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Contract No. 

14-06-200-1314A-R-1 

UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

Central Valley Project, California 

CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND

JOHN A. DRIVER AND CLARE M. DRIVER, TRUSTEES OF THE JOHN A. AND CLARE 

M. DRIVER FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST,

DIVERTER OF WATER FROM SACRAMENTO RIVER SOURCES,

SETTLING WATER RIGHTS DISPUTES AND

 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER 

Table of Contents

Article No. Title Page No.

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

Explanatory Recitals ................................................................................ 2-3 

1 Definitions................................................................................................ 3-6 

2 Term of Settlement Contract........................................................................7 

3 Water to be Furnished to Contractor........................................................ 7-9 

4 Return Flow ........................................................................................... 9-10 

5 Constraints on the Availability of Water ...................................................10 

6 Integrated Water Management and Partnerships ................................. 10-11 

7 Use of Water Furnished to Contractor................................................. 11-12 

8 Rate and Method of Payment for Water .............................................. 12-16 

9 Agreement on Water Quantities........................................................... 16-19 

10 Measurement of Water......................................................................... 19-20 

11 Rules and Regulations................................................................................20 

12 General Obligation--Benefits Conditioned 

 Upon Payment.........................................................................................20 

13 Charges for Delinquent Payments ....................................................... 20-21 

14 Quality of Water ........................................................................................21 

15 Water and Air Pollution Control................................................................21 

16 Equal Opportunity................................................................................ 21-22 

17 Compliance With Civil Rights Laws 

 and Regulations.......................................................................................23 

18 Mingling of Contractor’s Project and 

 Non-Project Water ..................................................................................23 
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Article No. Title Page No. 

19 Books, Records, and Reports.....................................................................23 

20 Change of Place of Use or Organization....................................................23 

21 Consolidation of Contracting Entities........................................................23 

22 Notices .......................................................................................................23 

23 Assignment Limited--Successors and 

 Assigns Obligated ............................................................................. 23-24 

24 Officials Not to Benefit..............................................................................24 

25 Contingent Upon Appropriation or 

 Allotment of Funds .................................................................................24 

26 Confirmation of Settlement Contract.........................................................24 

27 Unavoidable Groundwater Percolation......................................................24 

28 Privacy Act Compliance ...................................................................... 24-25 

29 Water Conservation ............................................................................. 25-26 

30 Opinions and Determinations .............................................................. 26-27 

31 Contractor to Pay Certain Miscellaneous Costs................................... 27-28 

32 Waiver of Default ......................................................................................28 

33 Contract Assignment or Termination Upon Transfer of Land............. 28-29 

34 Termination................................................................................................29 

Signature Page ...........................................................................................30 

Exhibit A Schedule of Monthly Diversions of Water 

Exhibit B Map of Contractor’s Ownership 

Exhibit C Omitted 

Exhibit D Water Rates and Charges 
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1 Contract No. 

2 14-06-200-1314A-R-1 

3 UNITED STATES 

4 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

5 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

6 Central Valley Project, California 

7 CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND

8 JOHN A. DRIVER AND CLARE M. DRIVER, TRUSTEES OF THE JOHN A. AND CLARE 

9 M. DRIVER FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST,

10 DIVERTER OF WATER FROM SACRAMENTO RIVER SOURCES,

11 SETTLING WATER RIGHTS DISPUTES AND

12 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER 

13 THIS CONTRACT, hereinafter referred to as “Settlement Contract,” is entered into 

14 by THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, made this 

15 _____ day of ____________________, 2004, pursuant to the applicable authority granted to it 

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

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

18 supplemented, August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), as amended and supplemented, including but not 

19 limited to Sections 9 and 14 thereto, July 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 483), June 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 

20 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1262), October 27, 1986 (100 Stat. 3050), as amended, and Title XXXIV of the 

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

22 Reclamation law, and JOHN A. DRIVER AND CLARE M. DRIVER, TRUSTEES OF THE 

23 JOHN A. AND CLARE M. DRIVER FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST, hereinafter referred to 

24 as the Contractor, a trust, acting pursuant to Sections 12003 and 12004 of the California Water 

25 Code, with its principal place of business in California; 

26 WITNESSETH, that: 
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27 EXPLANATORY RECITALS

[1st 28 ] WHEREAS, the United States has constructed and is operating the Central Valley 

29 Project, California, for multiple purposes pursuant to its statutory authority; and 

[2nd] 30 ] WHEREAS, the Contractor has rights to divert, is diverting, and will continue to 

31 divert for reasonable beneficial use, water from the natural flow of the Sacramento River and 

32 tributaries thereto, that would have been flowing therein if the Central Valley Project were not in 

33 existence; and 

[3rd 34 ] WHEREAS, the construction and operation of the integrated and coordinated 

35 Central Valley Project has changed and will further change the regimen of the Sacramento, 

36 American, San Joaquin, and Trinity Rivers and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta from 

37 unregulated flow to regulated flow; and 

[4th 38 ] WHEREAS, the United States has rights to divert, is diverting, and will continue 

39 to divert waters from said Rivers and said Delta in connection with the operation of said Central 

40 Valley Project; and 

[5th 41 ] WHEREAS, the Contractor and the United States had a dispute over the 

42 respective rights of the parties to divert and use water from the regulated flow of the Sacramento 

43 River which threatened to result in litigation, and as a means to settle that dispute entered into 

44 Contract No. 14-06-200-1314A, as amended, hereinafter referred to as the Existing Contract, 

45 which established terms for the delivery to the Contractor of Central Valley Project Water, and 

46 the quantities of Base Supply the United States and the Contractor agreed may be diverted by the 

47 Contractor from the Sacramento River pursuant to such contract; and 

[6th 48 ] WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor disagree with respect to the 

49 authority of the United States to change the quantities of Base Supply and/or Project Water 
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50 specified as available for diversion in this Settlement Contract from the quantities specified in 

51 the Existing Contract, and other issues related thereto. That dispute was the subject of litigation 

52 in a lawsuit entitled Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, et al. v. United States, et al. [Civ. No. S53 01-1816 GEB/JFM (E.D. Cal.)], but that litigation was dismissed, without prejudice, pursuant to 

54 a stipulation of dismissal filed by the parties thereto on August 29, 2002. Notwithstanding that 

55 dismissal, the Contractor and the United States enter into this Settlement Contract to renew the 

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

57 the laws of the State of California; and

[7th] 58 WHEREAS, to assure the Contractor of the enjoyment and use of the regulated 

59 flow of the said Rivers and the Delta, and to provide for the economical operation of the Central 

60 Valley Project by, and the reimbursement to, the United States for expenditures made for said 

61 Project. 

62 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the performance of the herein 

63 contained provisions, conditions, and covenants, it is agreed as follows:

