Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other Water-Related Contract Actions, 31415-31418 [2015-13334]
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Dated: May 14, 2015.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2015–13341 Filed 6–1–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–PWR–TUSK–18052;
PX.XLKTUSK15.00.1]
Request for Nominations for the Tule
Springs Fossil Beds National
Monument Advisory Council
National Park Service, Interior.
Request for Nominations.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service,
U.S. Department of the Interior, is
establishing and seeking nominations
for members of the Tule Springs Fossil
Beds National Monument Advisory
Council (Council). The purpose of the
Council is to provide the Secretary of
the Interior (Secretary) and National
Park Service (NPS) guidance for the
management of the Monument.
DATES: Written nominations must be
postmarked by July 2, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send nominations to Lake
Mead National Recreation Area, ATTN:
Tule Springs Advisory Council, 601
Nevada Way, Boulder City, Nevada
89005, telephone (702) 293–8691, or
email tusk_information@nps.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christie Vanover, Public Affairs Officer,
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National
Monument, 601 Nevada Way, Boulder
City, Nevada 89005, telephone (702)
293–8691, or email tusk_information@
nps.gov.
SUMMARY:
The NPS
is establishing the Tule Springs Fossil
Beds National Monument Advisory
Council in accordance with section
3092 (a)(6) of Public Law 113–291, and
in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1–16).
The Council provides the Secretary
and the NPS with guidance for the
management of the Monument,
including advice on the preparation and
implementation of the management
plan.
The Council is composed of 10
members appointed by the Secretary, as
follows: (a) One member appointed
among individuals recommended by the
County Commission; (b) one member
appointed among individuals
recommended by the city council of Las
Vegas, Nevada; (c) one member
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appointed among individuals
recommended by the city council of
North Las Vegas, Nevada; (d) one
member appointed among individuals
recommended by the tribal council of
the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe; (e) one
member of the conservation community
in southern Nevada; (f) one member
appointed among individuals
recommended by Nellis Air Force Base;
(g) one member appointed among
individuals recommended by the State
of Nevada; (h) one member who resides
in Clark County and has a background
that reflects the purposes for which the
Monument was established; and (i) two
members who reside in Clark County or
adjacent counties, both of whom shall
have experience in the field of
paleontology, obtained through higher
education, experience, or both.
Members will be appointed by the
Secretary for a term of three years.
Members of the Council will receive
no compensation for serving on the
Council. However, while away from
their homes or regular places of
business in the performance of services
for the Commission as approved by the
Designated Federal Officer, members
may be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, in the same manner as
persons employed intermittently in
Government service are allowed such
expenses under section 5703 of Title 5
of the United States Code.
Individuals who are Federally
registered lobbyists are ineligible to
serve on all FACA and non-FACA
boards, committees, or councils in an
individual capacity. The term
‘‘individual capacity’’ refers to
individuals who are appointed to
exercise their own individual best
judgment on behalf of the government,
such as when they are designated
special government employees, rather
than being appointed to represent a
particular interest.
The Council will hold its first meeting
once all members are appointed, at
which time a chairperson will be
elected from among the members. The
Chairperson shall not, however, be a
member of Federal or a State agency.
Meetings will take place at such times
as designated by the Designated Federal
Officer. Members are expected to make
every effort to attend all meetings.
Members may not appoint deputies or
alternates.
Seeking Nominations for Membership
We are seeking nominations for
council members in the following
categories: (a) One member who
represents the conservation community
in southern Nevada; (b) one member
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who resides in Clark County and has a
background that reflects the purposes
for which the Monument was
established; and (c) two members who
reside in Clark County or adjacent
counties, both of whom shall have
experience in the field of paleontology,
obtained through higher education,
experience, or both.
Nominations should include a resume
providing an adequate description of the
nominee’s qualifications, including
information that would enable the
Department of the Interior to make an
informed decision regarding meeting the
membership requirements of the
Council and permit the Department to
contact a potential member.
Dated: May 26, 2015.
Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
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BILLING CODE 4310–EE–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR83550000, 156R5065C6,
RX.59389832.1009676]
Quarterly Status Report of Water
Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Actions
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given of
contractual actions that have been
proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) and are new,
discontinued, or completed since the
last publication of this notice. 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:
Michelle Kelly, Reclamation Law
Administration Division, Bureau of
SUMMARY:
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Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, Denver,
Colorado 80225–0007; telephone 303–
445–2888.
