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fee trust land base. This notice also
announces a public hearing to take
public comments on the DEIS.
DATES: Written comments on the DEIS
must arrive by January 8, 2007. The
public hearing will be held Thursday,
December 14, 2006, from 3 p.m. to 10
p.m., or until the last public comment
is received. Doors for the hearing will
open at 2 p.m.
ADDRESSES: You may mail, hand carry
or fax written comments to Mr. Franklin
Keel, Regional Director, Eastern
Regional Office, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, 545 Marriott Drive, Suite 700,
Nashville, Tennessee 37214, Fax (615)
564–6701. Please include your name,
return address and the caption, ‘‘DEIS
Comments, Oneida Indian Nation of
New York Trust Acquisition Project,’’
on the first page of your written
comments. Electronic submission is not
available. The public hearing will be at
the Stanley Theater, 259 Genesee Street,
Utica, New York.
Copies of the DEIS will be available
for viewing at Web site
www.oneidanationtrust.net and at the
following locations: (1) Oneida Nation
Annex Building, 579A Main Street,
Oneida, New York 13421 (10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Monday through Friday except
holidays); (2) Oneida City Hall, 109 N.
Main Street, Downstairs Basement
Room, Oneida, New York 13421; and (3)
Town of Verona Town Hall, 6600
Germany Road, Back Conference Room,
Durhamville, New York 13054.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt
G. Chandler, (615) 564–6832.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Nation submitted an application to the
U.S. Department of the Interior through
the BIA, requesting that the Secretary of
the Interior take up to 17,370 acres of
fee land in Madison and Oneida
Counties, New York, into trust status for
the benefit of the Nation. The subject
properties are currently owned by the
Nation in fee status.
The currently proposed alternatives
are: (A) Proposed Action, which is the
action proposed by the Nation to take all
17,370 acres into trust; (B) Phased
Acquisition of 35,000 Acres; (C) Group
1 and 2 Lands, which include resort,
commercial and residential properties
(9,903); (D) Group 1 Lands Only, which
include resort type properties (3,428
acres); (E) Turning Stone Casino Gaming
Floor Only (225 acres); (F) Alternative
Trust Land Grouping, which focuses on
compact and contiguous properties
(11,986 acres); and (G) No Action (0
acres). The alternatives are intended to
assist the review of the issues presented,
but may not represent the final decision,
since a parcel-by-parcel review and
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determination will be necessary for
compliance with factors listed in 25
CFR Part 151. Among other issues,
comments on the DEIS should address
whether particular properties or groups
of properties should be taken out of, or
added to, an existing alternative.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BIA
address shown in the ADDRESSES
section, during regular business hours, 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. Individual
respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold
your name and/or address from public
review or from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act, you must
state this prominently at the beginning
of your written comment. Such requests
will be honored to the extent allowed by
law. We will not, however, consider
anonymous comments. All submissions
from organizations or businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
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This notice is published in
accordance with section 1503.1 of the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through
1508) implementing the procedural
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the
Department of the Interior Manual (516
DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of
authority delegated to the Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs by 209 DM 8.
Dated: November 17, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs.
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BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation
Projects
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rate
adjustments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) owns, or has an interest in,
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irrigation facilities located on various
Indian reservations throughout the
United States. We are required to
establish rates to recover the costs to
administer, operate, maintain, and
rehabilitate those facilities. We request
your comments on the proposed rate
adjustments.
DATES: Interested parties may submit
comments on the proposed rate
adjustments on or before January 23,
2007.
ADDRESSES: All comments on the
proposed rate adjustments must be in
writing and addressed to: Arch Wells,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Trust
Services, Attn.: Irrigation and Power,
Mail Stop 4655–MIB, 1849 C Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20240, Telephone
(202) 208–5480.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
details about a particular irrigation
project, please use the tables in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section to
contact the regional or local office
where the project is located.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tables
in this notice list the irrigation project
contacts where the BIA recovers its
costs for local administration, operation,
maintenance, and rehabilitation, the
current irrigation assessment rates, and
the proposed rates for the 2007
irrigation season and subsequent years
where applicable.
What are some of the terms I should
know for this notice?
The following are terms we use that
may help you understand how we are
applying this notice.
Administrative costs means all costs
we incur to administer our irrigation
projects at the local project level. Local
project level does not normally include
the Agency, Region, or Central Office
costs unless we state otherwise in
writing.
Assessable acre means lands
designated by us to be served by one of
our irrigation projects and to which we
provide irrigation service and recover
our costs. (See Total assessable acres.)
BIA means the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
Bill means our statement to you of the
assessment charges and/or fees you owe
the United States for administration,
operation, maintenance, and/or
rehabilitation. The date we mail or hand
deliver your bill will be stated on it.
Costs mean the costs we incur for
administration, operation, maintenance,
and rehabilitation to provide direct
support or benefit to an irrigation
facility.
Customer means any person or entity
that we provide irrigation service to.
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Due date is the date on which your
bill is due and payable. This date will
be stated on your bill.
I, me, my, you, and your means all
interested parties, especially persons or
entities that we provide irrigation
service to and receive beneficial use of
our irrigation projects affected by this
notice and our supporting policies,
manuals, and handbooks.
Irrigation project means, for the
purposes of this notice, the facility or
portions thereof, that we own, or have
an interest in, including all appurtenant
works, for the delivery, diversion, and
storage of irrigation water to provide
irrigation service to customers for whom
we assess periodic charges to recover
our costs to administer, operate,
maintain, and rehabilitate. These
projects may be referred to as facilities,
systems, or irrigation areas.
Irrigation service means the full range
of services we provide customers of our
irrigation projects, including, but not
limited to, water delivery. This includes
our activities to administer, operate,
maintain, and rehabilitate our projects.
Maintenance costs means all costs we
incur to maintain and repair our
irrigation projects and equipment of our
irrigation projects and is a cost factor
included in calculating your operation
and maintenance (O&M) assessment.
Must means an imperative or
mandatory act or requirement.
Operation and maintenance (O&M)
assessment means the periodic charge
you must pay us to reimburse our costs.
Operation or operating costs means
costs we incur to operate our irrigation
projects and equipment and is a cost
factor included in calculating your O&M
assessment.
Past due bill means a bill that has not
been paid by the close of business on
the 30th day after the due date, as stated
on the bill. Beginning on the 31st day
after the due date we begin assessing
additional charges accruing from the
due date.
Rehabilitation costs means costs we
incur to restore our irrigation projects or
features to original operating condition
or to the nearest state which can be
achieved using current technology and
is a cost factor included in calculating
your O&M assessment.
