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records in the normal course of their

activities. The MMS considers these to

be usual and customary. Commenters

are invited to provide information if

they disagree with this assumption, and

they should tell us what the burden

hours and costs imposed by this

collection of information are.

(1) The MMS specifically solicits

comments on the following questions:

(a) Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the proper

performance of MMS’s functions, and

will it be useful?

(b) Are the estimates of the burden

hours of the proposed collection

reasonable?

(c) Do you have any suggestions that

would enhance the quality, clarity, or

usefulness of the information to be

collected?

(d) Is there a way to minimize the

information collection burden on those

who are to respond, including through

the use of appropriate automated

electronic, mechanical, or other forms of

information technology?

(2) In addition, the PRA requires

agencies to estimate the total annual

reporting and recordkeeping cost

burden for the collection of this

information. The MMS needs your

comments on this item. Your response

should split the cost estimate into two

components: (a) Total capital and

startup cost component; and (b) annual

operation, maintenance, and purchase

of services component. Your estimates

should consider the costs to generate,

maintain, and disclose or provide the

information. You should describe the

methods you use to estimate major cost

factors, including system and

technology acquisition, expected useful

life of capital equipment, discount

rate(s), and the period over which you

incur costs. Capital and startup costs

include, among other items, computers

and software you purchase to prepare

for collecting information; monitoring,

sampling, drilling, and testing

equipment; and record storage facilities.

Generally, your estimates should not

include equipment or services

purchased: Before October 1, 1995; to

comply with requirements not

associated with the information

collection; for reasons other than to

provide information or keep records for

the Government; or as part of customary

and usual business or private practices.

MMS Information Collection

Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach,

(202) 208–7744.

Dated: January 12, 1998.

E.P. Danenberger,

Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.

[FR Doc. 98–1861 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Meeting: Committee for the

Preservation of the White House

In compliance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, notice is

hereby given of a meeting of the

Committee for the Preservation of the

White House. The meeting will be held

at the Old Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC at 10 a.m., Friday,

February 6, 1998. It is expected that the

agenda will include policies, goals and

long range plans. The meeting will be

open, but subject to appointment and

security clearance requirements.

Clearance information must be received

by February 2, 1998.

Inquiries may be made by calling the

Committee for the Preservation of the

White House between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

weekdays at (202) 619–6344. Written

comments may be sent to the Executive

Secretary, Committee for the

Preservation of the White House, 1100

Ohio Drive, SW, Washington, DC 20242.

James I. McDaniel,

Executive Secretary, Committee for the

Preservation of the White House.

[FR Doc. 98–1889 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

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 pending

through December 31, 1997, and

contract actions that have been

completed or discontinued since the last

publication of this notice on October 27,

1997. From the date of this publication,

future quarterly notices during this

calendar year will be limited to

modified, new, completed, or

discontinued contract actions. 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:

Alonzo Knapp, Manager, Reclamation

Law, Contracts, and Repayment Office,

Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 25007,

Denver, Colorado 80225–0007;

telephone 303–236–1061 extension 224.

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
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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

(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.

1. Irrigation, M&I, and miscellaneous

water users; Idaho, Oregon, Washington,

Montana, and Wyoming: Temporary or

interim water service contracts for

irrigation, M&I, or miscellaneous use to

provide up to 10,000 acre-feet of water

annually for terms up to 5 years; longterm contracts for similar service for up

to 1,000 acre-feet of water annually.

2. Rogue River Basin Water Users,

Rogue River Basin Project, Oregon:

Water service contracts; $8 per acre-foot

per annum.

3. Willamette Basin Water Users,

Willamette Basin Project, Oregon: Water

service contracts; $8 per acre-foot per

annum.

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., Pioneer Ditch Company, Boise

Project, Idaho; Tumalo ID, Crescent

Lake Dam Project, Oregon; Monroe

Creek ID, Mann Creek 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 RRA (Pub.

L. 97–293).

5. Bridgeport ID, Chief Joseph Dam

Project, Washington: Warren Act

contract for the use of an irrigation

outlet in Chief Joseph Dam.

6. Douglas County, Milltown Hill

Project, Oregon: SRPA loan repayment

contract; proposed combination loan

and grant obligation of approximately

$31 million.

7. Palmer Creek Water District

Improvement Company, Willamette

Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water

service contract for approximately

13,000 acre-feet.

8. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and

Boise-Kuna ID, Boise Project, Idaho:

Memorandum of Agreement for the use

of approximately 400 acre-feet of storage

space annually in Anderson Ranch

Reservoir. Water to be used for wildlife

mitigation purposes (ponds and

wetlands).

9. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project,

Oregon: Long-term municipal water

service contract for provision of

approximately 125 acre-feet annually

from the project water supply to the City

of Madras.

10. Lewiston Orchards ID, Lewiston

Orchards Project, Idaho: Repayment

contract for reimbursable cost of dam

safety repairs to Reservoir ‘‘A.’’

11. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project,

Oregon: Repayment contract for

reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs

to Wickiup Dam.

12. Twenty-one individual

contractors, Umatilla Project, Oregon:

Repayment agreements for reimbursable

cost of dam safety repairs to McKay

Dam.

13. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project,

Oregon: Warren Act contract with cost

of service charge to allow for use of

project facilities to convey nonproject

water.

14. South Boise Mutual Irrigation

Company, Ltd. and United Water Idaho,

Boise Project, Idaho: Agreement

amending contracts to approve the

acquisition and municipal use of

Anderson Ranch Reservoir water by

United Water Idaho, and the transfer of

Lucky Peak Reservoir water to the

United States.

