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Sandy LDS Stake Recreation Hall (Sandy City

MPS), 295 E 8800 S Sandy, 00001316

West Virginia

Berkeley County

Boggs, William, Farm, WV 7, Hedgesville,

00001310

Cabell County Foster Memorial Home, 700

Madison Ave., Huntington, 00001311

Hancock County

First National Bank—Graham Building, 100

N. Chester St., New Cumberland, 00001312

Jefferson County

Charles Town, Old, Historic District, Norfolk

& Western RR, Charles Town line, Hessey

Pl., North St., US 340, S. Charles St., Water

St., and W. Washington St, Charles Town,

00001308

Kanawha County

St. Albans Main Street Historic District,

Roughly bounded by Main St. bet. Second

St. and B St., St. Albans, 00001315

Morgan County

Berkeley Springs Train Depot, 504 N.

Washington St., Berkeley Springs,

00001313

Nicholas County

Nicholas County Bank, 800 Main St.,

Summerville, 00001314

Raleigh County

Beckley Feed and Hardware Company, 405

Prince St., Beckley, 00001309

A request for a MOVE has been made for

the following resource:

Virginia

Halifax County

VA 622 W side, 1.5 mi. N of jct with VA 659

Elmo vicinity, 93000824

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Quarterly Status Report of Water

Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Negotiations

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of

proposed contractual actions that are

new, modified, discontinued, or

completed since the last publication of

this notice on July 21, 2000. The January

21, 2000, notice should be used as a

reference point to identify changes. This

annual notice should be used as a point

of reference to identify changes in future

notices. This notice is one of a variety

of means used to inform the public

about proposed contractual actions for

capital recovery and management of

project resources and facilities.

Additional Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) announcements of

individual contract actions may be

published in the Federal Register and in

newspapers of general circulation in the

areas determined by Reclamation to be

affected by the proposed action.

Announcements may be in the form of

news releases, legal notices, official

letters, memorandums, or other forms of

written material. Meetings, workshops,

and/or hearings may also be used, as

appropriate, to provide local publicity.

The public participation procedures do

not apply to proposed contracts for sale

of surplus or interim irrigation water for

a term of 1 year or less. Either of the

contracting parties may invite the public

to observe contract proceedings. All

public participation procedures will be

coordinated with those involved in

complying with the National

Environmental Policy Act.

ADDRESSES: The identity of the

approving officer and other information

pertaining to a specific contract

proposal may be obtained by calling or

writing the appropriate regional office at

the address and telephone number given

for each region in the supplementary

information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra L. Simons, Manager, Water

Contracts and Repayment Office, Bureau

of Reclamation, PO Box 25007, Denver,

Colorado 80225–0007; telephone 303–

445–2902.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 226 of the Reclamation

Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1273) and

43 CFR 426.20 of the rules and

regulations published in 52 FR 11954,

Apr. 13, 1987, Reclamation will publish

notice of the proposed or amendatory

contract actions for any contract for the

delivery of project water for authorized

uses in newspapers of general

circulation in the affected area at least

60 days prior to contract execution.

Pursuant to the ‘‘Final Revised Public

Participation Procedures’’ for water

resource-related contract negotiations,

published in 47 FR 7763, Feb. 22, 1982,

a tabulation is provided of all proposed

contractual actions in each of the five

Reclamation regions. Each proposed

action is, or is expected to be, in some

stage of the contract negotiation process

in 2000. When contract negotiations are

completed, and prior to execution, each

proposed contract form must be

approved by the Secretary of the

Interior, or pursuant to delegated or

redelegated authority, the Commissioner

of Reclamation or one of the regional

directors. In some instances,

congressional review and approval of a

report, water rate, or other terms and

conditions of the contract may be

involved.

Public participation in and receipt of

comments on contract proposals will be

facilitated by adherence to the following

procedures:

1. Only persons authorized to act on

behalf of the contracting entities may

negotiate the terms and conditions of a

specific contract proposal.

2. Advance notice of meetings or

hearings will be furnished to those

parties that have made a timely written

request for such notice to the

appropriate regional or project office of

Reclamation.

3. Written correspondence regarding

proposed contracts may be made

available to the general public pursuant

to the terms and procedures of the

Freedom of Information Act (80 Stat.

383), as amended.

4. Written comments on a proposed

contract or contract action must be

submitted to the appropriate regional

officials at the locations and within the

time limits set forth in the advance

public notices.

