Crossing Agreement with NMIDy�
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i Contract No. 8-07-10-L0154
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Boise Project, Idaho
CROSSING AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made this 18th day of April ,
1978 , pursuant to the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902
(32 Stat. 388). and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary
thereto, all of which acts are commonly known and referred to
as the Federal Reclamation Laws, between the UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, hereinafter called the United States, represented by the
officer executing this agreement, hereinafter called the
Contracting Officer, -and the CITY OF MERIDIAN, a body politic,
hereinafter called the Grantee.
WITNESSETH, THAT:
2. WHEREAS, in connection with the Boise Project, Arrowrock
Division, Idaho, hereinafter referred to as the Project, the United
States, through the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior,
has, pursuant to Federal Reclamation Laws, constructed and owns certain
power, communication and irrigation works, hereinafter called Project
facilities; and
3. WHEREAS, the Project facilities are being operated and
maintained under repayment contracts between the United States and
the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District; and
4. WHEREAS, the Grantee desires to construct, operate and
maintain a waterline under and across the Project waterway known as the
Fivemile Creek.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and stipulations hereinafter stated, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
5, The United States hereby grants to the Grantee, subject
to the terms and conditions of this agreement, the right to construct,
operate, and maintain a waterline under and across the Project
waterway as hereinafter described: