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1998 (Pub. L. 105–391). The purpose of
the Board is to advise the Secretary and
the National Park Service on matters
relating to management of concessions
in the National Park System.
The Board will meet at 8:30 a.m. for
the regular business meeting for
continued discussion on the following
subjects:
• Leasehold Surrender Interest
Tracking Tool.
• Insurance.
• Concession Contracting Status
Update.
• Superintendent’s Training Project
Update.
• Outfitter and Guide.
• Other business.
The meeting will be open to the
public, however, facilities and space for
accommodating members of the public
are limited, and persons will be
accommodated on a first-come-firstserved basis.
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The meeting site is accessible to
individuals with disabilities. If you plan
to attend and will require an auxiliary
aid or service to participate in the
meeting (e.g., interpreting service,
assistive listening device, or materials in
an alternate format), notify the contact
person listed in this notice at least 2
weeks before the scheduled meeting
date. Attempts will be made to meet any
request(s) we receive after that date,
however, we may not be able to make
the requested auxiliary aid or service
available because of insufficient time to
arrange for it.
Anyone may file with the Board a
written statement concerning matters to
be discussed. The Board may also
permit attendees to address the Board,
but may restrict the length of the
presentations, as necessary to allow the
Board to complete its agenda within the
allotted time. Such requests should be
made to the Director, National Park
Service, Attention: Manager, Concession
Program, at least 7 days prior to the
meeting. Draft minutes of the meeting
will be available for public inspection
approximately 6 weeks after the
meeting, at the Concession Program
office located at 1201 Eye Street, NW.,
11th Floor, Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
National Park Service, Concession
Program, 1201 Eye Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20240, Telephone: 202/
513–7151.
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Dated: February 9, 2007.
Sue Masica,
Acting Deputy Director, National Park
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Announcement of Meeting
National Park Service, Interior.
Denali National Park Service
Subsistence Resource Commission
meeting announcement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Park Service
(NPS) announces that the Denali
National Park Subsistence Resource
Commission (SRC) will conduct a
public meeting. The purpose of the
meeting is to develop and continue
work on subsistence hunting program
recommendations and other related
subsistence management issues. The
meeting will have time allocated for
public testimony. The public is
welcomed to present written or oral
comments to the SRC.
The Denali National Park SRC
program is authorized under Title VIII,
Section 808, of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act, Pub. L.
96–487, to operate in accordance with
the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. Draft meeting minutes
will be available upon request from each
Superintendent for public inspection
approximately six weeks after each
meeting.
The Denali National Park SRC
will meet on Monday, February 26,
2007, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This will be
a one day meeting.
Location: The meeting will be held at
the Motel Nord Haven Conference Room
located in Healy, Alaska, at mile 249.5
Parks Highway, telephone (907) 683–
4500.
DATES:
newspapers and announced on local
radio stations prior to the meeting date.
The tentative agenda for the meeting
includes the following:
1. Call to order (SRC Chair).
2. SRC Roll Call and Confirmation of
Quorum.
3. SRC Chair and Superintendent’s
Welcome and Introductions.
4. Review and Approve Agenda.
5. Review and adopt minutes from
last meeting.
6. Status of SRC Membership—If
needed, hold elections for SRC Chair
and Vice Chair. The SRC charter
requires officer elections annually.
7. Public and other agency comments.
8. Old Business
a. Cantwell Off-Road Vehicle
Management Environmental Assessment
b. Request to evaluate customary and
traditional use determination for offroad vehicle use in Kantishna.
c. Alaska Railroad Herbicide
Spraying.
9. New Business
a. Federal Subsistence Board wildlife
and fisheries proposals for 2007–2008.
b. Alaska Board of Game actions and
wildlife proposals.
c. Wolf harvest in Kantishna.
d. Moose harvest in Wildlife
Management Unit 16B.
e. Denali Resource Stewardship
Strategy.
f. Cultural and Subsistence Program
Updates.
10. Agency and Public Comments.
11. SRC Work Session. Prepare
correspondence and hunting program
recommendations.
12. Set time and place of next SRC
meeting.
13. Adjournment.
Dated: February 1, 2007.
Victor Knox,
Deputy Regional Director, Alaska Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Phillip Hooge, Deputy Superintendent,
telephone: (907) 683–9581, E-mail:
phillip_hooge@nps.gov or Amy Craver,
Subsistence Manager, telephone: (907)
683–9544, and E-mail:
amy_craver@nps.gov. Draft minutes of
the meeting will be available for public
inspection approximately four weeks
after the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SRC
meeting location and date may need to
be changed based on weather or local
circumstances. If the meeting date or
location is changed, notice of the
meeting will be published in local
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Bureau of Reclamation
Quarterly Status Report of Water
Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Negotiations
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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, 2006, and
contract actions that have been
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completed or discontinued since the last
publication of this notice on November
20, 2006. 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,
PO 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
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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.
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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
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
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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 ID, 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-one 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. Two
repayment agreements have been
executed.
16. Two irrigation water user entities,
Boise Project, Idaho: Long-term renewal
and/or conversion of two irrigation
water service contracts for supplemental
irrigation use of up to 2,218 acre-feet of
storage space in Lucky Peak Reservoir,
a Corps of Engineers’ project on the
Boise River, Idaho. Sixteen water
service contracts have been converted to
repayment contracts for a total of 68,000
acre-feet of storage space.
17. Lake Lowell water users, Boise
Project, Idaho-Oregon: Repayment
contracts for reimbursable cost of SOD
modifications to Deer Flat Dam.