64 DEFINITIONS

65 1. When used herein, unless otherwise expressed or incompatible with the intent 

66 hereof, the term: 

67 (a) “Base Supply” shall mean the quantity of Surface Water established in 

68 Articles 3 and 5 which may be diverted by the Contractor from the Sacramento River each month 

69 during the period April through October of each Year without payment to the United States for 

70 such quantities diverted; 

71 (b) “Basin-Wide Water Management Plan” shall mean the mutually agreeable

72 Sacramento River Basinwide Water Management Plan, dated _______, developed by 
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73 Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, Maxwell Irrigation District, Natomas Central Mutual Water 

74 Company, Pelger Mutual Water Company, Princeton-Codora Glenn Irrigation District, Provident 

75 Irrigation District, Reclamation District 108, Sutter Mutual Water Company, Anderson76 Cottonwood Irrigation District, Meridian Farms Water Company, Reclamation District 1004, and 

77 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; 

78 (c) “Charges” shall mean the payments for Project Water that the Contractor 

79 is required to pay to the United States in addition to the “Rates” specified in this Settlement 

80 Contract. The Contracting Officer will, on an annual basis, determine the extent of these 

81 Charges. The type and amount of each Charge shall be specified in Exhibit D; 

82 (d) “Contract Total” shall mean the sum of the Base Supply and Project Water 

83 available for diversion by the Contractor for the period April 1 through October 31; 

84 (e) “Critical Year” shall mean any Year in which either of the following 

85 eventualities exists: 

86 (1) The forecasted full natural inflow to Shasta Lake for the current 

87 Water Year, as such forecast is made by the United States on or before February 15 and reviewed 

88 as frequently thereafter as conditions and information warrant, is equal to or less than 3.2 million 

89 acre-feet; or 

90 (2) The total accumulated actual deficiencies below 4 million acre-feet 

91 in the immediately prior Water Year or series of successive prior Water Years each of which had 

92 inflows of less than 4 million acre-feet, together with the forecasted deficiency for the current 

93 Water Year, exceed 800,000 acre-feet. 

94 For the purpose of determining a Critical Year, the computation of inflow to 

95 Shasta Lake shall be performed in a manner that considers the extent of upstream development 
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96 above Shasta Lake during the year in question, and shall be used as the full natural flow to 

97 Shasta Lake. In the event that major construction has occurred or occurs above Shasta Lake after 

98 September 1, 1963, and which has materially altered or alters the regimen of the stream systems 

99 contributing to Shasta Lake, the computed inflow to Shasta Lake used to define a Critical Year 

100 will be adjusted to eliminate the effect of such material alterations. After consultation with the 

101 State of California, the National Weather Service, and other recognized forecasting agencies, the 

102 Contracting Officer will select the forecast to be used and will make the details of it available to 

103 the Contractor. The same forecasts used by the United States for the operation of the Project 

104 shall be used to make the forecasts hereunder; 

105 (f) “CVPIA” shall mean the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 

106 Title XXXIV of the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4706); 

107 (g) “Eligible Lands” shall mean all lands to which Project Water may be 

108 delivered in accordance with Section 204 of the Reclamation Reform Act of October 12, 1982 

109 (96 Stat. 1263), as amended, hereinafter referred to as RRA;

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

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

112 Reclamation law; 

113 (i) “Full Cost Rate” shall mean that water rate described in Sections 205(a)(3) 

114 or 202(3) of the RRA, whichever is applicable; 

115 (j) Omitted; 

116 (k) “Landholder” shall mean a party that directly or indirectly owns or leases 

117 nonexempt land, as provided in 43 CFR 426.2; 
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118 (l) “Project” shall mean the Central Valley Project owned by the United 

119 States and managed by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; 

120 (m) “Project Water” shall mean all Surface Water diverted or scheduled to be 

121 diverted each month during the period April through October of each Year by the Contractor 

122 from the Sacramento River which is in excess of the Base Supply. The United States recognizes 

123 the right of the Contractor to make arrangements for acquisition of water from projects of others 

124 than the United States for delivery through the Sacramento River and tributaries subject to 

125 written agreement between Contractor and the United States as to identification of such water, 

126 which water, when so identified, shall not be deemed Project Water under this Settlement 

127 Contract; 

128 (n) “Rates” shall mean the payments for Project Water determined annually 

129 by the Contracting Officer in accordance with the then current applicable water ratesetting 

130 policies for the Project, as described in subdivision (a) of Article 8 of this Settlement Contract; 

131 (o) “Secretary” or “Contracting Officer” shall mean the Secretary of the 

132 Interior, a duly appointed successor, or an authorized representative acting pursuant to any 

133 authority of the Secretary and through any agency of the Department of the Interior; 

134 (p) “Surface Water” shall mean only those waters that are considered as 

135 surface water under California law; 

136 (q) “Water Year” shall mean the period commencing with October 1 of 1 year 

137 and extending through September 30 of the next; and 

138 (r) “Year” shall mean a calendar year. 
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139 TERM OF SETTLEMENT CONTRACT

140 2. (a) This Settlement Contract shall become effective April 1, 2004, and shall 

141 remain in effect until and including March 31, 2044: Provided, that under terms and conditions 

142 mutually agreeable to the parties hereto, renewals may be made for successive periods not to 

143 exceed 40 years each. The terms and conditions of each renewal shall be agreed upon not later 

144 than 1 year prior to the expiration of the then existing Settlement Contract. 

145 (b) With respect to Project Water and the portions of this Settlement Contract 

146 pertaining thereto, upon written request by the Contractor of the Secretary made not later than 1 

147 year prior to the expiration of this Settlement Contract, whenever, account being taken of the 

148 amount then credited to the costs of construction of water supply works, the remaining amount of 

149 construction costs of water supply work which is properly assignable for ultimate return by the 

150 Contractor as established by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to (3) of Section 1 of Public 

151 Law 643 (70 Stat. 483), probably can be repaid to the United States within the term of a contract 

152 under subsection 9(d) of the 1939 Reclamation Project Act (53 Stat. 1187), the relevant portions 

153 of this Settlement Contract may be converted to a contract under said subsection 9(d) upon terms 

154 and conditions mutually agreeable to the United States and the Contractor. The Secretary shall 

155 make a determination 10 years after the date of execution of this Settlement Contract, and every 

156 5 years thereafter, of whether a conversion to a contract under said subsection 9(d) can be 

157 accomplished pursuant to Public Law 643. Notwithstanding any provision of this Settlement 

158 Contract, the Contractor reserves and shall have all rights and benefits under Public Law 643. 

159 WATER TO BE FURNISHED TO CONTRACTOR

160 3. (a) Subject to the conditions, limitations, and provisions hereinafter 

161 expressed, the Contractor is hereby entitled and authorized to divert from the Sacramento River 
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162 at the locations shown in Exhibit A, for beneficial use within the area delineated on Exhibit B, 

