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UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

Central Valley Project, California 

5 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES

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7 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 2 

8 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE

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THIS CONTRACT, made this ______ day of ___________________, 2007, 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 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1263), 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 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 2, 

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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WHEREAS, Mercy Springs Water District (District) and the Contractor executed an 

agreement on March 1, 2003, to provide for the assignment to the Contractor of 4,198 acre-feet of 

project water under the District’s interim renewal contract identified as Contract 

No. 14-06-200-3365-IR8; and 
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WHEREAS, the Contractor entered into an interim renewal contract identified as 

Contract No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR10-C, hereinafter referred to as the Existing Interim Renewal 

Contract, which provided for continued water service to the Contractor from March 1, 2007, through 

February 29, 2008; and 

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 to negotiate to seek to reach 

agreement, but anticipate that the environmental documentation necessary for execution of any longterm renewal contract will be delayed until the summer of 2008 and may be delayed further for reasons 

beyond the control of the parties; and 

WHEREAS, the Contractors have requested a subsequent interim renewal contract 

pursuant to Subdivision (b)(1) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract; and 

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

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

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 interim renewal contract shall be effective from March 1, 2008, 
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and shall remain in effect through February 28, 2010, and thereafter will be renewed as described in 

Subdivision (a) of Article 2 if a long-term renewal contract has not been executed with an effective 

commencement date of March 1, 2010.” 

 (b) Subdivision (b)(1) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is 

amended by deleting the date “February 15, 2008,” and replacing same with the date “February 15, 

2010.” 

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

amended by deleting the dates “February 1, 2008,” “February 15, 2008,” and “February 29, 2008,” 

and replacing same with the dates “February 1, 2010,” “February 15, 2010,” and “February 28, 2010,” 

respectively. 
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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) 

WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 2 

Attest: 

______________________________ By: ______________________________________ 

 Secretary President 

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