Total assessable acres means the total
acres served by one of our irrigation
projects.
Total O&M cost means the total of all
the allowable and allocatable costs we
incur for administering, operating,
maintaining, and rehabilitating our
irrigation projects serving your farm
unit.
Water means water we deliver at our
projects for the general purpose of
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irrigation and other purposes we agree
to in writing.
Water delivery is an activity that is
part of the irrigation service we provide
our customers when water is available.
We, us, and our means the United
States Government, the Secretary of the
Interior, the BIA, and all who are
authorized to represent us in matters
covered under this notice.
Does this notice affect me?
This notice affects you if you own or
lease land within the assessable acreage
of one of our irrigation projects, or you
have a carriage agreement with one of
our irrigation projects.
Where can I get information on the
regulatory and legal citations in this
notice?
You can contact the appropriate
office(s) stated in the tables for the
irrigation project that serves you, or you
can use the Internet site for the
Government Printing Office at https://
www.gpo.gov.
Why are you publishing this notice?
We are publishing this notice to notify
you that we propose to adjust one or
more of our irrigation assessment rates.
This notice is published in accordance
with the BIA’s regulations governing its
operation and maintenance of irrigation
projects, specifically, 25 CFR 171.1.
These sections provide for the fixing
and announcing of the rates for annual
assessments and related information for
our irrigation projects.
What authorizes you to issue this
notice?
Our authority to issue this notice is
vested in the Secretary of the Interior by
5 U.S.C. 301 and the Act of August 14,
1914 (38 Stat. 583; 25 U.S.C. 385). The
Secretary has in turn delegated this
authority to the Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs under Part 209, Chapter
8.1A, of the Department of the Interior’s
Departmental Manual.
When will you put the rate adjustments
into effect?
We will put the rate adjustments into
effect for the 2007 irrigation season and
subsequent years where applicable.
How do you calculate irrigation rates?
We calculate irrigation assessment
rates in accordance with 25 CFR 171.1(f)
by estimating the cost of normal
operation and maintenance at each of
our irrigation projects. The cost of
normal operation and maintenance
means the expenses we incur to provide
direct support or benefit for an irrigation
project’s activities for administration,
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operation, maintenance, and
rehabilitation. These costs are then
applied as stated in the rate table in this
notice.
What kinds of expenses do you include
in determining the estimated cost of
normal operation and maintenance?
We include the following expenses:
(a) Personnel salary and benefits for
the project engineer/manager and
project employees under their
management control;
(b) Materials and supplies;
(c) Major and minor vehicle and
equipment repairs;
(d) Equipment, including
transportation, fuel, oil, grease, lease
and replacement;
(e) Capitalization expenses;
(f) Acquisition expenses;
(g) Maintenance of a reserve fund
available for contingencies or
emergency expenses for, and ensuring,
reliable operation of the irrigation
project;
(h) Rehabilitation costs; and
(i) Other expenses we determine
necessary to properly perform the
activities and functions characteristic of
an irrigation project.
When should I pay my irrigation
assessment?
We will mail or hand deliver your bill
notifying you of the amount you owe to
the United States and when such
amount is due. If we mail your bill, we
will consider it as being delivered no
later than 5 business days after the day
we mail it. You should pay your bill no
later than the close of business on the
30th day after the due date stated on the
bill.
What information must I provide for
billing purposes?
We must obtain certain information
from you to ensure we can properly
process, bill for, and collect money
owed to the United States. We are
required to collect the taxpayer
identification number or social security
number to properly bill the responsible
party and service the account under the
authority of, and as prescribed in,
Public Law 104–143, the Debt
Collection Improvement Act of 1996.
(a) At a minimum, this information is:
(1) Full legal name of person or entity
responsible for paying the bill;
(2) Adequate and correct address for
mailing or hand delivering our bill; and
(3) The taxpayer identification
number or social security number of the
person or entity responsible for paying
the bill;
(b) It is your responsibility to ensure
we have correct and accurate
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information for paragraph (a) of this
section.
(c) If you are late paying your bill due
to your failure to furnish such
information or comply with paragraph
(b) of this section, you cannot appeal
your bill on this basis.
your irrigated land on which the bill is
past due. We can continue to refuse
water delivery until you pay your bill or
make payment arrangements that we
agree to. Our authority to demand
payment of your past due bill is 31 CFR
901.2, ‘‘Demand for Payment.’’
What can happen if I do not provide the
information required for billing
purposes?
Are there any additional charges if I am
late paying my bill?
We can refuse to provide you
irrigation service.
If I allow my bill to become past due,
could this affect my water delivery?
If we do not receive your payment
before the close of business on the 30th
day after the due date stated on your
bill, we will send you a past due notice.
Your bill will have additional
information concerning your rights. We
will consider your past due notice as
delivered no later than 5 business days
after the day we mail it. We have the
right to refuse water delivery to any of
Yes. We will assess you interest on
the amount owed and use the rate of
interest established annually by the
Secretary of the United States Treasury
(Treasury) to calculate what you will be
assessed (31 CFR 901.9(b)). You will not
be assessed this charge until your bill is
past due. However, if you allow your
bill to become past due, interest will
accrue from the due date, not the past
due date. Also, you will be charged an
administrative fee of $12.50 for each
time we try to collect your past due bill.
If your bill becomes more than 90 days
past due, you will be assessed a penalty
charge of 6 percent per year and it will
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accrue from the date your bill initially
became past due. Our authority to assess
interest, penalties, and administration
fees on past due bills is prescribed in 31
CFR 901.9, ‘‘Interest, penalties, and
costs.’’
What else can happen to my past due
bill?
If you do not pay your bill or make
payment arrangements that we agree to,
we are required to send your past due
bill to the Treasury for further action.
We must send your bill to Treasury no
later than 180 days after the original due
date of your irrigation assessment bill.
The requirement for us to send your
unpaid bill to Treasury is prescribed in
31 CFR 901.1, ‘‘Aggressive agency
collection activity.’’
Who can I contact for further
information?
The following tables are the regional
and project/agency contacts for our
irrigation facilities.
Project agency contacts
Northwest Region Contacts
Stanley Speaks, Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest Regional Office, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232–4169,
Telephone: (503) 231–6702
Flathead Irrigation Project ...................................
Fort Hall Irrigation Project ...................................
Wapato Irrigation Project .....................................
Ernest T. Moran, Superintendent, Flathead Agency Irrigation Division, P.O. Box 40, Pablo, MT
59855–0040, Telephone: (406) 675–2700.