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.
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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 or
her 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 will furnish revised
contracts to all parties who requested
the contract in response to the initial
public notice.
Definitions of Abbreviations Used in the
Reports
ARRA American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
BCP Boulder Canyon Project
Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation
CAP Central Arizona Project
CUP Central Utah Project
CVP Central Valley Project
CRSP Colorado River Storage Project
FR Federal Register
IDD Irrigation and Drainage District
ID Irrigation District
LCWSP Lower Colorado Water Supply
Project
M&I Municipal and Industrial
NMISC New Mexico Interstate Stream
Commission
O&M Operation and Maintenance
OM&R Operation, maintenance, and
replacement
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
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
WD Water District
Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road,
Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706–1234,
telephone 208–378–5344.
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New contract action:
10. East Columbia Basin ID, Columbia
Basin Project, Washington: Long-term
contract to renew master water service
contract No. 14–06–100–9165, as
supplemented, to authorize the District
to deliver a base quantity of up to
90,000 acre-feet of Columbia Basin
Project water annually to up to 30,000
First Phase Continuation Acres located
within the District, and continue
delivery of additional water to land
irrigated under the District’s repayment
contract during the peak period of
irrigation water use annually.
Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way,
Sacramento, California 95825–1898,
telephone 916–978–5250.
Completed contract actions:
23. Colusa County WD, CVP,
California: Execution of a long-term
Warren Act of 1911 contract for
conveyance of up to 40,000 acre-feet of
groundwater per year through the use of
the Tehama-Colusa Canal. Executed a 5year Warren Act contract for 30,000
acre-feet on August 27, 2014.
39. Conaway Preservation Group,
LLC; Sacramento River Division, CVP;
California: Proposed assignment of
10,000 acre-feet of water under an
existing Sacramento River Settlement
Contract to the Woodland-Davis Clean
Water Agency. Contract executed on
March 24, 2014.
Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470 (Nevada
Highway and Park Street), Boulder City,
Nevada 89006–1470, telephone 702–
293–8192.
New contract action:
23. Yuma County Water Users’
Association, Yuma Project, Arizona:
Execute a funding agreement for
California Check and Wasteway
infrastructure improvements to improve
operational control and reduce water
spills as part of the Western Drought
Response activities in Arizona,
California, Nevada, and Mexico.
Discontinued contract action:
2. John J. Peach, BCP, Arizona:
Develop a Colorado River water delivery
contract for 456 acre-feet of Colorado
River water per year as recommended
by the Arizona Department of Water
Resources. Contract executed on
December 29, 2014.
Completed contract actions:
16. San Carlos Apache Tribe and the
Town of Gilbert, CAP, Arizona: Execute
amendment No. 4 to a CAP water lease
to extend the term of the lease in order
for the San Carlos Apache Tribe to lease
20,000 acre-feet of its CAP water to the
Town of Gilbert during calendar year
2015. Contract executed on December
29, 2014.
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17. Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
and the Town of Gilbert, CAP, Arizona:
Execute amendment No. 4 to a CAP
water lease to extend the term of the
lease in order for Fort McDowell
Yavapai Nation to lease 13,933 acre-feet
of its CAP water to the Town of Gilbert
during calendar year 2015. Contract
executed on November 12, 2014.
18. San Carlos Apache Tribe and the
Pascua Yaqui Tribe, CAP, Arizona:
Execute a CAP water lease in order for
the San Carlos Apache Tribe to lease
2,000 acre-feet of its CAP water to the
Pascua Yaqui Tribe during calendar year
2015. Contract executed on January 2,
2015.
Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, 125 South State Street,
Room 8100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138–
1102, telephone 801–524–3864.
New contract actions:
26. La Plata Water Conservancy
District, Animas-La Plata Project,
Colorado: The District has requested a
1-year temporary water service contract
for the use of Reclamation shares in the
Pine Ridge Ditch for the temporary use
of up to 262 acre-feet. A contract is
currently being drafted which will
determine point(s) of delivery and rate
and method of water payments.
