998 COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS AND REGULATIONS

999 23. (a) The Contractor shall comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 

1000 (42 U.S.C. 2000d), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1975 (P.L. 93-112, as amended), the 

1001 Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101, et seq.) and any other applicable civil rights laws, 

1002 as well as with their respective implementing regulations and guidelines imposed by the U.S. 

1003 Department of the Interior and/or Bureau of Reclamation. 

1004 (b) These statutes require that no person in the United States shall, on the 

1005 grounds of race, color, national origin, handicap, or age, be excluded from participation in, be 

1006 denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity 

1007 receiving financial assistance from the Bureau of Reclamation. By executing this Contract, the 

1008 Contractor agrees to immediately take any measures necessary to implement this obligation, 

1009 including permitting officials of the United States to inspect premises, programs, and documents. 

1010 (c) The Contractor makes this agreement in consideration of and for the purpose 

1011 of obtaining any and all Federal grants, loans, contracts, property discounts, or other Federal 

1012 financial assistance extended after the date hereof to the Contractor by the Bureau of Reclamation, 

1013 including installment payments after such date on account of arrangements for Federal financial 

1014 assistance which were approved before such date. The Contractor recognizes and agrees that such 

1015 Federal assistance will be extended in reliance on the representations and agreements made in this 

1016 Article, and that the United States reserves the right to seek judicial enforcement thereof. 
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1017 PRIVACY ACT COMPLIANCE

1018 24. (a) The Contractor shall comply with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) 

1019 (the Act) and the Department of the Interior rules and regulations under the Act (43 CFR 2.45 et 

1020 seq.) in maintaining Landholder acreage certification and reporting records, required to be 

1021 submitted to the Contractor for compliance with Sections 206 and 228 of the Reclamation Reform 

1022 Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1266), and pursuant to 43 CFR 426.18. 

1023 (b) With respect to the application and administration of the criminal penalty 

1024 provisions of the Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(i)), the Contractor and the Contractor's employees responsible 

1025 for maintaining the certification and reporting records referenced in (a) above are considered to be 

1026 employees of the Department of the Interior. See 5 U.S.C. 552a(m). 

1027 

1028 (c) The Contracting Officer or a designated representative shall provide the 

1029 Contractor with current copies of the Interior Department Privacy Act regulations and the Bureau of 

1030 Reclamation Federal Register Privacy Act System of Records Notice (Acreage Limitation--Interior, 

1031 Reclamation-31) which govern the maintenance, safeguarding, and disclosure of information 

1032 contained in the Landholder's certification and reporting records. 

1033 (d) The Contracting Officer shall designate a full-time employee of the Bureau of 

1034 Reclamation to be the System Manager who shall be responsible for making decisions on denials 

1035 pursuant to 43 CFR 2.61 and 2.64 amendment requests pursuant to 43 CFR 2.72. The Contractor is 

1036 authorized to grant requests by individuals for access to their own records. 

1037 (e) The Contractor shall forward promptly to the System Manager each proposed 

1038 denial of access under 43 CFR 2.64; and each request for amendment of records filed under 43 CFR 

1039 2.71; notify the requester accordingly of such referral; and provide the System Manager with 

1040 information and records necessary to prepare an appropriate response to the requester. These 

1041 requirements do not apply to individuals seeking access to their own certification and reporting 

1042 forms filed with the Contractor pursuant to 43 CFR 426.18, unless the requester elects to cite the 

1043 Privacy Act as a basis for the request. 

1044 CONTRACTOR TO PAY CERTAIN MISCELLANEOUS COSTS

1045 25. In addition to all other payments to be made by the Contractor pursuant to this 

1046 Contract, the Contractor shall pay to the United States, within 60 days after receipt of a bill and 

1047 detailed statement submitted by the Contracting Officer to the Contractor for such specific items of 

1048 direct cost incurred by the United States for work requested by the Contractor associated with this 

1049 Contract plus indirect costs in accordance with applicable Bureau of Reclamation policies and 

1050 procedures. All such amounts referred to in this Article shall not exceed the amount agreed to in 
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1051 writing in advance by the Contractor. This Article shall not apply to costs for routine contract 

1052 administration. 

