LEGAL NOTICE

| September 16, 2016 1:00 PM

Proposed Amendment to Renewal 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), and the Act of October 1, 1962 (76 Stat. 677), the United States Bureau of Reclamation proposes to enter into a contract amendment to the long-term Renewal Master Water Service Contract, Contract No. 159E101882, dated September 22, 2015, with the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (District). The proposed contract amendment would authorize up to an additional 70,000 acres within the District, that are located within the Odessa Subarea and eligible to participate in the Odessa Ground Water Replacement Program, to receive Columbia Basin Project irrigation water service pursuant to stated terms and conditions.

Persons interested in receiving a copy of the proposed contract amendment 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-2011, P.O. Box 815 Ephrata, WA 98823, or by calling (509) 754-0238, until October 3, 2016. When it becomes available, a copy of the proposed contract amendment will be furnished to interested parties with a corresponding time period for the submission of written data, views and comments.

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Pub: September 14, 15 & 16