Water authority to buy Warm Springs Ranch

The Southern Nevada Water Authority on Monday announced its plans to purchase the 1,154-acre Warm Springs Ranch near Moapa for $66 million.

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SNWA to purchase White Pine County ranches
SNWA is in the process of acquiring two privately-owned properties within White Pine County's Spring Valley, one of the six basins from which SNWA plans to develop a portion of Nevada's unused Article from SNWA..

Where is the SNWA getting 66 million dollars for this project? And who will pay for it?

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And who are they buying it from? Are they related to someone in the company? That's a pretty hign price from what I see real estate going for in that area. Just curious.

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Vidler Water Company ("Vidler") is a private-sector water resource company focused on the development of permanent and reliable water supplies for end users in the arid southwestern United States. The primary strategy of the company is to locate, aggregate, develop and convert water rights from highly fragmented agricultural markets to emerging municipal and industrial uses. This process requires a knowledgeable, sustained effort, as well as political risk, financial commitment and a working familiarity with water law. Vidler's management team has a proven track record with many years of collective experience allowing the company to command the sound supply-and-demand forecasting, legal expertise, political acumen, negotiating skills and environmental planning capabilities necessary to assemble a successful water resource rights portfolio. Vidler intends to expand its operations in order to become a leading private water resource asset company in the western United States.

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PICO is a diversified holding company. Currently our two major businesses are Vidler Water Company, a water resource development business, and Nevada Land

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General Water Resource Information

Water Resources of the United States
www.water.usgs.gov/

USGS Ground Water Information:
www.water.usgs.gov/ogw/

Ground Water Atlas of the United States:
http//capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/

Surf your watershed:
http//cfpub1.epa.gov/surf/loca te/index.cfm


Nevada Water Information

USGS Water Resources of Nevada
http//nevada.usgs.gov/

Nevada Division of Water Resources
www.ndwr.state.nv.us

Nevada Water Resources Association
www.nvwra.org

Desert Research Institute
www.dri.edu


Arizona Water Information

USGS Water Resources of Arizona
http//az.water.usgs.gov/

Arizona Department of Water Resources
www.adwr.state.az.us

Arizona Water Banking Authority
www.awba.state.az.us

Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)
www.ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER


Associates and Collegues

PICO Holdings, Inc.
www.picoholdings.com

Nevada Land & Resource Company, LLC
www.nlrc.com

Fish Springs Ranch
www.fishspringsranch.com

Toquop Energy Project

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PICO Holdings, Inc.(NASDAQ: PICO) is a diversified holding company based in La Jolla, California.

PICO seeks to acquire businesses and interests in businesses which our fundamental analysis of assets, earnings, and cash flow indicates are undervalued. We are most interested in long-established businesses, with a history of operating successfully through industry cycles, recessions, and geo-political disruptions, in basic, "old economy" industries. Typically, the business will be generating free cash flow and have a low level of debt or, alternatively, strong interest coverage ratios or the ability to realize surplus assets. As well as being undervalued, the business must have special qualities such as unique assets, a potential catalyst for change, or be in an industry with attractive economics. Selected acquisitions will become core operations. We are also interested in acquiring companies where the real value is in land and other tangible assets, rather than in its operating business.

Our largest business, Vidler Water Company, is a significant private sector owner of water rights and water storage assets in Arizona and Nevada. We develop new sources of water for municipal and industrial use, and storage infrastructure that is necessary to facilitate the efficient allocation of available water supplies. Vidler’s operations are concentrated in Nevada and Arizona, arid states which are leading the country in population growth and new home construction.

Currently our other major businesses are:
Nevada Land & Resource Company, LLC, which is the largest private landowner in the state of Nevada. Nevada Land owns approximately 767,000 acres of land in northern Nevada, and the mineral rights and water rights related to the property;
“running off” its historical property and casualty loss reserves of Citation Insurance Company; and
“running off” its medical professional liability loss reserves of Physicians Insurance Company of Ohio.

