Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other Water-Related Contract Negotiations, 9374-9381 [E6-2569]
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Dated: February 9, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 06–1628 Filed 2–22–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–M
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Quarterly Status Report of Water
Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Negotiations
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of
contractual actions that have been
proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) and were pending
through December 31, 2005, and
contract actions that have been
completed or discontinued since the last
publication of this notice on November
2, 2005. 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
consistent with section 9(f) of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939.
Additional announcements of
individual contract actions may be
published in the Federal Register and in
newspapers of general circulation in the
areas determined by Reclamation to be
affected by the proposed action.
ADDRESSES: The identity of the
approving officer and other information
pertaining to a specific contract
proposal may be obtained by calling or
writing the appropriate regional office at
the address and telephone number given
for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sandra L. Simons, Manager, Contract
Services Office, Bureau of Reclamation,
P.O. Box 25007, Denver, Colorado
80225–0007; telephone 303–445–2902.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent
with section 9(f) of the Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 and the rules and
regulations published in 52 FR 11954,
April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22),
Reclamation will publish notice of
proposed or amendatory contract
actions for any contract for the delivery
of project water for authorized uses in
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newspapers of general circulation in the
affected area at least 60 days prior to
contract execution. Announcements
may be in the form of news releases,
legal notices, official letters,
memorandums, or other forms of
written material. Meetings, workshops,
and/or hearings may also be used, as
appropriate, to provide local publicity.
The public participation procedures do
not apply to proposed contracts for the
sale of surplus or interim irrigation
water for a term of 1 year or less. Either
of the contracting parties may invite the
public to observe contract proceedings.
All public participation procedures will
be coordinated with those involved in
complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act. Pursuant to
the ‘‘Final Revised Public Participation
Procedures’’ for water resource-related
contract negotiations, published in 47
FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation
is provided of all proposed contractual
actions in each of the five Reclamation
regions. When contract negotiations are
completed, and prior to execution, each
proposed contract form must be
approved by the Secretary of the
Interior, or pursuant to delegated or
redelegated authority, the Commissioner
of Reclamation or one of the regional
directors. In some instances,
congressional review and approval of a
report, water rate, or other terms and
conditions of the contract may be
involved.
Public participation in and receipt of
comments on contract proposals will be
facilitated by adherence to the following
procedures:
1. Only persons authorized to act on
behalf of the contracting entities may
negotiate the terms and conditions of a
specific contract proposal.
2. Advance notice of meetings or
hearings will be furnished to those
parties that have made a timely written
request for such notice to the
appropriate regional or project office of
Reclamation.
3. Written correspondence regarding
proposed contracts may be made
available to the general public pursuant
to the terms and procedures of the
Freedom of Information Act, as
amended.
4. Written comments on a proposed
contract or contract action must be
submitted to the appropriate regional
officials at the locations and within the
time limits set forth in the advance
public notices.
5. All written comments received and
testimony presented at any public
hearings will be reviewed and
summarized by the appropriate regional
office for use by the contract approving
authority.
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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. At a minimum, the
regional director shall furnish revised
contracts to all parties who requested
the contract in response to the initial
public notice.
Definitions of Abbreviations Used in
This Document
BCP—Boulder Canyon Project
Reclamation—Bureau of Reclamation
CAP—Central Arizona Project
CVP—Central Valley Project
CRSP—Colorado River Storage Project
FR—Federal Register
IDD—Irrigation and Drainage District
ID—Irrigation District
M&I—Municipal and Industrial
NMISC—New Mexico Interstate Stream
Commission
O&M—Operation and Maintenance
P–SMBP—Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin
Program
PPR—Present Perfected Right
RRA—Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
SOD—Safety of Dams
SRPA—Small Reclamation Projects Act
of 1956
WD—Water District
Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road,
Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706–1234,
telephone 208–378–5344.
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
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and Irrigation Company, Enterprise
Canal Company, Ltd., Lenroot Canal
Company, Liberty Park Canal Company,
Poplar ID, all in the Minidoka Project,
Idaho; Juniper Flat District
Improvement Company, Wapinitia
Project, Oregon: Amendatory repayment
and water service contracts; purpose is
to conform to the RRA.
5. Palmer Creek Water District
Improvement Company, Willamette
Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water
service contract for approximately
13,000 acre-feet.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. City of Cle Elum, Yakima Project,
Washington: Contract for up to 2,170
acre-feet of water for municipal use.
9. Burley ID, Minidoka Project, IdahoWyoming: Supplemental and
amendatory contract providing for the
transfer of O&M of the headworks of the
Main South Side Canal and works
incidental thereto.
10. 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.
11. Queener Irrigation Improvement
District, Willamette Basin Project,
Oregon: Renewal of long-term water
service contract to provide up to 2,150
acre-feet of stored water from the
Willamette Basin Project (a Corps of
Engineers’ project) for the purpose of
irrigation within the district’s service
area.
12. Vale and Warmsprings IDs, Vale
Project, Oregon: Repayment contract for
reimbursable cost of SOD modifications
to Warm Springs Dam.
13. West Extension ID, Umatilla
Project, Oregon: Contract for long-term
boundary expansion to include lands
outside of federally recognized district
boundaries.
14. Greenberry ID, Willamette Basin
Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service
contract for approximately 7,500 acrefeet of project water.
15. Twenty-three irrigation districts of
the Arrowrock Division, Boise Project,
Idaho: Repayment agreements with
districts with spaceholder contracts for
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repayment, per legislation, of
reimbursable share of costs to
rehabilitate Arrowrock Dam Outlet
Gates under the O&M program.
16. Seven irrigation water user
entities, Boise Project, Idaho: Long-term
renewal and/or conversion of eight
irrigation water service contracts for
supplemental irrigation use of up to
9,318 acre-feet of storage space in Lucky
Peak Reservoir, a Corps of Engineers’
project on the Boise River, Idaho.
17. Lake Lowell water users, Boise
Project, Idaho-Oregon: Repayment
contracts for reimbursable cost of SOD
modifications to Deer Flat Dam.
The following action has been
partially completed since the last
publication of this notice on November
2, 2005:
1. (16) Eighteen irrigation water user
entities, Boise Project, Idaho: Long-term
renewal and/or conversion of 15
irrigation water service contracts for
supplemental irrigation use of up to
57,318 acre-feet of storage space in
Lucky Peak Reservoir, a Corps of
Engineers’ project on the Boise River,
Idaho. Eleven water service contracts
have been converted to repayment
contracts for a total of 61,700 acre-feet
of storage space.
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, California, Nevada, and Oregon:
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; temporary conveyance
agreements with the State of California
for various purposes; long-term
contracts for similar service for up to
1,000 acre-feet annually.
2. Contractors from the American
River Division, Cross Valley Canal,
Delta Division, Sacramento River
Division, San Felipe Division, and West
San Joaquin Division, CVP, California:
Renewal of 28 long-term water service
contracts; water quantities for these
contracts total in excess of 2.1M acrefeet. 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. Execution of long-term
renewal contracts have been completed
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for the Friant, Shasta, and Trinity River
Divisions. Long-term renewal contract
execution is continuing for the other
contractors.
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. Sutter Extension WD, DelanoEarlimart ID, and the State of California
Department of Water Resources, CVP,
California: Pursuant to Public Law 102–
575, cooperative agreements with nonFederal entities for the purpose of
providing funding for CVP refuge water
wheeling facility improvements to
provide water for refuge and private
wetlands.
6. 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.
7. City of Roseville, CVP, California:
Execution of long-term Warren Act
contract for conveyance of nonproject
water provided from the Placer County
Water Agency. The contract will allow
CVP facilities to be used to deliver
nonproject water to the City of Roseville
for use within its service area.
8. 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
project water to the Sacramento County
Water Agency. The amended contract
will conform to current Reclamation
law.
9. El Dorado ID, CVP, California:
Execution of long-term Warren Act
contracts for conveyance of nonproject
water (one contract for Weber Reservoir
and pre-1914 ditch rights in the amount
of 3,344 acre-feet, and one contract for
Project 184 water in the amount of
11,000 acre-feet). The contracts will
allow CVP facilities to be used to deliver
nonproject water to El Dorado ID for use
within its service area.
10. Horsefly, Klamath, Langell Valley,
and Tulelake IDs; Klamath Project;
Oregon: Repayment contracts for SOD
work on Clear Lake Dam. These districts
will share in repayment of costs, and
each district will have a separate
contract. Initial contract should be ready
by April 2006.
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11. Casitas Municipal WD, Ventura
Project, California: Repayment contract
for SOD work on Casitas Dam.
12. Warren Act Contracts, CVP,
California: Execution of long-term
Warren Act contracts (up to 25 years)
with various entities for conveyance of
nonproject water in Delta Division,
Friant Division, and San Luis Unit
facilities.
13. 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 long-term contract for storage
of nonproject water in New Melones
Reservoir.
14. Banta Carbona ID, CVP, California:
Long-term Warren Act contract for
conveyance of nonproject water in the
Delta-Mendota Canal.
15. Byron-Bethany ID, CVP,
California: Long-term Warren Act
contract for conveyance of nonproject
water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. Carpinteria WD, Cachuma Project,
California: Contract to transfer title of
distribution system to the district. Title
transfer authorized by Public Law 108–
315 ‘‘Carpinteria and Montecito Water
Distribution Conveyance Act of 2004.’’
20. Montecito WD, Cachuma Project,
California: Contract to transfer title of
distribution system to the district. Title
transfer authorized by Public Law 108–
315 ‘‘Carpinteria and Montecito Water
Distribution Conveyance Act of 2004.’’
