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affected by approval of the Proposed 

RMP Amendment may protest its 

approval to the BLM. Protest of the 

Proposed RMP Amendment constitutes 

the final opportunity for administrative 

review of the proposed land use 

planning decisions prior to the BLM 

adopting an approved RMP 

Amendment. Instructions for filing a 

protest with the BLM regarding the 

Proposed RMP Amendment may be 

found online (see ADDRESSES). All 

protests must be in writing and mailed 

to the appropriate address (found in the 

instructions for filing a protest) or 

submitted electronically through the 

BLM National NEPA Register project 

website (see ADDRESSES). Protests 

submitted by any other means will be 

invalid. The BLM will render a written 

decision on each protest. The decision 

of the BLM on the protest shall be the 

final decision of the Department of the 

Interior. Responses to valid protest 

issues will be compiled and 

documented in a Protest Resolution 

Report made available following the 

protest resolution online at: https://

www.blm.gov/programs/planning-andnepa/public-participation/protestresolution-reports. Upon resolution of 

protests, the BLM will issue a Record of 

Decision and Approved RMP 

Amendment. 

Before including your phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your protest, 

you should be aware that your entire 

protest—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your protest to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10 

(2023), 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5, and 

43 CFR part 2800) 

Jon K. Raby, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR83550000, 245R5065C6, 

RX.59389832.1009676] 

Quarterly Status Report of Water 

Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Actions 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of contract actions. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of 

contractual actions that have been 

proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) and are new, 

discontinued, or completed since the 

last publication of this notice. 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 consistent with section 9(f) 

of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. 

Additional 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. 

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 section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Morgan Raymond, Reclamation Law 

Administration Division, Bureau of 

Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, 

Colorado 80225–0007; mraymond@

usbr.gov; telephone 303–445–3382. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent 

with section 9(f) of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939, and the rules and 

regulations published in 52 FR 11954, 

April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22), 

Reclamation will publish notice of 

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. 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 the 

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. Pursuant to 

the ‘‘Final Revised Public Participation 

Procedures’’ for water resource-related 

contract negotiations, published in 47 

FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation 

is provided of all proposed contractual 

actions in each of the five Reclamation 

regions. 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, 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 or 

her 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. At a minimum, the 

regional director will furnish revised 

contracts to all parties who requested 

the contract in response to the initial 

public notice. 

Definitions of Abbreviations Used in the 

Reports 

BCP Boulder Canyon Project 


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Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation 

CAP Central Arizona Project 

CUP Central Utah Project 

CVP Central Valley Project 

CRSP Colorado River Storage Project 

XM Extraordinary Maintenance 

EXM Emergency Extraordinary 

Maintenance 

FR Federal Register 

IDD Irrigation and Drainage District 

ID Irrigation District 

M&I Municipal and Industrial 

O&M Operation and Maintenance 

OM&R Operation, Maintenance, and 

Replacement 

P–SMBP Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 

Program 

RRA Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 

SOD Safety of Dams 

SRPA Small Reclamation Projects Act of 

1956 

USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

WD Water District 

WIIN Act Water Infrastructure 

Improvements for the Nation Act 

Missouri Basin—Interior Region 5: 

Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, 

Federal Building, 2021 4th Avenue 

North, Billings, Montana 59101, 

telephone 406–247–7752. 

New contract actions: 

27. Clyde Little, Boysen Unit, PickSloan Missouri Basin Program, 

Wyoming: Consideration for renewal of 

long-term irrigation water service 

Contract No. 039E6A0093, as amended. 

28. Town of Kirby, Boysen Unit, PickSloan Missouri Basin Program, 

Wyoming: Consideration for renewal of 

long-term water service for 

supplemental municipal water for 

Contract No. 5–07–60–WS173. 

29. Central Oklahoma Master 

Conservancy District, Norman Project, 

Oklahoma: Consideration for renewal of 

a water service contract for municipal 

and industrial uses for Contract No. 

219E640007. 

30. Elevation NewCo, LLC, East Bench 

Unit, Helena-Great Falls Division, PickSloan Missouri Basin Program, 

Montana: Consideration for name reassignment of Contract No. 119E670012. 

Upper Colorado Basin—Interior 

Region 7: Bureau of Reclamation, 125 

South State Street, Room 8100, Salt 

Lake City, Utah 84138–1102, telephone 

801–524–3864. 

New contract actions: 

44. South Cache Water Users 

Association, Hyrum Project, Utah. 

Reclamation intends to enter into a 

repayment contract with the South 

Cache Water Users Association under 

the Safety of Dams Act for the 

reimbursable portion of the costs to 

repair the spillway at Hyrum Dam. 