1053 WATER CONSERVATION

1054 26. (a) Prior to the delivery of water provided from or conveyed through Federally 

1055 constructed or Federally financed facilities pursuant to this Contract, the Contractor shall be 

1056 implementing an effective water conservation and efficiency program based on the Contractor's 

1057 water conservation plan that has been determined by the Contracting Officer to meet the 

1058 conservation and efficiency criteria for evaluating water conservation plans established under 

1059 Federal law. The water conservation and efficiency program shall contain definite water 

1060 conservation objectives, appropriate economically feasible water conservation measures, and time 

1061 schedules for meeting those objectives. Continued Project Water delivery pursuant to this Contract 

1062 shall be contingent upon the Contractor’s continued implementation of such water conservation 

1063 program. In the event the Contractor's water conservation plan or any revised water conservation 

1064 plan completed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Article 26 of this Contract have not yet been 

1065 determined by the Contracting Officer to meet such criteria, due to circumstances which the 

1066 Contracting Officer determines are beyond the control of the Contractor, water deliveries shall be 

1067 made under this Contract so long as the Contractor diligently works with the Contracting Officer to 

1068 obtain such determination at the earliest practicable date, and thereafter the Contractor immediately 

1069 begins implementing its water conservation and efficiency program in accordance with the time 

1070 schedules therein. 

1071 (b) Should the amount of M&I Water delivered pursuant to subdivision (a) of 

1072 Article 3 of this Contract equal or exceed 2,000 acre-feet per Year, the Contractor shall implement 

1073 the Best Management Practices identified by the time frames issued by the California Urban Water 
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1074 Conservation Council for such M&I Water unless any such practice is determined by the 

1075 Contracting Officer to be inappropriate for the Contractor. 

1076 (c) The Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer a report on the status 

1077 of its implementation of the water conservation plan on the reporting dates specified in the then 

1078 existing conservation and efficiency criteria established under Federal law. 

1079 (d) At five-year intervals, the Contractor shall revise its water conservation plan 

1080 to reflect the then current conservation and efficiency criteria for evaluating water conservation 

1081 plans established under Federal law and submit such revised water management plan to the 

1082 Contracting Officer for review and evaluation. The Contracting Officer will then determine if the 

1083 water conservation plan meets Reclamation’s then current conservation and efficiency criteria for 

1084 evaluating water conservation plans established under Federal law. 

1085 (e) If the Contractor is engaged in direct groundwater recharge, such activity 

1086 shall be described in the Contractor’s water conservation plan. 

1087 EXISTING OR ACQUIRED WATER OR WATER RIGHTS

 27. Except as specifically provided in Article 17 of this Contract, the provisions of this 

Contract shall not be applicable to or affect non-project water or water rights now owned or 

hereafter acquired by the Contractor or any user of such water within the Contractor's Service Area. 

Any such water shall not be considered Project Water under this Contract. In addition, this Contract 

shall not be construed as limiting or curtailing any rights which the Contractor or any water user 

within the Contractor's Service Area acquires or has available under any other contract pursuant to 

Federal Reclamation law. 
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1088 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BY OPERATING NON-FEDERAL ENTITY

1089 28. (a) The O&M of a portion of the Project facilities which serve the Contractor, 

1090 and responsibility for funding a portion of the costs of such O&M, have been transferred to the San 

1091 Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, an Operating Non-Federal Entity by separate agreement 

1092 (8-07-20-X0354) between the United States and the Operating Non-Federal Entity San Luis & 

1093 Delta-Mendota Water Authority. That separate agreement shall not interfere with or affect the 

1094 rights or obligations of the Contractor or the United States hereunder. 

