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from mineral leasing, for the Diamond

Craters Geologic Area has also been

superseded by PL 106–399, and allowed

to expire.

The segregative effect for the Federal

interests in the above mentioned

proposed withdrawals, and the PLO, are

lifted, subject to PL 106–399, valid

existing rights, the provisions of existing

withdrawals, other segregations of

record, and the requirements of

applicable law.

Dated: February 26, 2001.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 01–5232 Filed 3–2–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Quarterly Status Report of Water

Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Negotiations

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of

proposed contractual actions pending

through December 31, 2000, and

contract actions that have been

completed or discontinued since the last

publication of this notice on October 16,

2000. From the date of this publication,

future quarterly notices during this

calendar year will be limited to new,

modified, discontinued, or completed

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:

Sandra L. Simons, Manager, Water

Contracts and Repayment Office, Bureau

of Reclamation, PO Box 25007, Denver,

Colorado 80225–0007; telephone 303–

445–2902.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 226 of the Reclamation

Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1273) and

43 CFR 426.20 of the rules and

regulations published in 52 FR 11954,

Apr. 13, 1987, Reclamation will publish

notice of the proposed or amendatory

contract actions for any contract for the

delivery of project water for authorized

uses in newspapers of general

circulation in the affected area at least

60 days prior to contract execution.

Pursuant to the ‘‘Final Revised Public

Participation Procedures’’ for water

resource-related contract negotiations,

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

a tabulation is provided of all proposed

contractual actions in each of the five

Reclamation regions. Each proposed

action is, or is expected to be, in some

stage of the contract negotiation process

in 2001. When contract negotiations are

completed, and prior to execution, each

proposed contract form must be

approved by the Secretary of the

Interior, or pursuant to delegated or

redelegated authority, the Commissioner

of Reclamation or one of the regional

directors. In some instances,

congressional review and approval of a

report, water rate, or other terms and

conditions of the contract may be

involved.

Public participation in and receipt of

comments on contract proposals will be

facilitated by adherence to the following

procedures:

1. Only persons authorized to act on

behalf of the contracting entities may

negotiate the terms and conditions of a

specific contract proposal.

2. Advance notice of meetings or

hearings will be furnished to those

parties that have made a timely written

request for such notice to the

appropriate regional or project office of

Reclamation.

3. Written correspondence regarding

proposed contracts may be made

available to the general public pursuant

to the terms and procedures of the

Freedom of Information Act (80 Stat.

383), as amended.

4. Written comments on a proposed

contract or contract action must be

submitted to the appropriate regional

officials at the locations and within the

time limits set forth in the advance

public notices.

5. All written comments received and

testimony presented at any public

hearings will be reviewed and

summarized by the appropriate regional

office for use by the contract approving

authority.

6. Copies of specific proposed

contracts may be obtained from the

appropriate regional director or his

designated public contact as they

become available for review and

comment.

7. In the event modifications are made

in the form of a proposed contract, the

appropriate regional director shall

determine whether republication of the

notice and/or extension of the comment

period is necessary.

Factors considered in making such a

determination shall include, but are not

limited to: (I) the significance of the

modification, and (ii) the degree of

public interest which has been

expressed over the course of the

negotiations. As a minimum, the

regional director shall furnish revised

contracts to all parties who requested

the contract in response to the initial

public notice.

Acronym Definitions Used Herein

BON Basis of Negotiation

BCP Boulder Canyon Project

Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation

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

IDD Irrigation District

M&I Municipal and Industrial

NEPA National Environmental Policy

Act

O&M Operation and Maintenance

P–SMBP Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin

Program

PPR Present Perfected Right

RRA Reclamation Reform Act

R&B Rehabilitation and Betterment

SOD Safety of Dams

SRPA Small Reclamation Projects Act

WCUA Water Conservation and

Utilization Act

WD Water District

Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road,

Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706–1234,

telephone 208–378–5346.

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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. 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; and Juniper

Flat District Improvement Company,

Wapinitia Project, Oregon: Amendatory

repayment and water service contracts;

purpose is to conform to the RRA

(Public Law 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. Palmer Creek WD Improvement

Company, Willamette Basin Project,

Oregon: Irrigation water service contract

for approximately 13,000 acre-feet.

7. 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).

8. North Unit ID and/or City of

Madras, 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.

9. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project,

Oregon: Repayment contract for

reimbursable cost of dam safety repairs

to Wickiup Dam under the SOD

program.

10. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project,

Oregon: Warren Act contract with cost

of service charge to allow for use of

project facilities to convey non-project

water.

11. Baker Valley ID, Baker Project,

Oregon: Warren Act contract with cost

of service charge to allow for use of

project facilities to store non-project

water.

12. 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

Reservoir for a proposed resort

development.

13. City of Cle Elum, Yakima Project,

Washington: Contract for up to 2,170

acre-feet of water for municipal use.

14. Farmer’s and Buck and Jones

Ditch Associations, Rogue River Basin

Project, Oregon: Long-term irrigation

water service contract for provision of

up to 4,475 acre-feet of stored water

from Applegate Reservoir (a Corps of

Engineers project) in exchange for the

assignment of Little Applegate River

natural flow rights to Reclamation for

instream flow use.

