Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other Water-Related Contract Actions
| Published date | 14 March 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 9374 |
| Record Number | 2019-04703 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Reclamation Bureau |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9374-9380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04703]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR83550000, 190R5065C6, RX.59389832.1009676]
Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other
Water-Related Contract Actions
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of contract actions.
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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
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writing the appropriate regional office at the address and telephone
number given for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Kelly, Reclamation Law
Administration Division, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, Denver,
Colorado 80225-0007; [email protected]; 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
M&I Municipal and Industrial
O&M Operation and Maintenance
OM&R Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement
P-SMBP Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
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.
1. Irrigation, M&I, and Miscellaneous Water Users; Idaho, Oregon,
Washington, Montana, and Wyoming: Temporary or interim irrigation and
M&I water service, water storage, water right settlement, exchange,
miscellaneous use, or water replacement contracts 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; and Whitestone Reclamation District, Chief
Joseph Dam Project, Washington: Amendatory repayment and water service
contracts; purpose is to conform to the RRA.
5. Nine water user entities of the Arrowrock Division, Boise
Project, Idaho: Repayment agreements with districts with spaceholder
contracts for repayment, per legislation, of the reimbursable share of
costs to rehabilitate Arrowrock Dam Outlet Gates under the O&M program.
6. Three irrigation water user entities, Rogue River Basin Project,
Oregon: Long-term contracts for exchange of water service with three
entities for the provision of up to 292 acre-feet of stored water from
Applegate Reservoir (a USACE project) for irrigation use in exchange
for the transfer of out-of-stream water rights from the Little
Applegate River to instream flow rights with the State of Oregon for
instream flow use.
7. Conagra Foods Lamb Weston, Inc., Columbia Basin Project,
Washington: Miscellaneous purposes water service contract providing for
the delivery of up to 1,500 acre-feet of water from the Scooteney
Wasteway for effluent management.
8. Benton ID, Yakima Project, Washington: Replacement contract to,
among other things, withdraw Benton ID from the Sunnyside Division
Board of Control; provide for direct payment of Benton ID's share of
total operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement
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costs incurred by the United States in operation of storage division;
and establish Benton ID responsibility for operation, maintenance,
repair, and replacement for irrigation distribution system.
9. City of Prineville and Ochoco ID, Crooked River Project, Oregon:
Long-term contract to provide the City of Prineville with a mitigation
water supply from Prineville Reservoir; with Ochoco ID anticipated to
be a party to the contract, as they are responsible for O&M of the dam
and reservoir.
10. Burley and Minidoka IDs, Minidoka Project, Idaho: Supplemental
and amendatory contracts to transfer the O&M of the Main South Side
Canal Headworks to Burley ID and transfer the O&M of the Main North
Side Canal Headworks to the Minidoka ID.
11. Clean Water Services and Tualatin Valley ID, Tualatin Project,
Oregon: Long-term water service contract that provides for the District
to allow Clean Water Services to beneficially use up to 6,000 acre-feet
annually of stored water for water quality improvement.
12. Willow Creek District Improvement Company, Willow Creek
Project, Oregon: Amend contract to increase the amount of storage water
made available under the existing long-term contract from 2,500 to
3,500 acre-feet.
13. East Columbia Basin ID, Columbia Basin Project, Washington:
Amendment of renewal master water service contract No. 159E101882, to
authorize up to an additional 70,000 acres within the East Columbia ID
that are located within the Odessa Subarea and eligible to participate
in the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program, to receive Columbia
Basin Project irrigation water service; and to provide for additional
acreage development through future water conservation measures.
14. Stanfield ID, Umatilla Basin Project, Oregon: A short-term
water service contract to provide for the use of conjunctive use water,
if needed, for the purposes of pre-saturation or for such use in
October to extend their irrigation season.
15. Yakima Nation and Cascade ID, Yakima Project, Washington: Long-
term contract for an exchange of water and to authorize the use of
capacity in Yakima Project facilities to convey up to 10 cubic feet per
second of non-project water during the non-irrigation season for fish
hatchery purposes.
