Under the terms of the contracts, the landowners agreed to repay the construction cost in forty (40) equal annual installments. Therefore, the annual per acre installment is hereby fixed at seventeen and one-half cents (1724) per acre, due and payable on December 1st of each year, the first payment being due on December 1, 1955. Under section 4 of the repayment contracts of the landowners and the act of March 10, 1928 (45 Stat. 210), the charges remain a lien against the lands until paid.

The engineering report dealt with in section 1 of the act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 475) and other available records show that the storage capacity of the San Carlos reservoir created by the Coolidge Dam and the water supply therefor over a period of years will provide for the irrigation of only 80,000 acres of lands in Indian and public or private ownership within the San Carlos irrigation project, the balance of the water supply needed for the additional 20,000 acres of the project to be provided for by recaptured and return flow water and by means of pumping the underground supply. The cost of providing the proposed supply and of operating the works for this latter

acreage to be equally distributed over the entire 100,000 acres of the project regardless of where the works are placed and operated.

§ 215.2 Availability of water.

Pursuant to section 3 of the act of June 7, 1924, 43 Stat. 475, requiring the Secretary of the Interior by public notice to announce when water is actually available for lands in private ownership under the project and the amount of the construction charges per irrigable acre against the same which charges shall be payable in annual installments as provided for therein, this public notice, of which § 215.1 is made a part hereof, is hereby given:

The date when a reasonable water supply is actually available for lands in private ownership under the San Carlos irrigation project is hereby declared to be the 1st day of December 1932. § 215.3 Construction charges.

Each acre of land in private ownership of said project is hereby charged with $95.25, of construction cost assessable thereto at the date hereof (Dec. 1, 1932), which sum is based upon 50,000 acres of such privately owned lands, making a total charge or assessment due from the owners thereof of $4,762,250 on this date (Dec. 1, 1932), excluding the cost of operation and maintennace for the calendar year of 1933 which may be carried into construction cost as provided for by section 3 of the act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 476), and also excluding interest at the rate of 4 percent which is charged against such lands by said act. Of the 50,000 acres constituting the lands in private ownership within the said project only 46,107.49 acres have at this date (Dec. 1, 1932) actually been designated as coming within the project. Should this present designated area be not increased within a reasonable time herefrom and prior to the due date of the first installment of the charge fixed in this section, namely, on December 1, 1935, so as to bring the total designated area up to the 50,000 acres, the per acre charge fixed in this section shall be proportionately increased against the then designated area so as to assure reimbursement of the total indebtedness due the Government by the owners of the

lands in private ownership from the lesser designated acreage.

§ 215.4 Future charges.

The payment of said construction cost and costs of future operation and maintenance of said project as provided for in said section 3 of the act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 476) as supplemented or amended and such contingent project liabilities which may be incurred in accordance with the provisions of said repayment contract shall be made in accordance with the provisions of said act of June 7, 1924, as supplemented or amended and the repayment contract1 by and between the San Carlos irrigation and drainage district and the Secretary of the Interior bearing date of June 8, 1931; the said construction cost incurred subsequent to this public notice assessable against the lands in private ownership and costs of operation and maintenance assessed against such privately owned lands within the project for the first year after this public notice to be included in the construction cost and such contingent project liabilities which may be incurred in accordance with provisions of the repayment contract shall also be repaid to the Government pursuant to the terms of said act of June 7, 1924, as supplemented or amended, and the repayment contract and this public notice. $215.5

Construction costs limited.

The repayment contract1 with the San Carlos irrigation and drainage district, page 13 thereof, contains the following: In accordance with the foregoing the costs of the San Carlos project as fixed by the public notice to be issued as aforesaid, unless further sums shall be agreed to by the Secretary of the Interior and the district after the execution this instrument, may of amount to but shall not exceed the sum of $9,556,313.77, except that said total may be exceeded by the inclusion of any sums expended to safeguard the project as hereinabove provided for, and any sums expended on account of contingent liabilities as in the next paragraph hereof provided.