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COMPANY NEWS;CITATION INSURANCE AGREES TO BUY PHYSICIANS INSURANCE
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BLOOMBERG BUSINESS NEWS
Published: March 5, 1996
Citation Insurance Group agreed yesterday to buy the Physicians Insurance Company of Ohio in a stock transaction valued at as much as $30 a share, or $160 million. The transaction could be valued at as little as $131 million, or $25.20 a share. Physicians Insurance holders will receive between 5 and 6.12 shares of Citation for each of their shares, depending on the average closing price of Physicians' stock over a period of 20 trading days. At Friday's closing price of $27.125, each Physicians Insurance shareholder would get 5.39 Citation shares, valuing the transaction at $141 million. Shares of Citation rose 62.5 cents yesterday, to $4.625, and shares of Physicians Insurance fell $1, to $26.25. Physicians is a unit of Guinness Peat Group P.L.C.

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Nevada Land and Resource Company L.L.C.
Private Subsidiary, Headquarters Location

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Guinness Peat Group plc is an investment holding company with a diversified range of strategic interests in a number of businesses, mainly in Europe and Australasia.
GPG is listed on the London, Australian and New Zealand Stock Exchanges. As at 31 December 2005, it had a market capitalisation of approximately £778 million. Shareholders’ Funds at the same date were £720 million. GPG’s successful track record spans investments in various sectors including financial services, thread manufacture, foodstuff manufacture, building services and aluminium extrusion. GPG’s investment portfolio covers a spread of investments and is widely diversified both geographically and sectorially.

GPG has a small but experienced group of prudent and professional executives operating with strong teamwork and close communication, which has been a proven formula for achieving steady growth in the value of shareholders’ funds.

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Ohio Physicians Health Program
Officers & Trustees



Chairman of the Board
Robert K. Rupp, J.D., Columbus, Ohio
Baker & Hostetler LLP

President & Medical Director
Stan Sateren, M.D., FASAM, Columbus, Ohio

Vice President
David D. Goldberg, D.O., Dayton, Ohio
Medical Director, Greene Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Secretary-Treasurer
Molly A. Katz, M.D., Cincinnati, Ohio

President, Ohio State Medical Association

Trustee
Farshid Afsarifard, Ph.D., Chardon, Ohio

Trustee
Martha S. Bethea, CPA., Akron, Ohio
CBIZ Accounting, Tax & Advisory Services

Trustee
Garrett Dyer Kenney, D.D.S., Cincinnati, Ohio

Trustee
Martin Macklin, M.D., Ph.D., Cleveland, Ohio
Academy of Medicine of Cleveland, Northern Ohio Medical Association

Vice President for Medical Affairs UHHS Geauga Regional Hospital

Trustee
Raymond R. Mazzotta, CPCU, Columbus, Ohio
President & CEO, OHIC Insurance Company

Trustee J. Craig Strafford, M.D., FACOG
Holzer Clinic, Inc.
Gallipolis, Ohio
Trustee
Timothy O. Wiechers, JD, Dublin, Ohio

Senior Vice President
Riggs, Counselman, Michaels & Downes, Inc.

Trustee
George Harding, IV, M.D.(Emeritus)