16. Falls ID, Michaud Flats Project, Idaho: Amendment to contract
No. 14-06-100-851 to authorize the District to participate in State
water rental pool.
17. Cascade ID, Yakima Project, Washington: Contract for Yakima
Tribes use of Cascade ID's canal for Melvin R. Sampson Hatchery.
18. Bitter Root ID, Bitter Root Project, Montana: Amendment to SOD
contract to extend repayment period.
19. Water user entities responsible for repayment of reimbursable
project construction costs in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, and
Wyoming: Contracts for conversion or prepayment executed pursuant to
the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, Public Law
114-322, Sec. 4011(a-d).
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 excess capacity in project facilities for
terms up to 5 years; 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, Delta Division,
Cross Valley Canal, San Felipe Division, West San Joaquin Division, San
Luis Unit, and Elk Creek Community Services District; CVP; California:
Renewal of 30 interim and long-term water service contracts; water
quantities for these contracts total in excess of 2.1M acre-feet. These
contract actions will be accomplished through long-term renewal
contracts pursuant to Public Law 102-575. Prior to completion of
negotiation of long-term renewal contracts, existing interim renewal
water service contracts may be renewed through successive interim
renewal of contracts.
3. Redwood Valley County WD, SRPA, California: Restructuring the
repayment schedule pursuant to Public Law 100-516.
4. El Dorado County Water Agency, CVP, California: M&I water
service contract to supplement existing water supply. Contract will
provide for an amount not to exceed 15,000 acre-feet annually
authorized by Public Law 101-514 (Section 206) for El Dorado County
Water Agency. The supply will be subcontracted to El Dorado ID and
Georgetown Divide Public Utility District.
5. Sutter Extension WD, Delano-Earlimart ID, Pixley ID, the State
of California Department of Water Resources, and the State of
California Department of Fish and Wildlife; CVP; California: Pursuant
to Public Law 102-575, agreements with non-Federal entities for the
purpose of providing funding for Central Valley Project Improvement Act
refuge water conveyance and/or facilities improvement construction to
deliver water for certain Federal wildlife refuges, State wildlife
areas, and private wetlands.
6. CVP Service Area, California: Temporary water acquisition
agreements for purchase of 5,000 to 200,000 acre-feet of water for fish
and wildlife purposes as authorized by Public Law 102-575 for terms of
up to 5 years.
7. 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.
8. Casitas Municipal WD, Ventura Project, California: Repayment
contract for SOD work on Casitas Dam.
9. Warren Act Contracts, CVP, California: Execution of long-term
Warren Act contracts (up to 40 years) with various entities for
conveyance of non-project water in the CVP.
10. Tuolumne Utilities District (formerly Tuolumne Regional WD),
CVP, California: Long-term water service contract for up to 9,000 acre-
feet from New Melones Reservoir, and possibly a long-term contract for
storage of non-project water in New Melones Reservoir.
11. Madera-Chowchilla Water and Power Authority, CVP, California:
Agreement to transfer the OM&R and certain financial and administrative
activities related to the Madera Canal and associated works.
12. Town of Fernley, State of California; City of Reno, City of
Sparks, Washoe County, State of Nevada, Truckee-Carson ID, and any
other local interest or Native American Tribal Interest who may have
negotiated rights under Public Law 101-618; Nevada and California:
Contracts for the storage of non-Federal water in Truckee River
reservoirs as authorized by Public Law 101-618 and the Preliminary
Settlement Agreement. The contracts shall be consistent with the
Truckee River Water Quality Settlement Agreement and the terms and
conditions of the Truckee River Operating Agreement.
13. Delta Lands Reclamation District No. 770, CVP, California:
Long-term Warren Act contract for conveyance of up to 300,000 acre-feet
of non-project
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flood flows via the Friant-Kern Canal for flood control purposes.