21. Sacramento Suburban WD, CVP,
California: Execution of long-term
Warren Act contract for conveyance of
nonproject water. The contract will
allow CVP facilities to be used to deliver
nonproject water provided from the
Placer County Water Agency to the
Sacramento Suburban WD for use
within its service area.
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22. Truckee Meadows Water
Authority, Town of Fernley, State of
California, City of Reno, City of Sparks,
Washoe County, State of Nevada,
Truckee-Carson ID, and any other local
interest or Native American Tribal
Interest, who may have negotiated rights
under Public Law 101–618; Nevada and
California: Contract for the storage of
non-Federal water in Truckee River
reservoirs as authorized by Public Law
101–618 and the Preliminary Settlement
Agreement. The contracts shall be
consistent with the Truckee River Water
Quality Settlement Agreement and the
terms and conditions of the proposed
Truckee River Operating Agreement.
23. Sacramento River Settlement
Contracts, CVP, California: Five
contracts remain to be executed out of
a total of 145 contracts and one contract
with Colusa Drain Mutual Water
Company; water quantities for these
contracts total 2.2M acre-feet. These
contracts will be renewed for a period
of 40 years. The contracts reflect
agreements to settle disputes over water
rights’ claims on the Sacramento River
and the Colusa Basin Drain.
24. San Joaquin Valley National
Cemetery, U.S. Department of Veteran
Affairs; Delta Division, CVP; California:
Renewal of the long-term water service
contract for up to 850 acre-feet. Contract
executed February 28, 2005. Execution
of the wheeling agreement for
conveyance through the California State
Aqueduct is pending.
25. A Canal Fish Screens, Klamath
Project, Oregon: Negotiation of an O&M
contract for the A Canal Fish Screen
with Klamath ID.
26. Ady Canal Headgates, Klamath
Project, Oregon: Transfer of operational
control to Klamath Drainage District of
the headgates located at the railroad.
Reclamation does not own the land at
the headgates only operational control
pursuant to a railroad agreement.
27. Orland Unit Water Users
Association, Orland Project, California:
Repayment contract for the SOD costs
assigned to the irrigation purposes of
Stony Gorge Dam.
28. Delta Lands Reclamation District
No. 770, CVP, California: Long-term
Warren Act contract for conveying
nonproject flood flows.
29. Pershing County Water
Conservation District, Pershing County,
Lander County, and the State of Nevada;
Humboldt Project; Nevada: Title transfer
to lands and features of the Humboldt
Project.
30. PacifiCorp, Klamath Basin Area
Office, Klamath Project, Oregon:
Execution of long-term agreement for
lease of power privilege and the O&M of
Link River Dam. This agreement will
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provide for operations of Link River
Dam, coordinated operations with the
non-Federal Keno Dam, and provision
of power by PacifiCorp for Klamath
Project purposes to ensure project water
deliveries and to meet Endangered
Species Act requirements.
31. Cachuma Operation and
Maintenance Board, Cachuma Project,
California: Repayment for SOD work on
Lauro Dam.
32. Broadview WD, CVP, California:
Proposed assignment of 27,000 acre-feet
of Broadview WD’s entire CVP supply to
Westlands WD for irrigation and M&I
use.
33. Mendota Wildlife Area, CVP,
California: Reimbursement agreement
between California Department of Fish
and Game and Reclamation for
conveyance service costs to deliver
Level 2 water to the Mendota Wildlife
Area during infrequent periods when
the Mendota Pool is down due to
unexpected but needed maintenance.
This action is taken pursuant to Public
Law 102–575, Title 34, Section
3406(d)(1), to meet full Level 2 water
needs of the Mendota Wildlife Area.
34. Mercy Springs WD, CVP,
California: Proposed partial assignment
of 2,825 acre-feet of Mercy Springs WD’s
CVP supply to San Luis WD for
irrigation and M&I use.
35. Oro Loma WD, CVP, California:
Proposed partial assignment of 4,000
acre-feet of Oro Loma WD’s CVP supply
to Westlands WD for irrigation and M&I
use.
36. San Luis WD, CVP, California:
Proposed partial assignment of 2,400
acre-feet of San Luis WD’s CVP supply
to Santa Nella County WD for M&I use.
37. Placer County Water Agency, CVP,
California: Proposed exchange
agreement under Section 14 of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 of up
to 74,000 acre-feet.
38. Eighteen contractors in the
Klamath Project, Oregon: Amendment of
18 repayment contracts or negotiation of
new contracts to allow for recovery of
additional capital costs to the Klamath
Project. These contract actions will be
accomplished through amendments to
the existing repayment contracts or
negotiation of new contracts.
39. Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Deep
Well Pumping Reimbursement
Agreement, Central Valley Project
Improvement Act, California:
Amendment to extend termination date
for 1 more year will be executed by
December 2006.
Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, PO Box 61470 (Nevada
Highway and Park Street), Boulder City,
Nevada 89006–1470, telephone 702–
293–8081.
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1. Milton and Jean Phillips, BCP,
Arizona: Colorado River water delivery
contract for 60 acre-feet of Colorado
River water per year as recommended
by the Arizona Department of Water
Resources.
2. John J. Peach, BCP, Arizona:
Colorado River water delivery contracts
for 456 acre-feet of Colorado River water
per year as recommended by the
Arizona Department of Water Resources.
3. Brooke Water Co., BCP, Arizona:
Amend contract for an additional 120
acre-feet per year of Colorado River
water per year for domestic uses, as
recommended by the Arizona
Department of Water Resources.
4. Beattie Farms SW, BCP, Arizona:
Contract for 1,110 acre-feet per year of
fourth priority water for agricultural
purposes.
5. Maricopa-Stanfield IDD, CAP,
Arizona: Amend distribution system
repayment contract No. 4–07–30–
W0047 to reschedule repayment
pursuant to June 28, 1996, agreement.
6. 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.
7. Central Arizona IDD, 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.
8. 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.
9. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community, CAP, Arizona: O&M
contract for its CAP water distribution
system.
10. Miscellaneous PPR No. 38, BCP,
California: Assign Schroeder’s portion
of the PPR to Murphy Broadcasting.
11. Berneil Water Co., CAP, Arizona:
Partial assignment of 200 acre-feet of
water per year to the Cave Creek Water
Company.
12. 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.
13. Gila Project Works, Gila Project,
Arizona: Title transfer of facilities and
certain lands in the Wellton-Mohawk
Division from the United States to
Wellton-Mohawk IDD.
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14. Gila River Indian Community,
CAP, Arizona: Amend CAP water
delivery contract and distribution
system repayment and operation,
maintenance, and replacement contract
pursuant to the Arizona Water
Settlements Act, Public Law 108–451,
enacted December 10, 2004.
15. 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.
16. 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 of CAP water, as discussed
in the Secretary of the Interior’s notice
published on page 41456 of the FR on
July 30, 1999.
17. Litchfield Park Service Company,
CAP, Arizona: Proposed partial
assignments of subcontract for 5,590
acre-feet of CAP M&I water to the
Central Arizona Water Conservation
District, which is exercising its
authority as the Central Arizona
Groundwater Replenishment District,
and to the cities of Avondale, Carefree,
and Goodyear.
18. Shepard Water Company, Inc.,
BCP, Arizona: Contract for the annual
delivery of 50 acre-feet of fourth priority
water per year for domestic use.
19. Jessen Family Limited
Partnership, BCP, Arizona: Contract for
delivery of 1,080 acre-feet of Colorado
River water for agricultural purposes.
20. City of Somerton, BCP, Arizona:
Contract for the annual delivery of up to
750 acre-feet of Colorado River water
per year for domestic use as
recommended by the Arizona
Department of Water Resources.
21. Various irrigation districts, CAP,
Arizona: Amend distribution system
repayment contracts to provide for
partial assumption of debt by the
Central Arizona Water Conservation
District and the United States upon
enactment of Federal legislation
providing for resolution of CAP issues.
22. Mohave County Water Authority,
BCP, Arizona: Amendatory Colorado
River water delivery contract to include
the delivery of 3,500 acre-feet per year
of fourth priority water and to delete the
delivery of 3,500 acre-feet per year of
fifth or sixth priority water.
23. All-American Canal, BCP,
California: Agreement among
Reclamation, Imperial ID, Metropolitan
WD, and Coachella Valley WD for the
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federally funded construction of a
reservoir(s) and associated facilities that
will improve the regulation and
management of Colorado River water
(Federal legislation pending).
24. Tohono O’odham Nation, CAP,
Arizona: Amend CAP water delivery
contract pursuant to the Arizona Water
Settlements Act, Public Law 108–451,
enacted December 10, 2004.
25. Sunrise Water Company, CAP,
Arizona: Proposed assignment of
subcontract for 944 acre-feet of CAP
M&I water per year to the Central
Arizona Water Conservation District,
which is exercising its authority as the
Central Arizona Groundwater
Replenishment District.
26. West End Water Company, CAP,
Arizona: Proposed assignment of
subcontract for 157 acre-feet of CAP
M&I water per year to the Central
Arizona Water Conservation District,
which is exercising its authority as the
Central Arizona Groundwater
Replenishment District.
27. New River Utilities Company,
CAP, Arizona: Proposed assignment of
subcontract for 1,885 acre-feet of CAP
M&I water to the Central Arizona Water
Conservation District, which is
exercising its authority as the Central
Arizona Groundwater Replenishment
District.
28. Metropolitan WD and others, BCP,
Arizona and California: Contract to
provide for the recovery by
Metropolitan WD of interstate
underground storage credits previously
placed in underground storage in
Arizona by the Central Arizona Water
Conservation District under agreements
executed in 1992 and 1994, and to
document the Arizona Water Banking
Authority’s responsibility in agreeing to
Arizona’s forbearance in the use of
Colorado River water to permit the
Secretary of the Interior to release that
quantity of water for diversion and use
by Metropolitan WD.