27. Carbon Water Conservancy
District, Scofield Project, Utah: The
District has requested Reclamation’s
assistance with O&M activities to
rehabilitate certain portions of the
Scofield Dam outlet works and
surrounding area.
28. Provo Reservoir Canal Company,
Provo River Project, Utah: The Company
has requested a contract to store some
of its nonproject water in Deer Creek
Reservoir on a space-available basis
under the authority of the Warren Act
of 1911.
29. Uintah Water Conservancy
District; Jensen Unit, CUP; Utah: Jensen
Unit M&I Block Notice No. 3 will be
issued as required by a 1983 contract
with Chevron USA, Inc., for 200 acrefeet of M&I water that is currently being
pumped upstream of Red Fleet
Reservoir.
30. Uintah Water Conservancy
District; Vernal Unit, CUP; Utah: The
District desires to pipe the Steinaker
Service Canal to improve public safety,
decrease O&M costs, and increase water
efficiency. This action will require a
supplementary O&M contract to modify
Federal Reclamation facilities, as well as
an agreement written under the
authority of the Civil Sundry
Appropriations Act of 1921 for
Reclamation to accept funds to review
designs, inspect project construction,
and any other activities requiring
Reclamation’s participation.
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31. Newton Water Users Association,
Newton Project; Utah: The Association
desires to abandon the Federal canals
which distribute water from Newton
Reservoir, and replace them with a
private pipeline. This requires a
supplementary O&M agreement to
approve modification to Federal
Reclamation facilities and outline the
O&M responsibilities during and after
construction.
Discontinued contract action:
11. Pinnacle Potash International;
Flaming Gorge, CRSP; Utah: Pinnacle
Potash International has requested a
water service agreement for up to 20,000
acre-feet of M&I water out of Flaming
Gorge for potash mining at a place near
Crescent Junction, Utah.
Completed contract actions:
7. PacifiCorp Energy Corporation,
Emery County Project, Utah: The
Corporation has requested renewal of its
water service contract for 6,000 acre-feet
of project M&I water from Joe’s Valley
Reservoir, Emery County Project.
Contract executed December 22, 2014.
20. Albuquerque Bernalillo County
Water Utility Authority, San JuanChama Project, New Mexico: Requested
a contract to store up to 50,000 acre-feet
of project water in Elephant Butte
Reservoir. The proposed contract would
have a 40-year maximum term, which
due to ongoing consultations with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the
existing contract No. 3–CS–53–01510
which expired on January 26, 2008, has
been extended annually. The Act of
December 29, 1981, Public Law 97–140,
95 Stat. 1717, provides authority to
enter into this contract. Reclamation is
conducting environmental compliance
to proceed with the 40-year contract. In
the interim, Reclamation continues to
execute annual renewals until a longterm contract can be executed. Contract
executed January 29, 2015.
Great Plains Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Federal
Building, 2021 4th Avenue North,
Billings, Montana 59101, telephone
406–247–7752.
New contract actions:
54. Fort Cobb Reservoir Master
Conservancy District, Fort Cobb
Division, Washita River Basin Project:
Reclamation intends to enter into an
amendment to contract No. 14–06–500–
295 to recognize the previously
uncommitted irrigation water allocation
as available for M&I use.
55. East Bench ID; East Bench Unit,
Three Forks Division, P–SMBP;
Montana: Consideration of a contract
amendment, pursuant to Public Law
112–139; to extend the term of contract
No. 14–06–600–3593 through December
31, 2019.
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56. Milk River Project, Montana:
Proposed amendments to contracts to
reflect current land ownership.
57. Teton County Water and Sewer
District; Canyon Ferry Unit, P–SMBP;
Montana: Consideration of a long-term
contract for up to 40 acre-feet of M&I
water from Canyon Ferry Reservoir.
58. Sunny Brooks Colony, Inc.; Lower
Marias Unit, P–SMBP; Montana:
Consideration to enter into a long-term
contract for up to 59 acre-feet of M&I
water from Lake Elwell.
59. Devon Water Inc.; Lower Marias
Unit, P–SMBP; Montana: Proposed 40year contract for M&I water.
60. Tiber County WD; Lower Marias
Unit, P–SMBP; Montana: Proposed 40year contract for M&I water.