18. Three irrigation water user
entities, Boise Project, Idaho:
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Amendatory repayment contract with
New Union Ditch Company to reduce
the contract by 500 acre-feet of Lucky
Peak storage space and new contracts
with Wilderness Ranch Owners’
Association for 200 acre-feet and with
Osprey Subdivision Project Owners’
Association for 300 acre-feet of Lucky
Peak Reservoir 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, 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 Pub. L.
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 Pub. L.
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
Pub. L. 101–514.
5. Sutter Extension WD, DelanoEarlimart ID, and the State of California
Department of Water Resources; CVP;
California: Pursuant to Pub. L. 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.
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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. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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 2007.
10. Casitas Municipal WD, Ventura
Project, California: Repayment contract
for SOD work on Casitas Dam.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Banta Carbona ID, CVP, California:
Long-term Warren Act contract for
conveyance of nonproject water in the
Delta-Mendota Canal.
14. Byron-Bethany ID, CVP,
California: Long-term Warren Act
contract for conveyance of nonproject
water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.
15. 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
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flood control season. This agreement is
to conform to Federal law.
16. 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.
17. Carpinteria WD, Cachuma Project,
California: Contract to transfer title of
the distribution system to the district.
Title transfer authorized by Pub. L. 108–
315 ‘‘Carpinteria and Montecito Water
Distribution Conveyance Act of 2004.’’
18. Montecito WD, Cachuma Project,
California: Contract to transfer title of
the distribution system to the district.
Title transfer authorized by Pub. L. 108–
315 ‘‘Carpinteria and Montecito Water
Distribution Conveyance Act of 2004.’’
19. 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.
20. 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 Pub. L. 101–618; Nevada and
California: Contract for the storage of
non-Federal water in Truckee River
reservoirs as authorized by Pub. L. 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.
21. Sacramento River Settlement
Contracts, CVP, California: Five
contracts remain to be executed out of
a total of 145 contracts; 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.
22. 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. The
wheeling agreement for conveyance
through the California State Aqueduct is
pending.
23. A Canal Fish Screens, Klamath
Project, Oregon: Negotiation of an O&M
contract for the A Canal Fish Screen
with Klamath, ID.
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24. 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.
25. Orland Unit Water Users
Association, Orland Project, California:
Repayment contract for the SOD costs
assigned to the irrigation purposes of
Stony Gorge Dam.
26. Delta Lands Reclamation District
No. 770, CVP, California: Long-term
Warren Act contract for conveying
nonproject flood flows.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. Cachuma Operation and
Maintenance Board, Cachuma Project,
California: Repayment for SOD work on
Lauro Dam.
30. 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.
31. 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 Pub. L.
102–575, Title 34, Section 3406(d)(1), to
meet full Level 2 water needs of the
Mendota Wildlife Area.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. San Luis WD, CVP, California:
Proposed partial assignment of 2,400
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acre-feet of San Luis WD’s CVP supply
to Santa Nella County WD for M&I use.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. 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 2007.
38. Elk Creek Community Services
District, California, CVP: Interim
renewal contract for up to 3 years to
continue project M&I water service
while the Operations Criteria and Plan
consultations continue.
39. City of Tracy, Sacramento
Municipal Utility District, Santa Clara
Valley WD, and San Benito County
Water Agency; all CVP; California:
Amend existing water service contracts
to conform to current Reclamation law.
40. San Luis WD and Marvin Meyers/
Meyers Farm, San Luis/Delta Division,
CVP, California: Negotiation of a longterm exchange contract.
41. Cawelo WD and LindsayStrathmore ID, CVP, California: Longterm Warren Act contract for conveying
nonproject water for a non-CVP
contractor.
42. Elk Creek Community Services
District, CVP, California: Renewal of
long-term water service contract for up
to 100 acre-feet for a period of 40 years.
43. Westlands WD, CVP, California:
Interim renewal of water service
contract (Case No. CV–79–106–EDP) for
an initial period of 3 years, with
subsequent interim renewal contracts of
2 years pursuant to section 3404(c) of
the CVPIA.
44. Westlands WD, CVP, California:
Interim renewal of water service
contract (No. 14–06–200–495A) for an
initial period of 3 years, with
subsequent interim renewal contracts of
2 years pursuant to section 3404(c) of
the CVPIA.
The following actions have been
reported as completed since the last
publication of this notice on November
20, 2006:
1. (7) City of Roseville, CVP,
California: Execution of long-term
Warren Act contract for conveyance of
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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. Contract executed
November 22, 2006.
2. (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. Contract
executed March 15, 2006.
3. (19) Carpinteria WD, Cachuma
Project, California: Contract to transfer
title of distribution system to the
district. Title transfer authorized by
Pub. L. 108–315 ‘‘Carpinteria and
Montecito Water Distribution
Conveyance Act of 2004.’’ Contract
executed November 7, 2006.
4. (31) Cachuma Operation and
Maintenance Board, Cachuma Project,
California: Repayment for SOD work on
Lauro Dam. Contract executed
December 21, 2006.
Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, PO Box 61470 (Nevada
Highway and Park Street), Boulder City,
Nevada 89006–1470, telephone 702–
293–8192.
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 for domestic uses, as
recommended by the Arizona
Department of Water Resources.
4. Maricopa-Stanfield IDD, CAP,
Arizona: Amend distribution system
repayment contract No. 4–07–30–
W0047 to reschedule repayment
pursuant to June 28, 1996, agreement.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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
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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.
8. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community, CAP, Arizona: O&M
contract for its CAP water distribution
system.
