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Contract No. 14-06-200-7864A-IR2 

UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

Central Valley Project, California 

7 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES

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10 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE

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THIS CONTRACT, made this ______ day of ___________________, 20____, 

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

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

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

July 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 483), June 3, 1960 (74 Stat. 156), June 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 12, 

1982 (96 Stat. 1263), October 27, 1986 (100 Stat. 3050), as amended, and Title XXXIV of the 

Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4706), all collectively hereinafter referred to as Federal 

Reclamation law, between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the 

United States, and PANOCHE WATER DISTRICT, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a 

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

thereof; 

WITNESSETH, That: 

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[1st] WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor entered into only one 

interim renewal contract identified as Contract No. 14-06-200-7864A-IR1, hereinafter 

referred to as the Existing Interim Renewal Contract, which provided for the continued water 
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service to the Contractor from January 1, 2009 through February 28, 2011 following 

expiration of the existing contract no. 14-06-200-7864A; and 

[2nd] WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor have made significant 

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

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

in seeking to reach agreement, but anticipate that the environmental documentation necessary for 

execution of any long-term renewal contract may be delayed until March 2013, or later for 

reasons beyond the control of the parties; and 

[3rd] WHEREAS, the Contractor has requested a subsequent interim renewal 

contract pursuant to subdivision (b) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract; and 

[4th] WHEREAS, the United States has determined that the Contractor has to 

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

[5th] WHEREAS, the United States is willing to renew the Existing Interim 

Renewal Contract pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth below; 

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

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

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

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

included in full text with the exception of Article 2 thereof, which is revised as follows: 

(a) The first sentence in subdivision (a) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim 

Renewal Contract is modified as follows: “This Contract shall be effective from March 1, 2011, 

and shall remain in effect through February 28, 2013, and thereafter will be renewed as described 
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in subdivision (a) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract if a long-term renewal 

contract has not been executed with an effective commencement date of March 1, 2013.” 

(b) Subdivision (b) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is 

amended by deleting the date “February 28, 2011,” and replacing same with the date 

“February 28, 2013.” 

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

the day and year first above written. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

By: _____________________________________ 

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

Bureau of Reclamation 

(SEAL) PANOCHE WATER DISTRICT 

By: _____________________________________ 

President 

Attest: 

By: __________________________________ 

Secretary