Modified contract actions:
17. Van Amundson; Jamestown
Reservoir; Garrison Diversion Unit, P–
SMBP; North Dakota: Intent to enter into
an individual long-term irrigation water
service contract to provide up to 285
acre-feet of water annually for a term of
up to 40 years from Jamestown
Reservoir, North Dakota.
30. Helena Valley ID; Helena Valley
Unit, P–SMBP; Montana: Consideration
of a contract to allow for delivery of up
to 10,000 acre-feet of water for M&I
purposes within the district boundaries.
51. Bostwick Division, P–SMBP:
Excess capacity contract with the State
of Nebraska and/or State of Kansas
entities and/or irrigation districts.
Discontinued contract actions:
35. Dickinson-Heart River Mutual Aid
Corporation; Dickinson Unit, P–SMBP;
North Dakota: Consideration of an
amended long-term irrigation water
service contract.
36. Town of Silverthorne, ColoradoBig Thompson Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a new long-term water
service contract for Green Mountain
Reservoir.
43. Edwards Farms, Nebraska
Bostwick, P–SMBP: Consideration of a
long-term Warren Act contract.
49. Larry TenBensel, FrenchmanCambridge, P–SMBP: Consideration of a
long-term excess capacity contract for
the conveyance of nonproject water.
Completed contract actions:
7. 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. Contract executed
December 19, 2014.
20. Doug and Michelle Hamilton;
Boysen Unit, P–SMBP; Wyoming:
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Renewal of a long-term water service
contract. Contract executed December
24, 2014.
21. Frank Robbins; Boysen Unit, P–
SMBP; Wyoming: Renewal of a longterm water service contract. Contract
executed February 6, 2015.
22. Wade W. Jacobsen; Boysen Unit,
P–SMBP; Wyoming: Renewal of a longterm water service contract. Contract
executed December 24, 2014.
38. Hillcrest Colony; Canyon Ferry
Unit, P–SMBP; Montana: Consideration
of a 10-year water service contract.
Contract executed September 24, 2014.
39. Allan Davies; Canyon Ferry Unit,
P–SMBP; Montana: Renewal of a longterm water service contract. Contract
executed January 23, 2015.
42. Canyon Ferry Unit, P–SMBP,
Montana: Renewal of 20 various
individual water service contracts for
small amounts of irrigation and
municipal water use. Contracts
executed, various dates.
50. Kansas Bostwick ID, P–SMBP:
Proposed amendment to original excess
capacity contract executed June 2014, or
new short-term excess capacity contract
for storage and conveyance of
nonproject water. Contract executed
December 29, 2014.
Dated: March 30, 2015.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Comment Request for Information
Collection for the Impact Evaluation of
the YouthBuild Program, Extension
With Revisions
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL or Department), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA
helps ensure that respondents can
provide requested data in the desired
format with minimal reporting burden
(time and financial resources),
collection instruments are clearly
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understood and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed.
Currently, ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the information collection
request (ICR) to collect data about the
YouthBuild evaluation study
participants’ educational attainment,
employment and earnings, involvement
with the criminal justice system, and
social and emotional development. This
information collection request (ICR) is
to obtain extended clearance for MDRC,
under contract to ETA, to administer a
follow-up survey 48 months after youth
were randomly assigned by MDRC to
the YouthBuild Evaluation’s treatment
or control group.
DATES: Submit written comments to the
office listed in the addresses section
below on or before August 3, 2015.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained free by contacting
Eileen Pederson, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Room
N–5641, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone
number: 202–693–3647 (this is not a
toll-free number). Individuals with
hearing or speech impairments may
access the telephone number above via
TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–877–
889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693–
2766. Email: Pederson.eileen@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eileen Pederson, 202–693–3647, or
Pederson.eileen@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Impact Evaluation of the
YouthBuild program is a seven-year
experimental design impact evaluation
funded by ETA. YouthBuild is a youth
and community development program
that addresses several core issues facing
low-income communities: available
housing, youth education, youth
employment and youth criminal
behavior. The program primarily serves
high school dropouts and focuses on
helping them attain a high school
diploma or general educational
development certificate, and teaching
them construction skills geared toward
career placement. The Impact
Evaluation will measure core program
outcomes including educational
attainment, postsecondary planning,
employment, earnings, delinquency and
involvement with the criminal justice
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system, and youth social and emotional
development. The evaluation represents
an important opportunity for DOL to
add to the growing body of knowledge
about the impacts of ‘‘second chance’’
programs for youth who have dropped
out of high school. Compared to peers
who remain in school, high school
dropouts are more likely to be
disconnected from school and work, be
incarcerated, be unmarried, and have
children outside of marriage.