The foregoing and subsequent statements of project costs, the district's shares of which are to be repaid hereunder, unless otherwise provided by Congress more favorably to the

1Contract available at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.

lands of the project, may be increased by the addition of sums not now fixed as project charges but which possibly constitute contingent project liabilities incurred after the date of the San Carlos Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 476), or incurred on account of the Florence-Casa Grande project, and so may become project charges by the judgment of courts of competent jurisdiction or of othe proper authority.

The limitation therein fixed has approximately been reached, there remaining but $32,815.02 yet to be expended on project works before reaching that limitation. Upon the expenditure of this additional sum there shall be no further expenditures of funds for construction, operation and maintenance of the San Carlos project so far as the private lands are concerned until the San Carlos irrigation and drainage district shall, through appropriate action, authorize pursuant to the terms of the said repayment contract such additional expenditures. This limitation does not apply to project expenditures for the extension of the distributing and pumping system regardless of where they may arise. This class of expenditures being excepted from the limitation on expenditures contained in the said repayment contract 1 by section 14, page 10, thereof, which section is known as the "Equalization of Expenditures."

§ 215.6 Power development.

The cost of the power development at the Coolidge Dam is hereby fixed at $735,000. The net revenues derived from the operation of this power development shall be disposed of as required by the terms and conditions of the act of March 7, 1928 (45 Stat. 210) as supplemented or amended.

§ 215.7

Private ownership defined.

The term "private ownership" used in this public notice includes all lands of the San Carlos irrigation project that have or may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior that are situated outside of the boundaries of the Gila River Indian Reservation.

§ 215.8 Indian lands excluded.

This public notice, with the exception of that part dealing with payment in advance each year of operation and maintenance charges against lands in Indian ownership operated under lease, does not apply in so far as payments are concerned to Indian lands within the project.

1 Contract available at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.

§ 216.1

Construction costs and assessable acreage.

The construction program has been completed on the Ahtanum Unit of the Wapato Indian Irrigation Project and the construction costs have been established as $79,833.64. The area benefited by this development has been established at 4,765.2 acres. Under the requirements of the acts of February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 409) and March 7, 1928 (45 Stat. 210), these costs are to be repaid to the United States Treasury by the owners of the lands benefited.

§ 216.2 Repayments

costs.

of construction

The cost per acre under § 150.1 is, therefore, established at $16.7535. Under the provisions of the acts of February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 409) and March 7, 1928 (45 Stat. 210) and based on forty equal annual payments, the annual per acre assessment is hereby fixed at $0.42 per acre for the year 1957 and each succeeding year until the entire cost for each tract shall have been repaid to the United States Treasury. On those tracts where payments have been made pursuant to Part 211 of this chapter, annual assessments beginning with the year 1957

at the rate of $0.42 per acre will be made until the entire cost of $16.7535 per acre shall have been repaid to the United States Treasury. Landowners may pay at any time the total of the then remaining indebtedness. Under the act of March 10, 1928 (45 Stat. 210) the unpaid charges stand as a lien against the lands until paid.

§ 216.3 Payments.

Payments are due on December 31 of each year and shall be made to the official in charge of collections for the project. § 216.4 Deferment of assessments on lands remaining in Indian ownership. In conformity with the act of July 1, 1932 (47 Stat. 564; 25 U.S.C. 386 (a) no assessment shall be made on behalf of construction costs against Indian-owned land within the Project until the Indian title thereto has been extinguished. § 216.5

Assessments after the Indian title has been extinguished. Indian-owned lands passing to nonIndian ownership shall be assessed for construction costs and the first assessment shall be due on December 31 of the year that Indian title is extinguished. Assessments against this land will be at the annual rate of $0.42 per acre and shall be due as provided in § 216.3, and payable promptly thereafter until the total construction cost of $16.7535 per acre chargeable against the land has been paid in full.