Department of Psychiatry

Loma Linda University, CA

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Guinness Peat Grp - Director/PDMR Shareholding
Article text may be cut off to the right
Click to view article in a new windowRNS Number:5557F
Guinness Peat Group PLC
03 July 2006
GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC
Guinness Peat Group ('GPG') announces the following changes in directors' interests following the
allotment of shares on 30 June 2006 pursuant to the 2006 Capitalisation Issue which were issued to
existing shareholders on 3 July 2006:
1. Interests in the ordinary shares of Guinness Peat Group plc
Allotment Current Total
Sir Ron Brierley 3,315,896 36,474,859
Graeme Cureton 123,184 1,355,040
Tony Gibbs 405,369 4,459,065
Blake Nixon 800,679 8,807,476
Gary Weiss 1,090,695 11,997,662
2. Interests in options over the ordinary shares of GPG under the Company's share option schemes
As a result of the 2006 Capitalisation Issue, under which a bonus issue of new shares was made at
the rate of 1 new shareGuinness Peat Grp - Director/PDMR Shareholding
Article text may be cut off to the right
Click to view article in a new windowRNS Number:5557F
Guinness Peat Group PLC
03 July 2006
GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC
Guinness Peat Group ('GPG') announces the following changes in directors' interests following the
allotment of shares on 30 June 2006 pursuant to the 2006 Capitalisation Issue which were issued to
existing shareholders on 3 July 2006:
1. Interests in the ordinary shares of Guinness Peat Group plc
Allotment Current Total
Sir Ron Brierley 3,315,896 36,474,859
Graeme Cureton 123,184 1,355,040
Tony Gibbs 405,369 4,459,065
Blake Nixon 800,679 8,807,476
Gary Weiss 1,090,695 11,997,662
2. Interests in options over the ordinary shares of GPG under the Company's share option schemes
As a result of the 2006 Capitalisation Issue, under which a bonus issue of new shares was made at
the rate of 1 new share for every 10 shares held, options held under the Company's share option
schemes have also been adjusted. As a consequence Directors' interests in the Company's share
options are now as follows:
Total Number of Exercise Prices
Options Adjusted adjusted for 2006
for 2006 Capitalisation Dates
Capitalisation Issue Exercised
Issue Between
Sir Ron Brierley 2,261,655 Between 25.15p - 81.64p 17/10/04 - 15/03/2016
Graeme Cureton 12,277,014 Between 24.87p - 81.64p 13/01/00 - 15/03/2016
Tony Gibbs 11,245,569 Between 24.89p - 81.64p 01/09/00 - 15/03/2016
Blake Nixon 10,602,490 Between 24.89p - 81.64p 01/09/00 - 15/03/2016
Gary Weiss 11,892,545 Between 24.89p - 81.64p 01/09/00 - 15/03/2016
Note: As a result of the adjustments there is no change in the economic interests of the Directors
in options held under the Company's share option schemes.
3. Directors' interests in the shares of quoted subsidiary companies of GPG are as follows:
Interests in the ordinary shares of Capral Aluminium Ltd (listed on the Australian Stock Exchange)
Gary Weiss 93,255
Graeme Cureton 144,000
Interests in the ordinary shares of Turners and Growers Ltd (listed on the New Zealand Stock
Exchange)

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Tony Gibbs 57,353
Richard Russell
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc

3 July 2006
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
for every 10 shares held, options held under the Company's share option
schemes have also been adjusted. As a consequence Directors' interests in the Company's share
options are now as follows:
Total Number of Exercise Prices
Options Adjusted adjusted for 2006
for 2006 Capitalisation Dates
Capitalisation Issue Exercised
Issue Between
Sir Ron Brierley 2,261,655 Between 25.15p - 81.64p 17/10/04 - 15/03/2016
Graeme Cureton 12,277,014 Between 24.87p - 81.64p 13/01/00 - 15/03/2016
Tony Gibbs 11,245,569 Between 24.89p - 81.64p 01/09/00 - 15/03/2016
Blake Nixon 10,602,490 Between 24.89p - 81.64p 01/09/00 - 15/03/2016
Gary Weiss 11,892,545 Between 24.89p - 81.64p 01/09/00 - 15/03/2016
Note: As a result of the adjustments there is no change in the economic interests of the Directors
in options held under the Company's share option schemes.
3. Directors' interests in the shares of quoted subsidiary companies of GPG are as follows:
Interests in the ordinary shares of Capral Aluminium Ltd (listed on the Australian Stock Exchange)
Gary Weiss 93,255
Graeme Cureton 144,000
Interests in the ordinary shares of Turners and Growers Ltd (listed on the New Zealand Stock
Exchange)
Tony Gibbs 57,353

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The Vidler Water Company mission is to resolve the West's water problems by promoting mindful resource development and management through the creation of public/private partnerships. The primary strategy for the Carson City company is to locate, aggregate, develop and convert water rights from highly fragmented agricultural markets to emerging municipal and industrial uses. Vidler's management team has a proven track record necessary to implement this strategy and fulfill this mission.