9. Miscellaneous PPR No. 38, BCP,
California: Assign Schroeder’s portion
of the PPR to Murphy Broadcasting.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Shepard Water Company, Inc.,
BCP, Arizona: Contract for the annual
delivery of 50 acre-feet of fourth priority
water per year for domestic use.
15. Jessen Family Limited
Partnership, BCP, Arizona: Contract for
delivery of 1,080 acre-feet of Colorado
River water for agricultural purposes.
16. 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.
17. 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.
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18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. Forbearance agreements, BCP,
Arizona and California: Develop and
execute short-term agreements to
implement a demonstration forbearance
program to evaluate the feasibility of
acquiring water through a voluntary
land fallowing program, to replace
drainage water currently being bypassed
to the Cienega de Santa Clara.
25. 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
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Community Water Rights Settlement,
Title III Southern Arizona Water Rights
Settlement, and Title IV San Carlos
Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement.
26. 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.
27. Mohave County Water Authority,
BCP, Arizona: Amend contract No. 04–
XX–30–W0431 to provide for a change
of type and place of use of water.
28. Chacha AZ, LLC, BCP, Arizona:
Contract for 2,100 acre-feet per year of
fourth-priority Arizona water for
agricultural purposes.
29. City of Yuma, BCP, Arizona:
Supplemental and amendatory contract
to provide for additional point of
delivery for a new pump station to be
constructed on the Gila Gravity Main
Canal, with initial intake capacity of 20
million gallons per day, building up to
40 million gallons per day at full design
capacity.
30. City of Needles and The
Metropolitan WD of Southern
California, Lower Colorado Water
Supply Project, California: Contract for
acquisition and delivery of Lower
Colorado Water Supply Project water.
31. City of Needles, BCP, California:
Amendment to contract No. 05–XX–30–
W0445 to include PPR No. 44 for an
annual diversion of 1,260 acre-feet or
the annual consumptive use of 273 acrefeet, whichever is less.
The following actions have been
reported as completed since the last
publication of this notice on November
20, 2006:
1. (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, Pub. L. 108–451,
enacted December 10, 2004. Contract
executed May 11, 2006.
2. (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.
Contract executed December 21, 2006.
3. (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.
Contract executed April 3, 2006.
4. (43) Cibola Resources, LLC, BCP,
Arizona: Assign contract No. 06–XX–
30–W0449 to B&F Investment, LLC,
transfer the 60-acre-foot entitlement to
B&F under that contract, and enter into
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a new contract with B&F to change the
type and place of use. Contract executed
September 25, 2006.
5. (44) Rudy J. Leon and Helen V.
Thomas, BCP, California: Enter into a
contract for their entitlement of PPR No.
38 for 1.7086 acre-feet of water per year.
Contract executed December 1, 2006.
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.
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 Contractors, 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 Unit
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. 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
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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.
7. 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).
8. LeChee Chapter of the Navajo
Nation, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP,
Arizona: Long-term contract for 950
acre-feet of water for municipal
purposes.
9. Pine River ID, Pine River Project,
Colorado: Contract to allow the district
to use a limited amount of project
irrigation water for municipal, domestic,
and industrial uses.
10. City of Page, Arizona, Glen
Canyon Unit, CRSP, Arizona: Long-term
contract for 975 acre-feet of water for
municipal purposes.
11. 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.
12. Project Operator, Colorado;
Animas-La Plata Project; Colorado and
New Mexico: Contract to transfer the
operation, maintenance, and
replacement responsibilities of most
project facilities to the project operator,
pursuant to Section 6 of the
Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and
other Reclamation laws.
13. Project Operations Committee,
Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and
New Mexico: Agreement among the
United States and the Project Sponsors
to coordinate and oversee the necessary
operations, maintenance, and
replacement activities of the project
works.
14. 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).
15. 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).
16. 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
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consistent with the Colorado Ute
Settlement Act Amendments of 2000
(Title III of Pub. L. 106–554).
17. 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).
18. 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.
19. 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 of the constructed
fish passage at the Public Service
Company’s site pursuant to Pub. L. 106–
392, dated October 30, 2000, 114 Stat.
1602.
20. 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).
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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
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may provide cost-share funding for the
recovery monitoring and research, and
O&M of the constructed fish passage at
the Hogback Diversion Dam pursuant to
Pub. L. 106–392, dated October 30,
2000, 114 Stat. 1602.
25. Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project,
Utah: The Uintah Water Conservancy
District has requested a contract with
provision to prepay at a discounted rate,
for the remaining 3,300 acre-feet of
unmarketed project M&I water.
26. Emery County Project, Utah: The
Huntington Cleveland Irrigation
Company has requested a contract for
carriage of up to 14,074 acre-feet of
nonproject water; utilizing Huntington
North Reservoir as a regulating feature
associated with their Salinity Control
Project.
27. North Fork Water Conservancy
District and Ragged Mountain Water
Users Association, Paonia Project,
Colorado: North Fork and Ragged
Mountain have requested a contract for
supplemental water from the Paonia
Project. This contract is for municipal
uses.
28. North Fork Water Conservancy
District and Ragged Mountain Water
Users Association, Paonia Project,
Colorado: North Fork and Ragged
Mountain have requested a contract for
supplemental water from the Paonia
Project. Their contract expired on
December 31, 2005, and the amended
contract was executed on January 27,
2006. There is a need to amend this
contract to include reference to the M&I
contract waiting to be executed.
