LEGAL NOTICE

| January 21, 2015 12:00 PM

Proposed Renewal of Master Water Service Contract with the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District, 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. 1196), the Act of March 10, 1943 (57 Stat. 14), the Act of July 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 483) and the Act of October 1, 1962 (76 Stat. 677), the United States Bureau of Reclamation proposes to enter into a long-term renewal contract with the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (District) that would authorize continued irrigation water service to up to 30,000 acres of irrigable land located within the District that are currently authorized for such service under Master Water Service Contract No. 14-06-100-9165, as supplemented. The current contract, as supplemented, is due to expire on July 2, 2020.

The proposed renewal contract would authorize the District to deliver a base quantity of up to 90,000 acre-feet of Columbia Basin Project (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. The delivery of Project water beyond July 2, 2020, is dependent upon the execution of the proposed contract, the intent of which is to provide for the terms and conditions of water delivery and the water service charge to be paid annually to the United States for water delivered by the District thereunder.

Persons interested in receiving a copy of the form of proposed contract and notice of any negotiation session(s) made available to the public may place their name on a mailing list by writing to Reclamation, Attention: EPH-2005, P.O. Box 815 Ephrata, WA 98823, or by calling (509) 754-0227, until March 17, 2015. A copy of the form of proposed contract will be furnished to interested parties when it becomes available with a corresponding time period for the submission of written data, views and comments concerning the proposed contract.

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Pub.: January 19, 20 & 21, 2015