163 (both Exhibits are attached hereto and made a part hereof), the Contract Total designated in 

164 Exhibit A, or any revision thereof. 

165 (b) No sale, transfer, exchange, or other disposal of any of the Contract Total 

166 designated in Exhibit A or the right to the use thereof for use on land other than that shown on 

167 Exhibit B shall be made by the Contractor without first obtaining the written consent of the 

168 Contracting Officer. Such consent will not be unreasonably withheld and a decision will be 

169 rendered in a timely manner. For short-term actions that will occur within 1 year or less, the 

170 decision will be rendered within 30 days after receipt of a complete written proposal. For long171 term actions that will occur in a period longer than 1 year, the decision will be rendered within 

172 90 days after receipt of a complete written proposal. For a proposal to be deemed complete by 

173 the Contracting Officer, it must comply with all provisions required by State and Federal law, 

174 including information sufficient to enable the Contracting Officer to comply with the National 

175 Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and applicable rules or regulations then 

176 in effect; Provided that, such consent does not authorize the use of Federal facilities to facilitate 

177 or effectuate the sale, transfer, exchange or other disposal of Base Supply. Such use of Federal 

178 facilities will be the subject of a separate agreement to be entered into between the Contractor 

179 and Reclamation. 

180 (c) For the purpose of determining whether Section 3405(a)(1)(M) of the 

181 CVPIA applies to the Contractor as a transferor or transferee of Project Water, the Contracting 

182 Officer acknowledges that the Contractor is within a county, watershed, or other area of origin, 

183 as those terms are utilized under California law, of water that constitutes the natural flow of the 
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184 Sacramento River and its tributaries above the confluence of the American and Sacramento 

185 Rivers. 

186 (d) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Contractor from diverting 

187 water during the months of November through March for beneficial use on the land shown on 

188 Exhibit B or elsewhere to the extent authorized under the laws of the State of California. 

189 (e) The United States assumes no responsibility for and neither it nor its 

190 officers, agents, or employees shall have any liability for or on account of: 

191 (1) The quality of water to be diverted by the Contractor; 

192 (2) The control, carriage, handling, use, disposal, or distribution of 

193 water diverted by the Contractor outside the facilities constructed and then being operated and 

194 maintained by or on behalf of the United States; 

195 (3) Claims of damage of any nature whatsoever, including but not 

196 limited to, property loss or damage, personal injury, or death arising out of or connected with the 

197 control, carriage, handling, use, disposal, or distribution of said water outside of the hereinabove 

198 referred to facilities; and 

199 (4) Any damage whether direct or indirect arising out of or in any 

200 manner caused by a shortage of water whether such shortage be on account of errors in 

201 operation, drought, or unavoidable causes. 

202 RETURN FLOW

203 4. Nothing herein shall be construed as an abandonment or a relinquishment by the 

204 United States of any right it may have to the use of waste, seepage, and return flow water derived 

205 from water diverted by the Contractor hereunder and which escapes or is discharged beyond the 

206 boundaries of the lands shown on Exhibit B; Provided, that this shall not be construed as 
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207 claiming for the United States any right to such water which is recovered by the Contractor 

208 pursuant to California law from within the boundaries of the lands shown on Exhibit B, and 

209 which is being used pursuant to this Settlement Contract for surface irrigation or underground 

210 storage for the benefit of the lands shown on Exhibit B by the Contractor. 

211 CONSTRAINTS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER

212 5. In a Critical Year, the Contractor shall have the option to: 

213 (a) Irrigate not in excess of 75 percent of their irrigable acreage shown on 

214 Exhibit A; or 

215 (b) Divert from the Sacramento River not in excess of 75 percent of the 

216 Contract Total shown on Exhibit A, subject to the installation of measurement equipment 

217 satisfactory to the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall install, operate, and maintain this 

218 equipment at the Contractor’s expense. The Contractor shall submit, by April 1 of that Critical 

219 Year, a written schedule to the Contracting Officer indicating the Contract Total to be diverted 

220 by the Contractor during each month of that Critical Year under this Settlement Contract. 

221 (c) The amount of any overpayment by the Contractor shall, at its option, be 

222 refunded or credited upon amounts to become due to the United States from the Contractor under 

223 the provisions hereof in the ensuing Year. To the extent of such deficiency such adjustment of 

224 overpayment shall constitute the sole remedy of the Contractor. 

225 INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS

226 6. The Contractor and United States desire to work together to maximize the 

227 reasonable beneficial use of water for their mutual benefit. As a consequence, the United States 

228 and the Contractor will work in partnership and with others within the Sacramento Valley, 

229 including other Contractors, to facilitate the better integration within the Sacramento Valley of 
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230 all water supplies including, but not limited to, the better management and integration of surface 

231 water and groundwater, the development and better utilization of surface water storage, the 

232 effective utilization of waste, seepage and return flow water, and other operational and 

233 management options that may be identified in the future. 

234 USE OF WATER FURNISHED TO CONTRACTOR

235 7. (a) Project Water furnished to the Contractor pursuant to this Settlement 

236 Contract shall not be delivered or furnished by the Contractor for any purposes other than 

237 agricultural purposes without the written consent of the Contracting Officer. For purposes of this 

238 Settlement Contract, “agricultural purposes” includes, but is not restricted to, the irrigation of 

239 crops, the watering of livestock, incidental domestic use including related landscape irrigation, or 

240 underground water replenishment. 

241 (b) The Contractor shall comply with requirements applicable to the 

242 Contractor in biological opinion(s) prepared as a result of a consultation regarding the execution 

243 of this Settlement Contract undertaken pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 

244 1973, as amended, that are within the Contractor’s legal authority to implement. The Contractor 

245 shall comply with the limitations or requirements imposed by environmental documentation 

246 applicable to the Contractor and within its legal authority to implement. The Existing Contract, 

247 which evidences in excess of 40 years of diversions, for agricultural uses, of the quantities of 

248 water provided for in Article 3, and the underlying water rights of the Contractor will be 

249 considered in developing an appropriate base-line for the Biological Assessment prepared 

250 pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, and in any other needed environmental review. 

251 Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Contractor from challenging or seeking judicial 
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252 relief in a court of competent jurisdiction with respect to any biological opinion or other 

253 environmental documentation referred to in this Article. 

254 RATE AND METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR WATER

255 8. (a) The Contractor shall make payments to the United States as provided in 

256 this Article for each acre of land irrigated in each Year. 