Eric J. LaPointe, Superintendent, Alan Oliver, Irrigation Project Engineer, Fort Hall Agency,
P.O. Box 220, Fort Hall, ID 83203–0220, Telephone: (208) 238–2301.
Pierce Harrison, Project Administrator, Wapato Irrigation Project, P.O. Box 220, Wapato, WA
98951–0220, Telephone: (509) 877–3155.
Rocky Mountain Region Contacts
Ed Parisian, Acting Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana 59101,
Telephone: (406) 247–7943.
Blackfeet Irrigation Project ..................................
Crow Irrigation Project .........................................
Fort Belknap Irrigation Project ............................
Fort Peck Irrigation Project .................................
Wind River Irrigation Project ...............................
Stephen Pollock, Superintendent, Ted Hall, Irrigation Project Manager, Box 880, Browning,
MT 59417, Telephones: (406) 338–7544, Superintendent, (406) 338–7519, Irrigation.
Ed Lone Fight, Superintendent, Karl Helvik, Irrigation Project Manager,, P.O. Box 69, Crow
Agency, MT 59022, Telephones: (406) 638–2672, Superintendent, (406) 638–2863, Irrigation.
Judy Gray, Superintendent, Ralph Leo, Irrigation Project Manager, R.R.1, Box 980, Harlem,
MT 59526, Telephones: (406) 353–2901, Superintendent, (406) 353–2905, Irrigation.
Vacant, Superintendent, P.O. Box 637, Poplar, MT 59255, Vacant, Irrigation Manager, 602
6th, Avenue North, Wolf Point, MT 59201, Telephones: (406) 768–5312, Superintendent,
(406) 653–1752, Irrigation.
George Gover, Superintendent, Ray Nation, Acting Irrigation Project Manager, P.O. Box 158,
Fort Washakie, WY 82514, Telephones: (307) 332–7810, Superintendent, (307) 332–2596,
Irrigation.
Southwest Region Contacts
Larry Morrin, Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest Regional Office, 1001 Indian School Road, Albuquerque, New Mexico
87104, Telephone: (505) 563–3100.
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Pine River Irrigation Project ................................
Ross P. Denny, Superintendent, John Formea, Irrigation Engineer, P.O. Box 315, Ignacio, CO
81137–0315, Telephones: (970) 563–4511, Superintendent, (970) 563–1017, Irrigation.
Western Region Contacts
Alan Anspach Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Regional Office, P.O. Box 10, Phoenix, Arizona 85001, Telephone: (602)
379–6600
Colorado River Irrigation Project .........................
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Perry Baker, Superintendent, Ted Henry, Irrigation Project Manager, R.R. 1 Box 9–C, Parker,
AZ 85344, Telephone: (928) 669–7111.
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Project name
Project agency contacts
Duck Valley, Irrigation Project .............................
Robert Hunter, Acting Superintendent, 1555 Shoshone Circle, Elko, NV 89801, Telephone:
(775) 738–0569.
Sam Rideshorse, Superintendent, P.O. Box 11000, Yuma, AZ 85366, Telephone: (520) 782–
1202.
Carl Christensen, Supervisory General Engineer, P.O. Box 250, Coolidge, AZ 85228, Telephone: (520) 723–6216.
Joe Revak, Supervisory General Engineer, Pima Agency, Land Operations, Box 8, Sacaton,
AZ 85247, Telephone: (520) 562–3372.
Lynn Hansen, Irrigation Manager, P.O. Box 130, Fort Duchesne, UT 84026, Telephone: (435)
722–4341.
Robert Hunter, Superintendent, 1677 Hot Springs Road, Carson City, NV 89706, Telephone:
(775) 887–3500.
Fort Yuma Irrigation Project ................................
San Carlos Irrigation Project, Joint Works ..........
San Carlos Irrigation Project, Indian Works ........
Uintah Irrigation Project .......................................
Walker River Irrigation Project ............................
What irrigation assessments or charges
are proposed for adjustment by this
notice?
The rate table below contains the
current rates for all of our irrigation
projects where we recover our costs for
operation and maintenance. The table
also contains the proposed rates for the
2007 season and subsequent years
where applicable. An asterisk
Project name
immediately following the name of the
project notes the irrigation projects
where rates are proposed for
adjustment.
Final
2006 rate
Rate category
Proposed
2007 rate
Proposed
2008 rate
Northwest Region Rate Table
Flathead Irrigation Project (see Note #2)* ..
Fort Hall Irrigation Project ...........................
Fort Hall Irrigation Project—Minor Units .....
Fort Hall Irrigation Project—Michaud* ........
Wapato Irrigation
Simcoe Units*.
Project—Toppenish/
Wapato Irrigation Project—Ahtanum Units*
Wapato Irrigation Project—Satus Unit* ......
Basic Per acre—A ......................................
Basic Per acre—B ......................................
Minimum Charge per tract .........................
Basic Per acre ............................................
Minimum Charge per tract .........................
Basic Per acre ............................................
Minimum Charge per tract .........................
Basic Per acre ............................................
Pressure Per acre ......................................
Minimum Charge per tract .........................
Billing Charge Per Tract .............................
$21.45
10.75
65.00
24.00
25.00
15.00
25.00
34.00
48.50
25.00
5.00
**$23.45
10.75
65.00
27.00
25.00
17.00
25.00
35.75
50.00
25.00
5.00
$25.45.
$10.75.
$65.00.
To be determined.
Farm unit/land tracts up to one acre (minimum charge).
Farm unit/land tracts over one acre—per
acre.
Billing Charge Per Tract .............................
Farm unit/land tracts up to one acre (minimum charge).
Farm unit/land tracts over one acre—per
acre.
Billing Charge Per Tract .............................
Farm unit/land tracts up to one acre (minimum charge).
‘‘A’’ farm unit/land tracts over one acre—
per acre.
Additional Works farm unit/land tracts over
one acre—per acre.
‘‘B’’ farm unit/land tracts over one acre—
per acre.
Water Rental Agreement Lands—per acre
13.50
14.00
To be determined.
13.50
14.00
To be determined.
5.00
13.50
5.00
14.00
To be determined.
To be determined.
13.50
14.00
To be determined.
5.00
53.00
5.00
55.00
To be determined.
To be determined.
53.00
55.00
To be determined.
58.00
60.00
To be determined.
63.00
65.00
To be determined.
64.50
67.00
To be determined.
Basic-per acre ............................................
Basic-per acre ............................................
13.00
17.30
15.50
19.30
To be determined.
Basic-per acre ............................................
17.00
19.00
Basic-per acre ............................................
2.00
2.00
Trust Land per acre ...................................
