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Negotiation Session for Proposed Contract with Sacramento County Water Agency

Media Contact: Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100, jmccracken@mp.usbr.gov

For Release: June 01, 2006

The Bureau of Reclamation will hold a negotiation session with the Sacramento County Water Agency (SCWA) on its long-term water service contract for the delivery of up to 52,000 acre-feet of Central Valley Project (CVP) water. The negotiations will address certain administrative adjustments required by the pending assignment of 30,000 acre-feet of CVP water to SCWA from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

The negotiation session will be held:

In Folsom
Monday, June 12, 2006
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Reclamation's Central California Area Office
7794 Folsom Dam Road

The current draft form of contract may be viewed online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia/3404c/lt_contracts/2004-05_foc/index.html; click on "view" for American River Division (Central Valley Project), Sacramento County Water Agency, 6-07-20-W1372-LTR1.

The public is welcome to observe the negotiations. For additional information, please contact Mr. Richard Stevenson at 916-978-5250 (TDD 916-978-5608) or by e-mail at rstevenson@mp.usbr.gov.

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Relevant Link:

Draft Form of Contract