The evaluation of the YouthBuild
program will address the following
research questions:
• Operation: How is YouthBuild
designed in each participating site?
What are the key implementation
practices that affect how the program
operates? How does the local context
affect program implementation and the
services available to members of the
control group?
• Participation: What are the
characteristics of youth who enroll in
the study? How are these characteristics
shaped by YouthBuild recruitment and
screening practices?
• Impacts: What are YouthBuild’s
impacts on educational attainment,
planning, and aspirations? What are
YouthBuild’s impacts on employment,
earnings, and job characteristics? What
are YouthBuild’s impacts on crime and
delinquency? What are the program’s
impacts on social-emotional
development, identity development,
and self-regulation?
• Costs: How does the net cost per
participant compare with the impacts
the program generates?
The evaluation study started in June
2010 and is scheduled to continue until
July 2017. The study includes a baseline
information collection, a web-based
survey of YouthBuild grantees, sitespecific qualitative and cost data, and
three mixed-mode (web and computerassisted telephone interviewing) surveys
of youth that will take place 12, 30, and
48 months after random assignment.
The target population for the study is
out-of-school youth aged 16–24, who are
from low-income families; in foster care;
offenders; migrants; disabled; or are
children of incarcerated parents.
Members of both the treatment and
control groups will complete the 48month follow-up survey. The survey
requests information about the services
that participants have received through
YouthBuild and other community
service providers, as well as information
about their educational attainment,
postsecondary planning and
engagement, employment, earnings,
delinquency and involvement with the
criminal justice system, and social and
emotional development.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR83550000, 156R5065C6, RX.59389832.1009676]
Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other
Water-Related Contract Actions
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 are new,
discontinued, or completed since the last publication of this notice.
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: Michelle Kelly, Reclamation Law
Administration Division, Bureau of
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Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, Colorado 80225-0007; telephone
303-445-2888.
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 or her 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 will
furnish revised contracts to all parties who requested the contract in
response to the initial public notice.
Definitions of Abbreviations Used in the Reports
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
BCP Boulder Canyon Project
Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation
CAP Central Arizona Project
CUP Central Utah Project
CVP Central Valley Project
CRSP Colorado River Storage Project
FR Federal Register
IDD Irrigation and Drainage District
ID Irrigation District
LCWSP Lower Colorado Water Supply Project
M&I Municipal and Industrial
NMISC New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
O&M Operation and Maintenance
OM&R Operation, maintenance, and replacement
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
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
WD Water District
Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis
Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706-1234, telephone 208-378-5344.
New contract action:
10. East Columbia Basin ID, Columbia Basin Project, Washington:
Long-term contract to renew master water service contract No. 14-06-
100-9165, as supplemented, to authorize the District to deliver a base
quantity of up to 90,000 acre-feet of Columbia Basin Project water
annually to up to 30,000 First Phase Continuation Acres located within
the District, and continue delivery of additional water to land
irrigated under the District's repayment contract during the peak
period of irrigation water use annually.
Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way,
Sacramento, California 95825-1898, telephone 916-978-5250.
Completed contract actions:
23. Colusa County WD, CVP, California: Execution of a long-term
Warren Act of 1911 contract for conveyance of up to 40,000 acre-feet of
groundwater per year through the use of the Tehama-Colusa Canal.
Executed a 5-year Warren Act contract for 30,000 acre-feet on August
27, 2014.
39. Conaway Preservation Group, LLC; Sacramento River Division,
CVP; California: Proposed assignment of 10,000 acre-feet of water under
an existing Sacramento River Settlement Contract to the Woodland-Davis
Clean Water Agency. Contract executed on March 24, 2014.
Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470
(Nevada Highway and Park Street), Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470,
telephone 702-293-8192.