15. Ochoco ID, Crooked River Project,

Oregon: Contract for the deferment of

the District’s annual installment due

December 31, 2000 and 2001, under the

Ochoco Dam, SOD repayment contract.

16. Burley ID, Minidoka Project,

Idaho-Wyoming: Supplemental and

amendatory contract providing for the

transfer of O&M of the headworks of the

Main South Side Canal and works

incidental thereto.

17. Minidoka ID, Minidoka Project,

Idaho-Wyoming: Supplemental and

amendatory contract providing for the

transfer of O&M of the headworks of the

Main North Side Canal and works

incidental thereto.

18. Fremont-Madison ID, Minidoka

Project, Idaho-Wyoming: Repayment

contract for reimbursable cost of SOD

modifications to Grassy Lake Dam.

19. Tualatin Valley ID, Tualatin

Project, Oregon: Amendatory contract to

allow for the addition of 419.5 acres and

appropriate District obligation

adjustments.

Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way,

Sacramento, California 95825–1898,

telephone 916–978–5250.

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; temporary

conveyance agreements with the State of

California for various purposes; longterm 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 Unit, Cross

Valley Canal, Delta Division, Friant

Division, Hidden Unit, Sacramento

River Division, San Felipe Division,

Shasta Division, Trinity River Division,

and West San Joaquin Division, CVP,

California: Early renewal of existing

long-term contracts; long-term renewal

of the interim renewal water service

contracts expiring in 2001; water

quantities for these contracts total in

excess of 5.6M acre-feet. These contract

actions will be accomplished through

long-term renewal contracts pursuant to

Public Law 102–575. Prior to

completion of negotiation of long-term

renewal contracts, existing interim

renewal water service contracts may be

renewed through successive interim

renewal of contracts.

3. Redwood Valley County WD,

SRPA, California: Restructuring the

repayment schedule pursuant to Public

Law 100–516.

4. El Dorado 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 authorized by

Public Law 101–514.

5. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

California Department of Fish and

Game, Grasslands 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.

6. Sutter Extension and Biggs-West

Gridley WDs, 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 District facility

improvements and exchange agreements

to provide water for refuge and private

wetlands.

7. 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.

8. Santa Barbara County Water

Agency, Cachuma Project, California:

Repayment contract for SOD work on

Bradbury Dam.

9. CVP Service Area, California:

Temporary water purchase agreements

for acquisition of 20,000 to 200,000

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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.

10. City of Roseville, CVP, California:

Execution of long-term Warren Act

contract for conveyance of non-project

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.

11. Sacramento Municipal Utility

District, CVP, California: Amendment of

existing water service contract to allow

for additional points of diversion and

assignment of up to 30,000 acre-feet of

CVP water to the Sacramento County

Water Agency. The amended contract

will conform to current Reclamation

law.

12. Mercy Springs WD, CVP,

California: Partial assignment of about

7,000 acre-feet of Mercy Springs WD’s

water service contract to Westlands WD

for agricultural use.

13. 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.

14. M&T, Inc., Sacramento River

Water Rights Contractors, CVP,

California: A proposed exchange

agreement with M&T, Inc. to take Butte

Creek water rights water from the

Sacramento River in exchange for CVP

water to facilitate habitat restoration.

15. East Bay Municipal Utility

District, CVP, California: Amendment to

long-term water service contract No. 14–

06–200–5183A to change the points of

diversion and adjust water quantities.

The amended contract will conform to

current Reclamation law.

16. 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 non-project

water in the Friant-Kern and/or Madera

Canals when excess capacity exists.

17. Casitas Municipal WD, Ventura

Project, California: Repayment contract

for SOD work on Casitas Dam.

18. 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.

19. El Dorado ID, CVP, California:

Execution of long-term Warren Act

contract for conveyance of non-project

water. This contract will allow CVP

facilities to be used to deliver nonproject water to the District for use

within their service area.

20. Placer County Water Agency, CVP,

California: Amendment of existing

water service contract to allow for

additional points of diversion and

adjustment to CVP water quantities. The

amended contract will conform to

current Reclamation law.

21. Horsefly, Klamath, Langell Valley,

and Tulelake IDs, Klamath Project,

Oregon: Repayment contract for SOD

work on Clear Lake Dam.

22. Warren Act Contracts, CVP,

California: Execution of long-term

Warren Act contracts (up to 25 years)

with various entities for conveyance of

non-project water in the Delta-Mendota

Canal and the Friant Division facilities.

23. Tuolumne Utilities District

(formerly Tuolumne Regional WD),

CVP, California: Long-term water

service contract for up to 9,000 acre-feet

from New Melones Reservoir, and

possibly a long-term contract for storage

of non-project water in New Melones

Reservoir.

24. City of Folsom, CVP, California:

Contract to amend their water rights

settlement contract’s point of diversion.

25. Banta Carbona ID, CVP, California:

Long-term Warren Act contract for

conveyance of non-project water in the

Delta-Mendota Canal.

26. Plain View WD, CVP, California:

Long-term Warren Act contract for

conveyance of non-project water in the

Delta-Mendota Canal.