14. Pershing County Water Conservation District, Pershing County,
and Lander County; Humboldt Project; Nevada: Title transfer of lands
and features of the Humboldt Project.
15. Mendota Wildlife Area, CVP, California: Reimbursement agreement
between the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Reclamation
for conveyance service costs to deliver Level 2 water to the Mendota
Wildlife Area during infrequent periods when the Mendota Pool is down
due to unexpected but needed maintenance. This action is taken pursuant
to Public Law 102-575, Title 34, Section 3406(d)(1), to meet full Level
2 water needs of the Mendota Wildlife Area.
16. San Luis WD, CVP, California: Proposed partial assignment of
2,400 acre-feet of the District's CVP supply to Santa Nella County WD
for M&I use.
17. Placer County Water Agency, CVP, California: Proposed exchange
agreement under section 14 of the 1939 Act to exchange up to 71,000
acre-feet annually of the Agency's American River Middle Fork Project
water for use by Reclamation, for a like amount of CVP water from the
Sacramento River for use by the Agency.
18. Irrigation contractors, Klamath Project, Oregon: Amendment of
repayment contracts or negotiation of new contracts to allow for
recovery of additional capital costs.
19. Orland Unit Water User's Association, Orland Project,
California: Repayment contract for the SOD costs assigned to the
irrigation of Stony Gorge Dam.
20. Goleta WD, Cachuma Project, California: An agreement to
transfer title of the federally owned distribution system to the Goleta
WD subject to approved legislation.
21. City of Santa Barbara, Cachuma Project, California: Execution
of a temporary contract and a long-term Warren Act contract with the
City for conveyance of non-project water in Cachuma Project facilities.
22. Water user entities responsible for payment of O&M costs for
Reclamation projects in California, Nevada, and Oregon: Contracts for
extraordinary maintenance and replacement funded pursuant to ARRA.
Added costs to rates to be collected under irrigation and interim M&I
ratesetting policies.
23. Water user entities responsible for payment of O&M costs for
Reclamation projects in California, Nevada, and Oregon: Contracts for
extraordinary maintenance and replacement funded pursuant to Subtitle G
of Public Law 111-11.
24. Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Board, Cachuma Project,
California: Amendment to SOD contract No. 01-WC-20-2030 to provide for
increased SOD costs associated with Bradbury Dam.
25. Reclamation will become signatory to a three-party conveyance
agreement with the Cross Valley Contractors and the California State
Department of Water Resources for conveyance of Cross Valley
Contractors' CVP water supplies that are made available pursuant to
long-term water service contracts.
26. Westlands WD, CVP, California: Negotiation and execution of a
long-term repayment contract to provide reimbursement of costs related
to the construction of drainage facilities. This action is being
undertaken to satisfy the Federal Government's obligation to provide
drainage service to Westlands WD located within the San Luis Unit of
the CVP.
27. San Luis WD, Meyers Farms Family Trust, and Reclamation; CVP;
California: Revision of an existing contract among San Luis WD, Meyers
Farms Family Trust, and Reclamation providing for an increase in the
exchange of water from 6,316 to 10,526 acre-feet annually and an
increase in the storage capacity of the bank to 60,000 acre-feet.
28. Contra Costa WD, CVP, California: Amendment to an existing O&M
agreement to transfer O&M of the Contra Costa Rock Slough Fish Screen
to the Contra Costa WD. Initial construction funding provided through
ARRA.
29. Irrigation water districts, individual irrigators and M&I water
users, CVP, California: Temporary water service contracts for terms not
to exceed 1 year for up to 100,000 acre-feet of surplus supplies of CVP
water resulting from an unusually large water supply, not otherwise
storable for project purposes, or from infrequent and otherwise
unmanaged flood flows of short duration.
30. Irrigation water districts, individual irrigators, M&I and
miscellaneous water users, CVP, California: Temporary Warren Act
contracts for terms up to 5 years providing for use of excess capacity
in CVP facilities for annual quantities exceeding 10,000 acre-feet.