257 Such payments shall be at Rates and Charges established in accordance with: (i) 

258 the Secretary’s then current ratesetting policies for the Project; and (ii) applicable Reclamation 

259 law and associated rules and regulations, or policies: Provided, that if the Contractor desires to 

260 use Project Water for other than agricultural use the Rates and Charges set forth above will be 

261 adjusted by the Contracting Officer to the applicable Rates and Charges for such use. The Rates 

262 and Charges applicable to the Contractor upon execution of this Settlement Contract are set forth 

263 in Exhibit D, as may be revised annually. The Secretary’s ratesetting policies for the Project 

264 shall be amended, modified, or superseded only through a public notice and comment procedure. 

265 (b) The Contracting Officer shall notify the Contractor of the Rates and 

266 Charges as follows: 

267 (1) Prior to July 1 of each Year, the Contracting Officer shall provide 

268 the Contractor an estimate of the Charges for Project Water that will be applied to the period 

269 October 1, of the current Year, through September 30, of the following Year, and the basis for 

270 such estimate. The Contractor shall be allowed not less than 2 months to review and comment 

271 on such estimates. On or before September 15 of each Year, the Contracting Officer shall notify 

272 the Contractor in writing of the Charges to be in effect during the period October 1 of the current 

273 Year, through September 30, of the following Year, and such notification shall revise Exhibit D. 
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274 (2) Prior to October 1 of each Year, the Contracting Officer shall make 

275 available to the Contractor an estimate of the Rates for Project Water for the following Year and 

276 the computations and cost allocations upon which those Rates are based. The Contractor shall be 

277 allowed not less than 2 months to review and comment on such computations and cost 

278 allocations. By December 31 of each Year, the Contracting Officer shall provide the Contractor 

279 with the final Rates to be in effect for the upcoming Year, and such notification shall revise 

280 Exhibit D. 

281 (c) The Contractor shall pay the United States for Project Water in the 

282 following manner: 

283 (1) With respect to Rates and Charges, on or before May 1 of each 

284 Year, the Contractor shall pay the United States one-half the total amount payable pursuant to 

285 subdivision (a) of this Article and the remainder shall be paid on or before July 1 or such later 

286 date or dates as may be specified by the United States in a written notice to the Contractor. 

287 (2) The amount to be paid on or before May 1 of each Year shall be 

288 based on a written estimate, provided to the Contracting Officer by the Contractor on or before 

289 April 1 of each Year, of the total area to be irrigated during the ensuing irrigation season. 

290 (3) The amount to be paid on or before July 1 shall be equal to the 

291 difference between the amount paid on May 1 and the total amount due for the Year, based on 

292 the total area actually irrigated prior to July 1. 

293 (4) If additional areas are placed under irrigation on or after July 1, 

294 additional payment shall be made in advance of such additional irrigation at the Rates and 

295 Charges shown in Exhibit D for each additional acre placed under irrigation. 
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296 (d) Payments to be made by the Contractor to the United States under this 

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

298 (1) All revenues received by the United States from the Contractor 

299 relating to the delivery of Project Water or the delivery of non-Project Water through Project 

300 facilities shall be allocated and applied in accordance with Federal Reclamation law and the 

301 associated rules or regulations, and the then current Project ratesetting policies for irrigation 

302 water. 

303 (e) The Contracting Officer shall keep its accounts pertaining to the 

304 administration of the financial terms and conditions of its long-term water service and Settlement 

305 Contracts, in accordance with applicable Federal standards, so as to reflect the application of 

306 Project costs and revenues. The Contracting Officer shall, each Year upon request of the 

307 Contractor, provide to the Contractor a detailed accounting of all Project and Contractor expense 

308 allocations, the disposition of all Project and Contractor revenues, and a summary of all water 

309 delivery information. The Contracting Officer and the Contractor shall enter into good faith 

310 negotiations to resolve any discrepancies or disputes relating to accountings, reports, or 

311 information. 

312 (f) The parties acknowledge and agree that the efficient administration of this 

313 Settlement Contract is their mutual goal. Recognizing that experience has demonstrated that 

314 mechanisms, policies, and procedures used for establishing Rates and Charges and/or for making 

315 and allocating payments, other than those set forth in this Article may be in the mutual best 

316 interest of the parties, it is expressly agreed that the parties may enter into agreements to modify 

317 the mechanisms, policies, and procedures for any of those purposes while this Settlement 

318 Contract is in effect without amendment of this Settlement Contract. 
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319 (g) For the term of this Settlement Contract, Rates under the respective 

320 ratesetting policies for the Project will be established to recover only reimbursable operation and 

321 maintenance (including any deficits) and capital costs of the Project, as those terms are used in 

322 the then-current Project ratesetting policies, and interest, where appropriate, except in instances 

323 where a minimum Rate is applicable in accordance with the relevant Project ratesetting policy. 

324 Proposed changes of significance in practices which implement the ratesetting policies for the 

325 Project will not be implemented until the Contracting Officer has provided the Contractor an 

326 opportunity to discuss the nature, need, and impact of the proposed change. The Contractor 

327 retains all rights to challenge the validity of Rates and Charges imposed pursuant to this 

328 Settlement Contract, including but not limited to operation and maintenance expenses and 

329 operation and maintenance deficits, in an appropriate administrative or judicial proceeding. 

330 (h) Except as provided in subsection 3405(a)(1)(B) of the CVPIA, the Rates 

331 for Project Water transferred, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, by the Contractor shall be the 

332 Contractor’s Rates adjusted upward or downward to reflect the changed costs of delivery (if any) 

333 of the transferred, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of Project Water to the transferee’s point of 

334 delivery in accordance with the then-current ratesetting policies for the Project. Except as 

335 provided in subsection 3407(d)(2)(A) of the CVPIA, the Charges for Project Water transferred, 

336 exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, by the Contractor shall be the Contractor’s Charges 

337 specified in Exhibit D. If the Contractor is receiving lower Rates and Charges because of 

338 inability to pay and is transferring, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of Project Water to 

339 another entity whose Rates and Charges are not adjusted due to inability to pay, the Rates and 

340 Charges for transferred, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of Project Water shall be the 

341 Contractor’s Rates and Charges unadjusted for ability to pay. 
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342 (i) Pursuant to the Act of October 27, 1986 (100 Stat. 3050), the Contracting 

343 Officer is authorized to adjust determinations of ability to pay every 5 years. 

344 (j) Each payment to be made pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of this 

345 Article shall be made at the office of the Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, File No. 

346 11546, P.O. Box 6000, San Francisco, California, 94160-1546, or at such other place as the 

347 United States may designate in a written notice to the said Contractor. Payments shall be made 

348 by cash transaction, wire, or any other mechanism as may be agreed to in writing by the 

349 Contractor and the Contracting Officer. In event there should be a default in the payment of the 

350 amount due, the delinquent payment provisions of Article 13 shall apply. The Contractor shall 

351 not be relieved of the whole or any part of its said obligation by, on account of, or 

352 notwithstanding, as the case may be its failure, refusal, or neglect to divert the quantity of Project 

353 Water shown on Exhibit A. 

354 AGREEMENT ON WATER QUANTITIES

355 9. (a) During the term of this Settlement Contract and any renewals thereof: 

356 (1) It shall constitute full agreement as between the United States and 

357 the Contractor as to the quantities of water and the allocation thereof between Base Supply and 

358 Project Water which may be diverted by the Contractor from the Sacramento River for beneficial 

359 use on the land shown on Exhibit B which said diversion, use, and allocation shall not be 

360 disturbed so long as the Contractor shall fulfill all of its obligations hereunder; 

361 (2) Neither party shall claim any right against the other in conflict with 

362 the provisions of Article 9(a)(1) hereof. 