29. Wellton-Mohawk IDD, BCP,
Arizona: Amend contract No. 1–07–30–
W0021 to revise the acre-foot amount
for delivery of domestic use water to
12,000 acre-feet per calendar year,
within the district’s current overall
Colorado River water entitlement.
30. Fisher’s Landing Water and Sewer
Works, LLC, BCP, Arizona: Contract for
53 acre-feet annually of Colorado River
water to be used to account for domestic
water use on residential properties
located within the Castle Dome area of
Martinez Lake.
31. Forbearance agreements, BCP,
Arizona and California: Develop and
execute short-term agreements to
implement a demonstration forbearance
program to evaluate the feasibility of
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acquiring water through a voluntary
land fallowing program, to replace
drainage water currently being bypassed
to the Cienega de Santa Clara.
32. Miscellaneous PPR No. 43, BCP,
California: Contract with the City of
Needles for 1,500 acre-feet diversion
and 950 acre-feet consumptive use.
33. Arizona Water Settlements Act,
CAP, Arizona: Implementation of the
contracting requirements of Title I
Central Arizona Project Settlement Act
of 2004, Title II Gila River Indian
Community Water Rights Settlement,
Title III Southern Arizona Water Rights
Settlement, and Title IV San Carlos
Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement.
34. Cibola Valley IDD, BCP, Arizona:
Assign 396 acre-feet per year of the
district’s entitlement to fourth, fifth, and
sixth priority water to The Conservation
Fund.
35. Mohave County Water Authority,
BCP, Arizona: Amend contract No. 04–
XX–30–W0431 to provide for a change
of type and place of use.
Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, 125 South State Street,
Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138–
1102, telephone 801–524–3864.
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) Oxbow Mining, LLC, Aspinall
Storage Unit, CRSP: Oxbow Mining,
LLC has requested a 40-year water
service contract for 242 acre-feet of M&I
water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir, which
requires that an augmentation plan be
presented to the Division 4 Water Court.
(b) National Park Service, Aspinall
Storage Unit, CRSP: The National Park
Service has requested a 40-year water
service contract for 3 acre-feet of water
out of Blue Mesa Reservoir.
(c) Joseph Foran, Aspinall Storage
Unit, CRSP: Mr. Foran has requested a
40-year water service contract for 25
acre-feet of water out of Blue Mesa
Reservoir. Mr. Foran has submitted an
augmentation plan to Water District 4,
case number pending.
(d) Farnsworth Construction and
Gravel Company, Aspinall Storage Unit,
CRSP: The Company has requested a 40year water service contract for 1 acrefoot of water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir.
The Company has submitted an
augmentation plan to Water District 4,
Case No. 04–CW–204.
(e) Double Tree Ranch East, LLC,
Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: Double
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Tree has requested a 40-year water
service contract for 1 acre-foot of water
out of Blue Mesa Reservoir. Double Tree
has submitted an augmentation plan to
Water District 4, case number pending.
2. San Juan-Chama Project, New
Mexico: The United States is holding
the remaining 2,990 acre-feet of project
water for potential use in Indian water
rights settlements in New Mexico.
3. Various Contactors, San JuanChama Project, New Mexico: The
United States proposes to 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.
4. Uncompahgre Valley Water Users
Association, Upper Gunnison River
Water Conservancy District, and the
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.
5. 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 project water pursuant to the 1986
Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Final
Settlement Agreement.
6. 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).
7. 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 nonproject 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
by changes in operations at Summer
Dam which were made to improve
conditions for a threatened species, the
Pecos bluntnose shiner.
8. La Plata Conservancy District,
Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and
New Mexico: Cost-sharing/repayment
contract for up to 1,560 acre-feet per
year of M&I water; contract terms to be
consistent with the Colorado Ute
Settlement Act Amendments of 2000
(Title III of Pub. L. 106–554).
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9. LeChee Chapter of the Navajo
Nation, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP,
Arizona: Long-term contract for 950
acre-feet of water for municipal
purposes.
10. Pine River ID, Pine River Project,
Colorado: Contract to allow the district
to convert project irrigation water to
municipal, domestic, and industrial
uses.
11. City of Page, Arizona, Glen
Canyon Unit, CRSP, Arizona: Long-term
contract for 1,000 acre-feet of water for
municipal purposes.
12. El Paso County Water
Improvement District No. 1 and Isleta
del Sur Pueblo, Rio Grande Project,
Texas: Contract to convert up to 1,000
acre-feet of the Pueblo’s project
irrigation water to use for traditional
and religious purposes.
13. Carlsbad ID and the NMISC,
Carlsbad Project, New Mexico: Contract
to convert irrigation water appurtenant
to up to 6,000 acres of land within the
project for use by the NMISC for
delivery to Texas to meet New Mexico’s
Pecos River Compact obligation.
14. O&M contractor, Animas-La Plata
Project, Colorado and New Mexico:
Contract to transfer the operation,
maintenance, and replacement
responsibilities of most project facilities
to the contractor, pursuant to Section 6
of the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902,
and other Reclamation laws.
15. Project Operations Committee,
Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and
New Mexico: Agreement among the
United States, the Southern Ute Indian
Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the
Navajo Nation, the San Juan Water
Commission, the Animas-La Plata Water
Conservancy District, the State of
Colorado, and the La Plata Conservancy
District of New Mexico to coordinate
and oversee the necessary operation,
maintenance, and replacement activities
of the project works.
16. Southern Ute Indian Tribe,
Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and
New Mexico: Water delivery contract for
33,519 acre-feet of M&I water; contract
terms to be consistent with the Colorado
Ute Settlement Act Amendments of
2000 (Title III of Pub. L. 106–554).
17. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, AnimasLa Plata Project, Colorado and New
Mexico: Water delivery contract for
33,519 acre-feet of M&I water; contract
terms to be consistent with the Colorado
Ute Settlement Act Amendments of
2000 (Title III of Pub. L. 106–554).
18. Navajo Nation, Animas-La Plata
Project, Colorado and New Mexico:
Water delivery contract for 4,680 acrefeet of M&I water; contract terms to be
consistent with the Colorado Ute
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Settlement Act Amendments of 2000
(Title III of Pub. L. 106–554).
19. Various contractors including the
Town of Mancos and the Mancos Rural
Water Company, Mancos Project,
Colorado: Small or short-term contracts
to carry nonproject water through
project facilities for municipal purposes
under authority of Public Law 106–549.
20. State of Colorado, Animas-La Plata
Project, Colorado and New Mexico:
Cost-sharing/repayment contract for up
to 10,440 acre-feet per year of M&I
water; contract terms to be consistent
with the Colorado Ute Settlement Act
Amendments of 2000 (Title III of Pub.
L. 106–554).
21. Carlsbad ID and the NMISC,
Carlsbad Project, New Mexico: Contract
for storage and delivery of water
produced by the NMISC’s River
Augmentation Program, among
Reclamation, Carlsbad ID, and the
NMISC. This will allow for storage of
NMISC water in project facilities
resulting in additional project water
supply.
22. Public Service Company of New
Mexico, Reclamation, and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service; San Juan River
Basin Recovery Implementation
Program: The agreement identifies that
Reclamation may provide cost-share
funding for the recovery monitoring and
research, and O&M (October 30, 2000,
114 Stat. 1602, Pub. L. 106–392) of the
constructed fish passage at the Public
Service Company’s site.
23. The Grand Valley Water Users
Association, Reclamation, and the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service: Construction
and O&M of a fish passage and fish
screen facilities at the Grand Valley
Diversion Dam and Government
Highline Canal facilities to facilitate
recovery of endangered fish species in
the Colorado River Basin (October 30,
2000, 114 Stat. 1602, Pub. L. 106–392).
24. Mancos Rural Water Company,
Mancos Project, Colorado: Contract to
allow the Mancos Rural Water Company
to convert an additional 300 acre-feet of
project irrigation water to municipal,
domestic, and industrial uses.
25. Carbon Water Conservancy
District, Scofield Project, Utah: Contract
providing for the district to repay to the
United States 15 percent of the cost of
SOD modifications to the spillway at
Scofield Dam.
26. Weber River Water Users
Association, Weber River Project, Utah:
Contract providing for the association to
repay to the United States 15 percent of
the cost of SOD modifications at Echo
Dam.
27. Central Utah Project, Utah:
Petition for project water among the
United States, the Central Utah Water
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Conservancy District, and the Duchesne
County Water Conservancy District for
use of 2,500 acre-feet of irrigation water
from the Bonneville Unit of the Central
Utah Project.
28. San Juan-Chama Project,
Albuquerque Area Office: Proposed
conversion of six water service contracts
to repayment contracts. Contractors
requesting such conversions are the City
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, County of
Los Alamos, City of Espanola, Town of
Taos, Village of Taos Ski Valley, and
Town of Los Lunas.
29. North Fork Water Conservancy
District and Ragged Mountain Water
Users Association, Paonia Project,
Colorado: The district and the
association have requested a contract for
supplemental water from the Paonia
Project. Their existing contract expired
on December 31, 2005. This contract
will include irrigation and municipal
uses.
30. Navajo Nation, San Juan River
Dineh Water Users, Reclamation, and
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; San
Juan River Basin Recovery
Implementation Program: The
agreement identifies that Reclamation
may provide cost-share funding for the
recovery monitoring and research, and
O&M (October 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1602,
Pub. L. 106–392) of the constructed fish
passage at the Hogback Diversion Dam.
