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Show 32 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS March 27, 1978, for relinquishment of capacity in the Coachella Canal and adjustment of the District's repayment obligation pursuant to Sections 102(c) and (d) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, dated June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 266. On March 27, 1978, the United States and the District entered into an amendatory repayment contract under which, as authorized in Section 102(d) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, dated June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 266, the District would be given a credit against its final payments for outstanding construction charges payable to the United States on account of capacity it would relinquish in the Coachella Canal as a part of the construction of a new 49-mile long, concrete-lined section of the Coachella Canal. B.5. Palo Verde Irrigation District February 7, 1933, providing for delivery of water in accordance with the Seven-Party Agreement. On October 15, 1955, pursuant to the Act of August 31, 1954, 68 Stat. 1045, the United States and PVID executed a contract for the construction of a new diversion dam for the District at a cost of not to exceed $4,538,000, a loan of $500,000 to PVID for modification of the District's existing works to accommodate them to the dam, repayment of $1,175,000 within 50 years, with the balance of the costs of the works declared nonreimbursable, and no admission of liability on the part of the United States. An additional $2 million were apportioned under said Act for protection of Indian lands. The need for the dam arose following construction of Headgate Rock Dam in 1942, the degradation of the riverbed and a drop in the level of the river so that the District had to install pumps to irrigate its higher lands. A rock weir provided only temporary relief. As of September 30, 1977, $480,000 had been repaid. A Memorandum of Agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, dated February 16, 1956, provided for the construction of levees and a drain to protect the Colorado River Indian Reservation lands after removal of the rock weir referred to above and constructed to aid in irrigation of PVID lands. The Memorandum of Agreement was anticipated in the Act of August 31, 1954, which required the aforesaid contract of October 15, 1955, between the United States and PVID. B.6. Coachella Valley County Water District October 15, 1934, Contract No. Ilr-781, providing for construction of 1,500 ftVs of capacity in Imperial Dam and the All-American Canal for the District and the delivery of water to the District in accordance with the priorities in the Seven-Party Agreement. The construction obligation of $13,458,562.03 was repayable in 40 annual, graduated installments. The first payment date was March 1, 1955. As of September 30, 1977, $6,594,695 were repaid. December 22, 1947, supplemental contract providing for construction of a distribution system for the District and for protective works costing $18 million of which $4.5 million was allocated to flood control and declared nonrepayable; with repayable costs allocated for repayment by irrigation blocks over a 40-year period following an 8-year development period for each block; making excess land laws applicable to the District; and providing for approval of the contract by the electorate and validation of the contract by the State courts. December 27, 1955, contract supplemental to contract of October 15, 1934, which provides that the District may hold to maturity certain United States savings bonds purchased by power rentals received for power rights and privileges of All-American Canal, at which time the proceeds therefrom are to be paid to the United States for deposit in the Colorado River Dam Fund, and applied against the installment payments to become due under the 1934 contract. July 30, 1963, No. 14-06-300-1384, providing for rehabilitation and betterment of irrigation works by the District at a cost of not to exceed $7,150,000 with funds advanced by the United States and repayable in 30 annual installments starting 1966. As of September 30, 1977, $2,410,706 were repaid. December 28, 1966, amendatory rehabilitation and betterment contract, providing for repayment in 28 years, starting 1966, or, if the work is not completed by June 30, 1967, providing for repayment in 25 equal annual payments starting December 1969. |