363 (b) Nothing herein contained is intended to or does limit rights of the 

364 Contractor against others than the United States or of the United States against any person other 
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365 than the Contractor: Provided, however, that in the event the Contractor, the United States, or 

366 any other person shall become a party to a general adjudication of rights to the use of water of 

367 the Sacramento River system, this Settlement Contract shall not jeopardize the rights or position 

368 of either party hereto or of any other person and the rights of all such persons in respect to the 

369 use of such water shall be determined in such proceedings the same as if this Settlement Contract 

370 had not been entered into, and if final judgment in any such general adjudication shall determine 

371 that the rights of the parties hereto are different from the rights as assumed herein, the parties 

372 shall negotiate an amendment to give effect to such judgment. In the event the parties are unable 

373 to agree on an appropriate amendment they shall, within 60 days of determining that there is an 

374 impasse, employ the services of a neutral mediator, experienced in resolving water rights 

375 disputes, to assist in resolving the impasse. The cost of the mediation will be shared equally. A 

376 failure to reach agreement on an amendment within 60 days of the end of mediation will cause 

377 the immediate termination of this Settlement Contract. 

378 (c) In the event that the California State Water Resources Control Board or a 

379 court of competent jurisdiction issues a final decision or order modifying the terms and 

380 conditions of the water rights of either party to this Settlement Contract in order to impose Bay381 Delta water quality obligations, the Contractor and the United States shall promptly meet to 

382 determine whether or not to modify any of the terms of this Settlement Contract to comply with 

383 the final decision or order, including, but not limited to, the applicability of the rescheduling 

384 charge in Article 3(c)(1) of this Settlement Contract. If within 60 days of the date of the issuance 

385 of the final decision or order the parties are not able to reach agreement regarding either the need 

386 to modify this Settlement Contract or the manner in which this Settlement Contract is to be 

387 modified, the parties shall promptly retain a neutral mediator, experienced in resolving water 
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388 right disputes, to assist the parties in resolving their dispute. The cost of the mediator shall be 

389 shared equally. In the event that either of the parties to this Settlement Contract determines that 

390 the parties will not be able to develop mutually-agreeable modification(s) to this Settlement 

391 Contract even with the assistance of a mediator, either of the parties to this Settlement Contract 

392 may attempt to resolve the impasse by seeking appropriate judicial relief including, but not 

393 limited to, filing a general adjudication of the rights to the use of water in the Sacramento River 

394 system. The foregoing provisions of this sub-article shall only apply to the incremental 

395 obligations contained within a final decision or order of the State Water Resources Control 

396 Board that reflects a modification to the obligations imposed in State Water Resources Control 

397 Board Revised Water Rights Decision 1641 dated March 15, 2000, and its associated 1995 Water 

398 Quality Control Plan which, taken together, will be considered the baseline for the application of 

399 the provisions of this sub-article. 

400 (d) In the event this Settlement Contract terminates, the rights of the parties to 

401 thereafter divert and use water shall exist as if this Settlement Contract had not been entered into; 

402 and the fact that as a compromise settlement of a controversy as to the respective rights of the 

403 parties to divert and use water and the yield of such rights during the term hereof, this Settlement 

404 Contract places a limit on the Contract Total to be diverted annually by the Contractor during the 

405 Settlement Contract term and segregates it into Base Supply and Project Water shall not 

406 jeopardize the rights or position of either party with respect to its water rights or the yield thereof 

407 at all times after the Settlement Contract terminates. It is further agreed that the Contractor at all 

408 times will first use water to the use of which it is entitled by virtue of its own water rights, and 

409 neither the provisions of this Settlement Contract, action taken thereunder, nor payments made 

410 thereunder to the United States by the Contractor shall be construed as an admission that any part 
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411 of the water used by the Contractor during the term of this Settlement Contract was in fact water 

412 to which it would not have been entitled under water rights owned by it nor shall receipt of 

413 payments thereunder by the United States from the Contractor be construed as an admission that 

414 any part of the water used by the Contractor during the term of this Settlement Contract was in 

415 fact water to which it would have been entitled under water rights owned by it. 

416 MEASUREMENT OF WATER

417 10. (a) All water diverted by the Contractor from the Sacramento River will be 

418 diverted at the existing point or points of diversion shown on Exhibit A or at such other points as 

419 may be mutually agreed upon in writing by the Contracting Officer and the Contractor. 

420 (b) The right of ingress to and egress from all points of diversion is hereby 

421 granted to all authorized employees of the United States. The Contractor also hereby grants to 

422 the United States the right to install, operate, maintain, and replace measuring equipment on 

423 diversion or carriage facilities at each point of diversion as the Contracting Officer deems 

424 necessary. 

425 (c) The Contractor shall not modify, alter, remove, or replace diversion 

426 facilities or do any other act which would alter the effectiveness or accuracy of the measuring 

427 equipment installed by the United States or its representatives unless and until the Contracting 

428 Officer has been notified with due diligence and has been given an opportunity to modify such 

429 measuring equipment in such manner as may be necessary or appropriate. In the event of an 

430 emergency the Contractor shall notify the United States within a reasonable time thereafter as to 

431 the existence of the emergency and the nature and extent of such modification, alteration, 

432 removal, or replacement of diversion facilities. 
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433 (d) The Contractor shall pay the United States for the costs to repair, relocate, 

434 or replace measurement equipment when the Contractor modifies, alters, removes, or replaces 

435 diversion or carriage facilities. 

436 RULES AND REGULATIONS

437 11. The parties agree that the delivery of Project Water for irrigation use or use of 

438 Federal facilities pursuant to this Settlement Contract is subject to Federal Reclamation law, 

439 including but not limited to, the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C.390aa et seq.), as 

440 amended and supplemented, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the 

441 Interior under Federal Reclamation law. 

442 GENERAL OBLIGATION--BENEFITS CONDITIONED UPON PAYMENT

443 12. (a) The obligation of the Contractor to pay the United States as provided in 

444 this Settlement Contract is a general obligation of the Contractor notwithstanding the manner in 

445 which the obligation may be distributed among the Contractor's water users and notwithstanding 

446 the default of individual water users in their obligations to the Contractor. 