5. All written comments received and

testimony presented at any public

hearings will be reviewed and

summarized by the appropriate regional

office for use by the contract approving

authority.

6. Copies of specific proposed

contracts may be obtained from the

appropriate regional director or his

designated public contact as they

become available for review and

comment.

7. In the event modifications are made

in the form of a proposed contract, the

appropriate regional director shall

determine whether republication of the

notice and/or extension of the comment

period is necessary.

Factors considered in making such a

determination shall include, but are not

limited to: (i) The significance of the

modification, and (ii) the degree of

public interest which has been

expressed over the course of the

negotiations. As a minimum, the

regional director shall furnish revised

contracts to all parties who requested

the contract in response to the initial

public notice.

Acronym Definitions Used Herein

(BON) Basis of Negotiation

(BCP) Boulder Canyon Project

(CAP) Central Arizona Project

(CUP) Central Utah Project

(CVP) Central Valley Project

(CRSP) Colorado River Storage Project

(D&MC) Drainage and Minor Construction

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(IDD) Irrigation and Drainage District

(ID) Irrigation District

(M&I) Municipal and Industrial

(NEPA) National Environmental Policy Act

(O&M) Operation and Maintenance

(P-SMBP) Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin

Program

(PPR) Present Perfected Right

(RRA) Reclamation Reform Act

(R&B) Rehabilitation and Betterment

(SOD) Safety of Dams

(SRPA) Small Reclamation Projects Act

(WCUA) Water Conservation and

Utilization Act

(WD) Water District

Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road,

Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706–1234,

telephone 208–378–5346.

New contract actions:

17. Farmer’s Ditch Association and

Buck and Jones Ditch Association,

Rogue River Basin Project, Oregon:

Long-term irrigation water service

contract for provision of up to 4,475

acre-feet of stored water from Applegate

Reservoir (a COE project) in exchange

for the assignment of Little Applegate

River natural flow rights to Reclamation

for instream flow use.

18. Ochoco ID, Crooked River Project,

Oregon: Contract for the deferment of

the District’s annual installment due

December 31, 2000, and 2001, under the

Ochoco Dam, SOD repayment contract.

Modified contract action:

9. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project,

Oregon: Repayment contract for

reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs

to Wickiup Dam under the SOD

program.

Discontinued contract action:

15. Milner ID, Minidoka-Palisades

Projects, Idaho: Amendment of storage

contracts to reduce the District’s

spaceholding in Palisades Reservoir by

up to 5,162 acre-feet, thereby allowing

use of this space by Reclamation for

flow augmentation.

Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way,

Sacramento, California 95825–1898,

telephone 916–978–5250.

New contract actions:

42. Madera-Chowchilla Water and

Power Authority, CVP, California:

Agreement to transfer the operation,

maintenance, and replacement and

certain financial and administrative

activities related to the Madera Canal

and associated works.

43. Truckee-Carson ID, Newlands

Project, Nevada: Amendment to O&M

contract No. 7–07–20-X0348 to include

mutually agreed upon Consumer Price

Index (CPI) for the current year and

incorporation of a new CPI as

determined by the Contracting Officer

applicable to Fallon, Nevada (or the

nearest urban area in the event that such

index is not determined for Fallon,

Nevada).

Modified contract action:

23. Warren Act Contracts, CVP,

California: Execution of long-term

Warren Act contracts with various

entities for conveyance of non-project

water in the Delta-Mendota Canal and

Warren Act contracts (up to 25 years) for

conveyance of non-project water in the

Friant Division facilities.

Discontinued contract action:

25. Sierra Pacific Power Company,

Town of Fernley, State of California,

City of Reno, City of Sparks, Washoe

County, State of Nevada, TruckeeCarson ID, and any other local interest

or Native-American Tribal interest, who

may have negotiated rights under Public

Law 101–618; Nevada and California:

Contract for the storage of non-Federal

water in Truckee River reservoirs as

authorized by Public Law 101–618 and

the Preliminary Settlement Agreement.

The contracts shall be consistent with

the Truckee River Water Quality

Settlement Agreement and the terms

and conditions of the proposed Truckee

River Operating Agreement.

Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, PO Box 61470 (Nevada

Highway and Park Street), Boulder City,

Nevada 89006–1470, telephone 702–

293–8536.