27. City of Redding, CVP, California:

Amend water service contract No. 14–

06–200–5272A for the purpose of

renegotiating the provisions of contract

Article 15, ‘‘Water Shortage and

Apportionment,’’ to conform to current

CVP M&I water shortage policy.

28. Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority,

CVP, California: Amendment of existing

long-term O&M agreement to also

include the O&M of the Red Bluff

Diversion Dam and related facilities and

to implement certain changes to the

Direct Funding provisions of the O&M

agreement to comply with applicable

Federal law.

29. Byron-Bethany ID, CVP,

California: Long-term Warren Act

contract for conveyance of non-project

water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.

30. Resource Renewal Institute, CVP,

California: Proposed water purchase

agreement with Resource Renewal

Institute for the permanent purchase of

water rights on Butte Creek for instream

flow purposes.

31. Sacramento Area Flood Control

Agency, CVP, California: Execution of a

long-term operations agreement for

flood control operations of Folsom Dam

and Reservoir to allow for recovery of

costs associated with operating a

variable flood control pool of 400,000 to

670,000 acre-feet of water during the

flood control season. This agreement is

to conform to Federal law.

32. Lower Tule River, Porterville, and

Vandalia IDs, and Pioneer Water

Company, Success Project, California:

Repayment contract for the SOD costs

assigned to the irrigation purpose of

Success Dam.

33. Colusa County WD, CVP,

California: Proposed long-term Warren

Act contract for conveyance of up to

4,500 acre-feet of ground water through

the Tehama-Colusa Canal.

34. Banta-Carbona and The West Side

IDs, CVP, California: Assignment of

5,000 acre-feet of each district’s water

service contract to the City of Tracy. The

assignment will require approval of

conversion of the districts’ CVP

irrigation water to M&I water.

35. Friant Water Users Authority and

San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water

Authority, CVP, California:

Amendments to the Operation,

Maintenance, and Replacement and

Certain Financial and Administrative

Activities’ Agreements to implement

certain changes to the Direct Funding

provisions to comply with applicable

Federal law.

36. Monterey County Water Resources

Agency, SRPA, California: Proposed

contract amendment to provide for

deferral of installments of construction

charges under a SRPA loan repayment

contract.

37. Monterey Regional Water

Pollution Control Agency, SRPA,

California: Proposed contract

amendment to provide for deferral of

installments of construction charges

under a SRPA loan repayment contract.

38. Madera-Chowchilla Water and

Power Authority, CVP, California:

Agreement to transfer the operation,

maintenance, and replacement and

certain financial and administrative

activities related to the Madera Canal

and associated works.

39. Truckee-Carson ID, Newlands

Project, Nevada: Amendment to O&M

contract No. 7–07–20–X0348 to include

mutually agreed upon Consumer Price

Index for the current year and

incorporation of a new Consumer Price

Index as determined by the Contracting

Officer applicable to Fallon, Nevada (or

the nearest urban area in the event that

such index is not determined for Fallon,

Nevada).

40. Clear Creek Community Services

District, CVP, California: Contract to

transfer title to Clear Creek South Unit

to the District.

41. El Dorado ID, CVP, California:

Title transfer agreement for conveyance

of CVP facilities. This agreement will

allow transfer of title for Sly Park Dam,

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Jenkinson Lake, and appurtenant

facilities from the CVP to the El Dorado

ID.

42. Foresthill Public Utilities District,

CVP, California: Title transfer agreement

for conveyance of CVP facilities. This

agreement will allow transfer of title for

Sugarpine Dam and appurtenant

facilities from the CVP to Foresthill

Public Utility District.

43. Carpinteria WD, Cachuma Project,

California: Contract to transfer title to

Carpinteria Distribution System to the

District.

44. Monticito WD, Cachuma Project,

California: Contract to transfer title to

Monticito Distribution System to the

District.

45. Delano-Earlimart, Exeter, Ivanhoe,

Lindmore, Lindsay-Strathmore, Madera,

Shafter Wasco, and Stone Corral IDs;

South San Joaquin Municipal Utilities

District; and Tea Pot Dome WD, Friant

Unit, CVP, California: Contract to

transfer title to 11 distribution systems

to the respective districts.

46. City of Vallejo, Solano Project,

California: Execution of long-term

Warren Act Contract for conveyance of

non-project water. This contract will

allow Solano Project facilities to be used

to deliver non-project water to the City

of Vallejo for use within their service

area.

47. Northridge WD, CVP, California:

Execution of long-term Warren Act

Contract for conveyance of non-project

water. This contract will allow CVP

facilities to be used to deliver nonproject water to the Northridge WD for

use within their service area.

The following contract action has

been completed since the last

publication of this notice on October 16,

2000.

1. (5) Townsend Flat Ditch Company,

or its shareholders, Centerville

Community Services District and

McConnell Foundation, CVP, California:

Proposed exchange contract for 6,000

acre-feet of water in relation to the Clear

Creek restoration and fish passage

program in Section 3406(b)12) of the

Central Valley Project Improvement Act.

Contract Nos. 00–WC–20–1707 and 00–

WC–20–1708 executed August 11, 2000.