15. Baker Valley ID, Baker Project,

Oregon: Warren Act contract with cost

of service charge to allow for use of

project facilities to store nonproject

water.

16. Okanogan ID, Okanogan Project,

Washington: SOD contract to repay

district’s share of cost to install an Early

Warning System.

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.

18. Trendwest Resorts, Yakima

Project, Washington: Long-term water

exchange contract for assignment of

Teanaway River and Big Creek water

rights to Reclamation for instream flow

use in exchange for annual use of up to

3,500 acre-feet of water from Cle Elum
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Reservoir for a proposed resort

development.

19. 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.

20. Burley and Southwest IDs,

Minidoka Project, Idaho: Warren Act

contract with charge to allow for use of

project facilities to convey nondistrict

water to Southwest ID.

21. City of Cle Elum, Yakima Project,

Washington: Contract for up to 2,170

acre-feet of water for municipal use.

The following contract actions have

been completed in the Pacific Northwest

Region since this notice was last

published on October 27, 1997.

1. (15) Stanfield and Westland IDs

and 69 individual contractors, Umatilla

Project, Oregon: Repayment contracts

for reimbursable cost of dam safety

repairs to McKay Dam. Agreements have

been executed with 50 individual

contractors; a contract executed October

17, 1997, with Stanfield ID; and a

contract executed January 1998 with

Westland ID.

2. (24) J. R. Simplot Company and

Partners, Boise Project, Idaho: Longterm contract for 3,000 acre-feet of

Anderson Ranch Reservoir storage for

M&I use. Contract executed November

10, 1997.

3. (25) Eagle Island Water Users

Association, Inc., Boise Project, Idaho:

Amendment of water service contract to

reduce the Association’s spaceholding

in Lucky Peak Reservoir by

approximately 5,300 acre-feet, thereby

allowing use of this space by

Reclamation for flow augmentation.

Amendment executed November 10,

1997.

4. (27) The Dalles ID, The Dalles

Project, Oregon: Amendatory SRPA loan

repayment contract to modify the

repayment schedule, including

extension of repayment period from 30

to 34 years. Contract executed December

12, 1997.

Mid-Pacific Region

Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage

Way, Sacramento, California 95825–

1898, telephone 916–979–2401.

1. Irrigation water districts, individual

irrigators, M&I, and miscellaneous water

users, Mid-Pacific Region projects other

than CVP: Temporary (interim) water

service contracts for available project

water for irrigation, M&I, or fish and

wildlife purposes providing up to

10,000 acre-feet of water annually for

terms up to 5 years; temporary Warren

Act contracts for use of project facilities

for terms up to 1 year; long-term

contracts for similar service for up to

1,000 acre-feet annually.

Note: Copies of the standard forms of

temporary water service contracts for the

various types of service are available upon

written request from the Regional Director at

the address shown above.

2. Contractors from the American

River Division, Buchanan Division,

Cross Valley Canal, Delta Division,

Friant Division, Hidden Division,

Sacramento River Division, Shasta

Division, and Trinity River Division,

CVP, California: Renewal of existing

long-term and interim renewal water

service contracts with contractors whose

contracts expire between 1998 and

2000; water quantities for these

contracts total in excess of 1.7M acrefeet. These contract actions will be

accomplished through interim renewal

contracts pursuant to Public Law 102–

575.

3. Redwood Valley County WD,

SRPA, California: District is considering

restructuring the repayment schedule

pursuant to Public Law 100–516 or

initiating new legislation to prepay the

loan at a discounted rate. Prepayment

option under Public Law 102–575 has

expired.

4. Sacramento River water rights

contractors, CVP, California: Contract

amendment for assignment under

voluntary land ownership transfers to

provide for the current CVP water rates

and update standard contract articles.

5. Naval Air Station and Truckee

Carson ID, Newlands Project, Nevada:

Amend water service Agreement No.

14–06–400–1024 for the use of project

water on Naval Air Station land.

6. El Dorado County Water Agency,

San Juan WD, and Sacramento County

Water Agency, CVP, California: M&I

water service contracts to supplement

existing water supply: 15,000 acre-feet

for El Dorado County Water Agency,

13,000 acre-feet for San Juan WD, and

22,000 acre-feet for Sacramento County

Water Agency, authorized by Public

Law 101–514.

7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

California Department of Fish and

Game, Grassland WD, CVP, California:

Water service contracts to provide water

supplies for refuges and private

wetlands within the CVP pursuant to

Public Law 102–575 and Federal

Reclamation Laws; quantity to be

contracted for is approximately 450,000

acre-feet.

8. Glenn-Colusa ID, Sutter Extension

WD, Biggs-West Gridley WD, Central

California ID, San Luis Canal Company,

Grasslands WD, Buena Vista Water

Storage District, and the State of

California Department of Water

Resources, CVP, California: Pursuant to

Public Law 102–575, conveyance

agreements for the purpose of wheeling

refuge water supplies and funding of

district facility improvements, and

exchange agreements to provide water

for refuge and private wetlands.

9. Mountain Gate Community

Services District, CVP, California:

Amendment of existing long-term water

service contract to include right to

renew. This amendment will also

conform the contract to current

Reclamation law, including Public Law

102–575.

10. Santa Barbara County Water

Agency, Cachuma Project, California:

Repayment contract for SOD work on

Bradbury Dam.

11. CVP Service Area, California:

Temporary water purchase agreements

for acquisition of 20,000 to 200,000

acre-feet of water for fish and wildlife

purposes as authorized by the Central

Valley Project Improvement Act for

terms of up to 3 years.

