LEGAL NOTICE

| June 29, 2011 1:00 PM

Proposed Supplement Number 3 to the Master Water Service

Contract,

Columbia Basin Project, Washington

Proposed Supplement Number 3 to the Master Water Service Contract,

Columbia Basin Project, Washington

Under the authority of the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and particularly, but not limited to, the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028), Section 9(e) of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), the Act of March 10, 1943 (57 Stat. 14) and the Act of October 1, 1962 (76 Stat. 677), the United States Bureau of Reclamation proposes to enter into Supplement Number 3 to the Master Water Service Contract with the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (the District)

The proposed contract would provide for the use of up to 30,000 acre-feet of Columbia Basin Project water delivered annually to 10,000 First Phase Continuation Acres in the Odessa Subarea and for the repayment of the construction of the Weber Siphon Complex. The United States and the District desire to proceed with the continued development of First Phase Continuation Acres within the District, and as a necessary step in this development, the United States has undertaken the construction of the Weber Siphon complex which, when completed, will allow additional water to be made available to irrigate an additional 10,000 acres situated within the geographical area known as the Odessa Subarea. The delivery of this water is conditioned upon the execution of this contract, the intent of which is to provide for the terms and conditions of water delivery and to establish the water service charges to be paid to the United States for water made available pursuant to this contract.

Persons interested in receiving a copy of the form of proposed contract may place their name on a mailing list by writing to Reclamation, Attention EFO-2005, P.O. Box 815 Ephrata, WA 98823 until

August, 27, 2011. A copy of the form of proposed contract will be furnished for review when it becomes available with a corresponding time period for the submission of written data, views and comments concerning the proposed contract. Requests for copies, or other inquiries, may also be made by calling (509)754-0227.

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Pub.: June 27, 28 & 29, 2011