Non-Trust Land per acre ............................
Basic-per acre ............................................
8.50
17.00
17.50
13.88
18.50
20.00
To be determined.
To be determined.
To be determined.
To be determined.
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Rocky Mountain Region Rate Table
Blackfeet Irrigation Project* ........................
Crow Irrigation Project—Willow Creek
O&M (includes Agency, Lodge Grass
#1, Lodge Grass #2, Reno, Upper Little
Horn, and Forty Mile Units)*.
Crow Irrigation Project—All Others (includes Bighorn, Soap Creek, and Pryor
Units)*.
Crow Irrigation Two Leggins Drainage District.
Fort Belknap Irrigation Project* ..................
Fort Peck Irrigation Project* .......................
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$20.00.
$20.00.
To be determined.
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Final
2006 rate
Project name
Rate category
Wind River Irrigation Project* .....................
Wind River Irrigation Project—LeClair District.
Basic-per acre ............................................
Basic-per acre ............................................
Proposed
2007 rate
14.00
17.00
Proposed
2008 rate
15.00
17.00
Southwest Region Rate Table
Final
2006 rate
Project name
Rate category
Pine River Irrigation Project* ........................................
Minimum Charge per tract ............................................
Basic-per acre ..............................................................
Proposed
2007 rate
$50.00
13.00
$50.00
15.00
Western Region Rate Table
Project name
Colorado River Irrigation
Project.
Final
2006 rate
Rate category
Proposed
2007 rate
Proposed
2008 rate
Proposed
2009 rate
San Carlos Irrigation Project
(Joint Works) (See Note #3)*.
San Carlos Irrigation Project
(Indian Works) (See Note
#4)*.
Uintah Irrigation Project* ..........
Walker River Irrigation Project
(See Note #4)*.
$47.00
$47.00
To be determined ..
17.00
17.00
................................
5.30
65.00
5.30
69.00
................................
................................
10.50
10.50
................................
30.00
**30.00
$21.00 ....................
$21.00.
Basic-per acre ..........................
77.00
77.00
$69.00 ....................
$69.00.
Basic-per acre ..........................
Minimum Bill .............................
Indian per acre .........................
12.00
25.00
7.32
14.00
25.00
10.00
To be determined ..
................................
$13.00 ....................
To be determined.
$16.00.
Non-Indian per acre .................
Duck Valley Irrigation Project ...
Fort Yuma Irrigation Project
(See Note #1)*.
Basic per acre up to 5.75 acrefeet.
Excess Water per acre-foot
over 5.75 acre-feet.
Basic-per acre ..........................
Basic-per acre up to 5.0 acrefeet.
Excess Water per acre-foot
over 5.0 acre-feet.
Basic-per acre ..........................
To be determined.
15.29
16.00
$16.00 ....................
$16.00.
*Notes irrigation projects where rates are proposed for adjustment.
Note #1—The O&M rate for the Fort Yuma Irrigation Project has two components. The first component is the O&M rate established by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), the owner and operator of the Project. The BOR rate for 2007 will not be established until October 2006. The FY
2006 BOR rate of $62.00 was used in the development of the proposed 2007 rate, however, the BOR component is subject to change and is
provided for informational purposes only. The second component is for the O&M rate established by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to cover
administrative costs including billing and collections for the Project. Through this notice, the BIA is proposing a $7/acre O&M rate for its component of the rate. The BIA rate assessment would cover approximately 50% of the accounting technician and 40% of the Natural Resource Officer
at the BIA Fort Yuma Agency.
Note #2—The 2008 irrigation rate is proposed through this notice. The 2007 rate was established by final notice published in the FEDERAL
REGISTER on April 5, 2006 (Vol. 71, No. 65 page 17131).
Note #3—The 2008 and 2009 irrigation rates are proposed through this notice. The 2007 rate was established by final notice published in the
FEDERAL REGISTER on April 5, 2006 (Vol. 71, No. 65 page 17131).
Note #4—The 2007, 2008 and 2009 irrigation rates are proposed through this notice.
**Final 2007 Rate.
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Consultation and Coordination With
Tribal Governments (Executive Order
13175)
The BIA irrigation projects are vital
components of the local agriculture
economy of the reservations on which
they are located. To fulfill its
responsibilities to the tribes, tribal
organizations, water user organizations,
and the individual water users, the BIA
communicates, coordinates, and
consults on a continuing basis with
these entities on issues of water
delivery, water availability, costs of
administration, operation, maintenance,
and rehabilitation. This is accomplished
at the individual irrigation projects by
Project, Agency, and Regional
representatives, as appropriate, in
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accordance with local protocol and
procedures. This notice is one
component of the BIA’s overall
coordination and consultation process
to provide notice and request comments
from these entities on adjusting our
irrigation rates.
adjustments at BIA owned and operated
irrigation projects, except for the Fort
Yuma Irrigation Project. The Fort Yuma
Irrigation Project is owned and operated
by the Bureau of Reclamation with a
portion serving the Fort Yuma
Reservation.
Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use (Executive Order
13211)
Regulatory Planning and Review
(Executive Order 12866)
The rate adjustments will have no
adverse effects on energy supply,
distribution, or use (including a
shortfall in supply, price increases, and
increase use of foreign supplies) should
the proposed rate adjustments be
implemented. This is a notice for rate
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These rate adjustments are not a
significant regulatory action and do not
need to be reviewed by the Office of
Management and Budget under
Executive Order 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rate making is not a rule for the
purposes of the Regulatory Flexibility
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Act because it is ‘‘a rule of particular
applicability relating to rates.’’ 5 U.S.C.
601(2).
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
[NM–110–1610–DQ]
These rate adjustments impose no
unfunded mandates on any
governmental or private entity and are
in compliance with the provisions of the
Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995.
Notice of Availability of the Proposed
Resource Management Plan (PRMP)
for Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National
Monument and Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS), New Mexico
Takings (Executive Order 12630)
AGENCY:
The Department has determined that
these rate adjustments do not have
significant ‘‘takings’’ implications. The
rate adjustments do not deprive the
public, state, or local governments of
rights or property.
Federalism (Executive Order 13132)
The Department has determined that
these rate adjustments do not have
significant Federalism effects because
they pertain solely to Federal-tribal
relations and will not interfere with the
roles, rights, and responsibilities of
states.
Civil Justice Reform (Executive Order
12988)
This notice complies with the
requirements of Executive Order 12988.
