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Negotiation Session Scheduled for Proposed Safety of Dams Act Contract for Stony Gorge Dam with Orland Unit Water Users Association - Orland Project

Media Contact: Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100, 08/22/2007 22:57

For Release: August 22, 2007

The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a negotiation session with the Orland Unit Water Users Association to negotiate a contract for the repayment of funds expended for the federally performed Safety of Dams Act modification program at Stony Gorge Dam and Reservoir. The proposed term of the contract is 50 years.

The negotiation session will be held in: Willows, California Friday, August 31, 2007, 9 a.m. Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region Construction Office 1140 West Wood Street

The public is welcome to observe the negotiation. For additional information, please contact Mr. Richard Robertson, Northern California Area Office, at 530-934-1383 (TDD 530-934-7089) or e-mail rrobertson@mp.usbr.gov, or Mr. Richard Stevenson, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, at 916-978-525(TDD 916-978-5608) or e-mail rstevenson@mp.usbr.gov.

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