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dates and locations will be published in

the Federal Register.

Dated: May 16, 1995.

Donald T. Sant,

Acting Associate Director for Royalty

Management.

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

Bureau of Reclamation

Quarterly Status Report of Water

Service and Repayment Contract

Negotiations

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

AGENCY: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of

proposed contractual actions that are

modified, completed, discontinued, or

new since the last publication of this

notice on February 1, 1995. The

February 1, 1995, notice should be used

as a reference point to identify changes.

The number in parenthesis corresponds

to the number in the February 1, 1995,

notice. This notice is one means in

which the public is informed about

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

any 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 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 1995. 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

comments.

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 request 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

(SRPA)—Small Reclamation Projects

Act

(WCUA)—Water Conservation and

Utilization Act

(WD)—Water District

The following contract actions are

either new, modified, discontinued, or

completed in the Bureau of Reclamation

since the February 1, 1995, Federal

Register notice.

Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road,

Boise, Idaho 83706–1234, telephone

208–378–5346.

1. Contract Actions Modified.

(18) Hermiston, Stanfield, Westland,

and West Extension Irrigation Districts,

Umatilla Project, Oregon: Temporary

contracts to provide water service for

1995 to lands lying outside of their

boundaries.

2. New Contract Actions.

(19) Stanfield and Westland Irrigation

Districts, Umatilla Project, Oregon:

Repayment contract for reimbursable

cost of dam safety repairs to McKay

Dam.

(20) Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course,

Tualatin Project, Oregon: Water service

contract for provision of approximately

340 acre-feet of water for M&I use.
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Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way,

Sacramento, California 95825–1898,

telephone 916–978–5030.

1. Contract Actions Modified.

(2) 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 acrefeet 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.

(3) 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 water service contracts with

contractors whose contracts expire

between 1995 and 1998; water

quantities for these contracts total in

excess of 1.7M acre-feet. These contract

actions will be accomplished through

interim renewal contracts pursuant to

Pub. L. 102–575.

(5) Truckee Carson ID, Newlands

Project, Nevada: New repayment

contract for the unpaid construction

cost repayment obligation from the

original contract and for the operation

and maintenance of project facilities.

The United States terminated the

original contract, and this was upheld

by the U.S. District Court in Nevada on

August 17, 1983.

(10) El Dorado County Water Agency,

San Juan WD, and Sacramento County

Water Agency, CVP, California: M&I

water service contract 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 Pub. L.

101–514.

(17) Monterey County Water

Resources Agency, Castroville Irrigation

Water Supply Project, SRPA, California:

Loan repayment contract in the amount

of $32,600,000 to construct an irrigation

distribution system to convey reclaimed

water for agricultural purposes and to

reduce seawater intrusion in the

ground-water aquifers.

(22) San Juan WD and the Placer

County Water Agency, CVP, California:

Renewal of existing long-term wheeling

contract allowing the Agency to use

CVP facilities to deliver its water to the

District for use on District land within

Placer County. This will be a Warren

Act contract.

2. Contract Actions Completed.

(7) City of Redding, CVP, California:

Amendment to Contract No. 14–06–

5272A to add a point of diversion at the

turnout, Spring Creek Power Conduit, to

facilitate proposed water treatment

plant for Buckeye service area. This

amendment will also conform the

contract to current Reclamation policies,

including the water ratesetting policy

and Pub. L. 102–575. ACTION:

Amendatory Contract No. 14–06–200–

5272A executed November 22, 1994.

(11) Sacramento Area Flood Control

Agency, CVP, California: Agreement for

the Folsom Dam and Reservoir

reoperation. ACTION: Contract executed

on March 22, 1995.

(14) Widren WD, CVP, California:

Amend water service contract No. 14–

06–200–8018 to include M&I use and

conform to Pub. L. 102–575. ACTION:

Interim Renewal contract executed on

February 27, 1995, that included M&I

use.

(15) Del Puerto WD, CVP, California:

Assignment of eleven Delta-Mendota

Canal water service contracts to Del

Puerto WD for administrative and

operational purposes. Changes in water

district name. ACTION: Assignment

executed on February 13, 1995.

3. Contract Actions Discontinued.

(21) United Water Conservation

District, SRPA, California: District can

prepay the loan at a discounted rate

pursuant to Pub. L. 102–575. ACTION:

District did not pursue prepayment

option provided in Pub. L. 102–575.

Prepayment option has expired.

(24) Glide WD, CVP, California:

Assignment of Tehama WD’s water

service contract to Glide WD. ACTION:

Request withdrawn. Tehama WD

dissolved.

(25) Glide WD and Orland-Artois WD,

CVP, California: Assignment of Elder

Creek WD water service contract to

Glide WD and Orland-Artois WD.

ACTION: Request withdrawn. Elder

Creek WD chose not to renew its water

service contract. Their water service

contract expired on February 28, 1995.

4. New Contract Actions.

(27) Santa Barbara County Water

Agency: Repayment contract for Safety

of Dams work on Bradbury Dam.

(28) Central Valley Project 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.

Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, PO Box 61470 (Nevada

Highway and Park Street), Boulder

City,Nevada 89006–1470, telephone

702–293–8536.

1. Contract Actions Completed.

(16) Elsinore Valley Municipal WD,

Temescal Valley Project, SRPA, CA.

Action: Contract executed.

2. Contract Actions Discontinued.

(21) City of Yuma , BCP, AZ:

Amendment to Contract No. 14–06–W–

106, for additional points of diversion.

Action: Points of diversion will not be

within City of Yuma.

3. New Contract Actions.

(41) Department of the Navy, Niland,

CA: Contract for delivery of up to 23

acre-feet per year of California unused

apportionment water for domestic use.

(42) Windsor Beach State Park, Lake

Havasu City, AZ: Contract for 130 acrefeet entitlement to Colorado River

domestic water.

Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, PO Box 11568, (125 South

State Street), Salt Lake City, Utah 84147,

telephone 801–524–5435.

No change in contract activities.

Great Plains Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Federal

Building, 316 North 26th Street,

Billings, Montana 59107–6900,

telephone 406–657–6413.

1. Contract Actions Modified.

(13) Lakeview Irrigation District,

Shoshone Project, Wyoming: New longterm 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

(Pub. L. 260).

(22) Mountain Park Master

Conservancy District, Mountain Park

Project, Oklahoma: Pursuant to Title IV

of Pub. L. 103–434, amend the District’s

contract to reallocate the project costs to

reflect the environmental activities

authorized by Title IV and provide for

a discounted prepayment of the

reimbursable costs allocated for its M&I

water supply.

Dated: May 15, 1995.

Wayne O. Deason,

Assistant Director, Program Analysis.

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