Specifically, this notice does not unduly
burden the judicial system and meets
the requirements of sections 3(a) and
3(b)(2) of the Order.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
These rate adjustments do not affect
the collections of information which are
being reviewed for reinstatement by the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
National Environmental Policy Act
The Department has determined that
these rate adjustments do not constitute
a major Federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment and that no detailed
statement is required under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321–4370(d)).
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Data Quality Act
In developing this notice, we did not
conduct or use a study, experiment, or
survey requiring peer review under the
Data Quality Act (Pub. L. 106–554).
Dated: November 3, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs.
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Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has prepared
a Proposed Resource Management Plan/
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(PRMP/FEIS) for the Kasha-Katuwe Tent
Rocks National Monument.
DATES: The BLM Planning Regulations
(43 CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person
who participated in the planning
process, and has an interest which is or
may be adversely affected, may protest
BLM’s approval or amendment of a
RMP. You may file a protest within 30
days of the date that the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes their
Notice of Availability in the Federal
Register. Instructions for filing of
protests are described in the Dear
Reader letter in the front of the KashaKatuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
Proposed Plan/Final EIS and in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John Bristol, RMP Team Leader, BLM
Rio Puerco Field Office, 435 Montano
NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107;
e-mail John_Bristol@nm.blm.gov;
telephone (505) 761–8755.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2001,
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National
Monument was designated a National
Monument by Presidential Proclamation
7394. The Proclamation referred to the
Monument as a remarkable outdoor
laboratory, offering an opportunity to
observe, study, and experience the
geologic processes that shape natural
landscapes, as well as other cultural and
biological objects of interest. The
Proclamation directed management of
the Monument by the Secretary of the
Interior through the Bureau of Land
Management. It required the
development of a Management Plan in
close cooperation with the Pueblo de
Cochiti and the promulgation of
regulations for its management as the
Secretary of the Interior deems
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appropriate. The Monument is located
in Sandoval County, New Mexico near
other areas of interest, the Cochiti
Pueblo, Cochiti Dam and Lake,
Bandelier National Monument and the
U.S. Forest Service’s Dome Wilderness.
Within the Monument boundaries are
4,124 acres of Federally owned land,
521 acres of State owned land, and 757
acres of land in private ownership, for
a total of 5,402 acres. These non-federal
inholdings were reserved through the
proclamation as part of the Monument
upon acquisition of title thereto by the
United States. Two parcels of land
adjoining the Monument (edgeholdings)
were determined to have resource
values similar to those in the
Monument. One of them has been
acquired (since publication of the draft
RMP) and is referred to as the
‘‘southwest acquisition’’ in this RMP.
For the second parcel, should it be
acquired, complementary management
decisions have been proposed in the
RMP. These parcels along with the
lands within the monument boundary
make up the Planning Area of
approximately 15,635 acres.
The Proposed RMP/FEIS describes the
physical, biological, cultural, historic,
and socioeconomic resources in the
planning area. The focus for impact
analysis was based on resource issues
and concerns identified during scoping
and public involvement activities.
These activities included a 30-day
opportunity for written scoping
comments and public meetings. During
the 90-day public review and comment
period on the Draft RMP/EIS, additional
public meetings were held. Issues of
concern regarding possible management
direction and planning decisions (not
necessarily in priority order) are: Land
tenure adjustments, access and
transportation, recreation (use and
development), ecosystem restoration,
and American Indian uses and
traditional cultural practices. Three
alternatives were analyzed in detail:
Alternative A is the No Action
Alternative representing the
continuation of existing management
plans, policies, and decisions
established in the 1986 Rio Puerco RMP,
as amended, and as implemented
through the Tent Rocks Area of Critical
Environmental Concern Protection Plan,
with minimal compliance with
proclamation requirements. Alternative
B represents the BLM and Pueblo de
Cochiti proposed resource use and
conservation alternative. Alternative C
emphasizes an adaptive management
approach (particularly for recreation
management) with the inclusion of
additional monitoring. The monitoring
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation Projects
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rate adjustments.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) owns, or has an interest
in, irrigation facilities located on various Indian reservations
throughout the United States. We are required to establish rates to
recover the costs to administer, operate, maintain, and rehabilitate
those facilities. We request your comments on the proposed rate
adjustments.
DATES: Interested parties may submit comments on the proposed rate
adjustments on or before January 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: All comments on the proposed rate adjustments must be in
writing and addressed to: Arch Wells, Acting Deputy Director, Office of
Trust Services, Attn.: Irrigation and Power, Mail Stop 4655-MIB, 1849 C
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240, Telephone (202) 208-5480.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For details about a particular
irrigation project, please use the tables in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section to contact the regional or local office where the project is
located.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tables in this notice list the
irrigation project contacts where the BIA recovers its costs for local
administration, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation, the current
irrigation assessment rates, and the proposed rates for the 2007
irrigation season and subsequent years where applicable.
What are some of the terms I should know for this notice?
The following are terms we use that may help you understand how we
are applying this notice.
Administrative costs means all costs we incur to administer our
irrigation projects at the local project level. Local project level
does not normally include the Agency, Region, or Central Office costs
unless we state otherwise in writing.
Assessable acre means lands designated by us to be served by one of
our irrigation projects and to which we provide irrigation service and
recover our costs. (See Total assessable acres.)
BIA means the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Bill means our statement to you of the assessment charges and/or
fees you owe the United States for administration, operation,
maintenance, and/or rehabilitation. The date we mail or hand deliver
your bill will be stated on it.
Costs mean the costs we incur for administration, operation,
maintenance, and rehabilitation to provide direct support or benefit to
an irrigation facility.
Customer means any person or entity that we provide irrigation
service to.
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Due date is the date on which your bill is due and payable. This
date will be stated on your bill.
I, me, my, you, and your means all interested parties, especially
persons or entities that we provide irrigation service to and receive
beneficial use of our irrigation projects affected by this notice and
our supporting policies, manuals, and handbooks.
Irrigation project means, for the purposes of this notice, the
facility or portions thereof, that we own, or have an interest in,
including all appurtenant works, for the delivery, diversion, and
storage of irrigation water to provide irrigation service to customers
for whom we assess periodic charges to recover our costs to administer,
operate, maintain, and rehabilitate. These projects may be referred to
as facilities, systems, or irrigation areas.
Irrigation service means the full range of services we provide
customers of our irrigation projects, including, but not limited to,
water delivery. This includes our activities to administer, operate,
maintain, and rehabilitate our projects.
Maintenance costs means all costs we incur to maintain and repair
our irrigation projects and equipment of our irrigation projects and is
a cost factor included in calculating your operation and maintenance
(O&M) assessment.
Must means an imperative or mandatory act or requirement.
