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<br />000668 <br /> <br />3/13/00 USSR Staff Draft <br /> <br />enter into a contract or give its approval uDless and until the requirements and amditions <br />of this paper are met. <br /> <br />3. ContractUag Process. When an amendatory, supplementary, or new.contract, or the <br />approval of a proposed contract assignment, is required before a proposed transfer of project <br />water can be effected, Reclamation will utilize a timely and economical ~ to review <br />proposals and, if approved, will negotiate and complete contracts or contract assignments as <br />expeditiously as possible. <br /> <br />A. Public participation in the contract negoti,ttn8 process will be in accordauce <br />with the. then applicable Reclamation policies for public involVement.regardiiJg contract <br />. negotiations. . - <br /> <br />B. . Reclamation will not enter into a contract unless.and until tbeprocedural <br />requirements of all applicable Federal laws Cmcluding,but not limitecho,. the Natiooal . <br />Environi:nental Policy Act (NEPA) andtbe RntlMtgered Species Actlhave. been popea'" <br />. .Completed. .;, ..:. , . .. . <br /> <br />c. The party or partieS needing an amendatory, .suppJementaI,or new:coiltract, or <br />approval of a proposed contract as..nJPlment will be lequin:d to pay.Reclamation in <br />advance for Reclaination's costs ofnegoti~ and entering into a conti8ct, or~g on it <br />proposed contract assignment, to the exteirt required by the then applicable policies <br />. concerning payment ofReclamation'scoDtracting coSIs. <br /> <br />Where contract language requiring Reclamation approval of a proposed tnmstea' of project water <br />is already in effect, Reclamation will utilize thoSe steps in the above process which are ~!sary <br />and appropriate. <br /> <br />4. Protection of Project PurpOses and PrOject Contractono. Reclamation will approve <br />proposals for the 1ransfei' of project. water only so long as project purposes and operations and <br />Reclamation's contractual obligations to others are protected. . In addition to its public <br />involvement procedures, when Reclamation receives a propOsal to. transfer project water it ~ as <br />. appropriate, notifY, corisult with, and take into account tbe.vi~ of the o1her project coDtractors <br />wmch .receive project water from, and of any other entities which have assumed respODSibUity for <br />the -operation and mainteDance o( the project involved before reaching a decision concerning such. <br />proposal. <br /> <br />5. Acreage LimitatioDLWhenever project water is trans~ Reclamation will <br />comply with the fequirements of aU statutes addressing the application of acre8ge limitations <br />(particularly the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 and the regulationS implementing th8t statute <br />(43 CPR Part 426)). It is not feasible to address herein all details of the appliCation ofacrea8e <br />limitations in situationS. involving transfers of project water, but the basic principles. can be <br /> <br />7 <br />