45. Strawberry Valley Project, Utah. 

The water users on the Strawberry 

Valley Project have requested to enter 

into a conversion contract with 

Reclamation under the Sale of Water for 

Miscellaneous Purposes Act to convert 

the project irrigation water to 

miscellaneous purposes. 

46. Seedskadee Project, Wyoming. 

The Wyoming Water Development 

Commission (WWDC) desires to enter 

into a contract with Reclamation to 

acquire the use of the remaining water 

in Fontenelle Reservoir under Section 9 

of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. 

The WWDC also desires to enter into an 

exchange contract with Reclamation 

under Section 14 of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939. 

47. Uncompahgre Project, Colorado 

River Storage Project, Colorado. The 

Uncompahgre Valley Water Users 

Association desires to enter into a 

renewal contract with Reclamation 

under Section 14 of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939 to exchange water 

between Taylor Park Reservoir and Blue 

Mesa Reservoir. 

48. Navajo Gallup Project, Arizona. 

The Navajo Nation desires to enter into 

a contract with Reclamation under the 

Contributed Funds Act of 1922 to 

provide funding to increase the size of 

certain laterals on the Navajo Gallup 

Project. 

49. Middle Rio Grande Project, New 

Mexico. The Bureau of Reclamation 

desires to store El Vado irrigation water 

in Abiquiu Reservoir under Section 14 

of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. 

Lower Colorado Basin—Interior 

Region 8: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. 

Box 61470 (Nevada Highway and Park 

Street), Boulder City, Nevada 89006– 

1470, telephone 702–293–8192. 

New contract actions: 

17. United States Department of the 

Navy, Boulder Canyon Project, All 

American Canal System, California: 

Terminate Interagency Agreement No. 

6–07–30–W0351 pursuant to Article 4. 

Columbia–Pacific Northwest—Interior 

Region 9: Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 

North Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise, 

Idaho 83706–1234, telephone 208–378– 

5344. 

Completed contract actions: 

7. Stanfield Irrigation District, 

Umatilla Basin Project, Oregon: A Shortterm water service contract to provide 

for the use of conjunctive use water, if 

needed, for the purposes of presaturation and for such use in October 

to extend their irrigation season. 

Completed June 27, 2024. 

17. J.R. Simplot Company and Micron 

Technology, Inc., Boise Project, 

Arrowrock Division, Idaho: Request to 

renew municipal and industrial water 

service contract pursuant to Section 

9(c)(2) of the Reclamation Project Act of 

1939. Completed June 3, 2024. 

California–Great Basin—Interior 

Region 10: Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 

Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 

95825–1898, telephone 916–978–5250. 

New contract actions: 

39. CVP, California: Water Service 

Contract for fish & wildlife purposes 

with Contra Costa Water District and/or 

Los Vaqueros Reservoir Joint Powers 

Authority pursuant to Title XXXIV of 

the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 

4706). 

40. Tri-Valley Water District, CVP, 

California: Proposed partial assignment 

of 150 acre-feet of Tri-Valley Water 

District’s CVP water supply to Kaweah 

Delta Water Conservation District. 

41. Irrigation water districts, 

individual irrigators, M&I and 

miscellaneous water users, CVP, 

California: Execution of Temporary 

Water Service Contracts for Surplus 

Water Under Section 215 of the 

Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 with 

various entities for volumes up to 

100,000 acre-feet per year per contract. 

42. CVP, California. Administrative 

assignments of various water service/ 

repayment contracts. 

Completed contract actions: 

12. San Luis WD, Meyers Farms 

Family Trust, and Reclamation, CVP, 

California: Revision of an existing 

contract between San Luis WD, Meyers 

Farms Family Trust, and Reclamation 

providing for an increase in the 

exchange of water from 6,316 to 10,525 

acre-feet annually and an increase in the 

storage capacity of the bank to 60,000 

acre-feet. Completed June 25, 2024. 

43. Meyers Farms Family Trust, CVP, 

California: Voluntary Full Assignment 

of Contract No. 07–WC–20–3529A, from 

Meyers Farms Family Trust to Westside 

Agriculture LLC. Completed July 25, 

2024. 

44. Meyers Farms Family Trust, CVP, 

California: Voluntary Full Assignment 

of Contract No. 9–07–20–W1608, from 

Meyers Farms Family Trust to Westside 

Agriculture LLC. Completed July 25, 

2024. 

45. Meyers Farms Family Trust, CVP, 

California: Voluntary Full Assignment 

of Contract No. 21–WC–20–5784, from 

Meyers Farms Family Trust to Westside 

Agriculture LLC. Completed July 25, 

2024. 

Christopher Beardsley, 

Director, Mission Assurance and Protection 

Organization. 

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