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, Cameron

Brothers Construction Company, Ogram

Farms, John J. Peach, Sunkist Growers,

Inc., BCP, Arizona: Colorado River

water delivery contracts as

recommended by the Arizona

Department of Water Resources with

agricultural entities located near the

Colorado River for up to 3,168 acre-feet

per year total.

2. Armon Curtis, Arlin Dulin, Jack

Rayner, Glen Curtis, Jamar Produce

Corporation, and Ansel T. Hall, BCP,

Arizona: Amendatory Colorado River

water delivery contracts to exempt each

referenced contractor from the acreage

limitation and full-cost pricing

provisions of the RRA.

3. Brooke and Havasu Water

Companies, BCP, Arizona: Contracts for

additional Colorado River water to

entities located along the Colorado River

in Arizona for up to 1,540 acre-feet per

year for domestic uses as recommended

by the Arizona Department of Water

Resources.

4. National Park Service for Lake

Mead National Recreation Area,

Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v.

California, and BCP in Arizona and

Nevada: Agreement for delivery of

Colorado River water for the National

Park Service’s Federal Establishment

PPR for diversion of 500 acre-feet

annually and the National Park

Service’s Federal Establishment PPR to

Executive Order No. 5125 (April 25,

1930).

5. Mohave Valley IDD, BCP, Arizona:

Amendment of current contract for

additional Colorado River water, change

in service area and diversion points,

RRA exemption, and PPRs.

6. 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 PPRs holders are listed in

the January 9, 1979, Supreme Court

Supplemental Decree in Arizona v.

California et al.

7. Miscellaneous present PPR No. 11,

BCP, Arizona: Assign a portion of the

PPR from Holpal to McNulty et al.

8. Federal Establishment PPRs

entitlement holders, BCP: Individual

contracts for administration of Colorado

River water entitlement of the Colorado

River, Fort Mojave, Quechan,

Chemehuevi, and Cocopah Indian

Tribes.

9. United States facilities, BCP,

California: Reservation of Colorado

River water for use at existing Federal

facilities and lands administered by

Reclamation.

10. 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.

11. Curtis Family Trust et al., BCP,

Arizona: Contract for 2,100 acre-feet per

year of Colorado River water for

irrigation.

12. Beattie Farms SW, BCP, Arizona:

Contract for 1,890 acre-feet per year of

unused Arizona entitlement of Colorado

River water for irrigation use.

13. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Lower Colorado River Refuge Complex,

BCP, Arizona: Agreement to administer

the Colorado River water entitlement for

refuge lands located in Arizona to

resolve water rights coordination issues

and to provide for an additional

entitlement for non-consumptive use of

flow through water.

14. Hillander C ID, Colorado River

Basin Salinity Control Project, Arizona:

Colorado River water delivery contract

for 4,500 acre-feet per year.

15. Maricopa-Stanfield IDD, CAP,

Arizona: Amend distribution system

repayment contract No. 4–07–30-W0047

to reschedule repayment pursuant to

June 28, 1996, agreement.

16. 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.

17. Tohono O’odham Nation, SRPA,

Arizona: Repayment contract for a $7.3

million loan for the Schuk Toak District.

18. San Tan ID, CAP, Arizona: Amend

distribution system repayment contract

No. 6–07–30–W0120 to increase the

repayment obligation by approximately

$168,000.

19. Central Arizona Drainage and ID,

CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution

system repayment contract No. 4–07–

30–W0048 to modify repayment terms

pursuant to final order issued by U.S.

Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona.

20. City of Needles, Lower Colorado

Water Supply Project, California:

Amend contract No. 2–07–30–W0280 to

extend Needles’ water service

subcontracting authority to the Counties

of Imperial and Riverside.

21. 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.

22. 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

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Rights Settlement Act, dated November

17, 1988.

23. 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.

24. Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian

Community, CAP, Arizona: O&M

contract for its CAP water distribution

system.

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

Arizona: Amend agreement to add

additional points of diversion for

Colorado River water.

26. Arizona State Land Department,

BCP, Arizona: Colorado River water

delivery contract for 1,535 acre-feet per

year for domestic use.

27. Miscellaneous PPR No. 38, BCP,

California: Assign Schroeder’s portion

of the PPR to Murphy Broadcasting and

change the place and type of water use.

28. Berneil Water Company, CAP,

Arizona: Water service contracts

associated with partial assignment of

water service to the Cave Creek Water

Company.

29. Tohono O’odham Nation, CAP,

Arizona: Repayment contract for

construction costs associated with water

distribution system for Central Arizona

IDD.

30. Tohono O’odham Nation, CAP,

Arizona: Contracts for Schuk Toak and

San Xavier Districts for repayment of

Federal expenditures for construction of

distribution systems.

31. Canyon Forest Village II

Corporation, BCP, Arizona: Colorado

River water delivery contract for up to

400 acre-feet per year of unused Arizona

apportionment or surplus

apportionment for domestic use.

32. Gila Project Works, Gila Project,

Arizona: Title transfer of facilities and

certain lands in the Wellton-Mohawk

Division from the United States to the

Wellton-Mohawk IDD.

33. ASARCO Inc., CAP, Arizona:

Amendment to extend deadline for

giving notice of termination on

exchange subcontract to December 31,

2001.