The following action has been
completed since the last publication of
this notice on November 2, 2005:
1. (33) West Divide Water
Conservancy District: The West Divide
Water Conservancy District and the Silt
Water Conservancy District have
requested a nonproject irrigation
carriage contract (40-year) to have 2 cfs
of their direct flow irrigation water
rights diverted into and delivered
through, existing Silt pump canal, a
feature of the Silt Project delivery
structures. Contract was executed on
November 2, 2005.
Great Plains Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Federal
Building, 316 North 26th Street,
Billings, Montana 59107–6900,
telephone 406–247–7752.
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 of up to 1 year.
2. Green Mountain Reservoir,
Colorado-Big Thompson Project,
Colorado: Water service contracts for
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irrigation and M&I; contracts 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.
4. Garrison Diversion Unit, P–SMBP,
North Dakota: Renegotiation of the
master repayment contract with
Garrison Diversion Conservancy District
to conform with the Dakota Water
Resources Act of 2000; 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 has been executed with the City
of Rapid City, Rapid Valley Unit, for use
of water from Pactola Reservoir. A longterm storage contract is being negotiated
for water stored in Pactola Reservoir.
Legislation is pending for change in the
authorized use of Pactola Reservoir
storage.
6. 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.
7. City of Berthoud, Colorado-Big
Thompson Project, Colorado: Long-term
contract for conveyance of nonproject
M&I water through Colorado-Big
Thompson Project facilities.
8. City of Cheyenne, Kendrick Project,
Wyoming: Negotiate a long-term
contract for storage space for
replacement water on a daily basis in
Seminoe Reservoir. A temporary
contract has been issued pending
negotiation of the long-term contract.
9. Highland-Hanover ID, HanoverBluff Unit, P–SMBP, Wyoming:
Negotiate long-term water service
contract; includes provisions for
repayment of construction costs.
10. Upper Bluff ID, Hanover-Bluff
Unit, P–SMBP, Wyoming: Negotiate
long-term water service contract;
includes provisions for repayment of
construction cost.
11. Fort Clark ID, P–SMBP, North
Dakota: Negotiation of water service
contract to continue delivery of project
water to the district.
12. Dickinson-Heart River Mutual Aid
Corporation, Dickinson Unit, P–SMBP,
North Dakota: Negotiate renewal of
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water service contract for irrigation of
lands below Dickinson Dam in western
North Dakota.
13. Savage ID, P–SMBP, Montana: The
district is currently seeking title
transfer. The contract is subject to
renewal pending outcome of the title
transfer process. A 5-year interim
contract has been executed to ensure a
continuous water supply.
14. City of Fort Collins, Colorado-Big
Thompson Project, Colorado: Long-term
contracts for conveyance and storage of
nonproject M&I water through ColoradoBig Thompson Project facilities.
15. 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.
16. Glendo Unit, P–SMBP, Wyoming:
Amendments to long-term water service
contracts with Burbank Ditch, New
Grattan Ditch Company, Torrington ID,
Lucerne Canal and Power Company,
and Wright and Murphy Ditch
Company.
17. Glendo Unit, P–SMBP, Nebraska:
Amendments to long-term water service
contracts with Bridgeport, Enterprise,
and Mitchell IDs, and Central Nebraska
Public Power and ID.
18. Dickinson Parks and Recreation
District, Dickinson Unit, P–SMBP,
North Dakota: A temporary contract has
been negotiated with the district for
minor amounts of water from Dickinson
Reservoir. Negotiate a long-term water
service contract for minor amounts of
water from Dickinson Dam.
19. Clark Canyon Water Supply
Company, East Bench Unit, P–SMBP,
Montana: Initiating renewal of contract
No. 14–06–600–3592 which expired
December 31, 2005. Current contract
may be amended to extend the term not
to exceed an additional 2 years pursuant
to Section 208 of the 2005 Consolidated
Appropriations Act if necessary and
agreed to by both parties.
20. East Bench ID, East Bench Unit,
P–SMBP, Montana: Initiating renewal of
contract No. 14–06–600–3593 which
expired December 31, 2005. Current
contract may be amended to extend the
term not to exceed an additional 2 years
pursuant to Section 208 of the 2005
Consolidated Appropriations Act if
necessary and agreed to by both parties.
21. Canadian River Municipal Water
Authority, Lake Meredith Salinity
Control Project, New Mexico and Texas:
Negotiation of a contract for the transfer
of control (care and O&M) of the project
to the Authority in accordance with
Public Law 102–575, Title VIII, Section
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22. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
Colorado: Consideration of excess
capacity contracts in the FryingpanArkansas Project.
23. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
Colorado: Consideration of requests for
long-term contracts for the use of excess
capacity in the Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project from the Southeastern Colorado
Water Conservancy District, the City of
Aurora, and the Colorado Springs
Utilities.
24. Individual irrigators, Heart Butte
Unit, P–SMBP, North Dakota: Renew
long-term water service contracts for
minor amounts of less than 1,000 acrefeet of irrigation water annually from
the Heart River below Heart Butte Dam.
25. Municipal Subdistrict of the
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy
District, Colorado-Big Thompson
Project, Colorado: Consideration of a
new long-term contract or amendment
of contract No. 4–07–70–W0107 with
the Municipal Subdistrict and the
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy
District for the proposed Windy Gap
Firming Project.
26. Northern Integrated Supply
Project, Colorado-Big Thompson Project,
Colorado: Consideration of a new longterm contract with approximately 14
regional water suppliers and the
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy
District for the Northern Integrated
Supply Project.
27. Hill County WD, Milk River
Project, Montana: Initiating renewal of
municipal water supply contract No.
14–06–600–8954 which expires August
1, 2006. The proposal includes splitting
the contract between Hill County WD
and North Havre County WD which
both receive their full water supply
under the current contract.
28. Stutsman County Park Board,
Jamestown Unit, P–SMBP, North
Dakota: The Board is requesting a
contract for minor amounts of water
under a long-term contract to serve
domestic needs for cabin owners at
Jamestown Reservoir, North Dakota.
29. Garrison Diversion Unit, P–SMBP,
North Dakota: Contracts to provide for
project use pumping power or project
use pumping power and supplemental
irrigation water with various irrigation
districts in North Dakota, covering a
combined maximum 28,000 acres
within the boundaries and limits set by
the Dakota Water Resources Act of 2000.
30. Security Water and Sanitation
District, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
Colorado: Consideration of a request for
a long-term contract for the use of
excess capacity in the FryingpanArkansas Project.
31. City of Fountain, FryingpanArkansas Project, Colorado:
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Consideration of a request for a longterm contract for the use of excess
capacity in the Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project.
32. Colorado Springs Utilities,
Colorado-Big Thompson Project,
Colorado Springs, Colorado:
Consideration of a request for a longterm agreement for water substitution
and power interference in the ColoradoBig Thompson Project.
33. Pueblo West Metropolitan District,
Pueblo West, Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project, Colorado: Consideration of a
request for a 5- to 10-year contract for
the use of excess capacity in the
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.
34. LeClair ID, Boysen Unit, P–SMBP,
Wyoming: Contract renewal of longterm water service contract.
35. Riverton Valley ID, Boysen Unit,
P–SMBP, Wyoming: Contract renewal of
long-term water service contract.
36. Buford-Trenton ID, BufordTrenton Project, P–SMBP, North Dakota:
Enter into a new repayment contract
and power contract for additional
project use pumping power for project
purposes in irrigating bench lands
existing within the district.
37. ExxonMobil Corporation, Ruedi
Reservoir, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
Colorado: Consideration of ExxonMobil
Corporation’s request to amend its
Ruedi Round I contract to include
additional uses for the water.
38. Ainsworth ID, Ainsworth Unit,
Sandhills Division, P–SMBP,
Ainsworth, Nebraska: Contract renewal
for a long-term water service contract.
39. Pueblo West Metropolitan District,
Pueblo West, Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project, Colorado: Consideration of a
request for a long-term contract for the
use of excess capacity in the FryingpanArkansas Project.
40. Mark H. Allredge, H.S. Properties
LLC (Individual); Boysen Unit, P–
SMBP; Wyoming: Renewal of long-term
water service contract for up to 84 acrefeet of supplemental irrigation water to
serve 84 acres.
41. Individual developer with
Angostura Unit, P–SMBP, South Dakota:
Negotiate M&I water service contract
with developer for up to ten, 10-acre
tracts of land within the Angostura ID.
42. City of Golden, Colorado-Big
Thompson Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a request for a longterm agreement for power interference
in the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
The following actions have been
completed since the last publication of
this notice on November 2, 2005:
1. (50) Kansas-Bostwick ID No. 2,
Courtland Unit, Bostwick Division, P–
SMBP, Courtland, Kansas: The district
requested a deferment of its 2005
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construction obligations in accordance
with the Act of September 21, 1959.
Contract amendment executed
December 9, 2005.
2. (51) Bostwick ID, SuperiorCourtland and Franklin Units, Bostwick
Division, P–SMBP, Red Cloud,
Nebraska: The district requested a
deferment of its 2005 construction
obligations in accordance with the Act
of September 21, 1959. Contract
amendment executed December 13,
2005.
3. (52) Kirwin ID No. 1, Kirwin Unit,
Solomon Division, P–SMBP, Gaylord,
Kansas: The district requested a
deferment of its 2005 construction
obligation in accordance with the Act of
September 21, 1959. Contract
amendment executed December 13,
2005.
4. (53) Webster ID, Webster Unit,
Solomon Division, P–SMBP, Gaylord,
Kansas: The district requested a
deferment of its 2005 construction
obligations in accordance with the Act
of September 21, 1959. Contract
amendment executed December 13,
2005.