447 (b) The payment of Charges becoming due hereunder is a condition precedent 

448 to receiving benefits under this Settlement Contract. The United States shall not make water 

449 available to the Contractor through Project facilities during any period in which the Contractor 

450 may be in arrears in the advance payment of water Rates due the United States. The Contractor 

451 shall not furnish water made available pursuant to this Settlement Contract for lands or parties 

452 which are in arrears in the advance payment of water rates levied or established by the 

453 Contractor. 

454 (c) With respect to subdivision (b) of this Article, the Contractor shall have no 

455 obligation to require advance payment for water Rates which it levies. 

456 CHARGES FOR DELINQUENT PAYMENTS

457 13. (a) The Contractor shall be subject to interest, administrative and penalty 

458 charges on delinquent installments or payments. When a payment is not received by the due 

459 date, the Contractor shall pay an interest charge for each day the payment is delinquent beyond 

460 the due date. When a payment becomes 60 days delinquent, the Contractor shall pay an 

461 administrative charge to cover additional costs of billing and processing the delinquent payment. 

462 When a payment is delinquent 90 days or more, the Contractor shall pay an additional penalty 

463 charge of six percent per year for each day the payment is delinquent beyond the due date. 
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464 Further, the Contractor shall pay any fees incurred for debt collection services associated with a 

465 delinquent payment. 

466 (b) The interest charge rate shall be the greater of the rate prescribed quarterly 

467 in the Federal Register by the Department of the Treasury for application to overdue payments, 

468 or the interest rate of one-half of one percent per month prescribed by Section 6 of the 

469 Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (Public Law 76-260). The interest charge rate shall be 

470 determined as of the due date and remain fixed for the duration of the delinquent period. 

471 (c) When a partial payment on a delinquent account is received, the amount 

472 received shall be applied, first to the penalty, second to the administrative charges, third to the 

473 accrued interest, and finally to the overdue payment. 

474 QUALITY OF WATER

475 14. The operation and maintenance of Project facilities shall be performed in such 

476 manner as is practicable to maintain the quality of raw water made available through such 

477 facilities at the highest level reasonably attainable as determined by the Contracting Officer. The 

478 United States does not warrant the quality of water and is under no obligation to construct or 

479 furnish water treatment facilities to maintain or better the quality of water. 

480 WATER AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

481 15. The Contractor, in carrying out this Settlement Contract, shall comply with all 

482 applicable water and air pollution laws and regulations of the United States and the State of 

483 California, and shall obtain all required permits or licenses from the appropriate Federal, State, 

484 or local authorities. 

485 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

486 16. During the performance of this Settlement Contract, the Contractor agrees as 

487 follows: 

488 (a) The Contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for 

489 employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The Contractor will take 

490 affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during 

491 employment, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Such action 

492 shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Employment, upgrading, demotion, or 

493 transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination, rates of payment or other 
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494 forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The Contractor 

495 agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, 

496 notices to be provided by the Contracting Officer setting forth the provisions of this 

497 nondiscrimination clause. 

498 (b) The Contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees 

499 placed by or on behalf of the Contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive 

500 consideration for employment without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or 

501 national origin. 

502 (c) The Contractor will send to each labor union or representative of workers 

503 with which it has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, a notice, 

504 to be provided by the Contracting Officer, advising the said labor union or workers' 

505 representative of the Contractor's commitments under Section 202 of Executive Order 11246 of 

506 September 24, 1965, and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to 

507 employees and applicants for employment. 

508 (d) The Contractor will comply with all provisions of Executive Order No. 

509 11246 of September 24, 1965, as amended, and of the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of 

510 the Secretary of Labor. 

511 (e) The Contractor will furnish all information and reports required by said 

512 amended Executive Order and by the rules, regulations, and orders of the Secretary of Labor, or 

513 pursuant thereto, and will permit access to its books, records, and accounts by the Contracting 

514 Officer and the Secretary of Labor for purposes of investigation to ascertain compliance with 

515 such rules, regulations, and orders. 

516 (f) In the event of the Contractor's noncompliance with the nondiscrimination 

517 clauses of this Settlement Contract or with any of the said rules, regulations, or orders, this 

518 Settlement Contract may be canceled, terminated, or suspended, in whole or in part, and the 

519 Contractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts in accordance with 

520 procedures authorized in said amended Executive Order, and such other sanctions may be 

521 imposed and remedies invoked as provided in said Executive Order, or by rule, regulation, or 

522 order of the Secretary of Labor, or as otherwise provided by law. 

523 (g) The Contractor will include the provisions of paragraphs (a) through (g) in 

524 every subcontract or purchase order unless exempted by the rules, regulations, or orders of the 

525 Secretary of Labor issued pursuant to Section 204 of said amended Executive Order, so that such 

526 provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The Contractor will take such 

527 action with respect to any subcontract or purchase order as may be directed by the Secretary of 

528 Labor as a means of enforcing such provisions, including sanctions for noncompliance: 

529 Provided, however, that in the event the Contractor becomes involved in, or is threatened with, 

530 litigation with a subcontractor or vendor as a result of such direction, the Contractor may request 

531 the United States to enter into such litigation to protect the interests of the United States. 
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532 COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS AND REGULATIONS

533 17. Omitted. 

534 MINGLING OF CONTRACTOR’S PROJECT AND NON-PROJECT WATER

535 18. Omitted. 

536 BOOKS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS

537 19. The Contractor shall establish and maintain accounts and other books and records 

538 pertaining to administration of the terms and conditions of this Settlement Contract, including: 

539 the Contractor's financial transactions, water supply data, and Project land and right-of-way 

540 agreements; the water users' land-use (crop census), land ownership, land-leasing and water use 

541 data; and other matters that the Contracting Officer may require. Reports thereon shall be 

542 furnished to the Contracting Officer in such form and on such date or dates as the Contracting 

543 Officer may require. Subject to applicable Federal laws and regulations, each party to this 

544 Settlement Contract shall have the right during office hours to examine and make copies of each 

545 other’s books and official records relating to matters covered by this Settlement Contract. 

 

546 CHANGE OF PLACE OF USE

547 20. Unless the written consent of the United States is first obtained no change shall be 

548 made in the place of water use shown on Exhibit B. 