34. BHP Copper, Inc., CAP, Arizona:

Amendment to extend deadline for

giving notice of termination on

exchange subcontract to December 31,

2001.

35. Cyprus Miami Mining

Corporation, CAP, Arizona: Amendment

to extend deadline for giving notice of

termination on exchange subcontract to

December 31, 2001.

36. 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.

37. Southern Nevada Water Authority,

Robert B. Griffith Water Project, Nevada:

Title transfer of physical facilities with

interest in acquired lands and grant or

assignment of perpetual rights or

easements over Federal lands.

38. Hohokam IDD, CAP, Arizona:

Amend water distribution system

repayment contract to reflect final

project costs.

39. Gila River Indian Community,

CAP, Arizona: Amend CAP water

delivery contact and distribution system

repayment and operation, maintenance,

and replacement contract pursuant to

anticipated Gila River Indian

Community Water Rights Settlement

Agreement.

40. Basic Management, Inc., Salinity

Project, Nevada: Title transfer of the

Pitman Wash Bypass Demonstration

Project Facilities and all interests in

acquired lands and easements

associated with an obligation to

continue bypassing the water in Pitman

Wash.

41. BHP Copper, Inc., CAP, Arizona:

Proposed agreement and amendments to

CAP water delivery subcontracts to

transfer BHP Copper’s CAP water

allocation to the City of Scottsdale,

Town of Carefree, and Tonto Hills

Utility Company.

42. California WDs, BCP, California:

Incorporate into the water delivery

contracts with several water districts

(Coachella Valley WD, Imperial ID, Palo

Verde ID, and The Metropolitan WD of

Southern California), through new

contracts, contract amendments,

contract approvals, or other appropriate

means, the agreement to be reached

with those water districts to (i) quantity

the Colorado River water entitlements

for Coachella Valley WD and Imperial

ID and (ii) provide a basis for water

transfers among California water

districts.

43. Coachella Valley WD, BCP,

California: Amend contract designated

symbol 14–20–650, contract No. 631,

which authorizes the United States to

construct irrigation and drainage works

for certain Indian lands within the

District, to provide for construction of

necessary facilities to allow water

deliveries for irrigation of up to 322

acres of lands on the Torres-Martinez

Indian Reservation located within the

Coachella Valley WD’s Improvement

District No. 1.

44. North Gila Valley IDD, Yuma ID,

and Yuma Mesa IDD, Yuma Mesa

Division, Gila Project, Arizona:

Administrative action to amend each

district’s Colorado River water delivery

contract to effectuate a change from a

‘‘pooled’’ water entitlement for the

Division to a quantified entitlement for

each district.

45. Indian and/or non-Indian M&I

users, CAP, Arizona: New or

amendatory water service contracts or

subcontracts in accordance with an

anticipated final record of decision for

reallocation CAP water, as discussed in

the Secretary of the Interior’s notice

published on page 41456 of the FR on

July 30, 1999.

46. San Carlos-Apache Tribe, CAP,

Arizona: Agreement among the United

States, Salt River Project Agricultural

Improvement and Power District, and

the Salt River Valley Water User’s

Association for exchange of up to 14,000

acre-feet of Black River Water for CAP

water.

47. San Carlos-Apache Tribe, Arizona:

Agreement among the San CarlosApache Tribe, the United States, and the

Phelps Dodge Corporation for the lease

of Black River Water.

48. Arizona Water Banking Authority

and Southern Nevada Water Authority,

BCP, Arizona and Nevada: Contract to

provide for the interstate contractual

distribution of Colorado River water

through the offstream storage of

Colorado River water in Arizona, the

development by the Arizona Water

Banking Authority of intentionally

created unused apportionment, and the

release of this intentionally created

unused apportionment by the Secretary

of the Interior to Southern Nevada

Water Authority.

49. Gila River Farms, Arizona:

Amendment of SRPA contract to

restructure the repayment schedule.

50. Litchfield Park Service Company,

CAP, Arizona: Proposed assignment of

5,580 acre-feet of CAP M&I water to the

Central Arizona Groundwater

Replenishment District and to the Cities

of Avondale, Carefree, and Goodyear.

51. Shepard Water Company, Inc.,

Arizona: Contract for the delivery of 50

acre-feet of domestic water.

52. The United States International

Boundary and Water Commission, The

Metropolitan WD of Southern

California, San Diego County Water

Authority, and Otay WD, Mexican

Treaty Waters: Agreement for the

temporary emergency delivery of a

portion of the Mexican Treaty waters of

the Colorado River to the International

Boundary in the vicinity of Tijuana,

Baja California, Mexico.

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53. Arizona State Land Department,

CAP, Arizona: Proposed assignment of

1,000 acre-feet of the Department’s CAP

M&I water entitlement to the City of

Peoria.

54. City of Chandler, CAP, Arizona:

Proposed amendment of CAP water

delivery subcontract to delete provision

requiring offsetting reduction of

Chandler’s CAP water entitlement for

quantities of water received in a direct

effluent exchange with an Indian

community.