1095 (b) The Contracting Officer has previously notified the Contractor in writing that 

1096 the Operation and Maintenance of a portion of the Project facilities which serve the Contractor has 

1097 been transferred to the Operating Non-Federal Entity San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, 

1098 and therefore, the Contractor shall pay directly to the Operating Non-Federal Entity San Luis & 

1099 Delta-Mendota Water Authority, or to any successor approved by the Contracting Officer under the 

1100 terms and conditions of the separate agreement between the United States and the Operating Non1101 Federal Entity San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority described in subdivision (a) of this 

1102 Article, all rates, charges, or assessments of any kind, including any assessment for reserve funds, 

1103 which the Operating Non-Federal Entity San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority or such 

1104 successor determines, sets, or establishes for the O&M of the portion of the Project facilities 

1105 operated and maintained by the Operating Non-Federal Entity San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water

1106 Authority or such successor. Such direct payments to the Operating Non-Federal Entity San Luis & 

1107 Delta-Mendota Water Authority or such successor shall not relieve the Contractor of its obligation 

1108 to pay directly to the United States the Contractor’s share of the Project Rates, Charges, and Tiered 

1109 Pricing Component except to the extent the Operating Non-Federal Entity San Luis & 
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1110 Delta-Mendota Water Authority collects payments on behalf of the United States in accordance 

1111 with the separate agreement identified in subdivision (a) of this Article. 

1112 (c) For so long as the O&M of any portion of the Project facilities serving the 

1113 Contractor is performed by the Operating Non-Federal Entity San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water 

1114 Authority, or any successor thereto, the Contracting Officer shall adjust those components of the 

1115 Rates for Water Delivered under this Contract representing the cost associated with the activity 

1116 being performed by the Operating Non-Federal Entity San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority

1117 or its successor. 

1118 (d) In the event the O&M of the Project facilities operated and maintained by the 

1119 Operating Non-Federal Entity San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority is re-assumed by the 

1120 United States during the term of this Contract, the Contracting Officer shall so notify the 

1121 Contractor, in writing, and present to the Contractor a revised Exhibit “B” which shall include the 

1122 portion of the Rates to be paid by the Contractor for Project Water under this Contract representing 

1123 the O&M costs of the portion of such Project facilities which have been re-assumed. The 

1124 Contractor shall, thereafter, in the absence of written notification from the Contracting Officer to the 

1125 contrary, pay the Rates, Charges, and Tiered Pricing Component specified in the revised Exhibit 

1126 “B” directly to the United States in compliance with Article 7 of this Contract. 

1127 CONTINGENT ON APPROPRIATION OR ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS

1128 29. The expenditure or advance of any money or the performance of any obligation of 

1129 the United States under this Contract shall be contingent upon appropriation or allotment of funds. 

1130 Absence of appropriation or allotment of funds shall not relieve the Contractor from any obligations 

1131 under this Contract. No liability shall accrue to the United States in case funds are not appropriated 

1132 or allotted. 

1133 BOOKS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS

1134 30. (a) The Contractor shall establish and maintain accounts and other books and 

1135 records pertaining to administration of the terms and conditions of this Contract, including: the 
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1136 Contractor's financial transactions, water supply data, and Project land and right-of-way 

1137 agreements; the water users' land-use (crop census), land ownership, land-leasing and water use 

1138 data; and other matters that the Contracting Officer may require. Reports thereon shall be furnished 

1139 to the Contracting Officer in such form and on such date or dates as the Contracting Officer may 

1140 require. Subject to applicable Federal laws and regulations, each party to this Contract shall have 

1141 the right during office hours to examine and make copies of the other party's books and records 

1142 relating to matters covered by this Contract. 

1143 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of this Article, no books, 

1144 records, or other information shall be requested from the Contractor by the Contracting Officer 

1145 unless such books, records, or information are reasonably related to the administration or 

1146 performance of this Contract. Any such request shall allow the Contractor a reasonable period of 

1147 time within which to provide the requested books, records, or information. 

1148 (c) At such time as the Contractor provides information to the Contracting 

1149 Officer pursuant to subdivision (a) of this Article, a copy of such information shall be provided to 

1150 the Operating Non-Federal Entity. 