12. City of Roseville, CVP, California:

Execution of long-term Warren Act

contract for conveyance of nonproject

water provided from the Placer County

Water Agency. This contract will allow

CVP facilities to be used to deliver

nonproject water to the City of Roseville

for use within their service area.

13. Sacramento Municipal Utility

District, CVP, California: Amendment of

existing water service contract to allow

for additional points of diversion and

assignment of up to 15,000 acre-feet of

project water to the Sacramento County

Water Agency. The amended contract

will conform to current Reclamation

law.

14. Mercy Springs WD, CVP,

California: Assignment of Mercy Springs

WD’s water service contract to Pajaro

Valley Water Management Agency. The

assignment will provide for delivery of

up to 13,300 acre-feet annually of water

to the Agency from the CVP for

agricultural purposes.

15. Santa Barbara County Water

Agency, Cachuma Project, California:

Contract to transfer responsibility for

O&M and O&M funding of certain

Cachuma Project facilities to the

member units.

16. Stony Creek WD, Black Butte Dam

and Lake, Sacramento River Division,

CVP, California: A proposed

amendment of Stony Creek WD’s water

service contract, No. 2–07–20-W0261, to

allow the contractor to change from

paying for all project water, whether

used or not, to paying only for project

water scheduled or delivered and to add

another month to the irrigation period.
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17. M&T, Inc., Sacramento River

Water Rights Contractors, CVP,

California: A proposed exchange

agreement with M&T, Inc., to take its

Butte Creek water rights water from the

Sacramento River in exchange for CVP

water.

18. East Bay Municipal Utility

District, CVP, California: Amendment to

the long-term water service contract No.

14–06–200–5183A, to change the points

of diversion.

19. Madera and Lindsay-Strathmore

IDs, and Delta Lands Reclamation

District No. 770, CVP, California:

Execution of 2- to 3-year Warren Act

contracts for conveyance of nonproject

water in the Friant-Kern and/or Madera

Canals when excess capacity exists.

20. Napa County Flood Control and

Water Conservation District, Solano

Project, California: Renewal of water

service contract No. 14–06–200–1290A,

which expires February 28, 1999.

21. Solano County Water Agency,

Solano Project, California: Renewal of

water service contract No. 14–06–200–

4090, which expires February 28, 1999.

22. Reno, Sparks, and Washoe

County; Washoe and Truckee Storage

Projects; Nevada and California:

Contract for the storage of non-Federal

water in Truckee River reservoirs as

authorized by Public Law 101–618 and

consistent with the terms and

conditions of the Truckee River Water

Quality Settlement Agreement.

23. Sierra Pacific Power Company,

Washoe and Truckee Storage Projects,

Nevada and California: Contract for the

storage of non-Federal water in Truckee

River reservoirs as authorized by Public

Law 101–618 and consistent with the

terms and conditions of the proposed

Truckee River Operating Agreement.

24. Casitas Municipal Water District,

Ventura Project, California: Repayment

contract for SOD work on Casitas Dam.

25. Centerville Community Services

District, CVP, California: A long-term

supplemental repayment contract for

reimbursement to the United States for

conveyance costs associated with CVP

water conveyed to Centerville.

26. El Dorado ID, CVP, California:

Execution of long-term Warren Act

contract for conveyance of nonproject

water. This contract will allow CVP

facilities to be used to deliver

nonproject water to the district for use

within their service area.

27. Placer County Water Agency, CVP,

California: Amendment of existing

water service contract to allow for

additional points of diversion and

reduction in the amount of project water

to be delivered from a maximum of

117,000 acre-feet to a maximum of

35,000 acre-feet. The amended contract

will conform to current Reclamation

law.

Lower Colorado Region

Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 61470

(Nevada Highway and Park Street),

Boulder City, Nevada 89006–1470,

telephone 702–293–8536.

1. Milton and Jean Phillips, Kenneth

or Ann Easterday, Robert E. Harp,

Cameron Brothers Construction Co.,

Ogram Farms, Bruce Church, Inc.,

Sunkist Growers, Inc., Clayton Farms,

BCP, Arizona: Water service contracts,

as recommended by Arizona

Department of Water Resources, with

agricultural entities located near the

Colorado River for up to an additional

15,557 acre-feet per year total.

2. Arizona State Land Department,

State of Arizona, BCP, Arizona: Contract

for 6,607 acre-feet per year of Colorado

River water for agricultural use and

related purposes on State-owned land.

3. Armon Curtis, Arlin Dulin, Jack

Rayner, Glen Curtis, Jamar Produce

Corporation, and Ansel T. Hall, BCP,

Arizona: Water service contracts:

purpose is to amend their contracts to

exempt them from the RRA.

4. Brooke Water Co., Havasu Water

Co., City of Quartzsite, McAllister

Subdivision, and Arizona State Land

Department, BCP, Arizona: Contracts for

additional M&I allocations of Colorado

River water to entities located along the

Colorado River in Arizona for up to

2,657 acre-feet per year as

recommended by the Arizona

Department of Water Resources.

5. National Park Service for Lake

Mead National Recreation Area,

Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v.

California, and BCP in Arizona and

Nevada: Memorandum of

Understanding for delivery of Colorado

River water for the National Park

Service’s Federal Establishment PPR of

500 acre-feet of diversions annually and

the National Park Service’s Federal

Establishment PPR pursuant to

Executive Order No. 5125 (April 25,

1930).