Operation and maintenance (O&M) assessment means the periodic
charge you must pay us to reimburse our costs.
Operation or operating costs means costs we incur to operate our
irrigation projects and equipment and is a cost factor included in
calculating your O&M assessment.
Past due bill means a bill that has not been paid by the close of
business on the 30th day after the due date, as stated on the bill.
Beginning on the 31st day after the due date we begin assessing
additional charges accruing from the due date.
Rehabilitation costs means costs we incur to restore our irrigation
projects or features to original operating condition or to the nearest
state which can be achieved using current technology and is a cost
factor included in calculating your O&M assessment.
Total assessable acres means the total acres served by one of our
irrigation projects.
Total O&M cost means the total of all the allowable and allocatable
costs we incur for administering, operating, maintaining, and
rehabilitating our irrigation projects serving your farm unit.
Water means water we deliver at our projects for the general
purpose of irrigation and other purposes we agree to in writing.
Water delivery is an activity that is part of the irrigation
service we provide our customers when water is available.
We, us, and our means the United States Government, the Secretary
of the Interior, the BIA, and all who are authorized to represent us in
matters covered under this notice.
Does this notice affect me?
This notice affects you if you own or lease land within the
assessable acreage of one of our irrigation projects, or you have a
carriage agreement with one of our irrigation projects.
Where can I get information on the regulatory and legal citations in
this notice?
You can contact the appropriate office(s) stated in the tables for
the irrigation project that serves you, or you can use the Internet
site for the Government Printing Office at https://www.gpo.gov.
Why are you publishing this notice?
We are publishing this notice to notify you that we propose to
adjust one or more of our irrigation assessment rates. This notice is
published in accordance with the BIA's regulations governing its
operation and maintenance of irrigation projects, specifically, 25 CFR
171.1. These sections provide for the fixing and announcing of the
rates for annual assessments and related information for our irrigation
projects.
What authorizes you to issue this notice?
Our authority to issue this notice is vested in the Secretary of
the Interior by 5 U.S.C. 301 and the Act of August 14, 1914 (38 Stat.
583; 25 U.S.C. 385). The Secretary has in turn delegated this authority
to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs under Part 209, Chapter
8.1A, of the Department of the Interior's Departmental Manual.
When will you put the rate adjustments into effect?
We will put the rate adjustments into effect for the 2007
irrigation season and subsequent years where applicable.
How do you calculate irrigation rates?
We calculate irrigation assessment rates in accordance with 25 CFR
171.1(f) by estimating the cost of normal operation and maintenance at
each of our irrigation projects. The cost of normal operation and
maintenance means the expenses we incur to provide direct support or
benefit for an irrigation project's activities for administration,
operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation. These costs are then
applied as stated in the rate table in this notice.
What kinds of expenses do you include in determining the estimated cost
of normal operation and maintenance?
We include the following expenses:
(a) Personnel salary and benefits for the project engineer/manager
and project employees under their management control;
(b) Materials and supplies;
(c) Major and minor vehicle and equipment repairs;
(d) Equipment, including transportation, fuel, oil, grease, lease
and replacement;
(e) Capitalization expenses;
(f) Acquisition expenses;
(g) Maintenance of a reserve fund available for contingencies or
emergency expenses for, and ensuring, reliable operation of the
irrigation project;
(h) Rehabilitation costs; and
(i) Other expenses we determine necessary to properly perform the
activities and functions characteristic of an irrigation project.
When should I pay my irrigation assessment?
We will mail or hand deliver your bill notifying you of the amount
you owe to the United States and when such amount is due. If we mail
your bill, we will consider it as being delivered no later than 5
business days after the day we mail it. You should pay your bill no
later than the close of business on the 30th day after the due date
stated on the bill.
What information must I provide for billing purposes?
We must obtain certain information from you to ensure we can
properly process, bill for, and collect money owed to the United
States. We are required to collect the taxpayer identification number
or social security number to properly bill the responsible party and
service the account under the authority of, and as prescribed in,
Public Law 104-143, the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996.
(a) At a minimum, this information is:
(1) Full legal name of person or entity responsible for paying the
bill;
(2) Adequate and correct address for mailing or hand delivering our
bill; and
(3) The taxpayer identification number or social security number of
the person or entity responsible for paying the bill;
(b) It is your responsibility to ensure we have correct and
accurate
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information for paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) If you are late paying your bill due to your failure to furnish
such information or comply with paragraph (b) of this section, you
cannot appeal your bill on this basis.
What can happen if I do not provide the information required for
billing purposes?
We can refuse to provide you irrigation service.
If I allow my bill to become past due, could this affect my water
delivery?
If we do not receive your payment before the close of business on
the 30th day after the due date stated on your bill, we will send you a
past due notice. Your bill will have additional information concerning
your rights. We will consider your past due notice as delivered no
later than 5 business days after the day we mail it. We have the right
to refuse water delivery to any of your irrigated land on which the
bill is past due. We can continue to refuse water delivery until you
pay your bill or make payment arrangements that we agree to. Our
authority to demand payment of your past due bill is 31 CFR 901.2,
``Demand for Payment.''
Are there any additional charges if I am late paying my bill?
Yes. We will assess you interest on the amount owed and use the
rate of interest established annually by the Secretary of the United
States Treasury (Treasury) to calculate what you will be assessed (31
CFR 901.9(b)). You will not be assessed this charge until your bill is
past due. However, if you allow your bill to become past due, interest
will accrue from the due date, not the past due date. Also, you will be
charged an administrative fee of $12.50 for each time we try to collect
your past due bill. If your bill becomes more than 90 days past due,
you will be assessed a penalty charge of 6 percent per year and it will
accrue from the date your bill initially became past due. Our authority
to assess interest, penalties, and administration fees on past due
bills is prescribed in 31 CFR 901.9, ``Interest, penalties, and
costs.''
What else can happen to my past due bill?
If you do not pay your bill or make payment arrangements that we
agree to, we are required to send your past due bill to the Treasury
for further action. We must send your bill to Treasury no later than
180 days after the original due date of your irrigation assessment
bill. The requirement for us to send your unpaid bill to Treasury is
prescribed in 31 CFR 901.1, ``Aggressive agency collection activity.''
Who can I contact for further information?
The following tables are the regional and project/agency contacts
for our irrigation facilities.
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Project name Project agency contacts
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Northwest Region Contacts
Stanley Speaks, Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest
Regional Office, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-4169,
Telephone: (503) 231-6702
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Flathead Irrigation Project....... Ernest T. Moran, Superintendent,
Flathead Agency Irrigation
Division, P.O. Box 40, Pablo, MT
59855-0040, Telephone: (406) 675-
2700.