Fish Springs Ranch, Nevada

9,800 deeded acres
1,400 irrigated acres and cattle grazing
13,000 acre-feet of permitted water rights
8,000 acre-feet of water available for conversion to municipal/ industrial use

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Introduction to the Toquop Energy Project

In April 2003, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely Field Office issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Toquop Energy Project, proposed by Toquop Energy, Inc.(Proposed Toquop Land Disposal Amendment to the Caliente Management Framework Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Toquop Energy Project, March 2003). The project analyzed in the 2003 EIS was a 1,100-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired electric power generation plant and associated facilities in Lincoln County in southern Nevada. Toquop Energy, Inc., proposed the project in order to generate electrical power at competitive costs for use by consumers and to meet the needs of forecasted electric load growth.

Since that time, natural gas prices have increased substantially. It is anticipated that they will remain unpredictable and could increase due to higher exploration and development costs. Sithe Global Power, LLC (Sithe), a privately held, independent power company now proposes to construct a 750 MW coal-fired power plant in the same location as the previously proposed natural gas-fired power plant. Newer technology has increased the efficiency of modern coal-fired plants and provides a more stable cost basis for power than natural gas. In addition, the coal-fired power plant would decrease the water use requirements substantially from those of the previously permitted project.

The BLM has determined that, although an EIS for the original gas-fired power plant has been completed, the currently proposed coal-fired power plant has a number of components that are different from the previously proposed gas-fired technology. These differences warrant the preparation and completion of a new EIS.

PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS HELD March 20-23, 2006
Scoping Report now available, click the Project Documents/Presentation tab to view the report.

The BLM held public scoping meetings to understand the scope, or range, of issues related to the Toquop Energy Project that should be evaluated in the EIS. For copies of the meeting presentation and boards, please click the "Project Documents/Presentations" tab. Comments or requests to be added to the project mailing list can be sent to the project team via this web site (click the “Comment on the Project” tab) or you may contact the project managers (click the “Contact Information” tab).

This web site will be updated throughout the project.

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Introduction

The schedule for the Desert Rock Energy Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been revised and is available below. Major milestone dates are as follows:

January - August 2006: Data Gathering and Impact Analysis
September 2006: Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
September 2006: Notice of Availability and Public Hearings
November - December 2006: Final EIS
December 2006 - March 2007: Record of Decision

Additionally, a revised base map and critical path diagram are available below.

Sithe Global Power, LLC proposes to construct a hybrid dry cooled coal-fired electric power-generating plant south of Farmington in northwestern New Mexico, per the project development agreement entered into with Diné Power Authority (DPA), an enterprise of the Navajo Nation. Sithe is a privately held, independent power company located in Houston, Texas. DPA was established as an enterprise by the Navajo Nation Council to promote the Navajo Nation’s development of energy resources. This project represents a substantial economic development for the Navajo Nation.

The location of project facilities is proposed to be on land held in trust by the Federal government for the Navajo Nation; therefore, the project will enter into a long-term land lease with the Navajo Nation that will require the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approval. The BIA approval process is considered a Federal action requiring review under and in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The BIA Navajo Regional Office, serving as the lead Federal agency for compliance with NEPA, has determined that an EIS will be prepared. Under NEPA, actions such as the Desert Rock Energy Project must consider the potential effects on the environment including human, natural, and cultural resources. Questions that typically are considered by agencies during this type of planning process include:

Is there a valid purpose and need for the project?
Have a reasonable range of alternatives been considered?
Is the proposed project consistent with applicable existing regulations and plans?
Will the proposed project cause adverse effects on the human and natural environment?
Is mitigation effective in minimizing impact?
Has the public been informed about the proposed project and had an opportunity to express issues or concerns?
URS Corporation (URS) has been retained to assist BIA in preparing the EIS required under NEPA.