6. Mohave Valley ID, BCP, Arizona:

Amendment of current contract for

additional Colorado River water, change

in service area, diversion points, RRA

exemption, and PPR.

7. Miscellaneous PPR entitlement

holders, BCP, Arizona and California:

New contracts for entitlement to

Colorado River water as decreed by the

U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona v.

California, as supplemented or

amended, and as required by section 5

of the Boulder Canyon Project Act.

Miscellaneous PPR holders are listed in

the January 9, 1979, Supreme Court

Supplemental Decree in Arizona v.

California et al.

8. Miscellaneous PPR No. 11, BCP,

Arizona: Assign a portion of the PPR

from Holpal to McNulty et al.

9. Federal Establishment PPR

entitlement holders, BCP, Arizona:

Individual contracts for administration

of Colorado River water entitlement of

the Colorado River, Fort Mojave,

Quechan, Chemehuevi, and Cocopah

Indian Tribes.

10. United States facilities; BCP;

Arizona, California, and Nevada:

Reservation of Colorado River water for

use at Federal facilities and lands

administered by Reclamation.

11. Windsor Beach State Park, Lake

Havasu City, BCP, Arizona: Contract for

90 acre-feet entitlement to Colorado

River domestic water.

12. Bureau of Land Management, BCP,

Arizona: Contract for 1,176 acre-feet per

year, for irrigation use, of Arizona’s

Colorado River water that is not used by

higher priority Arizona entitlement

holders.

13. Curtis Family Trust et al., BCP,

Arizona: Contract for 2,100 acre-feet per

year of Colorado River water for

irrigation.

14. Beattie Farms SW, BCP, Arizona:

Contract for 1,890 acre-feet per year of

unused Arizona entitlement for

irrigation use.

15. Section 10 Backwater, BCP,

Arizona: Contract for 250 acre-feet per

year of unused Arizona entitlement for

environmental use until a permanent

water supply can be obtained.

16. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Lower Colorado River Refuge Complex,

BCP, Arizona: Proposed agreement for

the administration of existing Colorado

River water entitlement of refuge lands

located in Arizona, resolving water

rights coordination issues, and to

provide for additional entitlement for

nonconsumptive use of flow through

water.

17. Hilander C ID, Colorado River

Basin Salinity Control Project, Arizona:

Water delivery contract for 4,500 acrefeet.

18. Maricopa-Stanfield IDD, CAP,

Arizona: District has requested the

United States to defer payments and

restructure its $78 million distribution

system repayment obligation.

19. Indian and non-Indian agricultural

and M&I water users, CAP, Arizona:

New and amendatory contracts for

repayment of Federal expenditures for

construction of distribution systems.

20. Gila River Indian Community,

CAP, Arizona: Master repayment/O&M

contract for the CAP-funded distribution

system to serve up to approximately

77,000 acres of land.
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21. Tohono O’odham Nation, SRPA,

Arizona: Repayment contract for a $7.3

million loan for the Schuk Toak District.

22. San Tan ID, CAP, Arizona: Amend

distribution system repayment contract

No. 6–07–30-W0120 to increase the

repayment obligation approximately

$168,000.

23. Central Arizona Drainage and

Irrigation District, CAP, Arizona:

Amend distribution system repayment

contract No. 4–07–30-W0048 to

reschedule repayment terms pursuant to

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of

Arizona.

24. City of Needles, Lower Colorado

Water Supply Project, California:

Amend contract No. 2–07–30-W0280 to

extend Needles subcontracting authority

to the Counties of Imperial and

Riverside.

25. Imperial ID/Coachella Valley WD

and/or the Metropolitan WD of

Southern California, BCP, California:

Contract to fund the Department of the

Interior’s expenses to conserve AllAmerican Canal seepage water in

accordance with Title II of the San Luis

Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act

dated November 17, 1988.

26. Coachella Valley WD and/or the

Metropolitan WD of Southern

California, BCP, California: Contract to

fund the Department of the Interior’s

expenses to conserve seepage water

from the Coachella Branch of the AllAmerican Canal in accordance with

Title II of the San Luis Rey Indian Water

Rights Settlement Act, dated November

17, 1988.

27. United States Navy, BCP, Niland,

California: Contract for 23 acre-feet of

surplus Colorado River water for

domestic use delivered through the

Coachella Canal.

28. Southern Nevada Water Authority,

Robert B. Griffith Water Project, BCP,

Nevada: Amend the repayment contract

to provide for the incorporation of the

Griffith Project into the expanded

southern Nevada Water System, funded

and built by Southern Nevada Water

Authority, to facilitate the diversion,

treatment, and conveyance of additional

water out of Lake Mead for which the

Authority has an existing entitlement to

use.

29. Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian

Community, CAP, Arizona: O&M

contract for its CAP water distribution

system.

30. McMicken ID/Town of Goodyear,

CAP, Arizona: Amend McMicken’s CAP

subcontract to reduce its entitlement by

507 acre-feet and Goodyear’s water/

service subcontract to increase its

entitlement by 507 acre-feet.

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.

32. Bullhead City, BCP, Arizona:

Assignment of 1,800 acre-feet of water

and associated service area from

Mohave County Water Conservation

District to Bullhead City, Arizona.

33. Mr. Robert H. Chesney, BCP,

Arizona: Amend contract No. 5–07–30–

W0321 to increase the cubic-foot-persecond diversion and install a low-lift

pump.

34. U.S. Army Proving Ground, BCP,

Arizona: Agreement for 1,883 acre-feet

of Colorado River water.

35. Arizona State Lands, BCP,

Arizona: Water delivery contract for

1,400 acre-feet of Colorado River water

for domestic use.