29. Strawberry Valley Project, Utah:
Contract to allow conversions of project
irrigation water to municipal, domestic,
and industrial uses.
The following actions have been
reported as completed since the last
publication of this notice on November
20, 2006:
1. (1)(b) National Park Service,
Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: The
National Park Service has requested a
40-year water service contract for 3 acrefeet of water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir.
Contract executed September 15, 2006.
2. (1)(g) Arlo Cox, Aspinall Storage
Unit, CRSP: Mr. Cox has requested a 40year water service contract for 1 acrefoot of water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir.
He has submitted his augmentation plan
to Water District 4, case number
pending. Contract executed November
8, 2006.
3. (1)(h) Michael and Nancy Courtney
Schell, Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP:
The Schells have requested a 40-year
water service contract for 1 acre-foot of
water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir. An
augmentation plan is not required for
their direct withdrawal of water from
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September 5, 2006.
4. (1)(i) Michael Watts, Aspinall
Storage Unit, CRSP: Mr. Watts has
requested a 40-year water service
contract for 1 acre-foot of M&I water out
of Blue Mesa Reservoir. He submitted
his augmentation plan to Division 4
Water Court, case No. 06–CW–120.
Contract executed December 12, 2006.
5. (1)(j) Equivest Limited Partnership,
Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: Equivest
has requested a 40-year water service
contract for 1 acre-foot of M&I water out
of Blue Mesa Reservoir. They have
submitted their augmentation plan to
Division 4 Water Court, case No. 06–
CW–260. Contract executed December
12, 2006.
6. (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.
Contract executed November 21, 2006.
7. (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 Pub. L. 106–549.
Contract executed September 12, 2006.
8. (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. Contract
executed September 8, 2006.
9. (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. Contracts executed
as follows: Village Los Lunas, July 18,
2006; Village of Taos Ski Valley, August
2, 2006; Town of Taos, August 15, 2006;
County of Los Alamos, September 27,
2006; and City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, and City of Espanola, October
19, 2006.
Great Plains Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Federal
Building, 316 North 26th Street,
Billings, Montana 59101, 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,
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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, 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.
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. Highland-Hanover ID, HanoverBluff Unit, P–SMBP, Wyoming:
Negotiate long-term water service
contract.
9. Upper Bluff ID, Hanover-Bluff Unit,
P–SMBP, Wyoming: Negotiate long-term
water service contract.
10. Fort Clark ID, P–SMBP, North
Dakota: Negotiation of water service
contract to continue delivery of project
water to the district.
11. Dickinson-Heart River Mutual Aid
Corporation, Dickinson Unit, P–SMBP,
North Dakota: Negotiate renewal of
water service contract for irrigation of
lands below Dickinson Dam in western
North Dakota.
12. Savage ID, P–SMBP, Montana: The
district is currently seeking title
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transfer. The contract is subject to
renewal pending outcome of the title
transfer process. A 5-year interim
contract was executed May 7, 2003, to
ensure a continuous water supply.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
Colorado: Consideration of excess
capacity contracts in the FryingpanArkansas Project.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. Garrison Diversion Unit, P–SMBP,
North Dakota: Contracts to provide for
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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.
23. 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.
24. City of Fountain, FryingpanArkansas Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a request for a longterm contract for the use of excess
capacity in the Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. LeClair ID, Boysen Unit, P–SMBP,
Wyoming: Contract renewal of longterm water service contract.
28. Riverton Valley ID, Boysen Unit,
P–SMBP, Wyoming: Contract renewal of
long-term water service contract.
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. Ainsworth ID, Ainsworth Unit,
Sandhills Division, P–SMBP,
Ainsworth, Nebraska: Contract renewal
for a long-term water service contract.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. City of Golden, Colorado-Big
Thompson Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a request for a long-
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term agreement for power interference
in the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
35. Frenchman-Cambridge ID;
Meeker-Driftwood, Red Willow, and
Cambridge Units; Frenchman Division;
P–SMBP; Cambridge, Nebraska: Amend
the repayment contract for equalization
of the construction obligation payments
over the remaining years of the water
supply repayment obligation period,
and to delay the increase in the reserve
fund payments pursuant to Pub. L. 109–
386, which was enacted on December
12, 2006.
36. Kansas-Bostwick ID No. 2;
Courtland Unit, Bostwick Division, P–
SMBP; Courtland, Kansas: Amend the
repayment contract for equalization of
the construction obligation payments
over the remaining years of the water
supply repayment obligation period,
and to delay the increase in the reserve
fund payments pursuant to Pub. L. 109–
386, which was enacted on December
12, 2006.
37. Bostwick ID in Nebraska;
Superior-Courtland and Franklin Units,
Bostwick Division, P–SMBP; Red Cloud,
Nebraska: Amend the repayment
contract for equalization of the
construction obligation payments over
the remaining years of the water supply
repayment obligation period, and to
delay the increase in the reserve fund
payments pursuant to Pub. L. 109–386,
which was enacted on December 12,
2006.
38. Webster ID; Webster Unit,
Solomon Division, P-SMBP; Gaylord,
Kansas: Amend the repayment contract
for equalization of the construction
obligation payments over the remaining
years of the water supply repayment
obligation period, and to delay the
increase in the reserve fund payments
pursuant to Pub. L. 109–386, which was
enacted on December 12, 2006.
39. City of Grand Junction, City of
Fruita, and Town of Palisade (Municipal
Recreation Agreement), Colorado-Big
Thompson Project; Colorado:
Negotiation of renewal of the Municipal
Recreation Agreement to provide
historic users pool surplus water from
Green Mountain Reservoir for
nonconsumptive municipal recreation
uses.
