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Colony, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe

of Arizona, Shoshone Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock

Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation,

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck

Valley Reservation, Skull Valley Band of

Goshute Indians of Utah, Summit Lake

Paiute Tribe of Nevada, Susanville

Indian Rancheria of Paiute, Maidu, Pit

River & Washoe Indians, Te-Moak Tribe

of Western Shoshone Indians (Battle

Mountain, Elko, South Fork, and Wells

Indian Colony Bands), Utu Utu Gwaitu

Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute

Reservation, Walker River Paiute Tribe,

Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California

(Carson Colony, Dresslerville & Washoe

Ranches), Yerington Paiute Tribe of the

Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch,

and Yomba Shoshone Tribe.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Rebecca Mills, Superintendent,

Great Basin National Park, Baker, NV;

telephone: (702) 324–7331, before May

22, 1998. Repatriation of the human

remains to the Confederated Tribes of

the Goshute Reservation, Duckwater

Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater

Reservation, Ely Shoshone Tribe of

Nevada, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians,

Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians,

Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, Paiute

Indian Tribe of Utah, San Juan Southern

Paiute Tribe of Arizona, Skull Valley

Band of Goshute Indians, Big Pine Band

of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone

Indians, Death Valley Timbi-Sha

Shoshone Band of California, Fort

McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes,

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation

of Utah (Washakie), Paiute-Shoshone

Indians of the Bishop Community,

Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone

Pine Community, Paiute-Shoshone

Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and

Colony, Shoshone Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock

Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation,

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck

Valley Reservation, Te-Moak Tribe of

Western Shoshone Indians (Battle

Mountain, Elko, South Fork, and Wells

Indian Colony Bands), and Yomba

Shoshone Tribe may begin after that

date if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 98–10647 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Quarterly Status Report of Water

Service and Repayment 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 January 27, 1998. The

January 27, 1998, notice should be used

as a reference point to identify changes.

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:

Alonzo Knapp, Manager, Reclamation

Law, Contracts, and Repayment Office,

Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 25007,

Denver, Colorado 80225–0007;

telephone 303–445–2889.

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 1998. 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.
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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

(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

(FR)—Federal Register

(IDD)—Irrigation and Drainage District

(ID)—Irrigation District

(M&I)—Municipal and Industrial

(O&M)—Operation and Maintenance

(P–SMBP)—Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin

Program

(R&B)—Rehabilitation and Betterment

(PPR)—Present Perfected Right

(RRA)—Reclamation Reform Act

(NEPA)—National Environmental Policy

Act

(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, Boise, Idaho 83706–1234,

telephone 208–378–5346.

Modified contract actions:

4. Pioneer Ditch Company, Boise

Project, Idaho; Clark and Edwards Canal

and Irrigation Company, Enterprise

Canal Company, Ltd., Lenroot Canal

Company, Liberty Park Canal Company,

Parsons Ditch Company, Poplar ID,

Wearyrick Ditch Company, all in the

Minidoka Project, Idaho; Juniper Flat

District Improvement Company,

Wapinitia Project, Oregon; Roza ID,

Yakima Project, Washington:

Amendatory repayment and water

service contracts; purpose is to conform

to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982

(Pub. L. 97–293).

12. Five individual contractors,

Umatilla Project, Oregon: Repayment

agreements for reimbursable cost of dam

safety repairs to McKay Dam.

16. Okanogan ID, Okanogan Project,

Washington: SOD contract to repay

district’s share of cost of dam safety

repairs to Salmon Lake Dam. An Early

Warning System is now part of the SOD

repair.

Discontinued contract actions:

17. Rogue River Valley and Medford

IDs, Rogue River Basin Project, Oregon:

SOD contract to repay each district’s

share of cost to repair Fish Lake Dam.

Each district will be sent a bill, so no

contract is needed.

Completed contract actions:

4. Lake Chelan Reclamation District,

Chief Joseph Dam Project, Washington;

Consolidated ID, Spokane Valley

Project, Washington; Individual

Contractors, Crooked River Project,

Oregon; Lower Payette Ditch Company

Ltd., Boise Project, Idaho; Tumalo ID,

District, Crescent Lake Dam Project,

Oregon; Monroe Creek ID, Mann Creek

Project, Idaho: Amendatory repayment

and water service contracts; purpose is

to conform to the Reclamation Reform

Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97–293).

12. Twenty-one individual

contractors, Umatilla Project, Oregon:

Repayment agreements for reimbursable

cost of dam safety repairs to McKay

Dam. Agreements have been executed

with 66 individual contractors.

Mid-Pacific Region

Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage

Way, Sacramento, California 95825–

1898, telephone 916–979–2401.