36. Miscellaneous PPR No. 38, BCP,

California: Assign Schroeder’s portion

of the PPR to Murphy Broadcasting and

change the place of use and type of the

water use.

37. Berneil Water Co., CAP Arizona:

Subcontracts associated with partial

assignment of water service to the City

of Scottsdale, Cave Creek Water

Company, and the City of Phoenix.

38. Tohono O’odham Nation, CAP

Arizona: Repayment contract for

construction costs associated with

distribution system on Central Arizona

IDD.

39. Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona:

Contracts for Schuk Toak and San

Xavier Districts for repayment of

Federal expenditures for construction of

distribution systems.

40. Arizona State Land Department,

BCP, Arizona: Water delivery contract

for delivery of up to 9,000 acre-feet per

year of unused apportionment and

surplus Colorado River water for

irrigation.

41. Don Schuler, BCP, California:

Temporary delivery contract for surplus

and/or unused apportionment of

Colorado River water for domestic and

industrial use on 18 lots of recreational

homes in California.

42. Bureau of Land Management, BCP,

California: Agreement for 1,000 acre-feet

of Colorado River water in accordance

with Secretarial Reservation.

43. Bureau of Land Management,

Lower Colorado Water Supply Project,

California: Agreement for a consumptive

use of 1,150 acre-feet of water for use on

Bureau of Land Managementadministered lands in California

adjacent to the Colorado River.

44. Bureau of Land Management, BCP,

Arizona: Agreement for 4,010 acre-feet

of Colorado River water in accordance

with Secretarial Reservations.

45. Arizona State Lands, CAP,

Arizona: Assignment of 3,900 acre-feet

of CAP water to the City of Scottsdale.

46. Town of Youngtown, CAP,

Arizona: Assignment of 380 acre-feet of

CAP water to Sun City Water Company.

The following contract actions have

been completed or discontinued in the

Lower Colorado Region since this notice

was last published on October 27, 1997.

1. (5) City of Parker, BCP, Arizona:

Contract for additional M&I allocation of

Colorado River water as recommended

by the Arizona Department of Water

Resources.

2. (15) Crystal Beach Water

Conservation District, BCP, Arizona:

Contract for delivery of 132 acre-feet per

year of Colorado River water for

domestic use, as recommended by the

Arizona Department of Water Resources.

3. (27) McMicken Irrigation District/

Avondale, CAP, Arizona: Amend

McMicken’s CAP subcontract to reduce

its entitlement by 647 acre-feet, and

amend Avondale’s CAP water service

subcontract to increase its entitlement

by 647 acre-feet of CAP water.

4. (28) City of Scottsdale and other

M&I water subcontractors, CAP,

Arizona: Subcontract amendments

associated with assignment of M&I

water service subcontracts from Camp

Verde Water System, Inc., to provide the

City of Scottsdale with an additional

17,823 acre-feet of CAP water.

5. (34) San Diego County Water

Authority, San Diego, California, San

Diego Project: Title transfer of the first

and second barrels of the San Diego

Aqueduct.

6. (42) Salt River Project, Inc., Salt

River Project, Arizona: Repayment

contract for SOD construction activities

at Horse Mesa Dam and Mormon Flat

Dam.

7. (4) Discontinued—Cibola Valley

IDD, BCP, Arizona: Cibola Valley IDD

was looking at the possibility of

transferring, leasing, selling, or banking

its entitlement of 22,560 acre-feet for

use in Arizona, California, or Nevada

8. (9) Discontinued—Julia Soto

Zozaya and Steve M. Zozaya, Mohave

County, BCP, Arizona: Miscellaneous

PPR contract for 720 acre-feet of

irrigation water. This item has been

included in No. 7.

9. (11) Discontinued—Atchison,

Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company,

BCP, California: The company intends

to transfer its miscellaneous PPR for the

diversion of 1,260 acre-feet and

consumptive use of 273 acre-feet of

Colorado River water to the City of
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Needles. This item has been included in

No. 7.

10. (21) Yuma Mesa IDD, Gila Project,

Arizona: Amendment to provide for

increase in domestic water deliveries

(from 10,000 to 20,000 acre-feet) within

its overall use in the district.

11. (24) Agricultural and M&I water

users, CAP, Arizona: Water service

subcontracts for percentages of available

supply reallocated in 1992 for irrigation

entities and up to 640,000 acre-feet per

year allocated in 1983 for M&I use.

12. (39) Discontinued—Southern

Nevada Water Authority, BCP, Nevada:

Contract to use Federal facilities and

land to divert water from Lake Mead at

non-Federal expense.

13. (53) Discontinued—Arizona

Public Service, BCP, Arizona: Colorado

River water diversion contract for 1,500

acre-feet for domestic use at Yucca

Power Plant near Yuma, Arizona.

Upper Colorado Region

Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South

State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City,

Utah 84138–1102, telephone 801–524–

4419.

1. Individual irrigators, M&I, and

miscellaneous water users, Initial Units,

Colorado River Storage Project; 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; long-term

contracts for similar service for up to

1,000 acre-feet of water annually.

(a) Harrison F. Russell and Patricia E.

Russell, Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado:

Contract for 1 acre-foot to support an

augmentation plan, Case No. 97CW39,

Water Division Court No. 4, State of

Colorado, to provide for a single family

residential well, including home lawn

and livestock watering (noncommercial).

(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.

(c) East Alum Creek Ranch

Corporation, Aspinall Unit, CRSP,

Colorado: Contract for 23 acre-feet to

support an augmentation plan, Case No.