What's New (Updated February, 2006)

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Sithe Global Power, LLC proposes to construct a hybrid dry cooled coal-fired electric power-generating plant south of Farmington in northwestern New Mexico, per the project development agreement entered into with Diné Power Authority (DPA), an enterprise of the Navajo Nation. Sithe is a privately held, independent power company located in Houston, Texas. DPA was established as an enterprise by the Navajo Nation Council to promote the Navajo Nation’s development of energy resources. This project represents a substantial economic development for the Navajo Nation.

The location of project facilities is proposed to be on land held in trust by the Federal government for the Navajo Nation; therefore, the project will enter into a long-term land lease with the Navajo Nation that will require the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approval. The BIA approval process is considered a Federal action requiring review under and in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The BIA Navajo Regional Office, serving as the lead Federal agency for compliance with NEPA, has determined that an EIS will be prepared. Under NEPA, actions such as the Desert Rock Energy Project must consider the potential effects on the environment including human, natural, and cultural resources. Questions that typically are considered by agencies during this type of planning process include:

Is there a valid purpose and need for the project?
Have a reasonable range of alternatives been considered?
Is the proposed project consistent with applicable existing regulations and plans?
Will the proposed project cause adverse effects on the human and natural environment?
Is mitigation effective in minimizing impact?
Has the public been informed about the proposed project and had an opportunity to express issues or concerns?
URS Corporation (URS) has been retained to assist BIA in preparing the EIS required under NEPA.

What's New (Updated February, 2006)

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EG&G was founded by Harold E. Edgerton, Kenneth J. Germeshausen and Herbert E. Grier in 1947 as Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier, Inc. and today bears their initials. In 1931, Edgerton and Germeshausen had formed a partnership to study high-speed photographic and stroboscopic techniques and their applications. Mr. Grier joined them in 1934, and in 1947, EG&G was incorporated.

During World War II, the government's Manhattan Project made use of Edgerton's discoveries to photograph atomic explosions; it was a natural evolution that the company would support the Atomic Energy Commission in its weapons research and development after the war. This work for the Commission provided the historic foundation to the Company's present-day technology base.

Since then, we have broadened our expertise, offering a wide array of technology goods and services that complement our expertise in weapons system design and analysis. In March 2002, EG&G consolidated with Lear Siegler Services, a leader in installations management, logistics support, military equipment maintenance and flight training for military pilots. In August 2002, EG&G was acquired, and became a division of URS Corporation, one of the largest engineering design services firms in the U.S.

The EG&G Division serves a multitude of clients, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Departments of Energy, Defense, Treasury, and Transportation, Defense Logistics Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

We do things that make a measurable difference in the world from our asset management capabilities to supporting the design and development of new weapons systems. EG&G's history of innovation and excellence is the keystone of our past accomplishments and the key to the success of our future.

Today, EG&G supports the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Energy, and other federal agencies.

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Lear Siegler Arabian Company Ltd.

Limited Liability Company
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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According to the DoD., Lear Siegler Services Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded on Aug. 3, 2004, a delivery order amount of $17,000,000 as part of a $68,117,006 time and material contract for inspection and repair to technical manual standards as a reconstitution action for III Corps assigned Family of...

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Welcome to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) NEPA Web Site. The NEPA Web Site provides information regarding DOE NEPA-related activities, including public involvement opportunities. The NEPA Web contains NEPA-related resources, including full-text searchable DOE NEPA Documents, NEPA and Related Requirements and NEPA Guidance, Status and Schedules of DOE NEPA Documents, and Links to other NEPA-related web sites, including the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ's) NEPAnet. You may also contact us if you have questions, comments or suggestions about the content of this Web Site, or want further information about the DOE NEPA process.

Because of the security of some information in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, the Department of Energy (DOE) is limiting access to NEPA documents on this web site. Members of the public cannot access some of the environmental impact statements and environmental assessments on this web site.