40. Colorado River Water
Conservation District, Ruedi Reservoir,
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a request for a second
round water sales or repayment contract
from the regulatory capacity of Ruedi
Reservoir for up to 5,000 acre-feet
annually for M&I uses and also
providing water to the endangered fish
and supplementing in-stream flows.
41. Colorado River Water
Conservation District, Colorado-Big
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exchange, conveyance, and storage
contract to implement the Exhibit B
Agreement of the Settlement Agreement
on Operating Procedures for Green
Mountain Reservoir Concerning
Operating Limitations and in Resolution
of the Petition Filed August 7, 2003, in
Case No. 49–CV–2782 (The United
States v Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy District, et al., U.S. District
Court for the District of Colorado, Case
No. 2782 and Consolidated Case Nos.
5016 and 5017).
42. Colorado River Water
Conservation District, Colorado-Big
Thompson Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a request for a longterm contract for the use of excess
capacity for storage and exchange in
Green Mountain Reservoir in the
Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
43. Greenfields ID, Sun River Project,
Montana: Modification of Gibson Dam
will be required depending on the
outcome of the Corrective Action Study,
and will require a contract for
repayment of allocable SOD costs.
44. Glendo Unit, P–SMBP, Wyoming:
Contract renewal for long-term water
service contracts with Burbank Ditch,
New Grattan Ditch Company,
Torrington ID, Lucernce Canal and
Power Company, and Wright and
Murphy Ditch Company.
45. Glendo Unit, P–SMBP, Nebraska:
Contract renewal for long-term water
service contracts with Bridgeport,
Enterprise, and Mitchell IDs, and
Central Nebraska Public Power and ID.
46. Glendo Unit, P–SMBP, Wyoming:
Contract renewal for long-term water
storage contract with Pacificorp.
47. Roger W. Evans (Individual),
Boysen Unit, P–SMBP, Wyoming:
Renewal of long-term water service
contracts.
48. City of Beloit, P–SMBP, Kansas:
Execution of a contract amendment to
the original contract to add a renewal
provision in accordance with Section 1
of the Act of June 21, 1963.
The following actions have been
reported as completed since the last
publication of this notice on November
20, 2006:
1. (19) Clark Canyon Water Supply
Company, East Bench Unit, P–SMBP,
Montana: Negotiating renewal of
contract No. 14–06–600–3592 which
was amended to expire December 31,
2006. Current contract may be amended
again to extend the term not to exceed
an additional 1 year pursuant to Section
208 of the 2005 Consolidated
Appropriations Act if necessary and
agreed to by both parties. Contract
executed November 9, 2006.
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Unit, P–SMBP, Montana: Negotiating
renewal of contract No. 14–06–600–
3593 which was amended to expire
December 31, 2006. Current contract
may be amended again to extend the
term not to exceed an additional 1 year
pursuant to Section 208 of the 2005
Consolidated Appropriations Act if
necessary and agreed to by both parties.
Contract executed November 9, 2006.
Dated: January 26, 2007.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Office of Program and Policy
Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0039
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
its intention to request renewed
approval for the collection of
information on 30 CFR Part 784,
Underground Mining Permit
Applications—Minimum Requirements
for Reclamation and Operation Plans.
DATES: Comments on the proposed
information collection must be received
by April 30, 2007, to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to
John A. Trelease, Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room
202—SIB, Washington, DC 20240.
Comments may also be submitted
electronically to jtrelease@osmre.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
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information, contact John A. Trelease, at
(202) 208–2783, or electronically at
jtrelease@osmre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
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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, 2006, and contract actions that have been
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completed or discontinued since the last publication of this notice on
November 20, 2006. 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, PO 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 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
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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 ID, 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-one 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. Two repayment agreements have been executed.
16. Two irrigation water user entities, Boise Project, Idaho: Long-
term renewal and/or conversion of two irrigation water service
contracts for supplemental irrigation use of up to 2,218 acre-feet of
storage space in Lucky Peak Reservoir, a Corps of Engineers' project on
the Boise River, Idaho. Sixteen water service contracts have been
converted to repayment contracts for a total of 68,000 acre-feet of
storage space.
17. Lake Lowell water users, Boise Project, Idaho-Oregon: Repayment
contracts for reimbursable cost of SOD modifications to Deer Flat Dam.
18. Three irrigation water user entities, Boise Project, Idaho:
Amendatory repayment contract with New Union Ditch Company to reduce
the contract by 500 acre-feet of Lucky Peak storage space and new
contracts with Wilderness Ranch Owners' Association for 200 acre-feet
and with Osprey Subdivision Project Owners' Association for 300 acre-
feet of Lucky Peak Reservoir 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, 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 Pub. L. 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 Pub. L. 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 Pub. L. 101-514.
5. Sutter Extension WD, Delano-Earlimart ID, and the State of
California Department of Water Resources; CVP; California: Pursuant to
Pub. L. 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. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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 2007.
10. Casitas Municipal WD, Ventura Project, California: Repayment
contract for SOD work on Casitas Dam.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Banta Carbona ID, CVP, California: Long-term Warren Act
contract for conveyance of nonproject water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.
14. Byron-Bethany ID, CVP, California: Long-term Warren Act
contract for conveyance of nonproject water in the Delta-Mendota Canal.
15. 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
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flood control season. This agreement is to conform to Federal law.
16. 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.
