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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
92853 DATE: February 2, 1979
OF: KittitasReclamation District laim for Costs
of Engineering Studies]
Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of
Agriculture (Bureau), has no authority to pay claim
of Kittitas Reclamation District (KRD) for costs
incurred in retaining private engineering firm to
perform Studies concerning a proposed pumping plan
to obtain water from the Yakima Federal Reclamation
Project. Under applicable Reclamation Law the
Bureau may undertake such projects only where the
irrigation district enters into repayment contract
with the Bureau. It may not make a grant of such
money. Further, in contracting for these Studies,
KRD was acting on its own behalf and not as the
Bureau's agent.
This is in response to a request by an authorized certifying
officer of the Zuegaug ofJPaiumat-in,' United States Department of
Agriculture (Bureau), for an advance decision regarding payment
of a claim submitted by the Kittitas R
4 Yakima Project, Washington) as submitted a voucher i PU *
'amoith of TT7.11, the total cost of engineering Studies and
related adm* istrative expense (tdes for which it contracted
with an engineering firm during March-May, 1977.
KRDntends that it incurred these expenses as a result of
the Bureau's forecast that the 1977 irrigation season would be
characterized by drought conditions. KRD claims that it is
entitled to reimbursement for the Studies because the Studies
were done at the request of the Bureau; because KRD acted as
itE for --hle Ruran* an eas h Bra rmsd reimburse-
ment. The facts leading up to KRD's request for payment are some-
what complex. The Bureau administers the Yakima Federal Reclamation
Project which has supervision over the entire Yakima River water
supply. This water supply includes both natural riverflow and
stored water in six reservoirs.
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