New contract action:
23. Yuma County Water Users' Association, Yuma Project, Arizona:
Execute a funding agreement for California Check and Wasteway
infrastructure improvements to improve operational control and reduce
water spills as part of the Western Drought Response activities in
Arizona, California, Nevada, and Mexico.
Discontinued contract action:
2. John J. Peach, BCP, Arizona: Develop a Colorado River water
delivery contract for 456 acre-feet of Colorado River water per year as
recommended by the Arizona Department of Water Resources. Contract
executed on December 29, 2014.
Completed contract actions:
16. San Carlos Apache Tribe and the Town of Gilbert, CAP, Arizona:
Execute amendment No. 4 to a CAP water lease to extend the term of the
lease in order for the San Carlos Apache Tribe to lease 20,000 acre-
feet of its CAP water to the Town of Gilbert during calendar year 2015.
Contract executed on December 29, 2014.
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17. Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and the Town of Gilbert, CAP,
Arizona: Execute amendment No. 4 to a CAP water lease to extend the
term of the lease in order for Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation to lease
13,933 acre-feet of its CAP water to the Town of Gilbert during
calendar year 2015. Contract executed on November 12, 2014.
18. San Carlos Apache Tribe and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, CAP,
Arizona: Execute a CAP water lease in order for the San Carlos Apache
Tribe to lease 2,000 acre-feet of its CAP water to the Pascua Yaqui
Tribe during calendar year 2015. Contract executed on January 2, 2015.
Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State
Street, Room 8100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102, telephone 801-524-
3864.
New contract actions:
26. La Plata Water Conservancy District, Animas-La Plata Project,
Colorado: The District has requested a 1-year temporary water service
contract for the use of Reclamation shares in the Pine Ridge Ditch for
the temporary use of up to 262 acre-feet. A contract is currently being
drafted which will determine point(s) of delivery and rate and method
of water payments.
27. Carbon Water Conservancy District, Scofield Project, Utah: The
District has requested Reclamation's assistance with O&M activities to
rehabilitate certain portions of the Scofield Dam outlet works and
surrounding area.
28. Provo Reservoir Canal Company, Provo River Project, Utah: The
Company has requested a contract to store some of its nonproject water
in Deer Creek Reservoir on a space-available basis under the authority
of the Warren Act of 1911.
29. Uintah Water Conservancy District; Jensen Unit, CUP; Utah:
Jensen Unit M&I Block Notice No. 3 will be issued as required by a 1983
contract with Chevron USA, Inc., for 200 acre-feet of M&I water that is
currently being pumped upstream of Red Fleet Reservoir.
30. Uintah Water Conservancy District; Vernal Unit, CUP; Utah: The
District desires to pipe the Steinaker Service Canal to improve public
safety, decrease O&M costs, and increase water efficiency. This action
will require a supplementary O&M contract to modify Federal Reclamation
facilities, as well as an agreement written under the authority of the
Civil Sundry Appropriations Act of 1921 for Reclamation to accept funds
to review designs, inspect project construction, and any other
activities requiring Reclamation's participation.
31. Newton Water Users Association, Newton Project; Utah: The
Association desires to abandon the Federal canals which distribute
water from Newton Reservoir, and replace them with a private pipeline.
This requires a supplementary O&M agreement to approve modification to
Federal Reclamation facilities and outline the O&M responsibilities
during and after construction.
Discontinued contract action:
11. Pinnacle Potash International; Flaming Gorge, CRSP; Utah:
Pinnacle Potash International has requested a water service agreement
for up to 20,000 acre-feet of M&I water out of Flaming Gorge for potash
mining at a place near Crescent Junction, Utah.
Completed contract actions:
7. PacifiCorp Energy Corporation, Emery County Project, Utah: The
Corporation has requested renewal of its water service contract for
6,000 acre-feet of project M&I water from Joe's Valley Reservoir, Emery
County Project. Contract executed December 22, 2014.
20. Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, San
Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: Requested a contract to store up to
50,000 acre-feet of project water in Elephant Butte Reservoir. The
proposed contract would have a 40-year maximum term, which due to
ongoing consultations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the
existing contract No. 3-CS-53-01510 which expired on January 26, 2008,
has been extended annually. The Act of December 29, 1981, Public Law
97-140, 95 Stat. 1717, provides authority to enter into this contract.