549 CONSOLIDATION OF CONTRACTING ENTITIES

550 21. Omitted 

551 NOTICES

552 22. Any notice, demand, or request authorized or required by this Settlement Contract 

553 shall be deemed to have been given, on behalf of the Contractor, when mailed, postage prepaid, 

554 or delivered to the Area Manager, Northern California Area Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 

555 16349 Shasta Dam Boulevard, Shasta Lake, California 96019, and on behalf of the United 

556 States, when mailed, postage prepaid, or delivered to John A. Driver and Clare M. Driver, 

557 Trustees of the John A. and Clare M. Driver Family Revocable Trust, 20528 Cranmore Road, 

558 Knights Landing, California 95645. The designation of the addressee or the address may be 

559 changed by notice given in the same manner as provided in this Article for other notices. 

560 ASSIGNMENT LIMITED--SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OBLIGATED

561 23. (a) The provisions of this Settlement Contract shall apply to and bind the 

562 successors and assigns of the parties hereto, but no assignment or transfer of this Settlement 
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563 Contract or any right or interest therein shall be valid until approved in writing by the 

564 Contracting Officer. 

565 (b) The assignment of any right or interest in this Settlement Contract by 

566 either party shall not interfere with the rights or obligations of the other party to this Settlement 

567 Contract absent the written concurrence of said other party. 

568 (c) The Contracting Officer shall not unreasonably condition or withhold his 

569 approval of any proposed assignment. 

570 OFFICIALS NOT TO BENEFIT

571 24. No Member of or Delegate to Congress, Resident Commissioner, or official of the 

572 Contractor shall benefit from this Settlement Contract other than as a water user or landowner in 

573 the same manner as other water users or landowners. 

574 CONTINGENT UPON APPROPRIATION OR ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS

575 25. The expenditure or advance of any money or the performance of any obligation of 

576 the United States under this Settlement Contract shall be contingent upon appropriation or 

577 allotment of funds. Absence of appropriation or allotment of funds shall not relieve the 

578 Contractor from any obligations under this Settlement Contract. No liability shall accrue to the 

579 United States in case funds are not appropriated or allotted. 

580 CONFIRMATION OF SETTLEMENT CONTRACT

581 26. The Contractor, after the execution of this Settlement Contract, shall promptly 

582 seek to secure a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction of the State of California, if 

583 appropriate, confirming the execution of this Settlement Contract. The Contractor shall furnish 

584 the United States a certified copy of the final decree, the validation proceedings, and all pertinent 

585 supporting records of the court approving and confirming this Settlement Contract, and 

586 decreeing and adjudging it to be lawful, valid, and binding on the Contractor. This Settlement 

587 Contract shall not be binding on the United States until such final decree has been secured. 

588 UNAVOIDABLE GROUNDWATER PERCOLATION

589 27. Omitted 

590 PRIVACY ACT COMPLIANCE

591 28. (a) The Contractor shall comply with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) 

592 (the Act) and the Department of the Interior rules and regulations under the Act (43 CFR 2.45 et 

593 seq.) in maintaining Landholder acreage certification and reporting records, required to be 

594 submitted to the Contractor for compliance with Sections 206 and 228 of the Reclamation 

595 Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1266), and pursuant to 43 CFR 426.18. 
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596 (b) With respect to the application and administration of the criminal penalty 

597 provisions of the Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(i)), the Contractor and the Contractor's employees 

598 responsible for maintaining the certification and reporting records referenced in (a) above are 

599 considered to be employees of the Department of the Interior. See 5 U.S.C. 552a(m). 

600 (c) The Contracting Officer or a designated representative shall provide the 

601 Contractor with current copies of the Interior Department Privacy Act regulations and the Bureau 

602 of Reclamation Federal Register Privacy Act System of Records Notice (Acreage Limitation--

603 Interior, Reclamation-31) which govern the maintenance, safeguarding, and disclosure of 

604 information contained in the Landholder's certification and reporting records. 

605 (d) The Contracting Officer shall designate a full-time employee of the 

606 Bureau of Reclamation to be the System Manager who shall be responsible for making decisions 

607 on denials pursuant to 43 CFR 2.61 and 2.64 amendment requests pursuant to 43 CFR 2.72. The 

608 Contractor is authorized to grant requests by individuals for access to their own records. 

609 (e) The Contractor shall forward promptly to the System Manager each 

610 proposed denial of access under 43 CFR 2.64; and each request for amendment of records filed 

611 under 43 CFR 2.71; notify the requester accordingly of such referral; and provide the System 

612 Manager with information and records necessary to prepare an appropriate response to the 

613 requester. These requirements do not apply to individuals seeking access to their own 

614 certification and reporting forms filed with the Contractor pursuant to 43 CFR 426.18, unless the 

615 requester elects to cite the Privacy Act as a basis for the request. 

616 WATER CONSERVATION

617 29. (a) Prior to the diversion of Project Water, the Contractor shall be 

618 implementing an effective water conservation and efficiency program based on the Basin-Wide 

619 Water Management Plan and/or Contractor's water conservation plan that has been determined 

620 by the Contracting Officer to meet the conservation and efficiency criteria for evaluating water 

621 conservation plans established under Federal law. The water conservation and efficiency 

622 program shall contain definite water conservation objectives, appropriate economically feasible 

623 water conservation measures, and time schedules for meeting those objectives. Continued 

624 diversion of Project Water pursuant to this Settlement Contract shall be contingent upon the 

625 Contractor’s continued implementation of such water conservation program. In the event the 

626 Contractor's water conservation plan or any revised water conservation plan completed pursuant 
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627 to subdivision (d) of Article 29 of this Settlement Contract have not yet been determined by the 

628 Contracting Officer to meet such criteria, due to circumstances which the Contracting Officer 

629 determines are beyond the control of the Contractor, Project Water deliveries shall be made 

630 under this Settlement Contract so long as the Contractor diligently works with the Contracting 

631 Officer to obtain such determination at the earliest practicable date, and thereafter the Contractor 

632 immediately begins implementing its water conservation and efficiency program in accordance 

633 with the time schedules therein. 

634 (b) The Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer a report on the 

635 status of its implementation of the water conservation plan on the reporting dates specified in the 

636 then existing conservation and efficiency criteria established under Federal law. 

637 (c) At 5-year intervals, the Contractor shall revise its water conservation plan 

638 to reflect the then current conservation and efficiency criteria for evaluating water conservation 

639 plans established under Federal law and submit such revised water management plan to the 

640 Contracting Officer for review and evaluation. The Contracting Officer will then determine if 

641 the water conservation plan meets Reclamation’s then current conservation and efficiency 

642 criteria for evaluating water conservation plans established under Federal law. 

643 (d) If the Contractor is engaged in direct ground-water recharge, such activity 

644 shall be described in the Contractor’s water conservation plan. 