1151 ASSIGNMENT LIMITED--SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OBLIGATED

1152 31. (a) The provisions of this Contract shall apply to and bind the successors and 

1153 assigns of the parties hereto, but no assignment or transfer of this Contract or any right or interest 

1154 therein shall be valid until approved in writing by the Contracting Officer. 

1155 (b) The assignment of any right or interest in this Contract by either party shall 

1156 not interfere with the rights or obligations of the other party to this Contract absent the written 

1157 concurrence of said other party. 

1158 (c) The Contracting Officer shall not unreasonably condition or withhold 

1159 approval of any proposed assignment. 

1160 SEVERABILITY

1161 32. In the event that a person or entity who is neither (i) a party to a Project contract, nor 

1162 (ii) a person or entity that receives Project Water from a party to a Project contract, nor (iii) an 
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1163 association or other form of organization whose primary function is to represent parties to Project 

1164 contracts, brings an action in a court of competent jurisdiction challenging the legality or 

1165 enforceability of a provision included in this Contract and said person, entity, association, or 

1166 organization obtains a final court decision holding that such provision is legally invalid or 

1167 unenforceable and the Contractor has not intervened in that lawsuit in support of the plaintiff(s), the 

1168 parties to this Contract shall use their best efforts to (i) within 30 days of the date of such final court 

1169 decision identify by mutual agreement the provisions in this Contract which must be revised and (ii) 

1170 within three months thereafter promptly agree on the appropriate revision(s). The time periods 

1171 specified above may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. Pending the completion of 

1172 the actions designated above, to the extent it can do so without violating any applicable provisions 

1173 of law, the United States shall continue to make the quantities of Project Water specified in this 

1174 Contract available to the Contractor pursuant to the provisions of this Contract which were not 

1175 found to be legally invalid or unenforceable in the final court decision. 

1176 RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES

1177 33. Should any dispute arise concerning any provisions of this Contract, or the parties’ 

1178 rights and obligations thereunder, the parties shall meet and confer in an attempt to resolve the 

1179 dispute. Prior to the Contractor commencing any legal action, or the Contracting Officer referring 

1180 any matter to the Department of Justice, the party shall provide to the other party 30 days’ written 

1181 notice of the intent to take such action; Provided, That such notice shall not be required where a 

1182 delay in commencing an action would prejudice the interests of the party that intends to file suit. 

1183 During the 30-day notice period, the Contractor and the Contracting Officer shall meet and confer in 

1184 an attempt to resolve the dispute. Except as specifically provided, nothing herein is intended to 

1185 waive or abridge any right or remedy that the Contractor or the United States may have. 
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1186 OFFICIALS NOT TO BENEFIT

1187 34. No Member of or Delegate to Congress, Resident Commissioner, or official of the 

1188 Contractor shall benefit from this Contract other than as a water user or landowner in the same 

1189 manner as other water users or landowners. 

1190 CHANGES IN CONTRACTOR’S SERVICE AREA

1191 35. (a) While this Contract is in effect, no change may be made in the Contractor's 

1192 Service Area, by inclusion or exclusion of lands, dissolution, consolidation, merger, or otherwise, 

1193 except upon the Contracting Officer's written consent. 

1194 (b) Within 30 days of receipt of a request for such a change, the Contracting 

1195 Officer will notify the Contractor of any additional information required by the Contracting Officer 

1196 for processing said request, and both parties will meet to establish a mutually agreeable schedule for 

1197 timely completion of the process. Such process will analyze whether the proposed change is likely 

1198 to: (i) result in the use of Project Water contrary to the terms of this Contract; (ii) impair the ability 

1199 of the Contractor to pay for Project Water furnished under this Contract or to pay for any Federally1200 constructed facilities for which the Contractor is responsible; and (iii) have an impact on any Project 

1201 Water rights applications, permits, or licenses. In addition, the Contracting Officer shall comply 

1202 with the NEPA and the ESA. The Contractor will be responsible for all costs incurred by the 

1203 Contracting Officer in this process, and such costs will be paid in accordance with Article 25 of this 

1204 Contract.

1205 FEDERAL LAWS

1206 36. By entering into this Contract, the Contractor does not waive its rights to contest the 

1207 validity or application in connection with the performance of the terms and conditions of this 

1208 Contract of any Federal law or regulation; Provided, That the Contractor agrees to comply with the 

1209 terms and conditions of this Contract unless and until relief from application of such Federal law or 
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1210 regulation to the implementing provision of the Contract is granted by a court of competent 

1211 jurisdiction. 