31. City of Redding, CVP, California: Proposed partial assignment
of 30 acre-feet of the City of Redding's CVP water supply to the City
of Shasta Lake for M&I use.
32. Sacramento River Division, CVP, California: Administrative
assignments of various Sacramento River Settlement Contracts.
33. California Department of Fish and Game, CVP, California: To
extend the term of and amend the existing water service contract for
the Department's San Joaquin Fish Hatchery to allow an increase from 35
to 60 cubic feet per second of continuous flow to pass through the
Hatchery prior to it returning to the San Joaquin River.
34. Santa Clara Valley WD, CVP, California: Second amendment to
Santa Clara Valley WD's water service contract to add CVP-wide form of
contract language providing for mutually agreed upon point or points of
delivery.
35. PacifiCorp, Klamath Project, Oregon and California: Transfer of
O&M of Link River Dam and associated facilities. Contract will allow
for the continued O&M by PacifiCorp.
36. Tulelake ID, Klamath Project, Oregon and California: Transfer
of O&M of Station 48 and gate on Drain No. 1, Lost River Diversion
Channel.
37. Fresno County Waterworks No. 18; Friant Division, CVP;
California: Execution of an agreement to provide for the O&M of select
Federal facilities by Fresno County Waterworks No. 18.
38. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Tulelake ID; Klamath
Project; Oregon and California: Water service contract for deliveries
to Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, including transfer of O&M
responsibilities for the P Canal system.
39. Tulelake ID, Klamath Project, Oregon and California: Amendment
of repayment contract to eliminate reimbursement for P Canal O&M costs.
40. East Bay Municipal Utility District, CVP, California: Long-term
Warren Act contract for storage and conveyance of up to 47,000 acre-
feet of water annually.
41. Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, CVP, California: Reimbursement
agreement between the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and
Reclamation for groundwater pumping costs. Groundwater will provide a
portion of Gray Lodge Wildlife Area's Central Valley Improvement Act
Level 4 water supplies. This action is taken pursuant to Public Law
102-575, Title 34, Section 3406(d)(1, 2 and 5), to meet full Level 4
water needs of the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area.
42. State of Nevada, Newlands Project, Nevada: Title transfer of
lands and features of Carson Lake and Pasture.
43. Santa Barbara County Water Agency, Cachuma Project, California:
Negotiation and execution of a long-term water service contract.
44. Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board, Cachuma Project,
California: Negotiation and execution of an O&M contract.
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45. State of California, Department of Water Resources; CVP;
California: Negotiation of a multi-year wheeling agreement with the
State of California, Department of Water Resources providing for the
conveyance and delivery of CVP water through the State of California's
water project facilities to Byron-Bethany ID (Musco Family Olive
Company), Del Puerto WD, and the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery.
46. Water user entities responsible for repayment of reimbursable
project construction costs in California, Nevada, and Oregon: Contracts
for conversion or prepayment executed pursuant to the Water
Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, Public Law 114-322,
Sec. 4011(a-d).
47. Contra Costa Water District: Title transfer of lands and
features of the Contra Costa Canal System of the CVP.
48. Friant Water Authority, CVP, California: Title transfer of
lands and features of the Friant-Kern Canal System of the CVP.
49. Wampler Ranches, LLC; Klamath Project; California and Oregon:
Contractor requested Warren Act contract cancellation from upper
Klamath Lake through Crane Creek.
Completed contract action:
1. (12) Sacramento Suburban WD, CVP, California: Execution of a
long-term Warren Act contract for conveyance of 29,000 acre-feet of
non-project water. The contract will allow CVP facilities to be used to
deliver non-project water provided from the Placer County Water Agency
to the District for use within its service area. Contract executed
November 20, 2018.
Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470
(Nevada Highway and Park Street), Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470,
telephone 702-293-8192.
1. Milton and Jean Phillips, BCP, Arizona: Develop a 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. Gila Project Works, Gila Project, Arizona: Perform title
transfer of facilities and certain lands in the Wellton-Mohawk Division
from the United States to the Wellton-Mohawk IDD.