5. (59) Nancy Ray, Lower Marias Unit,
P–SMBP, Montana: Initiating a longterm contract for up to 144 acre-feet of
storage water from Tiber Reservoir to
irrigate 72 acres. The current contract
expired December 31, 2005. Contract
was executed November 15, 2005.
Dated: January 9, 2005.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Office of Program and Policy
Services.
[FR Doc. E6–2569 Filed 2–22–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
San Luis Unit Long-Term Contract
Renewal
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Release of Draft Supplemental
Information to the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) for 45-day
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) is releasing Draft
Supplemental Information to the DEIS
for San Luis Unit Long-Term Contract
Renewal. The notice of availability of
the DEIS was published in the Federal
Register on September 30, 2005 (70 FR
57324). The public comment period on
the DEIS was originally to end on
November 21, 2005. A notice to extend
the comment period to January 17, 2006
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was published in the Federal Register
on December 6, 2005 (70 FR 72652). A
second notice to extend the comment
period to April 3, 2006 and to announce
the preparation of the Supplemental
Information was published in the
Federal Register on January 24, 2006
(71 FR 3885).
DATES: Submit comments on the Draft
Supplemental Information and the DEIS
on or before April 10, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on the Draft
Supplemental Information and the DEIS
to Mr. Shane Hunt, Bureau of
Reclamation, South-Central California
Area Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA
93721. Comments may also be emailed
to shunt@mp.usbr.gov. The
Supplemental Information and the DEIS
is available on the Web at: https://
www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/
nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=63.
Copies of the Supplemental Information
and the DEIS may be requested by
calling Mr. Hunt at 559–487–5138, TDD
559–487–5933.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Shane Hunt at 559–487–5138, TDD 559–
487 5933.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Reclamation has prepared Supplemental
Information to address issues and
concerns that have been identified
following the preparation of the DEIS.
The Supplemental Information will be
available for a 45-day review period.
The public and agencies can review this
information concurrently with the DEIS
released on September 30, 2005, and
may provide comments on the DEIS and
the supplemental information in a
single response. The final
environmental impact statement will
consider and contain responses to all
substantive comments received on the
DEIS and supplement. Submit
comments on the Supplemental
Information and the DEIS on or before
April 10, 2006.
Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public
review. Individual respondents may
request that we withhold their home
address from public disclosure, which
we will honor to the extent allowable by
law. There also may be circumstances in
which we would withhold a
respondent’s identity from public
disclosure, as allowable by law. If you
wish us to withhold your name and/or
address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comment. We will make all submissions
from organizations or businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
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organizations or businesses, available
for public disclosure in their entirety.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other
Water-Related Contract Negotiations
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of contractual actions that have been
proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and were pending
through December 31, 2005, and contract actions that have been
completed or discontinued since the last publication of this notice on
November 2, 2005. 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 consistent with section 9(f) of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939. Additional announcements of individual
contract actions may be published in the Federal Register and in
newspapers of general circulation in the areas determined by
Reclamation to be affected by the proposed action.
ADDRESSES: The identity of the approving officer and other information
pertaining to a specific contract proposal may be obtained by calling
or writing the appropriate regional office at the address and telephone
number given for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra L. Simons, Manager, Contract
Services Office, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, Denver,
Colorado 80225-0007; telephone 303-445-2902.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent with section 9(f) of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 and the rules and regulations published
in 52 FR 11954, April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22), Reclamation will
publish notice of proposed or amendatory contract actions for any
contract for the delivery of project water for authorized uses in
newspapers of general circulation in the affected area at least 60 days
prior to contract execution. Announcements may be in the form of news
releases, legal notices, official letters, memorandums, or other forms
of written material. Meetings, workshops, and/or hearings may also be
used, as appropriate, to provide local publicity. The public
participation procedures do not apply to proposed contracts for the
sale of surplus or interim irrigation water for a term of 1 year or
less. Either of the contracting parties may invite the public to
observe contract proceedings. All public participation procedures will
be coordinated with those involved in complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act. Pursuant to the ``Final Revised Public
Participation Procedures'' for water resource-related contract
negotiations, published in 47 FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation
is provided of all proposed contractual actions in each of the five
Reclamation regions. When contract negotiations are completed, and
prior to execution, each proposed contract form must be approved by the
Secretary of the Interior, or pursuant to delegated or redelegated
authority, the Commissioner of Reclamation or one of the regional
directors. In some instances, congressional review and approval of a
report, water rate, or other terms and conditions of the contract may
be involved.
Public participation in and receipt of comments on contract
proposals will be facilitated by adherence to the following procedures:
1. Only persons authorized to act on behalf of the contracting
entities may negotiate the terms and conditions of a specific contract
proposal.
2. Advance notice of meetings or hearings will be furnished to
those parties that have made a timely written request for such notice
to the appropriate regional or project office of Reclamation.
3. Written correspondence regarding proposed contracts may be made
available to the general public pursuant to the terms and procedures of
the Freedom of Information Act, as amended.
4. Written comments on a proposed contract or contract action must
be submitted to the appropriate regional officials at the locations and
within the time limits set forth in the advance public notices.
5. All written comments received and testimony presented at any
public hearings will be reviewed and summarized by the appropriate
regional office for use by the contract approving authority.
6. Copies of specific proposed contracts may be obtained from the
appropriate regional director or his designated public contact as they
become available for review and comment.
7. In the event modifications are made in the form of a proposed
contract, the appropriate regional director shall determine whether
republication of the notice and/or extension of the comment period is
necessary.
Factors considered in making such a determination shall include,
but are not limited to (i) the significance of the modification, and
(ii) the degree of public interest which has been expressed over the
course of the negotiations. At a minimum, the regional director shall
furnish revised contracts to all parties who requested the contract in
response to the initial public notice.
Definitions of Abbreviations Used in This Document
BCP--Boulder Canyon Project
Reclamation--Bureau of Reclamation
CAP--Central Arizona Project
CVP--Central Valley Project
CRSP--Colorado River Storage Project
FR--Federal Register
IDD--Irrigation and Drainage District
ID--Irrigation District
M&I--Municipal and Industrial
NMISC--New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
O&M--Operation and Maintenance
P-SMBP--Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
PPR--Present Perfected Right
RRA--Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
SOD--Safety of Dams
SRPA--Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956
WD--Water District
Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis
Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706-1234, telephone 208-378-5344.
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; long-term
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
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and Irrigation Company, Enterprise Canal Company, Ltd., Lenroot Canal
Company, Liberty Park Canal Company, Poplar ID, all in the Minidoka
Project, Idaho; Juniper Flat District Improvement Company, Wapinitia
Project, Oregon: Amendatory repayment and water service contracts;
purpose is to conform to the RRA.
5. Palmer Creek Water District Improvement Company, Willamette
Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service contract for
approximately 13,000 acre-feet.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. City of Cle Elum, Yakima Project, Washington: Contract for up to
2,170 acre-feet of water for municipal use.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Queener Irrigation Improvement District, Willamette Basin
Project, Oregon: Renewal of long-term water service contract to provide
up to 2,150 acre-feet of stored water from the Willamette Basin Project
(a Corps of Engineers' project) for the purpose of irrigation within
the district's service area.
12. Vale and Warmsprings IDs, Vale Project, Oregon: Repayment
contract for reimbursable cost of SOD modifications to Warm Springs
Dam.
13. West Extension ID, Umatilla Project, Oregon: Contract for long-
term boundary expansion to include lands outside of federally
recognized district boundaries.
14. Greenberry ID, Willamette Basin Project, Oregon: Irrigation
water service contract for approximately 7,500 acre-feet of project
water.
15. Twenty-three irrigation districts of the Arrowrock Division,
Boise Project, Idaho: Repayment agreements with districts with
spaceholder contracts for repayment, per legislation, of reimbursable
share of costs to rehabilitate Arrowrock Dam Outlet Gates under the O&M
program.
16. Seven irrigation water user entities, Boise Project, Idaho:
Long-term renewal and/or conversion of eight irrigation water service
contracts for supplemental irrigation use of up to 9,318 acre-feet of
storage space in Lucky Peak Reservoir, a Corps of Engineers' project on
the Boise River, Idaho.
17. Lake Lowell water users, Boise Project, Idaho-Oregon: Repayment
contracts for reimbursable cost of SOD modifications to Deer Flat Dam.
The following action has been partially completed since the last
publication of this notice on November 2, 2005:
1. (16) Eighteen irrigation water user entities, Boise Project,
Idaho: Long-term renewal and/or conversion of 15 irrigation water
service contracts for supplemental irrigation use of up to 57,318 acre-
feet of storage space in Lucky Peak Reservoir, a Corps of Engineers'
project on the Boise River, Idaho. Eleven water service contracts have
been converted to repayment contracts for a total of 61,700 acre-feet
of storage space.
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, California, Nevada, and Oregon: 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; long-term contracts for similar service for up to
1,000 acre-feet annually.
2. Contractors from the American River Division, Cross Valley
Canal, Delta Division, Sacramento River Division, San Felipe Division,
and West San Joaquin Division, CVP, California: Renewal of 28 long-term
water service contracts; water quantities for these contracts total in
excess of 2.1M 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. Execution of long-term renewal
contracts have been completed for the Friant, Shasta, and Trinity River
Divisions. Long-term renewal contract execution is continuing for the
other contractors.
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. Sutter Extension WD, Delano-Earlimart ID, and the State of
California Department of Water Resources, CVP, California: Pursuant to
Public Law 102-575, cooperative agreements with non-Federal entities
for the purpose of providing funding for CVP refuge water wheeling
facility improvements to provide water for refuge and private wetlands.