97CW198, Water Division Court No. 4,

State of Colorado, to provide East Alum

Creek Ranch Subdivision with

domestic, lawn irrigation, pond

evaporation, and livestock water.

(d) Horizon Ranch Corporation,

Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Contract

for 4 acre-feet to support an

augmentation plan, Case No. 97CW201,

Water Division Court No. 4, State of

Colorado, to provide Horizon Ranch

with domestic, lawn irrigation, pond

evaporation, and livestock water.

2. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, AnimasLa Plata Project, Colorado: Repayment

contract for 26,500 acre-feet per year for

M&I use and 2,600 acre-feet per year for

irrigation use in Phase One and 700

acre-feet in Phase Two; contract terms to

be consistent with binding cost-sharing

agreement and water rights settlement

agreement.

3. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Animas-La

Plata Project, Colorado and New

Mexico: Repayment contract; 6,000 acrefeet per year for M&I use in Colorado;

26,400 acre-feet per year for irrigation

use in Colorado; 900 acre-feet per year

for irrigation use in New Mexico;

contract terms to be consistent with

binding cost-sharing agreement and

water rights settlement agreement.

4. Pine River ID, Pine River Project,

Colorado: Contract to allow the district

to convert up to 3,000 acre-feet of

project irrigation water to municipal,

domestic, and industrial uses.

5. San Juan-Chama Project, New

Mexico: San Juan Pueblo repayment

contract for up to 2,000 acre-feet of

project water for irrigation purposes.

Taos Area—The Taos Area Aceqias, the

Town and County of Taos are forming

a joint powers agreement to form an

organization to enter into a repayment

contract for up to 2,990 acre-feet of

project water to be used for irrigation

and M&I in the Taos, New Mexico area.

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.

7. The National Park Service,

Colorado Water Conservation Board,

Wayne N. Aspinall Unit, CRSP,

Colorado: Contract to provide specific

river flow patterns in the Gunnison

River through the Black Canyon of the

Gunnison National Monument.

8. Upper Gunnison River Water

Conservancy District, Wayne N.

Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Longterm water service contract for

municipal, domestic, and irrigation use.

9. Upper Gunnison River Water

Conservancy District, Wayne N.

Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado:

Substitute supply plan for the

administration of the Gunnison River.

10. Uncompahgre Valley Water Users

Association, Upper Gunnison River

Water Conservancy District, Colorado

River Water Conservation District,

Uncompahgre Project, Colorado: Water

management agreement for water stored

at Taylor Park Reservoir and the Wayne

N. Aspinall Storage Units to improve

water management.

11. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Florida

Project, Colorado: Supplement to

contract No. 14–06–400–3038, dated

May 7, 1963, for an additional 181 acrefeet of project water, plus 563 acre-feet

of water pursuant to the 1986 Colorado

Ute Indian Water Rights Final

Settlement Agreement.

12. Country Aire Estates, Forrest

Groves Estates, and Los Ranchitos,

Florida Project, Colorado: Water service

contracts for a total of 86 acre-feet

annually of domestic water as

replacement water in State of Colorado

approved augmentation plans. The

water supply for these contracts are flow

rights purchased and owned by the

United States for project development

and are not specifically a part of the

project water supply.

13. Grand Valley Water Users

Association, Orchard Mesa ID, and

Public Service Company of Colorado,

Grand Valley Project, Colorado: Water

service contract for the utilization of

project water for cooling purposes for a

steam electric generation plant.

14. Public Service Company of New

Mexico, CRSP, Navajo Unit, New

Mexico: Amendatory water service

contract for diversion of 20,200 acrefeet, not to exceed a depletion of 16,200

acre-feet of project water for cooling

purposes for a steam electric generation

plant.

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.

16. Sanpete County Water

Conservancy District, Narrows Project,

Utah: Application for a SRPA loan and

grant to construct a dam, reservoir, and

pipeline to annually supply

approximately 5,000 acre-feet of water

through a transmountain diversion from

upper Gooseberry Creek in the Price

River drainage (Colorado River Basin) to

the San Pitch—Sevier River (Great

Basin).

17. Emery County Water Conservancy

District, Emery County Project, Utah:

Warren Act contract to allow temporary

storage of nonproject water in Joes

Valley Reservoir and/or Huntington

North Reservoir.
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18. Town of Taos, San Juan-Chama

Project, New Mexico: Contract to

purchase water from Town of Taos to

increase native flows in Rio Grande for

benefit of the Silvery Minnow.

19. City of Albuquerque, San JuanChama Project, New Mexico: Amend

water storage contract No. 3–CS–53–

01510 to exempt the City of

Albuquerque from acreage limitation

and reporting provisions.

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.

21. Individual Irrigators, Dolores

Project, Colorado: The United States

proposes to lease up to 1,500 acre-feet

of project water declared surplus under

the authority of the Warren Act of 1911.

Great Plains Region

Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box

36900, Federal Building, 316 North 26th

Street, Billings, Montana 59107–6900,

telephone 406–247–7730.

1. Individual irrigators, M&I, and

miscellaneous water users; Colorado,

Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North

Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas,

and Wyoming: Temporary (interim)

water service contracts for the sale,

conveyance, storage, and exchange of

surplus project water and nonproject

water for irrigation or M&I use to

provide up to 10,000 acre-feet of water

annually for a term up to 1 year.

2. Green Mountain Reservoir,

Colorado-Big Thompson Project,

Colorado: Water service contracts for

irrigation and M&I; contract negotiations

for sale of water from the marketable

yield to water users within the Colorado

River Basin of Western Colorado.