1212 NOTICES

1213 37. Any notice, demand, or request authorized or required by this Contract shall be 

1214 deemed to have been given, on behalf of the Contractor, when mailed, postage prepaid, or delivered 

1215 to the Area Manager, South-Central California Area Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, California 

1216 93721, and on behalf of the United States, when mailed, postage prepaid, or delivered to the Board 

1217 of Directors of the Patterson Irrigation District, 948 Orange Avenue or P. O. Box 685, Patterson, 

1218 California 95363. The designation of the addressee or the address may be changed by notice given 

1219 in the same manner as provided in this Article for other notices. 

1220 CONFIRMATION OF CONTRACT

1221 38. The Contractor, after the execution of this Contract, shall promptly seek to secure a 

1222 decree of a court of competent jurisdiction of the State of California, confirming the execution of 

1223 this Contract. The Contractor shall furnish the United States a certified copy of the final decree, the 

1224 validation proceedings, and all pertinent supporting records of the court approving and confirming 

1225 this Contract, and decreeing and adjudging it to be lawful, valid, and binding on the Contractor. 
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1226 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Contract as of the day and 

1227 year first above written. 

1228 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

1229 By: ________________________________________ 

1230 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

1231 Bureau of Reclamation 

1232 (SEAL) 

1233 PATTERSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT 

1234 By: ________________________________________ 

1235 President of the Board of Directors 

1236 Attest: 

1237 By: ________________________________ 

1238 Secretary of the Board of Directors 

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EXHIBIT A

District Boundary

Contractor's Service Area

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Miles

214-208-12692

Note: The Public Land Survey depicted here

was digitized from USGS topographic maps.

Date: October 8, 2004

File Name: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\bin\patterson.mxd
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EXHIBIT B

PATTERSON WATER DISTRICT

Water Rates and Charges

Note: Rates and Charges are 2004 rates. This exhibit will be updated prior to execution of the 

 contract to reflect the current Rates and Charges. 

2004 Rates per Acre-Foot Irrigation M&I COST-OF-SERVICE RATES: Water Water 1/ 

Capital Rates $10.69 

O&M Rates: 

Water Marketing 7.59 

Storage 5.83 

Conveyance 

Conveyance Pumping 

Deficit Rates: 

 Non-Interest Bearing 

 Interest Bearing 1.96 

CFO/PFR Adj. Rate 2/ 

TOTAL COST-OF-SERVICE-RATES $26.07 1/

FULL-COST RATES

Section 202(3) Rate is applicable to a 

 Qualified Recipient or to a Limited 

 Recipient receiving irrigation water 

 on or before October 1, 1981. $40.21 

Section 205(a)(3) Rate is 

 applicable to a Limited Recipient that 

 did not receive irrigation water on or before October 1, 1981. $47.32 

CHARGES UNDER P.L. 102-575 TO RESTORATION FUND 3/ 

 Restoration Payments (3407(d)(2)(A)) $ 7.82 $15.64 

1/ To be provided as needed. Contractor does not currently receive M&I water and is not 

projected to take any in the near future. 

2/ Rate represents Chief Financial Officers (CFO) adjustment and Provision for Replacement 

(PFR) credit for option 2 cost deferment to be distributed over 5-year period beginning with 2003 

water rates. 

 

3/ Restoration fund charges are payments in addition to the water rates and were determined 

pursuant to Title XXXIV of Public Law 102-575. Restoration fund charges are on a fiscal year basis 

(10/1-9/30).