645 OPINIONS AND DETERMINATIONS

646 30. (a) Where the terms of this Settlement Contract provide for actions to be 

647 based upon the opinion or determination of either party to this Settlement Contract, said terms 

648 shall not be construed as permitting such action to be predicated upon arbitrary, capricious, or 

649 unreasonable opinions or determinations. Both parties, notwithstanding any other provisions of 
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650 this Settlement Contract, expressly reserve the right to seek relief from and appropriate 

651 adjustment for any such arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable opinion or determination. Each 

652 opinion or determination by either party shall be provided in a timely manner. Nothing in 

653 subdivision (a) of Article 30 of this Settlement Contract is intended to or shall affect or alter the 

654 standard of judicial review applicable under Federal law to any opinion or determination 

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

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

657 necessary to administer this Settlement Contract that are consistent with the provisions of this 

658 Settlement Contract, the laws of the United States and of the State of California, and the rules 

659 and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior. Such determinations shall be made 

660 in consultation with the Contractor to the extent reasonably practicable. 

661 CONTRACTOR TO PAY CERTAIN MISCELLANEOUS COSTS

662 31. (a) In addition to all other payments to be made by the Contractor pursuant to 

663 this Settlement Contract, the Contractor shall pay to the United States, within 60 days after 

664 receipt of a bill and detailed statement submitted by the Contracting Officer to the Contractor for 

665 such specific items of direct cost incurred by the United States for work requested by the 

666 Contractor associated with this Settlement Contract plus indirect costs in accordance with 

667 applicable Bureau of Reclamation policies and procedures. All such amounts referred to in this 

668 Article shall not exceed the amount agreed to in writing in advance by the Contractor. This 

669 Article shall not apply to costs for routine contract administration. 

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

671 Contractor pursuant to Article 31 of this Settlement Contract shall be adjusted to reflect the 

672 actual costs when the work has been completed. If the advances exceed the actual costs incurred, 
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673 the difference will be refunded to the Contractor. If the actual costs exceed the Contractor's 

674 advances, the Contractor will be billed for the additional costs pursuant to Article 31 of this 

675 Settlement Contract. 

676 WAIVER OF DEFAULT

677 32. The waiver by either party to this Settlement Contract as to any default shall not 

678 be construed as a waiver of any other default or as authority of the other party to continue such 

679 default or to make, do, or perform, or not to make, do, or perform, as the case may be, any act or 

680 thing which would constitute a default. 

681 CONTRACT ASSIGNMENT OR TERMINATION UPON TRANSFER OF LAND

682 33. (a) The rights and obligations of the Contractors may be transferred in 

683 connection with the transfer of title to the land or any portion thereof delineated on Exhibit B on 

684 the following terms and conditions: 

685 (1) A voluntary inter vivos transfer may be made, upon mutual 

686 agreement of the United States and the Contractors, to a person eligible to hold title to the land as 

687 a nonexcess landowner; and 

688 (2) In the event the title of the Contractors to such land, or any portion 

689 thereof, is transferred by operation of law, such as by conveyance in satisfaction of a mortgage, 

690 by inheritance, or by device, the rights and obligations of the Contractors shall pass with the title 

691 and the land shall be subject to provisions of Reclamation law pertaining to such transfers. Any 

692 transfer of the rights and obligations of this Settlement Contract by the person acquiring title by 

693 operation of law shall be in accordance with provisions of subsection (1) above. 
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694 (b) The Contractors shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing of any 

695 proposed transfer of this Settlement Contract. In addition, in the case of a partial assignment the 

696 Contractors shall: 

697 (1) Designate the proportionate quantities of Base Supply and Project 

698 Water which they desire to assign; and 

699 (2) Furnish the United States with a copy of the deed transferring title. 

700 (c) No transfer of this Settlement Contract shall be effective unless and until 

701 approved by the Contracting Officer, and, if approved, shall be effective from the date of such 

702 approval. 

703 (d) Upon mutual agreement between the United States and the Contractor, this 

704 Settlement Contract or a portion thereof may be terminated and the new landowner will have the 

705 privilege of entering into a Settlement Contract for water service for a proportionate share of the 

706 Contract Total provided he is duly qualified to receive water for such land. 

707 TERMINATION

708 34. This Settlement Contract will terminate upon mutual agreement of the parties 

709 prior to the end of the term or any renewal thereof. 
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710 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Settlement 

711 Contract as of the day and year first hereinabove written. 

712 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

713 By: ______________________________________ 

714 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

715 Bureau of Reclamation 

716 (SEAL) 

717 JOHN A. AND CLARE M. DRIVER FAMILY 

718 REVOCABLE TRUST 

719 __________________________________________ 

720 John A. Driver, Trustee 

721 __________________________________________ 

722 Clare M. Driver, Trustee 

723 (I:\04-04-03 Driver, John A. and Clare M. -1314A-R-1 Final Draft Contract with exhibits.doc) 
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Exhibit A 

John A. Driver and Clare M. Driver, 

Trustees of the John A. and Clare M. Driver Family Revocable Trust

Sacramento River 

SCHEDULE OF MONTHLY DIVERSIONS OF WATER

 Base Supply Project Water Contract Total 

 (acre-feet) (acre-feet) (acre-feet) 

 April 10 0 10

 May 40 0 40

 June 40 10 50

 July 20 30 50

 August 20 20 40

 September 10 20 30

 October 10 0 10

 

 Total 150 80 230

 Irrigable Acres: 84 

 

 Points of Diversion: 36.45L and 36.7L 

 Dated:
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Exhibit B 

(Map to be inserted to identify area covered by contract) 

John A. Driver and Clare M. Driver, 

Trustees of the John A. and Clare M. Driver Family Revocable Trust

Sacramento River 
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Exhibit C 

Omitted 
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Exhibit D 

John A. Driver and Clare M. Driver, 

Trustees of the John A. and Clare M. Driver Family Revocable Trust

 Sacramento River 

WATER RATES AND CHARGES 

Note: Rates and Charges shown are 2003 rates. This exhibit will be updated prior to execution 

of the contract to reflect the Rates and Charges for 2004. 

 

COST OF SERVICE RATES: Per Irrigated Acre

Capital Rates 

 Storage $3.45 

O&M Rates: 

 Water Marketing $5.98 

 Storage $5.30 

Deficit Rates: 

 Interest Bearing $0.00 

CFO/PFR Adjustment Rate 1/ $1.11

 

 TOTAL $15.84 

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. $21.64 

Section 205(a)(3) Rate is 

 applicable to a Limited Recipient that 

 did not receive irrigation water on or 

 before October 1, 1981. $24.10 

CHARGES UNDER P.L. 102-575 TO THE 

RESTORATION FUND 2/ 

 Restoration Payments (3407(d)(2)(A)) $7.32 

1/ Chief Financial Officer (CFO) adjustment and Provision for Replacement (PFR) expense is being 

distributed over a 5-year period beginning in FY 2003 for those contractors that requested those costs be 

deferred. 

2/ 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).