3. Ruedi Reservoir, FryingpanArkansas Project, Colorado: Second

round water sales from the regulatory

capacity of Ruedi Reservoir. Negotiation

of water service and repayment

contracts for approximately 17,000 acrefeet annually for M&I use; contract with

Colorado Water Conservation Board for

remaining 21,650 acre-feet of marketable

yield for interim use by U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service for benefit of

endangered fishes in the Upper

Colorado River Basin.

4. Garrison Diversion Unit, P-SMBP,

North Dakota: Renegotiation of the

master repayment contract with

Garrison Diversion Conservancy District

to conform with the Garrison Diversion

Unit Reformulation Act of 1986;

negotiation of repayment contracts with

irrigators and M&I users.

5. Tom Green County Water Control

and Improvement District No. 1, San

Angelo Project, Texas: Pursuant to

section 501 of Public Law 101–434,

negotiate amendatory contract to

increase irrigable acreage within the

project.

6. Lakeview ID, Shoshone Project,

Wyoming: New long-term water service

contract for up to 3,200 acre-feet of firm

water supply annually and up to 11,800

acre-feet of interim water from Buffalo

Bill Reservoir. Pursuant to section 9(e)

of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939

and Public Law 100–516.

7. City of Rapid City and Rapid Valley

Water Conservancy District, Rapid

Valley Unit, P-SMBP, South Dakota:

Contract renewal for up to 55,000 acrefeet of storage capacity in Pactola

Reservoir.

8. North Platte Project, Pathfinder ID:

Negotiation of contract regarding SOD

program modification of Lake Alice

Dam No. 1 Filter/Drain.

9. Northern Cheyenne Indian

Reservation, Montana: In accordance

with section 9 of the Northern Cheyenne

Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of

1992, the United States and the

Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe are

proposing to contract for 30,000 acrefeet per year of stored water from

Bighorn Reservoir, Yellowtail Unit,

Lower Bighorn Division, P-SMBP,

Montana. The Tribe will pay the United

States both capital and O&M costs

associated with each acre-foot of water

the Tribe sells from this storage for M&I

purposes.

10. Mid-Dakota Rural Water System,

Inc., South Dakota: Pursuant to the

Reclamation Projects Authorization and

Adjustment Act of 1992, the Secretary of

the Interior is authorized to make grants

and loans to Mid-Dakota Rural Water

System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation for

the planning and construction of a rural

water supply system.

11. Angostura ID, Angostura Unit, PSMBP, South Dakota: The district had a

contract for water service which expired

on December 31, 1995. An interim 3-

year contract provides for a continuing

water supply and the district to operate

and maintain the dam and reservoir.

The proposed long-term contract would

provide a continued water supply for

the district and the district’s continued

O&M of the facility.

12. Cities of Loveland and Berthold,

Colorado, Colorado-Big Thompson

Project, Colorado: Long-term contracts

for conveyance of nonproject M&I water

through Colorado-Big Thompson Project

facilities pursuant to the Town Sites and

Power Development Act of 1906.

13. P-SMBP, Kansas and Nebraska:

Initiate negotiations for renewal of longterm water supply contracts with

Kansas-Bostwick, Nebraska-Bostwick,

Frenchman Valley, and FrenchmanCambridge IDs.

14. Northwest Area Water Supply,

North Dakota: Long-term contract for

water supply from Garrison Diversion

Unit facilities. Draft basis of negotiation

has been submitted to the Regional

Office for review.

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. Basis of negotiation for Fort

Shaw ID has been submitted to the

Denver Office for review.

16. P-SMBP, Kansas: Water service

contracts with Kirwin and Webster IDs

in the Solomon River Basin in Kansas

will be extended for a period of 4 years

in accordance with Pub. L. 104–326

enacted October 19, 1996. Water service

contracts will be renewed prior to

expiration.

17. P-SMBP, Nebraska: Water service

contracts with the Loup Basin

Reclamation District for Sargent and

Farwell IDs in the Middle Loup River

Basin in Nebraska will be extended for

a period of 4 years in accordance with

Public Law 104–326 enacted October

19, 1996.

18. City of Cheyenne, Kendrick

Project, Wyoming: Negotiation of

contract to renew for an additional term

of 5 years. Contract for up to 10,000

acre-feet of storage space for

replacement water on a yearly basis in

Seminoe Reservoir. A temporary

contract has been issued pending

negotiation of the long-term contract.

19. Highland-Hanover ID, P-SMBP,

Hanover-Bluff Unit, Wyoming:

Renegotiation of long-term water service

contract; includes provisions for

repayment of construction costs.

20. Upper Bluff ID, P-SMBP, HanoverBluff Unit, Wyoming: Renegotiation of

long-term water service contract;

includes provisions for repayment of

construction cost.

21. Fort Clark ID, P-SMBP, North

Dakota: Negotiate an interim water

service contract to continue delivery of

project water pending renewal of a longterm water service-repayment contract.

22. Canadian River Project, Texas:

Recalculate existing contract repayment

schedule to conform with the provisions

of the Emergency Drought Relief Act of

1996. The revised schedule is to reflect

a consideration for project land

transferred to the National Park Service,

and a 3-year deferment of payments.
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23. Nueces River Project, Texas:

Recalculate existing contract repayment

schedule to conform with the provisions

of the Emergency Drought Relief Act of

1996. The revised schedule is to reflect

a 5-year deferment of payments.

24. Western Heart River ID, P-SMBP,

Heart Butte Unit, North Dakota:

Negotiation of water service contract to

continue delivery of project water to the

district.