New contract actions:

65. Arizona State Land Department,

CAP, Arizona: Proposed assignment of

1,000 acre-feet of ASLD’s CAP M&I

water entitlement to the City of Peoria.

66. City of Chandler, CAP, Arizona:

Proposed amendment of CAP water

delivery subcontract to delete provision

requiring offsetting reduction of

Chandler’s CAP water entitlement for

quantities of water received in a direct

effluent exchange with an Indian

Community.

67. City of Mesa, CAP, Arizona:

Proposed amendment of CAP water

delivery subcontract to delete provision

requiring offsetting reduction of Mesa’s

CAP water entitlement for quantities of

water received in a direct effluent

exchange with an Indian Community.

Completed contract action:

36. Arizona Public Service Company

and Imperial ID, BCP, Arizona and

California: Delivery contract for up to

1,500 acre-feet of unused Arizona

entitlement and/or surplus water.

Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, 125 South State Street,

Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138–

1102, telephone 801–524–4419.

New contract action:

1. Individual irrigators, M&I, and

miscellaneous water users, Initial Units,

CRSP; Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and

New Mexico: Temporary (interim) water

service contracts for surplus project

water for irrigation or M&I use to

provide up to 10,000 acre-feet of water

annually for terms up to 10 years; longterm contracts for similar service for up

to 1,000 acre-feet of water annually.

(g) James F. Squirrell, Aspinall Unit,

CRSP, Colorado: Ten-year contract for

23 acre-feet of M&I water to support the

augmentation plan. Mr. Squirrell has

filed a Finding of Fact and Ruling of

Referee with the Division 4 Water Court

of the State of Colorado, case No. 97–

CW–223, dated July 7, 1999. The

augmentation plan requires Mr.

Squirrell to augment out-of-priority

depletions caused by the operation of

the Arrowhead Subdivision’s potable

water supply system.

Great Plains Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Federal

Building, 316 North 26th Street,

Billings, Montana 59107–6900,

telephone 406–247–7730.

New contract actions:

42. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,

Colorado: Pueblo Board of Water Works,

long-term conveyance contract.

(Inadvertently listed under modified

contract actions in the July 21, 2000,

notice.)

43. Tom Green County Water Control

and Improvement District No. 1, San

Angelo Project, Texas: The District has

requested a deferment of its 2001

construction payment.

Modified contract actions:

5. City of Rapid City and Rapid Valley

Water Conservancy District, Rapid

Valley Unit, P–SMBP, South Dakota:

Contract renewal for storage capacity in

Pactola Reservoir.

7. Northern Cheyenne Indian

Reservation, Yellowtail Unit, Lower

Bighorn Division, P–SMBP, Montana:

The Northern Cheyenne Reserved Water

Rights Settlement Act of 1992 allocates

to the Tribe 30,000 acre-feet of water per

year stored at Bighorn Reservoir,

Montana. In accordance with section 9

of the Act, Reclamation and the Tribe

must negotiate an agreement for the

water. The Tribe is to pay the United

States both capital and O&M costs for

water the Tribe uses or sells from this

storage for M&I purposes. Reclamation

and the Tribe are continuing to

negotiate the terms of the Agreement.

The agreement has been sent to the

Tribe for signature. A date for execution

has not been scheduled.

9. Angostura ID, Angostura Unit, P–

SMBP, South Dakota: Another interim

3-year contract was executed on June 9,

2000, to provide for a continuing water

supply and allow adequate time for

completion of the Environmental Impact

Statement for long-term contract

renewal. A BON for a long-term contract

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renewal has been sent to the Denver

Office for review/approval by the

Commissioner’s Office.

14. P–SMBP, Kansas: Anticipate

initiating negotiations for renewal of

long-term water service contracts with

the Kirwin and Webster IDs in the

Solomon River Basin in Kansas which

were extended for a period of 4 years in

accordance with Public Law 104–326

enacted October 19, 1996. Water service

contracts will be renewed prior to

expiration.

Completed contract actions:

11. P–SMBP, Kansas and Nebraska:

Long-term water supply renewal

contracts with Kansas-Bostwick,

Bostwick ID in Nebraska, Frenchman

Valley, Frenchman-Cambridge, and

Almena IDs were executed on July 25,

2000. The renewed long-term water

service contracts will take effect January

1, 2001.