6. 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.
7. City of Roseville, CVP, California: Execution of long-term
Warren Act contract for conveyance of nonproject water provided from
the Placer County Water Agency. The contract will allow CVP facilities
to be used to deliver nonproject water to the City of Roseville for use
within its service area.
8. 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 project
water to the Sacramento County Water Agency. The amended contract will
conform to current Reclamation law.
9. El Dorado ID, CVP, California: Execution of long-term Warren Act
contracts for conveyance of nonproject water (one contract for Weber
Reservoir and pre-1914 ditch rights in the amount of 3,344 acre-feet,
and one contract for Project 184 water in the amount of 11,000 acre-
feet). The contracts will allow CVP facilities to be used to deliver
nonproject water to El Dorado ID for use within its service area.
10. Horsefly, Klamath, Langell Valley, and Tulelake IDs; Klamath
Project; Oregon: Repayment contracts for SOD work on Clear Lake Dam.
These districts will share in repayment of costs, and each district
will have a separate contract. Initial contract should be ready by
April 2006.
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11. Casitas Municipal WD, Ventura Project, California: Repayment
contract for SOD work on Casitas Dam.
12. Warren Act Contracts, CVP, California: Execution of long-term
Warren Act contracts (up to 25 years) with various entities for
conveyance of nonproject water in Delta Division, Friant Division, and
San Luis Unit facilities.
13. 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 long-term contract for
storage of nonproject water in New Melones Reservoir.
14. Banta Carbona ID, CVP, California: Long-term Warren Act
contract for conveyance of nonproject water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.
15. Byron-Bethany ID, CVP, California: Long-term Warren Act
contract for conveyance of nonproject water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. Carpinteria WD, Cachuma Project, California: Contract to
transfer title of distribution system to the district. Title transfer
authorized by Public Law 108-315 ``Carpinteria and Montecito Water
Distribution Conveyance Act of 2004.''
20. Montecito WD, Cachuma Project, California: Contract to transfer
title of distribution system to the district. Title transfer authorized
by Public Law 108-315 ``Carpinteria and Montecito Water Distribution
Conveyance Act of 2004.''
21. Sacramento Suburban WD, CVP, California: Execution of long-term
Warren Act contract for conveyance of nonproject water. The contract
will allow CVP facilities to be used to deliver nonproject water
provided from the Placer County Water Agency to the Sacramento Suburban
WD for use within its service area.
22. Truckee Meadows Water Authority, Town of Fernley, State of
California, City of Reno, City of Sparks, Washoe County, State of
Nevada, Truckee-Carson ID, and any other local interest or Native
American Tribal Interest, who may have negotiated rights under Public
Law 101-618; Nevada and California: Contract for the storage of non-
Federal water in Truckee River reservoirs as authorized by Public Law
101-618 and the Preliminary Settlement Agreement. The contracts shall
be consistent with the Truckee River Water Quality Settlement Agreement
and the terms and conditions of the proposed Truckee River Operating
Agreement.
23. Sacramento River Settlement Contracts, CVP, California: Five
contracts remain to be executed out of a total of 145 contracts and one
contract with Colusa Drain Mutual Water Company; water quantities for
these contracts total 2.2M acre-feet. These contracts will be renewed
for a period of 40 years. The contracts reflect agreements to settle
disputes over water rights' claims on the Sacramento River and the
Colusa Basin Drain.
24. San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, U.S. Department of
Veteran Affairs; Delta Division, CVP; California: Renewal of the long-
term water service contract for up to 850 acre-feet. Contract executed
February 28, 2005. Execution of the wheeling agreement for conveyance
through the California State Aqueduct is pending.
25. A Canal Fish Screens, Klamath Project, Oregon: Negotiation of
an O&M contract for the A Canal Fish Screen with Klamath ID.
26. Ady Canal Headgates, Klamath Project, Oregon: Transfer of
operational control to Klamath Drainage District of the headgates
located at the railroad. Reclamation does not own the land at the
headgates only operational control pursuant to a railroad agreement.
27. Orland Unit Water Users Association, Orland Project,
California: Repayment contract for the SOD costs assigned to the
irrigation purposes of Stony Gorge Dam.
28. Delta Lands Reclamation District No. 770, CVP, California:
Long-term Warren Act contract for conveying nonproject flood flows.
29. Pershing County Water Conservation District, Pershing County,
Lander County, and the State of Nevada; Humboldt Project; Nevada: Title
transfer to lands and features of the Humboldt Project.
30. PacifiCorp, Klamath Basin Area Office, Klamath Project, Oregon:
Execution of long-term agreement for lease of power privilege and the
O&M of Link River Dam. This agreement will provide for operations of
Link River Dam, coordinated operations with the non-Federal Keno Dam,
and provision of power by PacifiCorp for Klamath Project purposes to
ensure project water deliveries and to meet Endangered Species Act
requirements.
31. Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Board, Cachuma Project,
California: Repayment for SOD work on Lauro Dam.
32. Broadview WD, CVP, California: Proposed assignment of 27,000
acre-feet of Broadview WD's entire CVP supply to Westlands WD for
irrigation and M&I use.
33. Mendota Wildlife Area, CVP, California: Reimbursement agreement
between California Department of Fish and Game and Reclamation for
conveyance service costs to deliver Level 2 water to the Mendota
Wildlife Area during infrequent periods when the Mendota Pool is down
due to unexpected but needed maintenance. This action is taken pursuant
to Public Law 102-575, Title 34, Section 3406(d)(1), to meet full Level
2 water needs of the Mendota Wildlife Area.
34. Mercy Springs WD, CVP, California: Proposed partial assignment
of 2,825 acre-feet of Mercy Springs WD's CVP supply to San Luis WD for
irrigation and M&I use.
35. Oro Loma WD, CVP, California: Proposed partial assignment of
4,000 acre-feet of Oro Loma WD's CVP supply to Westlands WD for
irrigation and M&I use.
36. San Luis WD, CVP, California: Proposed partial assignment of
2,400 acre-feet of San Luis WD's CVP supply to Santa Nella County WD
for M&I use.
37. Placer County Water Agency, CVP, California: Proposed exchange
agreement under Section 14 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 of up
to 74,000 acre-feet.
38. Eighteen contractors in the Klamath Project, Oregon: Amendment
of 18 repayment contracts or negotiation of new contracts to allow for
recovery of additional capital costs to the Klamath Project. These
contract actions will be accomplished through amendments to the
existing repayment contracts or negotiation of new contracts.
39. Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Deep Well Pumping Reimbursement
Agreement, Central Valley Project Improvement Act, California:
Amendment to extend termination date for 1 more year will be executed
by December 2006.
Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 61470 (Nevada
Highway and Park Street), Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470, telephone
702-293-8081.
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1. Milton and Jean Phillips, BCP, Arizona: Colorado River water
delivery contract for 60 acre-feet of Colorado River water per year as
recommended by the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
2. John J. Peach, BCP, Arizona: Colorado River water delivery
contracts for 456 acre-feet of Colorado River water per year as
recommended by the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
3. Brooke Water Co., BCP, Arizona: Amend contract for an additional
120 acre-feet per year of Colorado River water per year for domestic
uses, as recommended by the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
4. Beattie Farms SW, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 1,110 acre-feet per
year of fourth priority water for agricultural purposes.
5. Maricopa-Stanfield IDD, CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution system
repayment contract No. 4-07-30-W0047 to reschedule repayment pursuant
to June 28, 1996, agreement.
6. 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.
7. Central Arizona IDD, 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.
8. 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 All-American Canal in accordance with Title II of the San Luis
Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, dated November 17, 1988.
9. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, CAP, Arizona: O&M
contract for its CAP water distribution system.
10. Miscellaneous PPR No. 38, BCP, California: Assign Schroeder's
portion of the PPR to Murphy Broadcasting.
11. Berneil Water Co., CAP, Arizona: Partial assignment of 200
acre-feet of water per year to the Cave Creek Water Company.
12. 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.
13. Gila Project Works, Gila Project, Arizona: Title transfer of
facilities and certain lands in the Wellton-Mohawk Division from the
United States to Wellton-Mohawk IDD.
14. Gila River Indian Community, CAP, Arizona: Amend CAP water
delivery contract and distribution system repayment and operation,
maintenance, and replacement contract pursuant to the Arizona Water
Settlements Act, Public Law 108-451, enacted December 10, 2004.
15. 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.
16. 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 of CAP water,
as discussed in the Secretary of the Interior's notice published on
page 41456 of the FR on July 30, 1999.
17. Litchfield Park Service Company, CAP, Arizona: Proposed partial
assignments of subcontract for 5,590 acre-feet of CAP M&I water to the
Central Arizona Water Conservation District, which is exercising its
authority as the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District,
and to the cities of Avondale, Carefree, and Goodyear.
18. Shepard Water Company, Inc., BCP, Arizona: Contract for the
annual delivery of 50 acre-feet of fourth priority water per year for
domestic use.
19. Jessen Family Limited Partnership, BCP, Arizona: Contract for
delivery of 1,080 acre-feet of Colorado River water for agricultural
purposes.
20. City of Somerton, BCP, Arizona: Contract for the annual
delivery of up to 750 acre-feet of Colorado River water per year for
domestic use as recommended by the Arizona Department of Water
Resources.
21. Various irrigation districts, CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution
system repayment contracts to provide for partial assumption of debt by
the Central Arizona Water Conservation District and the United States
upon enactment of Federal legislation providing for resolution of CAP
issues.
22. Mohave County Water Authority, BCP, Arizona: Amendatory
Colorado River water delivery contract to include the delivery of 3,500
acre-feet per year of fourth priority water and to delete the delivery
of 3,500 acre-feet per year of fifth or sixth priority water.