55. City of Mesa, CAP, Arizona:

Proposed amendment of CAP water

delivery subcontract to delete provision

requiring offsetting reduction of Mesa’s

CAP water entitlement for quantities of

water received in a direct effluent

exchange with an Indian community.

The following contract actions have

been discontinued since the last

publication of this notice on October 16,

2000.

1. (13) Arizona Game and Fish

Department, BCP, Arizona: Contract for

250 acre-feet per year of unused Arizona

entitlement of Colorado River water for

environmental use until a permanent

water supply can be obtained.

2. (26) Bullhead City, BCP, Arizona:

Assignment of annual 1,800 acre-feet of

Colorado River water entitlement and

associated service area from Mohave

County Water Conservation District to

Bullhead City, Arizona.

3. (27) U.S. Army Proving Ground,

BCP, Arizona: Agreement of 1,883 acrefeet of Colorado River water per year.

4. (33) Don Schuler, BCP, California:

Temporary delivery contract for surplus

and/or unused apportionment Colorado

River water for domestic and industrial

use on 18 lots of recreational homes.

5. (62) Central Arizona Water

Conservation District, CAP, Arizona:

Agreement for delivery of CAP excess

water to the Gila River Indian

Community and the San Carlos IDD in

exchange for San Carlos Reservoir

water.

The following contract actions have

been completed since the last

publication of this notice on October 16,

2000.

1. (9) United States facilities, BCP,

Arizona: Reservation of Colorado River

water for use at existing Federal

facilities and lands administered by

Reclamation. (This action has been

completed in Arizona, but is still listed

in this report for California).

2. (41) BHP Copper, Inc., CAP,

Arizona: Amendment to extend

deadline for giving notice of termination

on exchange subcontract to December

31, 2000.

3. (42) Cyprus Miami Mining

Corporation, CAP, Arizona: Amendment

to extend deadline for giving notice of

termination on exchange subcontract to

December 31, 2000.

4. (43) Bureau of Reclamation, BCP,

Arizona and California: Surplus

Colorado River water entitlements for

environmental habitat improvement

projects.

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,

CRSP; Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and

New Mexico: Temporary (interim) water

service contracts for surplus project

water for irrigation or M&I use to

provide up to 10,000 acre-feet of water

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

to 1,000 acre-feet of water annually.

(a) Harrison F. 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) City of Page, Arizona, Glen Canyon

Unit, CRSP, Arizona: Long-term contract

for 1,000 acre-feet of water for

municipal purposes.

(c) LeChee Chapter of the Navajo

Nation, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP,

Arizona: Long-term contract for 1,000

acre-feet for municipal purposes.

(d) Walter Daniel Stephens, Aspinall

Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Contract for 2

acre-feet to support an augmentation

plan, Case No. 97CW49, Water Division

Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to

provide for pond evaporative depletions

during the non-irrigation season.

(e) Daggett County, Utah, Flaming

Gorge Unit, CRSP, Utah: M&I water

service contract covering payment for

and delivery of 1,000 acre-feet of

untreated water as required by Section

10(k)(2) of Public Law 105–326.

2. 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 Acequias, 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.

3. Carlsbad ID, Carlsbad Project, New

Mexico: Contract to provide for

repayment of the District’s 15 percent

share of proposed modifications to

Avalon Dam under the SOD program.

4. 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.

5. Upper Gunnison River Water

Conservancy District, Wayne N.

Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado: A longterm water service contract for up to

25,000 acre-feet for irrigation use.

6. Upper Gunnison River Water

Conservancy District, Wayne N.

Aspinall Unit, CRSP, Colorado:

Substitute supply plan for the

administration of the Gunnison River.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. Public Service Company of New

Mexico, CRSP, Navajo Unit, New

Mexico: New water service contract for

a depletion of 16,200 acre-feet of project

water for cooling purposes for a steam

electric generation plant.

11. 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—Savor River (Great

Basin).

12. Individual irrigators, Carlsbad

Project, New Mexico: The United States

proposes to enter into long-term

forbearance lease agreements with

individuals who have privately held

water rights to divert non-project water

either directly from the Pecos River or

from shallow/artesian wells in the Pecos

River Watershed. This action will result

in additional water in the Pecos River to

make up for the water depletions caused

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by changes in operations at Sumner

Dam which were made to improve

conditions for a threatened species, the

Pecos bluntnose shiner.

13. Dolores Water Conservancy

District, Dolores Project, Colorado:

Carriage contract with the District to

carry up to 8,000 acre-feet of non-project

water in project facilities under the

authority of the Warren Act of 1911.

14. Various contractors, San JuanChama Project, New Mexico: The

United States proposes to purchase

lease water from various contractors to

stabilize flows in a critical reach of the

Rio Grande in order to meet the needs

of irrigators and preserve habitat for the

silvery minnow.

15. Ogden River Water Users

Association and Weber Basin Water

Conservancy District, Ogden River and

Weber Basin Projects, Utah: Contract to

provide for repayment of water users

portion of construction contract due to

SOD investigations recommendations at

Pineview Dam.

The following contract actions have

been discontinued since the last

publication of this notice on October 16,

2000.

1. (2) Southern Ute Indian Tribe,

Animas-La 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 costsharing agreement and water rights

settlement agreement.