Fort Hall Irrigation Project...... Eric J. LaPointe, Superintendent,
Alan Oliver, Irrigation Project
Engineer, Fort Hall Agency, P.O.
Box 220, Fort Hall, ID 83203-0220,
Telephone: (208) 238-2301.
Wapato Irrigation Project......... Pierce Harrison, Project
Administrator, Wapato Irrigation
Project, P.O. Box 220, Wapato, WA
98951-0220, Telephone: (509) 877-
3155.
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Rocky Mountain Region Contacts
Ed Parisian, Acting Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rocky
Mountain Regional Office, 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana
59101, Telephone: (406) 247-7943.
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Blackfeet Irrigation Project...... Stephen Pollock, Superintendent, Ted
Hall, Irrigation Project Manager,
Box 880, Browning, MT 59417,
Telephones: (406) 338-7544,
Superintendent, (406) 338-7519,
Irrigation.
Crow Irrigation Project........... Ed Lone Fight, Superintendent, Karl
Helvik, Irrigation Project
Manager,, P.O. Box 69, Crow Agency,
MT 59022, Telephones: (406) 638-
2672, Superintendent, (406) 638-
2863, Irrigation.
Fort Belknap Irrigation Project... Judy Gray, Superintendent, Ralph
Leo, Irrigation Project Manager,
R.R.1, Box 980, Harlem, MT 59526,
Telephones: (406) 353-2901,
Superintendent, (406) 353-2905,
Irrigation.
Fort Peck Irrigation Project...... Vacant, Superintendent, P.O. Box
637, Poplar, MT 59255, Vacant,
Irrigation Manager, 602 6th, Avenue
North, Wolf Point, MT 59201,
Telephones: (406) 768-5312,
Superintendent, (406) 653-1752,
Irrigation.
Wind River Irrigation Project..... George Gover, Superintendent, Ray
Nation, Acting Irrigation Project
Manager, P.O. Box 158, Fort
Washakie, WY 82514, Telephones:
(307) 332-7810, Superintendent,
(307) 332-2596, Irrigation.
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Southwest Region Contacts
Larry Morrin, Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest
Regional Office, 1001 Indian School Road, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104,
Telephone: (505) 563-3100.
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Pine River Irrigation Project..... Ross P. Denny, Superintendent, John
Formea, Irrigation Engineer, P.O.
Box 315, Ignacio, CO 81137-0315,
Telephones: (970) 563-4511,
Superintendent, (970) 563-1017,
Irrigation.
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Western Region Contacts
Alan Anspach Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western
Regional Office, P.O. Box 10, Phoenix, Arizona 85001, Telephone: (602)
379-6600
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Colorado River Irrigation Project. Perry Baker, Superintendent, Ted
Henry, Irrigation Project Manager,
R.R. 1 Box 9-C, Parker, AZ 85344,
Telephone: (928) 669-7111.
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Duck Valley, Irrigation Project... Robert Hunter, Acting
Superintendent, 1555 Shoshone
Circle, Elko, NV 89801, Telephone:
(775) 738-0569.
Fort Yuma Irrigation Project...... Sam Rideshorse, Superintendent, P.O.
Box 11000, Yuma, AZ 85366,
Telephone: (520) 782-1202.
San Carlos Irrigation Project, Carl Christensen, Supervisory
Joint Works. General Engineer, P.O. Box 250,
Coolidge, AZ 85228, Telephone:
(520) 723-6216.
San Carlos Irrigation Project, Joe Revak, Supervisory General
Indian Works. Engineer, Pima Agency, Land
Operations, Box 8, Sacaton, AZ
85247, Telephone: (520) 562-3372.
Uintah Irrigation Project......... Lynn Hansen, Irrigation Manager,
P.O. Box 130, Fort Duchesne, UT
84026, Telephone: (435) 722-4341.
Walker River Irrigation Project... Robert Hunter, Superintendent, 1677
Hot Springs Road, Carson City, NV
89706, Telephone: (775) 887-3500.
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What irrigation assessments or charges are proposed for adjustment by
this notice?
The rate table below contains the current rates for all of our
irrigation projects where we recover our costs for operation and
maintenance. The table also contains the proposed rates for the 2007
season and subsequent years where applicable. An asterisk immediately
following the name of the project notes the irrigation projects where
rates are proposed for adjustment.
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Final 2006 Proposed 2007
Project name Rate category rate rate Proposed 2008 rate
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Northwest Region Rate Table
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Flathead Irrigation Project Basic Per acre--A. $21.45 **$23.45 $25.45.
(see Note 2)*.
Basic Per acre--B. 10.75 10.75 $10.75.
Minimum Charge per 65.00 65.00 $65.00.
tract.
Fort Hall Irrigation Project... Basic Per acre.... 24.00 27.00 To be determined.
Minimum Charge per 25.00 25.00 ...........................
tract.
Fort Hall Irrigation Project-- Basic Per acre.... 15.00 17.00 To be determined.
Minor Units.
Minimum Charge per 25.00 25.00 ...........................
tract.
Fort Hall Irrigation Project-- Basic Per acre.... 34.00 35.75 To be determined.
Michaud*.
Pressure Per acre. 48.50 50.00 To be determined.
Minimum Charge per 25.00 25.00 ...........................
tract.
Wapato Irrigation Project-- Billing Charge Per 5.00 5.00 To be determined.
Toppenish/Simcoe Units*. Tract.
Farm unit/land 13.50 14.00 To be determined.
tracts up to one
acre (minimum
charge).
Farm unit/land 13.50 14.00 To be determined.
tracts over one
acre--per acre.
Wapato Irrigation Project-- Billing Charge Per 5.00 5.00 To be determined.
Ahtanum Units*. Tract.
Farm unit/land 13.50 14.00 To be determined.
tracts up to one
acre (minimum
charge).
Farm unit/land 13.50 14.00 To be determined.
tracts over one
acre--per acre.
Wapato Irrigation Project-- Billing Charge Per 5.00 5.00 To be determined.
Satus Unit*. Tract.
Farm unit/land 53.00 55.00 To be determined.
tracts up to one
acre (minimum
charge).
``A'' farm unit/ 53.00 55.00 To be determined.
land tracts over
one acre--per
acre.
Additional Works 58.00 60.00 To be determined.
farm unit/land
tracts over one
acre--per acre.
``B'' farm unit/ 63.00 65.00 To be determined.
land tracts over
one acre--per
acre.
Water Rental 64.50 67.00 To be determined.
Agreement Lands--
per acre.