3. Bard WD, Yuma Project, California: Consolidate Bard WD's O&M
contracts for the Yuma Project, California, Reservation Division,
Indian and Bard Units, to reflect updated Reclamation policy and
procedures.
4. Ogram Boys Enterprises, Inc., BCP, Arizona: Revise Exhibit A of
the contract to change the contract service area and points of
diversion/delivery.
5. City of Yuma, BCP, Arizona: Enter into a long-term consolidated
contract with the City for delivery of its Colorado River water
entitlement.
6. Gold Dome Mining Corporation and Wellton-Mohawk IDD, Gila
Project, Arizona: Terminate contract No. 0-07-30-W0250 pursuant to
Articles 11(d) and 11(e).
7. Estates of Anna R. Roy and Edward P. Roy, Gila Project, Arizona:
Terminate contract No. 6-07-30-W0124 pursuant to Article 9(c).
8. Reclamation, Davis Dam (Davis Dam) and Big Bend WD; BCP; Arizona
and Nevada: Enter into proposed ``Agreement for the Diversion,
Treatment, and Delivery of Colorado River Water'' for the District to
divert, treat, and deliver to Davis Dam the Davis Dam Secretarial
Reservation amount of up to 100 acre-feet per year of Colorado River
water.
9. Present Perfected Right 30 (Stephenson), BCP, California: Offer
contracts for delivery of Colorado River water to holders of
miscellaneous present perfected rights as described in the 2006
Consolidated Decree in Arizona v. California, 547 U.S. 150.
10. San Carlos Apache and Pascua Yaqui Tribes, CAP, Arizona:
Execute a CAP water lease for the San Carlos Apache Tribe to lease
1,750 acre-feet of its CAP water to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe during
calendar year 2019.
11. San Carlos Apache Tribe and the Town of Gilbert, CAP, Arizona:
Execute a proposed 100-year lease not to exceed 5,925 acre-feet per
year of CAP water from the Tribe to Gilbert.
12. San Carlos Apache Tribe and Freeport Minerals Corporation, CAP,
Arizona: Execute a CAP water lease for the San Carlos Apache Tribe to
lease 17,000 acre-feet of its CAP water to Freeport Minerals
Corporation during calendar year 2019.
13. San Carlos Apache Tribe and the Town of Gilbert, CAP, Arizona:
Execute a CAP water lease for the San Carlos Apache Tribe to lease
6,216 acre-feet of its CAP water to the Town of Gilbert during calendar
year 2019.
Discontinued contract action:
1. (20) Basic Water Company, BCP, Nevada: Approve an acknowledgment
of assignment of rights, interests, and obligations under contract No.
14-06-300-2083, as amended, from Tronox LLC to EMD Acquisition.
Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State
Street, Room 8100, 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 5 years; long-term contracts for similar
service for up to 1,000 acre-feet of water annually.
2. Contracts with various water user entities responsible for
payment of O&M costs for Reclamation projects in Arizona, Colorado, New
Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming: Contracts for extraordinary
maintenance and replacement funded pursuant to Subtitle G of Public Law
111-11 to be executed as project progresses.
3. Middle Rio Grande Project, New Mexico: Reclamation continues
annual leasing of water from various San Juan-Chama Project contractors
to stabilize flows in a critical reach of the Rio Grande to meet the
needs of irrigators and preserve habitat for the silvery minnow.
Reclamation leased approximately 12,558 acre-feet of water from San
Juan-Chama Project contractors in 2018.
4. Strawberry High Line Canal Company, Strawberry Valley Project;
Utah: The Strawberry High Line Canal Company has requested to allow for
the carriage of non-project water held by McMullin Orchards in the High
Line Canal.
5. Eden Valley IDD, Eden Project, Wyoming: The Eden Valley IDD
proposes to raise the level of Big Sandy Dam to fully perfect its water
rights. An agreement will be necessary to obtain the authorization to
modify Federal facilities.