34. Tom Green County Water Control

and Improvement District No. 1, San

Angelo Project, Texas: The District

requested deferment of its 2000

construction payment. The deferment

has been approved by the Secretary of

the Interior. A public notice for this

action was printed in the San Angelo

Times. The 60-day comment period

ended July 3, 2000. The deferment of

the 2000 construction payment was

signed on July 11, 2000.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

Wayne O. Deason,

Associate Director,, Office of Policy.

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BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Parole Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting

Public Announcement

Pursuant To The Government In the

Sunshine Act (Public Law 94–409) [5

U.S.C. Section 522b].

Agency Holding Meeting: Department

of Justice, United States Parole

Commission.

Time and Date: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday,

October 17, 2000.

Place: 5550 Friendship Blvd., Fourth

Floor, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.

Status: Open.

Matters to be Considered: The

following matters have been placed on

the agenda for the open Parole

Commission meeting:

1. Approval of minutes of previous

Commission meeting.

2. Reports from the Chairman,

Commissioners, Legal, Chief of Staff,

Case Operations, and Administrative

Sections.

3. Discussion of the proposed Interim

Rules for District of Columbia

Supervised Release.

Agency Contact: Sam Robertson, Case

Operations, United States parole

Commission, (301) 492–5962.

Dated: October 10, 2000.

Michael A. Stover,

General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission.

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am]

BILLING CODE 4410–31–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Parole Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting

Public Announcement

Pursuant To The Government In the

Sunshine Act (Public Law 94–409) [5

U.S.C. Section 552b].

Agency Holding Meeting: Department

of Justice, United States Parole

Commission.

Date and Time: 12 p.m., Tuesday,

October 17, 2000.

Place: U.S. Parole Commission, 5550

Friendship Boulevard, 4th Floor, Chevy

Chase, Maryland 20815.

Status: Closed—Meeting.

Matters Considered: The following

matter will be considered during the

closed portion of the Commission’s

Business Meeting:

Appeals to the Commission involving

approximately three cases decided by

the National Commissioners pursuant to

a reference under 28 CFR 2.27. These

cases were originally heard by an

examiner panel wherein inmates of

Federal prisons have applied for parole

or are contesting revocation of parole or

mandatory release.

Agency Contact: Sam Robertson, Case

Operations, United States Parole

Commission, (301) 492–5962.

Dated: October 10, 2000.

Michael A. Stover,

General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission.

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am]

BILLING CODE 4410–31–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office for Victims of Crime

[OJP(OVC)–1300]

Children’s Justice Act Partnerships for

Indian Communities

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs,

Office for Victims of Crime, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

SUMMARY: The Office for Victims of

Crime (OVC) is publishing this notice to

announce a $500,000 discretionary grant

program for federally recognized Indian

tribal governments and tribal

organizations designed to improve the

handling of severe child abuse cases,

particularly cases of child sexual abuse,

in a manner which limits additional

trauma to the child while improving the

investigation and prosecution of these

cases.

DATES: Applications must be received

by 5:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, November

30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All application packages

should be sent to the Office for Victims

of Crime, Federal Crime Victims

Division, 810 Seventh Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20531. If sending

applications by express mail, the zip

code should be 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the solicitation or for

information about application

procedures, please call Cathy Sanders at

(202) 616–3578 or e-mail at

<cathy@ojp.usdoj.gov>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Authority

This action is authorized by the

Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA),

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10601 et seq. The

Act established a Crime Victims Fund in

the Department of the Treasury made up

of monies received from federal

criminal fines; special penalty

assessments; forfeited appearance

bonds, bail bonds and collateral

security; and literary profits due

convicted federal defendants. Under the

provisions of 42 U.S.C. 10601 (d)(2), the

first $20,000,000 deposited in the Fund

in a particular year shall be available for

grants as provided in 42 U.S.C.

10603(a). Under 42 U.S.C. 10601 (g)(1)

the Attorney General, acting through the

Director of OVC, is authorized to use 15

percent of these funds for the purposes

of assisting Indian tribes in developing,

establishing, and operating programs

designed to improve the handling,

investigation, and prosecution of child

abuse cases, especially child sexual

abuse cases. OVC has labeled this

program as the Children’s Justice Act

Partnerships for Indian Communities

Discretionary Grant Program (CJA).

Background

The Children’s Justice and Assistance

Act was passed in 1986 to provide funds

to states to establish programs to

effectively handle child abuse cases. In

1988, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act amended