17. Carpinteria WD, Cachuma Project, California: Contract to
transfer title of the distribution system to the district. Title
transfer authorized by Pub. L. 108-315 ``Carpinteria and Montecito
Water Distribution Conveyance Act of 2004.''
18. Montecito WD, Cachuma Project, California: Contract to transfer
title of the distribution system to the district. Title transfer
authorized by Pub. L. 108-315 ``Carpinteria and Montecito Water
Distribution Conveyance Act of 2004.''
19. 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.
20. 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 Pub. L.
101-618; Nevada and California: Contract for the storage of non-Federal
water in Truckee River reservoirs as authorized by Pub. L. 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.
21. Sacramento River Settlement Contracts, CVP, California: Five
contracts remain to be executed out of a total of 145 contracts; 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.
22. 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. The wheeling agreement for conveyance through the
California State Aqueduct is pending.
23. A Canal Fish Screens, Klamath Project, Oregon: Negotiation of
an O&M contract for the A Canal Fish Screen with Klamath, ID.
24. 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.
25. Orland Unit Water Users Association, Orland Project,
California: Repayment contract for the SOD costs assigned to the
irrigation purposes of Stony Gorge Dam.
26. Delta Lands Reclamation District No. 770, CVP, California:
Long-term Warren Act contract for conveying nonproject flood flows.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Board, Cachuma Project,
California: Repayment for SOD work on Lauro Dam.
30. 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.
31. 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 Pub. L. 102-575, Title 34, Section 3406(d)(1), to meet full Level 2
water needs of the Mendota Wildlife Area.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. 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 2007.
38. Elk Creek Community Services District, California, CVP: Interim
renewal contract for up to 3 years to continue project M&I water
service while the Operations Criteria and Plan consultations continue.
39. City of Tracy, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Santa
Clara Valley WD, and San Benito County Water Agency; all CVP;
California: Amend existing water service contracts to conform to
current Reclamation law.
40. San Luis WD and Marvin Meyers/Meyers Farm, San Luis/Delta
Division, CVP, California: Negotiation of a long-term exchange
contract.
41. Cawelo WD and Lindsay-Strathmore ID, CVP, California: Long-term
Warren Act contract for conveying nonproject water for a non-CVP
contractor.
42. Elk Creek Community Services District, CVP, California: Renewal
of long-term water service contract for up to 100 acre-feet for a
period of 40 years.
43. Westlands WD, CVP, California: Interim renewal of water service
contract (Case No. CV-79-106-EDP) for an initial period of 3 years,
with subsequent interim renewal contracts of 2 years pursuant to
section 3404(c) of the CVPIA.
44. Westlands WD, CVP, California: Interim renewal of water service
contract (No. 14-06-200-495A) for an initial period of 3 years, with
subsequent interim renewal contracts of 2 years pursuant to section
3404(c) of the CVPIA.
The following actions have been reported as completed since the
last publication of this notice on November 20, 2006:
1. (7) City of Roseville, CVP, California: Execution of long-term
Warren Act contract for conveyance of
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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.
Contract executed November 22, 2006.
2. (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. Contract executed March 15,
2006.
3. (19) Carpinteria WD, Cachuma Project, California: Contract to
transfer title of distribution system to the district. Title transfer
authorized by Pub. L. 108-315 ``Carpinteria and Montecito Water
Distribution Conveyance Act of 2004.'' Contract executed November 7,
2006.
4. (31) Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Board, Cachuma Project,
California: Repayment for SOD work on Lauro Dam. Contract executed
December 21, 2006.
Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 61470 (Nevada
Highway and Park Street), Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470, telephone
702-293-8192.
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 for domestic uses, as
recommended by the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
4. Maricopa-Stanfield IDD, CAP, Arizona: Amend distribution system
repayment contract No. 4-07-30-W0047 to reschedule repayment pursuant
to June 28, 1996, agreement.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, CAP, Arizona: O&M
contract for its CAP water distribution system.
9. Miscellaneous PPR No. 38, BCP, California: Assign Schroeder's
portion of the PPR to Murphy Broadcasting.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Shepard Water Company, Inc., BCP, Arizona: Contract for the
annual delivery of 50 acre-feet of fourth priority water per year for
domestic use.
15. Jessen Family Limited Partnership, BCP, Arizona: Contract for
delivery of 1,080 acre-feet of Colorado River water for agricultural
purposes.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. Forbearance agreements, BCP, Arizona and California: Develop
and execute short-term agreements to implement a demonstration
forbearance program to evaluate the feasibility of acquiring water
through a voluntary land fallowing program, to replace drainage water
currently being bypassed to the Cienega de Santa Clara.
25. 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
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Community Water Rights Settlement, Title III Southern Arizona Water
Rights Settlement, and Title IV San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights
Settlement.
26. 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.
27. Mohave County Water Authority, BCP, Arizona: Amend contract No.
04-XX-30-W0431 to provide for a change of type and place of use of
water.
28. Chacha AZ, LLC, BCP, Arizona: Contract for 2,100 acre-feet per
year of fourth-priority Arizona water for agricultural purposes.
29. City of Yuma, BCP, Arizona: Supplemental and amendatory
contract to provide for additional point of delivery for a new pump
station to be constructed on the Gila Gravity Main Canal, with initial
intake capacity of 20 million gallons per day, building up to 40
million gallons per day at full design capacity.
30. City of Needles and The Metropolitan WD of Southern California,
Lower Colorado Water Supply Project, California: Contract for
acquisition and delivery of Lower Colorado Water Supply Project water.