New contract actions:

28. Langell Valley, Horsefly, and

Tulelake IDs, Klamath Project, Oregon:

Repayment contract for SOD work on

Clear Lake Dam.

29. Widren WD, CVP, California:

Assignment of Widren WD’s water

service contract to the City of Tracy. The

assignment will require approval of

conversion of Widren’s CVP irrigation

water to M&I water.

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:

47. Sun City Water Co., CAP, Arizona:

Assignment of 9,654 acre-feet to

Citizens Utilities, Aqua Fria Division.

48. Arizona Public Service Co., BCP,

Arizona: Delivery contract for up to

1,500 acre-feet of unused Arizona

entitlement.

49. City of Scottsdale, CAP, Arizona:

Assignment of 3,232 acre-feet of CAP

water annually from Cottonwood Water

Works, Inc., and Camp Verde Water

System, Inc.

Modified contract actions:

37. Berneil Water Co., CAP Arizona:

Subcontracts associated with partial

assignment of water service to the City

of Scottsdale and Cave Creek Water

Company.

Completed contracts actions:

31. Community Water Company of

Green Valley/New Pueblo Water Co.,

CAP, Arizona: Execute an assignment

assigning 237 acre-feet of New Pueblo’s

CAP water entitlement to Community.

Amend Community’s CAP subcontract

to increase its entitlement by 237 acrefeet. Upon execution of the assignment

from New Pueblo to Community, New

Pueblo’s CAP water service subcontract

would terminate.

37. Berneil Water Co., CAP Arizona:

Subcontracts associated with partial

assignment of water service to the City

of Phoenix.

45. Arizona State Lands, CAP,

Arizona: Assignment of 3,900 acre-feet

of CAP water to the City of Scottsdale.

Upper Colorado Region

Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South

State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City,

Utah 84138–1102, telephone 801–524–

4419. New contract actions:

1(e) City of Page, Arizona, Glen

Canyon Unit, Colorado River Storage

Project; Arizona: Long-term contract for

300 acre-feet of water for municipal

purposes.

22. Carbon Water Conservancy

District, Scofield Project, Utah:

Amendment to SOD contract to raise

contract repayment ceiling on the M&I

obligation and replace estimated SOD

costs with actuals.

23. Carlsbad ID, Carlsbad Project, New

Mexico: Contract to allow the district to

lease water to the New Mexico Interstate

Stream Commission to fulfill New

Mexico’s water obligation to Texas

under Supreme Court’s Amended

Decree in Texas v. New Mexico 485 U.S.

288(1988).

24. Ute Water Conservancy District,

Collbran Project, Colorado: License

Agreement for use of project lands and

an agreement addressing charges for

benefits derived from project facilities.

25. Robbins Ranches, Mancos Project,

Colorado: Long-term contract for the

carriage of 2.5 cfs of water for irrigation

purposes under the authority of the

Warren Act of 1911.

Modified contract actions:

4. Pine River ID, Pine River Project,

Colorado: Contract to allow the district

to convert up to 2,000 acre-feet of

project irrigation water to municipal,

domestic, and industrial uses.

Completed contract actions:

1(b) Lazear Domestic Water

Corporation, Aspinall Unit, CRSP,

Colorado: Contract for 44 acre-feet to

support an augmentation plan, Case No.

95CW209, Water Division Court No. 4,

State of Colorado, to provide domestic

water service to up to 100 residences,

lawns, gardens, and livestock watering.
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6. City of El Paso, Rio Grande Project,

Texas and New Mexico: Amendment to

the 1941 and 1962 contracts to expand

acreage owned by the city to 3,000

acres; extend terms of water rights

assignments; and allow assignments

outside city limits under authority of

the Public Service Board.

15. Provo Reservoir Water Users

Company, Wasatch Irrigation Company,

Timpanogas Irrigation Company,

Exchange Irrigation Company,

Washington Irrigation Company, and

the City of Provo; CUP, Utah: Water

exchange contracts, water rights in

several mountain lakes and reservoirs

are being exchanged for equivalent

contract water rights in Jordanelle

Reservoir.

20. El Paso County Water

Improvement District No. 1, Rio Grande

Project, Texas and New Mexico:

Supplemental contract between El Paso

County Water Improvement District No.

1 and the United States to allow the

conversion of project water from

irrigation to M&I within the El Paso

area.

Great Plains Region

Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box

36900, Federal Building, 316 North 26th

Street, Billings, Montana 59107–6900,

telephone 406–247–7730.

Modified contract actions:

7. City of Rapid City, Rapid Valley

Unit, P–SMBP, South Dakota: Contract

renewal for up to 55,000 acre-feet of

storage capacity in Pactola Reservoir.