23. All-American Canal, BCP, California: Agreement among
Reclamation, Imperial ID, Metropolitan WD, and Coachella Valley WD for
the federally funded construction of a reservoir(s) and associated
facilities that will improve the regulation and management of Colorado
River water (Federal legislation pending).
24. Tohono O'odham Nation, CAP, Arizona: Amend CAP water delivery
contract pursuant to the Arizona Water Settlements Act, Public Law 108-
451, enacted December 10, 2004.
25. Sunrise Water Company, CAP, Arizona: Proposed assignment of
subcontract for 944 acre-feet of CAP M&I water per year to the Central
Arizona Water Conservation District, which is exercising its authority
as the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District.
26. West End Water Company, CAP, Arizona: Proposed assignment of
subcontract for 157 acre-feet of CAP M&I water per year to the Central
Arizona Water Conservation District, which is exercising its authority
as the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District.
27. New River Utilities Company, CAP, Arizona: Proposed assignment
of subcontract for 1,885 acre-feet of CAP M&I water to the Central
Arizona Water Conservation District, which is exercising its authority
as the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District.
28. Metropolitan WD and others, BCP, Arizona and California:
Contract to provide for the recovery by Metropolitan WD of interstate
underground storage credits previously placed in underground storage in
Arizona by the Central Arizona Water Conservation District under
agreements executed in 1992 and 1994, and to document the Arizona Water
Banking Authority's responsibility in agreeing to Arizona's forbearance
in the use of Colorado River water to permit the Secretary of the
Interior to release that quantity of water for diversion and use by
Metropolitan WD.
29. Wellton-Mohawk IDD, BCP, Arizona: Amend contract No. 1-07-30-
W0021 to revise the acre-foot amount for delivery of domestic use water
to 12,000 acre-feet per calendar year, within the district's current
overall Colorado River water entitlement.
30. Fisher's Landing Water and Sewer Works, LLC, BCP, Arizona:
Contract for 53 acre-feet annually of Colorado River water to be used
to account for domestic water use on residential properties located
within the Castle Dome area of Martinez Lake.
31. Forbearance agreements, BCP, Arizona and California: Develop
and execute short-term agreements to implement a demonstration
forbearance program to evaluate the feasibility of
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acquiring water through a voluntary land fallowing program, to replace
drainage water currently being bypassed to the Cienega de Santa Clara.
32. Miscellaneous PPR No. 43, BCP, California: Contract with the
City of Needles for 1,500 acre-feet diversion and 950 acre-feet
consumptive use.
33. Arizona Water Settlements Act, CAP, Arizona: Implementation of
the contracting requirements of Title I Central Arizona Project
Settlement Act of 2004, Title II Gila River Indian Community Water
Rights Settlement, Title III Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement,
and Title IV San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement.
34. Cibola Valley IDD, BCP, Arizona: Assign 396 acre-feet per year
of the district's entitlement to fourth, fifth, and sixth priority
water to The Conservation Fund.
35. Mohave County Water Authority, BCP, Arizona: Amend contract No.
04-XX-30-W0431 to provide for a change of type and place of use.
Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State
Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102, telephone 801-524-
3864.
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; long-term contracts for similar
service for up to 1,000 acre-feet of water annually.
(a) Oxbow Mining, LLC, Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: Oxbow Mining,
LLC has requested a 40-year water service contract for 242 acre-feet of
M&I water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir, which requires that an
augmentation plan be presented to the Division 4 Water Court.
(b) National Park Service, Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: The
National Park Service has requested a 40-year water service contract
for 3 acre-feet of water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir.
(c) Joseph Foran, Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: Mr. Foran has
requested a 40-year water service contract for 25 acre-feet of water
out of Blue Mesa Reservoir. Mr. Foran has submitted an augmentation
plan to Water District 4, case number pending.
(d) Farnsworth Construction and Gravel Company, Aspinall Storage
Unit, CRSP: The Company has requested a 40-year water service contract
for 1 acre-foot of water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir. The Company has
submitted an augmentation plan to Water District 4, Case No. 04-CW-204.
(e) Double Tree Ranch East, LLC, Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP:
Double Tree has requested a 40-year water service contract for 1 acre-
foot of water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir. Double Tree has submitted an
augmentation plan to Water District 4, case number pending.
2. San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: The United States is holding
the remaining 2,990 acre-feet of project water for potential use in
Indian water rights settlements in New Mexico.
3. Various Contactors, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: The
United States proposes to 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.
4. Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association, Upper Gunnison River
Water Conservancy District, and the 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.
5. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Florida Project, Colorado: Supplement
to contract No. 14-06-400-3038, dated May 7, 1963, for an additional
181 acre-feet of project water, plus 563 acre-feet of project water
pursuant to the 1986 Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Final Settlement
Agreement.
6. 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).
7. 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
nonproject 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 by changes in operations at Summer Dam which were made to
improve conditions for a threatened species, the Pecos bluntnose
shiner.
8. La Plata Conservancy District, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado
and New Mexico: Cost-sharing/repayment contract for up to 1,560 acre-
feet per year of M&I water; contract terms to be consistent with the
Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 (Title III of Pub. L.
106-554).
9. LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP,
Arizona: Long-term contract for 950 acre-feet of water for municipal
purposes.
10. Pine River ID, Pine River Project, Colorado: Contract to allow
the district to convert project irrigation water to municipal,
domestic, and industrial uses.
11. City of Page, Arizona, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP, Arizona: Long-
term contract for 1,000 acre-feet of water for municipal purposes.
12. El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 and Isleta del
Sur Pueblo, Rio Grande Project, Texas: Contract to convert up to 1,000
acre-feet of the Pueblo's project irrigation water to use for
traditional and religious purposes.
13. Carlsbad ID and the NMISC, Carlsbad Project, New Mexico:
Contract to convert irrigation water appurtenant to up to 6,000 acres
of land within the project for use by the NMISC for delivery to Texas
to meet New Mexico's Pecos River Compact obligation.
14. O&M contractor, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New
Mexico: Contract to transfer the operation, maintenance, and
replacement responsibilities of most project facilities to the
contractor, pursuant to Section 6 of the Reclamation Act of June 17,
1902, and other Reclamation laws.
15. Project Operations Committee, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado
and New Mexico: Agreement among the United States, the Southern Ute
Indian Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San
Juan Water Commission, the Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District,
the State of Colorado, and the La Plata Conservancy District of New
Mexico to coordinate and oversee the necessary operation, maintenance,
and replacement activities of the project works.
16. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado
and New Mexico: Water delivery contract for 33,519 acre-feet of M&I
water; contract terms to be consistent with the Colorado Ute Settlement
Act Amendments of 2000 (Title III of Pub. L. 106-554).
17. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and
New Mexico: Water delivery contract for 33,519 acre-feet of M&I water;
contract terms to be consistent with the Colorado Ute Settlement Act
Amendments of 2000 (Title III of Pub. L. 106-554).
18. Navajo Nation, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New
Mexico: Water delivery contract for 4,680 acre-feet of M&I water;
contract terms to be consistent with the Colorado Ute
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Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 (Title III of Pub. L. 106-554).
19. Various contractors including the Town of Mancos and the Mancos
Rural Water Company, Mancos Project, Colorado: Small or short-term
contracts to carry nonproject water through project facilities for
municipal purposes under authority of Public Law 106-549.
20. State of Colorado, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New
Mexico: Cost-sharing/repayment contract for up to 10,440 acre-feet per
year of M&I water; contract terms to be consistent with the Colorado
Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 (Title III of Pub. L. 106-554).
21. Carlsbad ID and the NMISC, Carlsbad Project, New Mexico:
Contract for storage and delivery of water produced by the NMISC's
River Augmentation Program, among Reclamation, Carlsbad ID, and the
NMISC. This will allow for storage of NMISC water in project facilities
resulting in additional project water supply.
22. Public Service Company of New Mexico, Reclamation, and the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service; San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation
Program: The agreement identifies that Reclamation may provide cost-
share funding for the recovery monitoring and research, and O&M
(October 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1602, Pub. L. 106-392) of the constructed
fish passage at the Public Service Company's site.
23. The Grand Valley Water Users Association, Reclamation, and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Construction and O&M of a fish passage
and fish screen facilities at the Grand Valley Diversion Dam and
Government Highline Canal facilities to facilitate recovery of
endangered fish species in the Colorado River Basin (October 30, 2000,
114 Stat. 1602, Pub. L. 106-392).
24. Mancos Rural Water Company, Mancos Project, Colorado: Contract
to allow the Mancos Rural Water Company to convert an additional 300
acre-feet of project irrigation water to municipal, domestic, and
industrial uses.
25. Carbon Water Conservancy District, Scofield Project, Utah:
Contract providing for the district to repay to the United States 15
percent of the cost of SOD modifications to the spillway at Scofield
Dam.
26. Weber River Water Users Association, Weber River Project, Utah:
Contract providing for the association to repay to the United States 15
percent of the cost of SOD modifications at Echo Dam.
27. Central Utah Project, Utah: Petition for project water among
the United States, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, and the
Duchesne County Water Conservancy District for use of 2,500 acre-feet
of irrigation water from the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah
Project.
28. San Juan-Chama Project, Albuquerque Area Office: Proposed
conversion of six water service contracts to repayment contracts.
Contractors requesting such conversions are the City of Santa Fe, Santa
Fe County, County of Los Alamos, City of Espanola, Town of Taos,
Village of Taos Ski Valley, and Town of Los Lunas.