2. (3) Ute Mountain Ute Tribe,

Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and

New Mexico: Repayment contract; 6,000

acre-feet 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.

The following contract action has

been completed since the last

publication of this notice on October 16,

2000.

1. (1)(g) James F. Squirrell, Aspinall

Unit, CRSP, Colorado: Ten-year contract

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

the augmentation plan. Mr. Squirrell has

filed a Finding of Fact and Ruling of

Referee with the Division 4 Water Court

of the State of Colorado, case No. 97–

CW–223, dated July 7, 1999. The

augmentation plan requires Mr.

Squirrell to augment out-of-priority

depletions caused by the operation of

the Arrowhead Subdivision’s potable

water supply system.

Great Plains Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Federal

Building, 316 North 26th Street,

Billings, Montana 59107–6900,

telephone 406–247–7730.

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 non-project

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. Water

service and repayment contracts for up

to 17,000 acre-feet annually for M&I use;

contract with Colorado Water

Conservation Board and the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service for 10,825 acre-feet

for endangered fishes.

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. City of Rapid City, Rapid Valley

Unit, P–SMBP, South Dakota: Contract

renewal for storage capacity in Pactola

Reservoir. A temporary (1 year not to

exceed 10,000 acre-feet) water service

contract will be negotiated with the

Rapid Valley Water Conservancy

District, Rapid Valley Unit, for use of

water from Pactola Reservoir.

6. Pathfinder ID, North Platte Project,

Nebraska: Negotiation of contract

regarding SOD program modification of

Lake Alice Dam No. 1 Filter/Drain.

7. Northern Cheyenne Indian

Reservation, Yellowtail Unit, Lower

Bighorn Division, P–SMBP, Montana:

The Northern Cheyenne Reserved Water

Rights Settlement Act of 1992 allocates

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

per year stored at Bighorn Reservoir,

Montana. In accordance with section 9

of the Act, Reclamation and the Tribe

must negotiate an agreement for the

water. The Tribe is to pay the United

States both capital and O&M costs for

water the Tribe uses or sells from this

storage for M&I purposes. Reclamation

and the Tribe are continuing to

negotiate the terms of the agreement.

The agreement has been sent to the

Tribe for signature. A date for execution

has not been scheduled.

8. 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 non-profit corporation

for the planning and construction of a

rural water supply system.

9. Angostura ID, Angostura Unit, P–

SMBP, South Dakota: Another interim

3-year contract was executed on June 9,

2000, to provide for a continuing water

supply and allow adequate time for

completion of the Environmental Impact

Statement for long-term contract

renewal. A BON for a long-term contract

renewal has been sent to the Denver

Office for review/approval by the

Commissioner’s Office.

10. Cities of Loveland and Berthoud,

Colorado, Colorado-Big Thompson

Project, Colorado: Long-term contracts

for conveyance of non-project M&I

water through Colorado-Big Thompson

Project facilities pursuant to the Town

Sites and Power Development Act of

1906. The BON has been approved by

the Commissioner.

11. Northwest Area Water Supply,

North Dakota: Long-term contract for

water supply from Garrison Diversion

Unit facilities. The BON has been

approved by the Commissioner.

Negotiations are pending.

12. P–SMBP, Kansas: Existing water

service contracts with the Kirwin and

Webster IDs in the Solomon River Basin

in Kansas were extended for a period of

4 years in accordance with Public Law

104–326. These contracts will be

renewed prior to their expiration on

December 31, 2003 (Kirwin ID) and

December 31, 2005 (Webster ID). It is

anticipated that a draft environmental

assessment will be prepared by July

2001 and the final environmental

assessment will be completed prior to

executing the contracts.

13. City of Cheyenne, Kendrick

Project, Wyoming: Negotiation of a

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.

14. Highland-Hanover ID, P–SMBP,

Hanover-Bluff Unit, Wyoming:

Renegotiation of long-term water service

contract; includes provisions for

repayment of construction costs.

15. Upper Bluff ID, P–SMBP,

Hanover-Bluff Unit, Wyoming:

Renegotiation of long-term water service

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contract; includes provisions for

repayment of construction cost.

16. Fort Clark ID, P–SMBP, North

Dakota: Negotiation of a water service

contract to continue delivery of project

water to the District.

17. 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.

Received approval of the BON from the

Commissioner and a public notice has

been printed in the Corpus Christi

Caller-Times.

18. Western Heart River ID, P–SMBP,

Heart Butte Unit, North Dakota:

Negotiation of a water service contract

to continue delivery of project water to

the District.

19. Lower Marias Unit, P–SMBP,

Montana: Water service contract expired

in July 2000. Initiating renewal of

existing contract for 25 years for up to

480 acre-feet of storage from Tiber

Reservoir to irrigate 160 acres. Received

approved BON from the Commissioner.

Currently performing a water

availability study and consulting with

the Tribes regarding the Water Rights

Compact. A 1-year interim contract will

be issued to continue delivery of water

until the necessary actions can be

completed to renew a long-term

contract.

20. 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. A 1-year temporary

contract has been issued to allow

additional time to complete necessary

actions required for the long-term

contract. Another 1-year temporary has

been issued to continue delivery of

water until the long-term renewal

process can be completed.