Reclamation is conducting environmental compliance to proceed with the
40-year contract. In the interim, Reclamation continues to execute
annual renewals until a long-term contract can be executed. Contract
executed January 29, 2015.
Great Plains Region: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Federal
Building, 2021 4th Avenue North, Billings, Montana 59101, telephone
406-247-7752.
New contract actions:
54. Fort Cobb Reservoir Master Conservancy District, Fort Cobb
Division, Washita River Basin Project: Reclamation intends to enter
into an amendment to contract No. 14-06-500-295 to recognize the
previously uncommitted irrigation water allocation as available for M&I
use.
55. East Bench ID; East Bench Unit, Three Forks Division, P-SMBP;
Montana: Consideration of a contract amendment, pursuant to Public Law
112-139; to extend the term of contract No. 14-06-600-3593 through
December 31, 2019.
56. Milk River Project, Montana: Proposed amendments to contracts
to reflect current land ownership.
57. Teton County Water and Sewer District; Canyon Ferry Unit, P-
SMBP; Montana: Consideration of a long-term contract for up to 40 acre-
feet of M&I water from Canyon Ferry Reservoir.
58. Sunny Brooks Colony, Inc.; Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP; Montana:
Consideration to enter into a long-term contract for up to 59 acre-feet
of M&I water from Lake Elwell.
59. Devon Water Inc.; Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP; Montana: Proposed
40-year contract for M&I water.
60. Tiber County WD; Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP; Montana: Proposed
40-year contract for M&I water.
Modified contract actions:
17. Van Amundson; Jamestown Reservoir; Garrison Diversion Unit, P-
SMBP; North Dakota: Intent to enter into an individual long-term
irrigation water service contract to provide up to 285 acre-feet of
water annually for a term of up to 40 years from Jamestown Reservoir,
North Dakota.
30. Helena Valley ID; Helena Valley Unit, P-SMBP; Montana:
Consideration of a contract to allow for delivery of up to 10,000 acre-
feet of water for M&I purposes within the district boundaries.
51. Bostwick Division, P-SMBP: Excess capacity contract with the
State of Nebraska and/or State of Kansas entities and/or irrigation
districts.
Discontinued contract actions:
35. Dickinson-Heart River Mutual Aid Corporation; Dickinson Unit,
P-SMBP; North Dakota: Consideration of an amended long-term irrigation
water service contract.
36. Town of Silverthorne, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a new long-term water service contract for Green
Mountain Reservoir.
43. Edwards Farms, Nebraska Bostwick, P-SMBP: Consideration of a
long-term Warren Act contract.
49. Larry TenBensel, Frenchman-Cambridge, P-SMBP: Consideration of
a long-term excess capacity contract for the conveyance of nonproject
water.
Completed contract actions:
7. 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. Contract executed
December 19, 2014.
20. Doug and Michelle Hamilton; Boysen Unit, P-SMBP; Wyoming:
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Renewal of a long-term water service contract. Contract executed
December 24, 2014.
21. Frank Robbins; Boysen Unit, P-SMBP; Wyoming: Renewal of a long-
term water service contract. Contract executed February 6, 2015.
22. Wade W. Jacobsen; Boysen Unit, P-SMBP; Wyoming: Renewal of a
long-term water service contract. Contract executed December 24, 2014.
38. Hillcrest Colony; Canyon Ferry Unit, P-SMBP; Montana:
Consideration of a 10-year water service contract. Contract executed
September 24, 2014.
39. Allan Davies; Canyon Ferry Unit, P-SMBP; Montana: Renewal of a
long-term water service contract. Contract executed January 23, 2015.
42. Canyon Ferry Unit, P-SMBP, Montana: Renewal of 20 various
individual water service contracts for small amounts of irrigation and
municipal water use. Contracts executed, various dates.
50. Kansas Bostwick ID, P-SMBP: Proposed amendment to original
excess capacity contract executed June 2014, or new short-term excess
capacity contract for storage and conveyance of nonproject water.
Contract executed December 29, 2014.
Dated: March 30, 2015.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration.
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