29. North Fork Water Conservancy District and Ragged Mountain Water
Users Association, Paonia Project, Colorado: The district and the
association have requested a contract for supplemental water from the
Paonia Project. Their existing contract expired on December 31, 2005.
This contract will include irrigation and municipal uses.
30. Navajo Nation, San Juan River Dineh Water Users, Reclamation,
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; San Juan River Basin Recovery
Implementation Program: The agreement identifies that Reclamation may
provide cost-share funding for the recovery monitoring and research,
and O&M (October 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1602, Pub. L. 106-392) of the
constructed fish passage at the Hogback Diversion Dam.
The following action has been completed since the last publication
of this notice on November 2, 2005:
1. (33) West Divide Water Conservancy District: The West Divide
Water Conservancy District and the Silt Water Conservancy District have
requested a nonproject irrigation carriage contract (40-year) to have 2
cfs of their direct flow irrigation water rights diverted into and
delivered through, existing Silt pump canal, a feature of the Silt
Project delivery structures. Contract was executed on November 2, 2005.
Great Plains Region: Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Federal
Building, 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana 59107-6900,
telephone 406-247-7752.
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 of up to 1 year.
2. Green Mountain Reservoir, Colorado-Big Thompson Project,
Colorado: Water service contracts for irrigation and M&I; contracts for
sale of water from the marketable yield to water users within the
Colorado River Basin of western Colorado.
3. Ruedi Reservoir, Fryingpan-Arkansas 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.
4. Garrison Diversion Unit, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Renegotiation of
the master repayment contract with Garrison Diversion Conservancy
District to conform with the Dakota Water Resources Act of 2000;
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 has been
executed with the City of Rapid City, Rapid Valley Unit, for use of
water from Pactola Reservoir. A long-term storage contract is being
negotiated for water stored in Pactola Reservoir. Legislation is
pending for change in the authorized use of Pactola Reservoir storage.
6. 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.
7. City of Berthoud, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado: Long-
term contract for conveyance of nonproject M&I water through Colorado-
Big Thompson Project facilities.
8. City of Cheyenne, Kendrick Project, Wyoming: Negotiate a long-
term contract for storage space for replacement water on a daily basis
in Seminoe Reservoir. A temporary contract has been issued pending
negotiation of the long-term contract.
9. Highland-Hanover ID, Hanover-Bluff Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming:
Negotiate long-term water service contract; includes provisions for
repayment of construction costs.
10. Upper Bluff ID, Hanover-Bluff Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Negotiate
long-term water service contract; includes provisions for repayment of
construction cost.
11. Fort Clark ID, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Negotiation of water
service contract to continue delivery of project water to the district.
12. Dickinson-Heart River Mutual Aid Corporation, Dickinson Unit,
P-SMBP, North Dakota: Negotiate renewal of
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water service contract for irrigation of lands below Dickinson Dam in
western North Dakota.
13. Savage ID, P-SMBP, Montana: The district is currently seeking
title transfer. The contract is subject to renewal pending outcome of
the title transfer process. A 5-year interim contract has been executed
to ensure a continuous water supply.
14. City of Fort Collins, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado:
Long-term contracts for conveyance and storage of nonproject M&I water
through Colorado-Big Thompson Project facilities.
15. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Negotiate a
long-term 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.
16. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Amendments to long-term water
service contracts with Burbank Ditch, New Grattan Ditch Company,
Torrington ID, Lucerne Canal and Power Company, and Wright and Murphy
Ditch Company.
17. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Nebraska: Amendments to long-term water
service contracts with Bridgeport, Enterprise, and Mitchell IDs, and
Central Nebraska Public Power and ID.
18. Dickinson Parks and Recreation District, Dickinson Unit, P-
SMBP, North Dakota: A temporary contract has been negotiated with the
district for minor amounts of water from Dickinson Reservoir. Negotiate
a long-term water service contract for minor amounts of water from
Dickinson Dam.
19. Clark Canyon Water Supply Company, East Bench Unit, P-SMBP,
Montana: Initiating renewal of contract No. 14-06-600-3592 which
expired December 31, 2005. Current contract may be amended to extend
the term not to exceed an additional 2 years pursuant to Section 208 of
the 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act if necessary and agreed to by
both parties.
20. East Bench ID, East Bench Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: Initiating
renewal of contract No. 14-06-600-3593 which expired December 31, 2005.
Current contract may be amended to extend the term not to exceed an
additional 2 years pursuant to Section 208 of the 2005 Consolidated
Appropriations Act if necessary and agreed to by both parties.
21. Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Lake Meredith
Salinity Control Project, New Mexico and Texas: Negotiation of a
contract for the transfer of control (care and O&M) of the project to
the Authority in accordance with Public Law 102-575, Title VIII,
Section 804(c).
22. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Consideration of excess
capacity contracts in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.
23. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Consideration of requests
for long-term contracts for the use of excess capacity in the
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project from the Southeastern Colorado Water
Conservancy District, the City of Aurora, and the Colorado Springs
Utilities.
24. Individual irrigators, Heart Butte Unit, P-SMBP, North Dakota:
Renew long-term water service contracts for minor amounts of less than
1,000 acre-feet of irrigation water annually from the Heart River below
Heart Butte Dam.
25. Municipal Subdistrict of the Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy District, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a new long-term contract or amendment of contract No.
4-07-70-W0107 with the Municipal Subdistrict and the Northern Colorado
Water Conservancy District for the proposed Windy Gap Firming Project.
26. Northern Integrated Supply Project, Colorado-Big Thompson
Project, Colorado: Consideration of a new long-term contract with
approximately 14 regional water suppliers and the Northern Colorado
Water Conservancy District for the Northern Integrated Supply Project.
27. Hill County WD, Milk River Project, Montana: Initiating renewal
of municipal water supply contract No. 14-06-600-8954 which expires
August 1, 2006. The proposal includes splitting the contract between
Hill County WD and North Havre County WD which both receive their full
water supply under the current contract.
28. Stutsman County Park Board, Jamestown Unit, P-SMBP, North
Dakota: The Board is requesting a contract for minor amounts of water
under a long-term contract to serve domestic needs for cabin owners at
Jamestown Reservoir, North Dakota.
29. Garrison Diversion Unit, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Contracts to
provide for project use pumping power or project use pumping power and
supplemental irrigation water with various irrigation districts in
North Dakota, covering a combined maximum 28,000 acres within the
boundaries and limits set by the Dakota Water Resources Act of 2000.
30. Security Water and Sanitation District, Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project, Colorado: Consideration of a request for a long-term contract
for the use of excess capacity in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.
31. City of Fountain, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a request for a long-term contract for the use of
excess capacity in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.
32. Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado-Big Thompson Project,
Colorado Springs, Colorado: Consideration of a request for a long-term
agreement for water substitution and power interference in the
Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
33. Pueblo West Metropolitan District, Pueblo West, Fryingpan-
Arkansas Project, Colorado: Consideration of a request for a 5- to 10-
year contract for the use of excess capacity in the Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project.
34. LeClair ID, Boysen Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Contract renewal of
long-term water service contract.
35. Riverton Valley ID, Boysen Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Contract
renewal of long-term water service contract.
36. Buford-Trenton ID, Buford-Trenton Project, P-SMBP, North
Dakota: Enter into a new repayment contract and power contract for
additional project use pumping power for project purposes in irrigating
bench lands existing within the district.
37. ExxonMobil Corporation, Ruedi Reservoir, Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project, Colorado: Consideration of ExxonMobil Corporation's request to
amend its Ruedi Round I contract to include additional uses for the
water.
38. Ainsworth ID, Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, P-SMBP,
Ainsworth, Nebraska: Contract renewal for a long-term water service
contract.
39. Pueblo West Metropolitan District, Pueblo West, Fryingpan-
Arkansas Project, Colorado: Consideration of a request for a long-term
contract for the use of excess capacity in the Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project.
40. Mark H. Allredge, H.S. Properties LLC (Individual); Boysen
Unit, P-SMBP; Wyoming: Renewal of long-term water service contract for
up to 84 acre-feet of supplemental irrigation water to serve 84 acres.
41. Individual developer with Angostura Unit, P-SMBP, South Dakota:
Negotiate M&I water service contract with developer for up to ten, 10-
acre tracts of land within the Angostura ID.
42. City of Golden, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a request for a long-term agreement for power
interference in the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
The following actions have been completed since the last
publication of this notice on November 2, 2005:
1. (50) Kansas-Bostwick ID No. 2, Courtland Unit, Bostwick
Division, P-SMBP, Courtland, Kansas: The district requested a deferment
of its 2005
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construction obligations in accordance with the Act of September 21,
1959. Contract amendment executed December 9, 2005.
2. (51) Bostwick ID, Superior-Courtland and Franklin Units,
Bostwick Division, P-SMBP, Red Cloud, Nebraska: The district requested
a deferment of its 2005 construction obligations in accordance with the
Act of September 21, 1959. Contract amendment executed December 13,
2005.
3. (52) Kirwin ID No. 1, Kirwin Unit, Solomon Division, P-SMBP,
Gaylord, Kansas: The district requested a deferment of its 2005
construction obligation in accordance with the Act of September 21,
1959. Contract amendment executed December 13, 2005.
4. (53) Webster ID, Webster Unit, Solomon Division, P-SMBP,
Gaylord, Kansas: The district requested a deferment of its 2005
construction obligations in accordance with the Act of September 21,
1959. Contract amendment executed December 13, 2005.
5. (59) Nancy Ray, Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: Initiating a
long-term contract for up to 144 acre-feet of storage water from Tiber
Reservoir to irrigate 72 acres. The current contract expired December
31, 2005. Contract was executed November 15, 2005.
Dated: January 9, 2005.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Office of Program and Policy Services.
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