31. City of Needles, BCP, California: Amendment to contract No. 05-
XX-30-W0445 to include PPR No. 44 for an annual diversion of 1,260
acre-feet or the annual consumptive use of 273 acre-feet, whichever is
less.
The following actions have been reported as completed since the
last publication of this notice on November 20, 2006:
1. (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, Pub. L. 108-451, enacted December 10, 2004. Contract
executed May 11, 2006.
2. (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. Contract executed
December 21, 2006.
3. (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. Contract executed April 3, 2006.
4. (43) Cibola Resources, LLC, BCP, Arizona: Assign contract No.
06-XX-30-W0449 to B&F Investment, LLC, transfer the 60-acre-foot
entitlement to B&F under that contract, and enter into a new contract
with B&F to change the type and place of use. Contract executed
September 25, 2006.
5. (44) Rudy J. Leon and Helen V. Thomas, BCP, California: Enter
into a contract for their entitlement of PPR No. 38 for 1.7086 acre-
feet of water per year. Contract executed December 1, 2006.
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.
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 Contractors, 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
Unit 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. 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.
7. 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).
8. LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP,
Arizona: Long-term contract for 950 acre-feet of water for municipal
purposes.
9. Pine River ID, Pine River Project, Colorado: Contract to allow
the district to use a limited amount of project irrigation water for
municipal, domestic, and industrial uses.
10. City of Page, Arizona, Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP, Arizona: Long-
term contract for 975 acre-feet of water for municipal purposes.
11. 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.
12. Project Operator, Colorado; Animas-La Plata Project; Colorado
and New Mexico: Contract to transfer the operation, maintenance, and
replacement responsibilities of most project facilities to the project
operator, pursuant to Section 6 of the Reclamation Act of June 17,
1902, and other Reclamation laws.
13. Project Operations Committee, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado
and New Mexico: Agreement among the United States and the Project
Sponsors to coordinate and oversee the necessary operations,
maintenance, and replacement activities of the project works.
14. 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).
15. 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).
16. 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
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consistent with the Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000
(Title III of Pub. L. 106-554).
17. 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).
18. 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.
19. 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 of the
constructed fish passage at the Public Service Company's site pursuant
to Pub. L. 106-392, dated October 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1602.
20. 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).
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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 of the constructed fish passage at the Hogback Diversion Dam
pursuant to Pub. L. 106-392, dated October 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1602.
25. Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah: The Uintah Water
Conservancy District has requested a contract with provision to prepay
at a discounted rate, for the remaining 3,300 acre-feet of unmarketed
project M&I water.
26. Emery County Project, Utah: The Huntington Cleveland Irrigation
Company has requested a contract for carriage of up to 14,074 acre-feet
of nonproject water; utilizing Huntington North Reservoir as a
regulating feature associated with their Salinity Control Project.
27. North Fork Water Conservancy District and Ragged Mountain Water
Users Association, Paonia Project, Colorado: North Fork and Ragged
Mountain have requested a contract for supplemental water from the
Paonia Project. This contract is for municipal uses.
28. North Fork Water Conservancy District and Ragged Mountain Water
Users Association, Paonia Project, Colorado: North Fork and Ragged
Mountain have requested a contract for supplemental water from the
Paonia Project. Their contract expired on December 31, 2005, and the
amended contract was executed on January 27, 2006. There is a need to
amend this contract to include reference to the M&I contract waiting to
be executed.
29. Strawberry Valley Project, Utah: Contract to allow conversions
of project irrigation water to municipal, domestic, and industrial
uses.
The following actions have been reported as completed since the
last publication of this notice on November 20, 2006:
1. (1)(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. Contract executed
September 15, 2006.
2. (1)(g) Arlo Cox, Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: Mr. Cox has
requested a 40-year water service contract for 1 acre-foot of water out
of Blue Mesa Reservoir. He has submitted his augmentation plan to Water
District 4, case number pending. Contract executed November 8, 2006.
3. (1)(h) Michael and Nancy Courtney Schell, Aspinall Storage Unit,
CRSP: The Schells have requested a 40-year water service contract for 1
acre-foot of water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir. An augmentation plan is
not required for their direct withdrawal of water from the reservoir.
Contract executed September 5, 2006.
4. (1)(i) Michael Watts, Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: Mr. Watts has
requested a 40-year water service contract for 1 acre-foot of M&I water
out of Blue Mesa Reservoir. He submitted his augmentation plan to
Division 4 Water Court, case No. 06-CW-120. Contract executed December
12, 2006.
5. (1)(j) Equivest Limited Partnership, Aspinall Storage Unit,
CRSP: Equivest has requested a 40-year water service contract for 1
acre-foot of M&I water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir. They have submitted
their augmentation plan to Division 4 Water Court, case No. 06-CW-260.
Contract executed December 12, 2006.
6. (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. Contract executed
November 21, 2006.
7. (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 Pub. L. 106-549. Contract
executed September 12, 2006.
8. (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. Contract executed September 8, 2006.
9. (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. Contracts executed
as follows: Village Los Lunas, July 18, 2006; Village of Taos Ski
Valley, August 2, 2006; Town of Taos, August 15, 2006; County of Los
Alamos, September 27, 2006; and City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, and
City of Espanola, October 19, 2006.
Great Plains Region: Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Federal
Building, 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana 59101, 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,
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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.
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. Highland-Hanover ID, Hanover-Bluff Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming:
Negotiate long-term water service contract.
9. Upper Bluff ID, Hanover-Bluff Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Negotiate
long-term water service contract.
10. Fort Clark ID, P-SMBP, North Dakota: Negotiation of water
service contract to continue delivery of project water to the district.