PART 217-MONSE UNIT, COLVILLE INDIAN IRRIGATION PROJECT, WASHINGTON

§ 217.1 Assessable acreage.

The area benefited by the construction program on the Monse Unit is hereby established at 1083.1 acres. The construction costs that are reimbursable to the United States Treasury will be prorated against this acreage. This same acreage is that against which assessments for operation and maintenance costs will be made and collected annually in accordance with § 221.9 (b) of this chapter.

(38 Stat. 583, as amended, sec. 1, 41 Stat. 409, 45 Stat. 210; 25 U.S.C. 885, 386, 387) [24 F.R. 8055, Oct. 6, 1959]

PART 218-REIMBURSEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS WAPATOSATUS UNIT, WAPATO INDIAN IRRIGATION PROJECT, WASHINGTON

Sec.

218.1 Construction costs and assessable acreage.

218.2 Repayment of construction costs. 218.3 Payments.

218.4 Deferment of assessments on lands remaining in Indian ownership. 218.5 Assessments after the Indian title has been extinguished.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 218 issued under sec. 1, 41 Stat. 409, 45 Stat. 210; 25 U.S.C. 386, 387.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 218 appear at 28 F.R. 6536, June 26, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

§ 218.1 Construction costs and assessable acreage.

The construction program has been completed on the Wapato-Satus Unit of the Wapato Indian Irrigation Project, and the construction costs have been established by Designation Report dated August 1962 as $7,903,823.12 for the project and $1,499,073.62 for the "B" lands share of the construction costs of the Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs on the Yakima River. The area benefited by this development has been established at 136,559.59 acres divided into 79,025.68 acres of "A" land and 57,533.91 acres of "B" land. Under the requirements of the acts of February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 409), and March 7, 1928 (45 Stat. 210), these costs are to be repaid to the United States Treasury by the owners of the lands benefited.

§ 218.2 Repayment of construction costs.

The cost per acre of the construction under § 218.1 is, therefore, calculated at $57.8782 for "A" lands and $83.9337 for "B" lands in non-Indian ownership as established by Designation Report dated August 1962. Under the provisions of the acts cited in § 218.1 the annual per acre assessment for forty equal annual payments, is hereby fixed at $1.45 per acre for "A" lands and $2.10 per acre for "B" lands for the year 1962 and each succeeding year, until the entire cost for each tract shall have been repaid to the United States Treasury. On

those tracts where payments have been made pursuant to uncodified special regulations, annual assessments beginning with the year 1962 at the rate of $1.45 per acre for “A” lands and $2.10 per acre for "B" lands will be made until the entire cost of $57.8782 per acre for “A” lands and $83.9337 per acre for "B" lands shall have been repaid to the United States Treasury. Landowners may pay at any time the total of the then remaining indebtedness. Under the act of March 10, 1928 (45 Stat. 210), the unpaid charges stand as a lien against the lands until paid.

Payments are due on December 31 of each year and shall be made to the official in charge of collections for the project.

§ 218.4 Deferment of assessments

on

lands remaining in Indian ownership. In conformity with the act of July 1, 1932 (47 Stat. 564; U.S.C. 386(a)), no assessment shall be made on behalf of construction costs against Indian-owned land within the project until the Indian title thereto has been extinguished. § 218.5

Assessments after the Indian title has been extinguished. Indian-owned lands passing to nonIndian ownership shall be assessed for construction costs and the first assessment shall be due on December 31 of the year that the Indian title is extinguished. The construction costs against this land will be established as provided by section 5 of the act of September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 680). The annual per acre assessment rate will be determined by dividing the established construction cost per acre into forty equal payments. "B" lands will also be assessed for reservoir construction costs at the annual peracre rate as established in the Designation Report dated August 1962. Assessments against this land will continue until the entire established construction costs shall have been repaid to the United States Treasury. Landowners may pay at any time the total of the then remaining indebtedness. Under the act of March 10, 1928 (45 Stat. 210), the unpaid charges stand as a lien against the lands until paid,