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Blackfeet Irrigation Project*.. Basic-per acre.... 13.00 15.50 To be determined.
Crow Irrigation Project--Willow Basic-per acre.... 17.30 19.30 ...........................
Creek O&M (includes Agency,
Lodge Grass 1, Lodge
Grass 2, Reno, Upper
Little Horn, and Forty Mile
Units)*.
Crow Irrigation Project--All Basic-per acre.... 17.00 19.00 ...........................
Others (includes Bighorn, Soap
Creek, and Pryor Units)*.
Crow Irrigation Two Leggins Basic-per acre.... 2.00 2.00 ...........................
Drainage District.
Fort Belknap Irrigation Trust Land per 8.50 13.88 $20.00.
Project*. acre.
Non-Trust Land per 17.00 18.50 $20.00.
acre.
Fort Peck Irrigation Project*.. Basic-per acre.... 17.50 20.00 To be determined.
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Wind River Irrigation Project*. Basic-per acre.... 14.00 15.00 ...........................
Wind River Irrigation Project-- Basic-per acre.... 17.00 17.00 ...........................
LeClair District.
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Final 2006 Proposed 2007
Project name Rate category rate rate
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Pine River Irrigation Project*................ Minimum Charge per tract........ $50.00 $50.00
Basic-per acre.................. 13.00 15.00
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Western Region Rate Table
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Final 2006 Proposed 2007
Project name Rate category rate rate Proposed 2008 rate Proposed 2009 rate
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Colorado River Irrigation Project. Basic per acre up to $47.00 $47.00 To be determined.............. To be determined.
5.75 acre-feet.
Excess Water per acre- 17.00 17.00 .............................. .............................
foot over 5.75 acre-
feet.
Duck Valley Irrigation Project.... Basic-per acre....... 5.30 5.30 .............................. .............................
Fort Yuma Irrigation Project (See Basic-per acre up to 65.00 69.00 .............................. .............................
Note 1)*. 5.0 acre-feet.
Excess Water per acre- 10.50 10.50 .............................. .............................
foot over 5.0 acre-
feet.
San Carlos Irrigation Project Basic-per acre....... 30.00 **30.00 $21.00........................ $21.00.
(Joint Works) (See Note 3)*.
San Carlos Irrigation Project Basic-per acre....... 77.00 77.00 $69.00........................ $69.00.
(Indian Works) (See Note 4)*.
Uintah Irrigation Project*........ Basic-per acre....... 12.00 14.00 To be determined.............. To be determined.
Minimum Bill......... 25.00 25.00 .............................. .............................
Walker River Irrigation Project Indian per acre...... 7.32 10.00 $13.00........................ $16.00.
(See Note 4)*.
Non-Indian per acre.. 15.29 16.00 $16.00........................ $16.00.
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*Notes irrigation projects where rates are proposed for adjustment.
Note 1--The O&M rate for the Fort Yuma Irrigation Project has two components. The first component is the O&M rate established by the Bureau of
Reclamation (BOR), the owner and operator of the Project. The BOR rate for 2007 will not be established until October 2006. The FY 2006 BOR rate of
$62.00 was used in the development of the proposed 2007 rate, however, the BOR component is subject to change and is provided for informational
purposes only. The second component is for the O&M rate established by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to cover administrative costs including
billing and collections for the Project. Through this notice, the BIA is proposing a $7/acre O&M rate for its component of the rate. The BIA rate
assessment would cover approximately 50% of the accounting technician and 40% of the Natural Resource Officer at the BIA Fort Yuma Agency.
Note 2--The 2008 irrigation rate is proposed through this notice. The 2007 rate was established by final notice published in the Federal
Register on April 5, 2006 (Vol. 71, No. 65 page 17131).
Note 3--The 2008 and 2009 irrigation rates are proposed through this notice. The 2007 rate was established by final notice published in the
Federal Register on April 5, 2006 (Vol. 71, No. 65 page 17131).
Note 4--The 2007, 2008 and 2009 irrigation rates are proposed through this notice.
**Final 2007 Rate.
Consultation and Coordination With Tribal Governments (Executive Order
13175)
The BIA irrigation projects are vital components of the local
agriculture economy of the reservations on which they are located. To
fulfill its responsibilities to the tribes, tribal organizations, water
user organizations, and the individual water users, the BIA
communicates, coordinates, and consults on a continuing basis with
these entities on issues of water delivery, water availability, costs
of administration, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation. This is
accomplished at the individual irrigation projects by Project, Agency,
and Regional representatives, as appropriate, in accordance with local
protocol and procedures. This notice is one component of the BIA's
overall coordination and consultation process to provide notice and
request comments from these entities on adjusting our irrigation rates.
Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use (Executive Order 13211)
The rate adjustments will have no adverse effects on energy supply,
distribution, or use (including a shortfall in supply, price increases,
and increase use of foreign supplies) should the proposed rate
adjustments be implemented. This is a notice for rate adjustments at
BIA owned and operated irrigation projects, except for the Fort Yuma
Irrigation Project. The Fort Yuma Irrigation Project is owned and
operated by the Bureau of Reclamation with a portion serving the Fort
Yuma Reservation.
Regulatory Planning and Review (Executive Order 12866)
These rate adjustments are not a significant regulatory action and
do not need to be reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under
Executive Order 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rate making is not a rule for the purposes of the Regulatory
Flexibility
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Act because it is ``a rule of particular applicability relating to
rates.'' 5 U.S.C. 601(2).
Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
These rate adjustments impose no unfunded mandates on any
governmental or private entity and are in compliance with the
provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995.
Takings (Executive Order 12630)
The Department has determined that these rate adjustments do not
have significant ``takings'' implications. The rate adjustments do not
deprive the public, state, or local governments of rights or property.
Federalism (Executive Order 13132)
The Department has determined that these rate adjustments do not
have significant Federalism effects because they pertain solely to
Federal-tribal relations and will not interfere with the roles, rights,
and responsibilities of states.
Civil Justice Reform (Executive Order 12988)
This notice complies with the requirements of Executive Order
12988. Specifically, this notice does not unduly burden the judicial
system and meets the requirements of sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of the
Order.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
These rate adjustments do not affect the collections of information
which are being reviewed for reinstatement by the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
National Environmental Policy Act
The Department has determined that these rate adjustments do not
constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment and that no detailed statement is required
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-
4370(d)).
Data Quality Act
In developing this notice, we did not conduct or use a study,
experiment, or survey requiring peer review under the Data Quality Act
(Pub. L. 106-554).
Dated: November 3, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-19724 Filed 11-22-06; 8:45 am]
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