11. Dickinson-Heart River Mutual Aid Corporation, Dickinson Unit,
P-SMBP, North Dakota: Negotiate renewal of water service contract for
irrigation of lands below Dickinson Dam in western North Dakota.
12. 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 was executed May
7, 2003, to ensure a continuous water supply.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Consideration of excess
capacity contracts in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. LeClair ID, Boysen Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Contract renewal of
long-term water service contract.
28. Riverton Valley ID, Boysen Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Contract
renewal of long-term water service contract.
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. Ainsworth ID, Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, P-SMBP,
Ainsworth, Nebraska: Contract renewal for a long-term water service
contract.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. City of Golden, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a request for a long-
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term agreement for power interference in the Colorado-Big Thompson
Project.
35. Frenchman-Cambridge ID; Meeker-Driftwood, Red Willow, and
Cambridge Units; Frenchman Division; P-SMBP; Cambridge, Nebraska: Amend
the repayment contract for equalization of the construction obligation
payments over the remaining years of the water supply repayment
obligation period, and to delay the increase in the reserve fund
payments pursuant to Pub. L. 109-386, which was enacted on December 12,
2006.
36. Kansas-Bostwick ID No. 2; Courtland Unit, Bostwick Division, P-
SMBP; Courtland, Kansas: Amend the repayment contract for equalization
of the construction obligation payments over the remaining years of the
water supply repayment obligation period, and to delay the increase in
the reserve fund payments pursuant to Pub. L. 109-386, which was
enacted on December 12, 2006.
37. Bostwick ID in Nebraska; Superior-Courtland and Franklin Units,
Bostwick Division, P-SMBP; Red Cloud, Nebraska: Amend the repayment
contract for equalization of the construction obligation payments over
the remaining years of the water supply repayment obligation period,
and to delay the increase in the reserve fund payments pursuant to Pub.
L. 109-386, which was enacted on December 12, 2006.
38. Webster ID; Webster Unit, Solomon Division, P-SMBP; Gaylord,
Kansas: Amend the repayment contract for equalization of the
construction obligation payments over the remaining years of the water
supply repayment obligation period, and to delay the increase in the
reserve fund payments pursuant to Pub. L. 109-386, which was enacted on
December 12, 2006.
39. City of Grand Junction, City of Fruita, and Town of Palisade
(Municipal Recreation Agreement), Colorado-Big Thompson Project;
Colorado: Negotiation of renewal of the Municipal Recreation Agreement
to provide historic users pool surplus water from Green Mountain
Reservoir for nonconsumptive municipal recreation uses.
40. Colorado River Water Conservation District, Ruedi Reservoir,
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Consideration of a request for a
second round water sales or repayment contract from the regulatory
capacity of Ruedi Reservoir for up to 5,000 acre-feet annually for M&I
uses and also providing water to the endangered fish and supplementing
in-stream flows.
41. Colorado River Water Conservation District, Colorado-Big
Thompson Project, Colorado: Long-term exchange, conveyance, and storage
contract to implement the Exhibit B Agreement of the Settlement
Agreement on Operating Procedures for Green Mountain Reservoir
Concerning Operating Limitations and in Resolution of the Petition
Filed August 7, 2003, in Case No. 49-CV-2782 (The United States v
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, et al., U.S. District
Court for the District of Colorado, Case No. 2782 and Consolidated Case
Nos. 5016 and 5017).
42. Colorado River Water Conservation District, Colorado-Big
Thompson Project, Colorado: Consideration of a request for a long-term
contract for the use of excess capacity for storage and exchange in
Green Mountain Reservoir in the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
43. Greenfields ID, Sun River Project, Montana: Modification of
Gibson Dam will be required depending on the outcome of the Corrective
Action Study, and will require a contract for repayment of allocable
SOD costs.
44. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Contract renewal for long-term
water service contracts with Burbank Ditch, New Grattan Ditch Company,
Torrington ID, Lucernce Canal and Power Company, and Wright and Murphy
Ditch Company.
45. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Nebraska: Contract renewal for long-term
water service contracts with Bridgeport, Enterprise, and Mitchell IDs,
and Central Nebraska Public Power and ID.
46. Glendo Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming: Contract renewal for long-term
water storage contract with Pacificorp.
47. Roger W. Evans (Individual), Boysen Unit, P-SMBP, Wyoming:
Renewal of long-term water service contracts.
48. City of Beloit, P-SMBP, Kansas: Execution of a contract
amendment to the original contract to add a renewal provision in
accordance with Section 1 of the Act of June 21, 1963.
The following actions have been reported as completed since the
last publication of this notice on November 20, 2006:
1. (19) Clark Canyon Water Supply Company, East Bench Unit, P-SMBP,
Montana: Negotiating renewal of contract No. 14-06-600-3592 which was
amended to expire December 31, 2006. Current contract may be amended
again to extend the term not to exceed an additional 1 year pursuant to
Section 208 of the 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act if necessary
and agreed to by both parties. Contract executed November 9, 2006.
2. (20) East Bench ID, East Bench Unit, P-SMBP, Montana:
Negotiating renewal of contract No. 14-06-600-3593 which was amended to
expire December 31, 2006. Current contract may be amended again to
extend the term not to exceed an additional 1 year pursuant to Section
208 of the 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act if necessary and agreed
to by both parties. Contract executed November 9, 2006.
Dated: January 26, 2007.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Office of Program and Policy Services.
[FR Doc. E7-3376 Filed 2-26-07; 8:45 am]
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