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. Basis of negotiation is

in the process of being completed;

existing contract was extended for 1

year pending negotiation of long-term

contract.

26. Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP,

Montana: Initiating 25-year water

service contract for up to 750 acre-feet

of storage from Tiber Reservoir to

irrigate 250 acres.

27. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming:

Initiate negotiations for renewal of longterm water service contracts with

Burbank Ditch, New Grattan Ditch

Company, Torrington ID, Lucerne Canal

and Power Company, and Wright and

Murphy Ditch Company. The current

contracts expire in 1998.

28. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Nebraska:

Initiate negotiations for renewal of longterm water service contracts with

Bridgeport, Enterprise, and Mitchell IDs,

and Central Nebraska Public Power and

Irrigation District. The current contracts

expire in 1998.

29. Belle Fourche Unit, P-SMBP,

South Dakota: Basis of negotiation has

been approved for the negotiation of a

long-term repayment contract deferring

the Belle Fourche ID’s 1997

construction payment and also

reduction of the district’s annual

payment.

30. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,

Colorado: Repayment contract with

Southeastern Colorado Water

Conservancy District for repayment of

cost of SOD modifications to Pueblo

Dam.

31. Dickinson Heart River Mutual Aid

Corporation, P-SMBP, Dickinson Unit,

North Dakota: Negotiate renewal of

water service contract for irrigation of

lands below Dickinson Dam in western

North Dakota.

32. Greenfields ID, Sun River Project,

Montana: Contract for SOD costs for

repairs to Pishkun Dike No. 4.

33. Public Service Company of

Colorado: Agreement to furnish surplus

water from the historic users pool at

Green Mountain Reservoir for the

purpose of generating hydroelectric

power at the Grand Valley Power Plant,

Palisade, Colorado.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Wayne O. Deason,

Deputy Director, Program Analysis Office.

[FR Doc. 98–1883 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–P

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

COOPERATION AGENCY

Agency for International Development

Environmental Partnership Program in

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and

the New Independent States (NIS) of

the Former Soviet Union

ACTION: Availability of applications.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Agency for

International Development (USAID)

seeks applications from qualified U.S.

organizations or consortia of

organizations for award of a three to

five-year Cooperative Agreement in

support of a program to promote marketoriented solutions to environmental

problems facing local governments and

industries in Central and Eastern Europe

(CEE) and the New Independent States

(NIS) of the former Soviet Union. The

successful applicant will coordinate a

partnership grants program that will

facilitate linkages among organizations

within the CEE and the NIS and

between U.S. entities and partners

within the region, and promote CEE/NIS

business opportunities for U.S. firms in

the environmental sector. USAID seeks

an organization with demonstrated

capability to identify opportunities for

partnering, as well as the capacity to

nurture and facilitate such partnerships.

Applicants must be prepared to

contribute non-USAID resources toward

meeting the overall cost of the program;

all partnership grants within the

program will also be made on a costsharing basis. This competitive RFA

will be awarded as a component of a

new initiative, entitled ‘‘Environmental

Partnership Program (EPP),’’ which is a

result of a year-long series of

discussions on appropriate transition

strategies for environmentally sound

economic improvements by the U.S. in

CEE/NIS. The goal of the overall EPP is

to forge relationships with new partners,

particularly private partners, to expand

and accelerate environmental trade,

investment and policy reform in this

region. In addition to market-oriented

solutions to environmental problems

facing localities and industry in these

countries, the purpose of the EPP is to

stimulate sustainable environmental

trade and investment linkages between

the U.S. and the ENI region. It will

complement, and be supported by,

existing and future USAID programs to

meet the continued need for

strengthening environmental policies

and regulatory frameworks within CEE/

NIS nations. In some cases, it is

expected, within the context of the

overall EPP, limited technical assistance

will be provided to ensure that policies

exist and are implemented to support

the investments stimulated by the

program’s primary work. USAID

anticipates that the Program will serve

as a catalyst across the region to

increase public/private participation in

environmentally sound economic

development by: (1) Stimulating

dialogue between these sectors and

action on policies that encourage private

participation in environmental projects;

and (2) assisting ENI-based

environmental decision-makers in

accessing information on environmental

technologies, approaches and services

or locating partners who can help them

solve priority environmental problems

that are predominantly transboundary

or regional in nature (air and water

pollution, climate-change mitigation,

solid and toxic waste cleanup, etc.). The

RFA will fully describe the competitive

application process, as well as the

overall EPP and the Program

Description for the proposed

cooperative agreement. The RFA will

outline what information is to be

submitted for review by USAID. As

stated above, the successful applicant

will be expected to contribute to the

proposed Program’s cost in cash and/or

in kind, in order to demonstrate

commitment to the principles of the EPP

and maximize its potential impact. The

Agreement will be incrementally funded

by USAID, subject to availability of

funds.

DATES: The RFA will be available o/a

January 12, 1998.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access: The preferred

method of distribution of USAID

procurement information is via the

Internet or by request of a solicitation of

a 3.5′′ floppy disk (WordPerfect 5.1/5.2

format). The RFA, once issued, may be

downloaded from the Agency Website

at: http//www.info.usaid.gov. From this

homepage, select ‘‘Business and

Procurement Opportunities,’’ then

‘‘USAID Procurements,’’ then

‘‘Download Available USAID

Solicitations.’’ Receipt of this RFA

through the Internet must be confirmed

by written notification to the contact

person listed above. It is the

responsibility of the recipient of this

RFA to ensure that it has been received