13. P–SMBP, Kansas and Nebraska:

Initiate negotiations for renewal of longterm water supply contracts with

Kansas-Bostwick, Nebraska-Bostwick,

Frenchman Valley, FrenchmanCambridge, and Almena IDs.

14. Northwest Area Water Supply,

North Dakota: Long-term contract for

water supply from Garrison Diversion

Unit facilities. Basis of negotiation is

completed and awaiting regional

director’s signature.

15. Fort Shaw and Greenfields IDs,

Sun River Project, Montana: Contract for

SOD costs for repairs to Willow Creek

Dam. Greenfields ID has signed a 1-year

repayment contract for its share of the

SOD costs. Have received the approved

basis of negotiation from the

Commissioner. In the process of

negotiating a contract with Fort Shaw

ID.

25. Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP,

Montana: Water service contract expired

June 1997. Initiating renewal of existing

contract for 25 years for up to 480 acrefeet of storage from Tiber Reservoir to

irrigate 160 acres. Received approved

basis of negotiation from the

Commissioner. Currently developing the

contract and consulting with the tribes

regarding Water Rights Compact.

29. Belle Fourche Unit, P–SMBP,

South Dakota: Negotiations have been

held with the Belle Fourche ID to

amend their long-term repayment

contract deferring their 1997

construction payment and reducing

their annual construction payment.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Wayne O. Deason,

Deputy Director, Program Analysis Office.

[FR Doc. 98–10589 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Yakima River Basin Water

Enhancement Project, Yakima, WA,

INT–DES 98–17

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft

programmatic environmental impact

statement and notice of public hearings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, as amended, the

Department of the Interior, Bureau of

Reclamation (Reclamation), has

prepared a draft programmatic

environmental impact statement (Draft

PEIS) for implementing provisions of

Phase 2 of the Yakima River Basin

Water Enhancement Project

(Enhancement Project). The purpose of

the Enhancement Project is to meet the

competing needs of the Yakima River

basin through improved water

conservation and management and other

appropriate means. The Enhancement

Project legislation also authorizes

actions on the Yakima Indian

Reservation which will result in

improvements to their irrigation system

and enhance local resources.

DATES: Written comments on the Draft

PEIS must be submitted by July 22,

1998, to the address listed under the

ADDRESSES Section. Public hearings to

accept oral comments on the Draft PEIS

will be held on June 2, 1998, from 1:30

to 3:30 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. in

Toppenish, Washington; and on June 3,

1998, from 1 to 3 p.m. and from 7 to 9

p.m. in Yakima, Washington.

ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be

held at:

• Yakima Indian Nation, Eagle

Seelatsee Auditorium, 401 Fort Road,

Toppenish, Washington.

• DoubleTree Inn, 1507 North First

Street, Yakima, Washington.

Copies of the Draft PEIS are available

for inspection at the following addresses

and at libraries in the project vicinity.

• Bureau of Reclamation, Upper

Columbia Area Office, 1917 Marsh

Road, Yakima, Washington 98907.

• Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific

Northwest Regional Office, 1150 N.

Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho

83706–1234.

Written comments on the Draft PEIS

should be submitted to: Mr. Robert

Black D–8580, Bureau of Reclamation,

Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25007,

Denver, Colorado 80225–0007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Robert Black, Telephone (303) 445–

2704.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those

wishing to obtain a copy of the Draft

PEIS or schedule time, in advance, to

make oral comments at the hearing(s)

may contact Mr. Black at the above

address and telephone or call toll free to

1–800–861–5443. Speakers will be

called in order of their requests.

Requests to comment may also be made

at each hearing, and speakers will be

scheduled to follow the advance

requests. Oral comments will be limited

to 10 minutes per individual. All oral

comments will be included in the

hearing record. Written comments will

be accepted into the hearing record for

14 days following the public hearing

date. These comments may be submitted

in addition to review comments made

during the 90-day review period and

should be identified as hearing

comments. Special needs assistance

requests should be submitted to Mr.

Black by May 15, 1998.

The Draft PEIS evaluates the effects of

Title XII of the Enhancement Project

legislation. The provisions and

measures of the Enhancement Project

legislation form the parameters and the

methods for achieving the protection,

mitigation, and enhancement of fish and

wildlife through improved water

management, instream flows, water

quality, the creation and enhancement

of wetlands, and improved reliability of

irrigation water supplies. Central to this

legislation is the Yakima River Basin

Water Conservation Program which

attempts to balance competing demands

on the basin’s water supply. This

voluntary program will reduce demands

on the available water supply by

promoting conservation measures to

improve the efficiency of water delivery

and use, instream flows for fish and

wildlife, and the reliability of the

irrigation water supply.

Specific measures that will be

implemented depend upon proposals

contained in the water conservation