6. Tri-County Water Conservancy District, Dallas Creek Project,
Colorado: A contract under the Upper Colorado Recovery Program to
construct and transfer O&M of a fish barrier at Ridgway Dam. The State
of Colorado, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department will also be a
party to the contract.
7. Newton Water Users Association, Newton Project; Utah: The Utah
Division of Wildlife Resources desires to install a fish screen on the
outlet works of Newton Dam. This requires an agreement to approve
modification to Federal Reclamation facilities.
8. Pojoaque Valley ID, San Juan-Chama Project, New Mexico: An
amendment to the repayment contract to reflect the changed allocations
of the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Title VI of the Claims
Resolution Act of 2010, Public Law 111-291, December 8, 2010, and
Article 7 of the Settlement Agreement dated April 19, 2012)) is
currently under review by the Pojoaque Valley ID board president and is
expected to be signed in January 2019.
9. South Cache Water Users Association, Hyrum Project, Utah:
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Problems with the spillway at Hyrum Dam require the construction of a
new spillway under the SOD Act, as amended. A repayment contract is
necessary to recover 15 percent of the construction costs in accordance
with the SOD Act.
10. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District,
Salt River Project; Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP; Arizona: The District has
requested an extension of its existing contract from 2034 through 2044.
This action is awaiting further development by the District.
11. Dolores Water Conservancy District, Dolores Project, Colorado:
The District has requested a water service contract for 1,402 acre-feet
of newly identified project water for irrigation. The proposed water
service contract will provide 417 acre-feet of project water for
irrigation of the Ute Enterprise and 985 acre-feet for use by the
District's full-service irrigators.
12. State of Wyoming, Seedskadee Project; Wyoming. The Wyoming
Water Development Commission is interested in purchasing an additional
65,000 acre-feet of M&I water from Fontenelle Reservoir.
13. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uinta and Ouray Reservation, CUP, Utah:
The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uinta and Ouray Reservation has requested
the use of excess capacity in the Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection
System, as authorized in the CUP Completion Act legislation.
14. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uinta and Ouray Reservation; Flaming
Gorge Unit, CRSP; Utah: As part of discussions on settlement of a
potential compact, the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uinta and Ouray
Reservation has indicated interest in storage of its potential water
right in Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
15. State of Utah; Flaming Gorge Unit, CRSP; Utah: The State of
Utah has requested contracts that will allow the full development and
use of the CUP Ultimate Phase water right of 158,000 acre-feet of
depletion, which was previously assigned to the State of Utah.
16. Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, Weber Basin Project,
Utah: The District has requested permission to install a low-flow
hydro-electric generation plant at Causey Reservoir to take advantage
of winter releases. This will likely be accomplished through a
supplemental O&M contract.
17. Central Utah Water Conservancy District; Bonneville Unit, CUP;
Utah: The District has received a request to convert 300 acre-feet of
irrigation water in Wasatch County to M&I purposes. This will require
an amended block notice.
18. Mancos Water Conservancy District, Mancos Project, Colorado:
Proposed preliminary lease and funding agreement for preliminary work
associated with potential lease of power privilege.
19. Mancos Water Conservancy District, Mancos Project, Colorado:
Proposed funding agreement for preliminary work associated with the
evaluation of title transfer.
20. Mancos Water Conservancy District, Mancos Project, Colorado:
The District and Reclamation are discussing an amendment to the Public
Law 111-11 repayment contract for rehabilitation of the Jackson Gulch
facilities to continue to facilitate the District's ability to receive
funding under the legislation.
21. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado: Ute
Mountain Ute Tribe has requested a water delivery contract for 16,525
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).
22. Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, New Mexico: Reclamation
continues negotiations on an OM&R transfer contract with the Navajo
Tribal Utility Authority pursuant to Public Law 111-11, Section
10602(f) which transfers responsibilities to carry out the OM&R of
transferred works of the Project; ensures the continuation of the
intended benefits of the Project; distribution of water; and sets forth
the allocation and payment of annual OM&R costs of the Project.
23. Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado-New Mexico: (a) Navajo Nation
title transfer agreement for the Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline for
facilities and land outside the corporate boundaries of the City of
Farmington, New Mexico; contract terms to be consistent with the
Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 (Title III of Pub. L.
106-554) and the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act
(Title X of Pub. L. 111-11); (b) City of Farmington, New Mexico, title
transfer agreement for the Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline for
facilities and land inside the corporate boundaries of the City of
Farmington; New Mexico, contract terms to be consistent with the
Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 (Title III of Pub. L.
106-554) and the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act
(Title X of Pub. L. 111-11); and (c) Operations agreement among the
United States, Navajo Nation, and City of Farmington for the Navajo
Nation Municipal Pipeline pursuant to Pub. L. 111-11, Section
10605(b)(1) that sets forth any terms and conditions that secures an
operations protocol for the M&I water supply.
24. Strawberry High Line Canal Company, Strawberry Valley Project;
Utah: The Strawberry High Line Canal Company has requested conversion
of up to 20,000 acre-feet of irrigation water to be allowed for
miscellaneous uses.
25. Ogden River Water Users Association, Ogden River Project, Utah:
The Ogden River Water Users Association is requesting to convert 44,175
acre-feet of irrigation water from Pine View Reservoir to be available
for M&I purposes.
26. City of Page, Arizona; Glen Canyon Unit, CRSP; Arizona: Request
for a long-term contract for 975 acre-feet of water for municipal
purposes.
Discontinued contract actions:
1. (9) Dolores Water Conservancy District, Dolores Project,
Colorado: The District has requested a contract amendment to update
articles related to releases for downstream uses.
2. (25) Collbran Water Conservancy District, Collbran Project,
Colorado: Laramie Energy has requested a water exchange contract.
3. (27) Collbran Water Conservancy District, Collbran Project,
Colorado: The District has requested an exchange contract with William
Morse for exchange of water on the Collbran Project.
4. (31) Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, Weber Basin
Project, Utah: The District has requested a contract to allow the
storage of Weber Basin Project water in Smith Morehouse Reservoir under
the authority of Section 14 of the Reclamation Projects Act of 1939.
5. (33) Emery County Water Conservancy District, Emery County
Project, Utah: The District has requested to convert 79 acre-feet of
Cottonwood Creek Consolidated Irrigation Company water from irrigation
to M&I uses.
Completed contract actions:
1. (6) Grand Valley Water Users Association and Orchard Mesa ID,
Grand Valley Project, Colorado: A contract under the Upper Colorado
Recovery Program for delivery of non-project water to the Grand Valley
Power Plant. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will also be a party to
the contract. Contract executed on November 17, 2018.
2. (12) Utah Division of State Parks, Utah: Requested an early
renewal of its 11 State Parks Agreements for recreation management at
various Reclamation Reservoirs. Agreement signed on October 26, 2018.
Great Plains Region: Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Federal
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Building, 2021 4th Avenue North, Billings, Montana 59101, telephone
406-247-7752.
1. Irrigation, M&I, and miscellaneous water users; Colorado,
Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas,
and Wyoming: Water service contracts for the sale, conveyance, storage,
and exchange of surplus project water and non-project water for
irrigation or M&I use to provide up to 10,000 acre-feet of water
annually for a term of up to 1 year, or up to 1,000 acre-feet of water
annually for a term of up to 40 years.
2. Water user entities responsible for payment of O&M costs for
Reclamation projects in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: Contracts for
extraordinary maintenance and replacement funded pursuant to Subtitle G
of Public Law 111-11.
3. Green Mountain Reservoir, Colorado-Big Thompson Project,
Colorado: Water service contracts for irrigation and M&I; contracts for
the sale of water from the marketable yield to water users within the
Colorado River Basin of western Colorado.
4. Garrison Diversion Conservancy District; Garrison Diversion
Unit, P-SMBP; North Dakota: Intent to modify long-term water service
contract to add additional irrigated acres.
5. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado: Consideration of excess
capacity contracting in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.
6. Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado: Consideration of excess
capacity contracting in the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
7. Roger W. Evans (Individual); Boysen Unit, P-SMBP; Wyoming:
Renewal of long-term water service contract.
8. Busk-Ivanhoe, Inc., Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado:
Contract for long-term carriage and storage, and/or a new contract for
an additional use of water.
9. State of Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks; Glen Elder
Unit, P-SMBP; Kansas: Intent to enter into a contract for the remaining
conservation storage in Waconda Lake for recreation and fish and
wildlife purposes.
10. Arkansas Valley Conduit, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a repayment contract for the Arkansas Valley Conduit
and signing a contract to use infrastructure owned by the Pueblo Board
of Water Works.
11. Donala Water and Sanitation District, Fryingpan-Arkansas
Project, Colorado: Consideration of a long-term excess capacity
contract.
12. Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1,
San Angelo Project, Texas: Consideration of a potential contract(s) for
use of excess capacity by individual landowner(s) for irrigation
purposes.
13. Western Heart River ID; Heart Butte Unit, P-SMBP; North Dakota:
Consideration of amending the long-term irrigation repayment contract
and project-use power contract to include additional acres.
14. Buford-Trenton ID; Buford-Trenton Project, P-SMBP; North
Dakota: Consideration of amending the long-term irrigation power
repayment contract and project-use power contract to include additional
acres.
15. Milk River Project, Montana: Proposed amendment to contracts to
reflect current landownership.
16. Glen Elder ID No. 8; Glen Elder Unit, P-SMBP; Kansas:
Consideration to renew long-term water service contract No. 2-07-60-
WW0855.
17. Town of Estes Park, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado:
Consideration of a renewal of the contract with the Town of Estes PPark.
18. Bureau of Land Management, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
Colorado: Consideration of an excess capacity contract to store water
in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.
19. Fresno Dam, Milk River Project, Montana: Consideration of
contract(s) for repayment of SOD costs.
20. Canyon Ferry Water Users Association; Canyon Ferry Unit, P-
SMBP; Montana: Consideration for new long-term repayment contract.
21. City of Thermopolis; Boysen Unit, P-SMBP; Wyoming:
Consideration for renewal of long-term water service contract No. 8-07-
WS050.
22. Mid-Dakota Rural Water System, Inc., South Dakota:
Consideration of an amendment to agreement No. 5-07-60-W0223 to reflect
the payoff of loans.
23. Garrison Diversion Conservancy District; Garrison Diversion
Unit, P-SMBP; North Dakota: Consideration of a contract for 20 cubic-
feet-per-second of water for rural and M&I purposes.
24. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Fryingpan-
Arkansas Project, Colorado: Consideration of amending contract No. 5-
07-70-W0086 and convert or renew contract No. 5-07-70-WW0086.
25. City of Casper; Kendrick Unit, P-SMBP; Wyoming: Consideration
for renewal of long-term water service contract No. 2-07-70-WW0534.
26. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District Acting by and
through its Water Activity Enterprise, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
Colorado: Consideration to amend Pueblo Lease of Power Privilege
contract No. 17XX650016.
27. Pueblo Board of Water Works, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project,
Colorado: Consideration for renewal of contract No. 00XX6C0049.
28. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Fryingpan-
Arkansas Project, Colorado: Consideration of a repayment contract for
the North Outlet Works--South Outlet Works Interconnect at Pueblo
Reservoir.
29. Dickey-Sargent ID; Garrison Diversion Unit, P-SMBP; North
Dakota: Consideration of a repayment contract for irrigation storage in
Jamestown Reservoir.
Completed contract action:
1. (21) Western Heart River ID; Heart Butte Unit, P-SMBP; North
Dakota: Consideration of contract for repayment of SOD costs. Contract
executed on November 2, 2018.
Karl J. Stock,
Acting Director, Policy and Administration.
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