21. Lower Marias Unit, P–SMBP,

Montana: Water service contract expired

May 2000. Initiating renewal of existing

long-term contract for 25 years for up to

4,570 acre-feet of storage from Tiber

Reservoir to irrigate 2,285 acres.

Currently performing a water

availability study and consulting with

the Tribes regarding the Water Rights

Compact. A 1-year interim contract has

been issued to continue delivery of

water until the necessary actions can be

completed to renew the long-term

contract. Another 1-year temporary will

be issued to continue delivery of water

until the long-term renewal process can

be completed.

22. 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.

23. Savage ID, P–SMBP, Montana: A

second interim contract has been

entered into with the District. The

District is currently seeking title

transfer. The contract is subject to

renewal on an annual basis pending

outcome of the title transfer process.

24. City of Fort Collins, Colorado-Big

Thompson Project, Colorado: Long-term

contracts for conveyance and storage of

non-project M&I water through

Colorado-Big Thompson Project

facilities pursuant to the Town Sites and

Power Development Act of 1906.

25. Green Mountain Project, Colorado:

Historic user pool contracts for surplus

water for recreation. This contract is to

benefit the endangered fish.

26. Keith Bower (Individual), P–

SMBP, Boysen Unit, Wyoming: Contract

for up to 500 acre-feet of irrigation water

to service 144 acres.

27. Canyon Limited Liability

(Individual), P–SMBP, Boysen Unit,

Wyoming: Contract for up to 16 acre-feet

of supplemental irrigation water to

service 4 acres.

28. L.U. Sheep Company (Individual),

P–SMBP, Boysen Unit, Wyoming:

Contract for up to 60 acre-feet of

irrigation water to service 180 acres.

29. Northern Colorado Water

Conservancy District, Colorado-Big

Thompson Project, Colorado: Acting by

and through the Pleasant Valley

Pipeline Project Water Activity

Enterprise, beginning discussions and

draft BON for a long-term contract for

conveyance of non-project water

through Colorado-Big Thompson Project

facilities.

30. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, P–

SMBP, North Dakota: Negotiate a longterm water service contract with the

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North

Dakota for irrigation of up to 2,380 acres

of land within the reservation.

31. North Fork Valley Ditch

(Individual), Shoshone Project, Buffalo

Bill Dam, Wyoming: Exchange water

service contract not to exceed 1,000

acre-feet of water to service 855 acres.

32. Virginia L. and Earl K. Sauerwein

(Individual), Shoshone Project, Buffalo

Bill Dam, Wyoming: Exchange water

service contract not to exceed 100 acrefeet of water to service 126 acres.

33. Denise J. Evans (Individual),

Shoshone Project, Buffalo Bill Dam,

Wyoming: Exchange water service

contract not to exceed 100 acre-feet of

water to service 48.5 acres.

34. Glendo Unit, P–SMBP, Wyoming:

Contract amendment to long-term water

service contracts for Burbank Ditch,

New Grattan Ditch Company,

Torrington ID, Lucerne Canal and Power

Company, and Wright and Murphy

Ditch Company pursuant to Public Law

105–293, as amended in October 2000.

35. Glendo Unit, P–SMBP, Nebraska:

Contract amendment to long-term water

service contracts for Bridgeport,

Enterprise, and Mitchell IDs, and

Central Nebraska Public Power and ID

pursuant to Public Law 105–293, as

amended in October 2000.

36. Tom Green County Water Control

and Improvement District No. 1, San

Angelo Project, Texas: The District has

requested deferment of its 2001

construction payment. Received

approval of the BON and delegation of

authority to execute an amendment for

deferment of the 2001 construction

charge installment from the

Commissioner. A public notice has been

printed in the San Angelo Times.

37. Belle Fourche ID, Belle Fourche

Project, South Dakota: Contract

amendment to reduce their required

annual payment to be more

commensurate with the ability to pay.

38. Helena Valley Unit, P–SMBP,

Montana: Initiating negotiations for

renewal of Part A of the A/B contract

with Helena Valley ID which expires in

2003.

39. Crow Creek Unit, P–SMBP,

Montana: Initiating negotiations for

renewal of Part A of the A/B contract

with Toston ID which expires in 2004.

40. Louis F. Polk, Jr. (Individual),

Shoshone Project, Buffalo Bill Dam,

Wyoming: Exchange water service

contract not to exceed 500 acre-feet of

water to service 249 acres.

The following contract actions have

been completed since the last

publication of this notice on October 16,

2000.

1. (27) Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,

Colorado: Proposed contract

amendment to contract No. 9–07–70–

W099 with Busk-Ivanhoe, Inc. Contract

has been executed.

2. (29) Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,

Colorado: Pueblo Board of Wter Works,

long-term storage and conveyance

contract.

3. (36) Northern Colorado Water

Conservancy District, Colorado-Big

Thompson Project, Colorado: SOD

repayment contract negotiations for

modification to Horsetooth Dam.

4. (42) Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,

Colorado: Pueblo Board of Water Works,

long-term conveyance contract.

Dated: February 26, 2001.

Sandra L. Simons,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Policy.

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