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Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact
Apportions the surface waters of the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin. Creates the ACT Basin Commission to administer apportionment, promote interstate comity, engage in water planning, and developing and sharing common databases.
Animas-La Plata Project Compact
Provides for storage and diversion of water from the Animas and La Plata River systems in Colorado and New Mexico for utilization in the Animas La Plata Federal Reclamation Project.
Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact
Apportions the surface waters of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin. Creates the ACF Basin Commission to administer apportionment, promote interstate comity, engage in water planning, and developing and sharing common databases.
Arkansas River Basin Compact
The Arkansas River Basin Compact of 1970 promotes interstate comity between the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma by providing for an equitable apportionment of the waters of the Arkansas River between the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma and to promote the orderly development thereof; provides an agency for administering the water apportionment agreed to herein; encourages the maintenance of an active pollution abate- ment program in each of the two states and to seek the further reduction of both natural and man-made pollution in the waters of the Arkansas River Basin; and facilitates the cooperation of the water administration agencies of the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma in the total development and management of the water resources of the Arkansas River Basin.
Arkansas River Compact of 1949
The Arkansas River Compact of 1949 settles existing disputes and removes causes of future controversy between the states of Colorado and Kansas, and between citizens of one and citizens of the other states, concerning the waters of the Arkansas river and their control, conservation and utilization for irrigation and other beneficial purposes. The compact also equitably divides and apportions between the states of Colorado and Kansas the waters of the Arkansas river and their utilization as well as the benefits arising from the construction, operation and maintenance by the United States of John Martin Reservoir Project for water conservation purposes.
Arkansas River Compact of 1965
The Arkansas River Compact of 1965 apportions the waters of the Arkansas River Basin; establishes a commission to administer the agreement and encourages further pollution-abatement programs in the river basin.
Bear River Compact
Apportions the waters of the Bear River and establishes a commission to administer the compact among Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Also allocated new blocks of water for future development in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.
Belle Fourche River Compact
Apportions the waters of the Belle Fourche River with particular emphasis on administering public water supplies in South Dakota and Wyoming.
Big Blue River Compact
Establishes a commission to promote interstate comity and equitably apportion the waters in the Big Blue River basin to promote orderly development of water resources and to continue active water pollution abatement programs in the party states. Provisions of the compact are administered by existing agencies in signatory states.
Canadian River Compact
Establishes a commission to allocate and apportion waters of the Canadian River in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas and to perform all functions required by the compact either independently or in cooperation with ap¬propriate government agencies and to make and transmit annual reports to the governors and to the president on the commission's activities for the preceding year.
Chesapeake Bay Commission
The Chesapeake Bay Commission is a tri-state legislative advisory group created in 1980 and composed of 21 legislators, executive branch appointees and citizens from Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The purpose of the commission is to advise the state legislatures on matters of concern regarding the restoration and management of Chesapeake Bay. The commission is also a signatory to the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement along with the governors of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, the mayor of the District of Columbia and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. In that capacity, the commission is obligated to move forward initiatives of the multi-jurisdictional Chesapeake Bay Program.
Colorado River Compact
Apportions the waters of the Colorado River Basin. Con¬gress authorized seven states in 1921 to negotiate the compact. Six of them ratified the compact promptly, but Arizona did not join until 1944. An amendment was adopted in 1925 to waive the requirement that all seven states approve. Congress accepted the revision in the 1928 Boulder Canyon Project Act, which however, re¬quired California's approval. California approved the amended compact in 1929.
Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Compact
Establishes a commission to provide for financial reim¬bursement by downstream states for economic losses to political subdivisions in which flood control reser¬voirs are located. Commissioners have exercised more responsibility recently in keeping abreast of activities along the river which affect flood control.
Costilla Creek Compact
Apportions the waters of Costilla Creek in Colorado and New Mexico and creates the necessary administrative structure. In 1963 both states and Congress approved an amendment perfecting further utilization of the interstate waters.
Delaware River Basin Compact
Establishes a commission as a regional multipurpose water resources regulatory agency. The United States is a party to the compact as well as having granted congressional consent to the agreement among states.
Great Lakes Basin Compact
Establishes a commission to advise and make recommendations to the member states concerning regional water resources matters. These including comprehensive water use, economic develop¬ment, and maintenance of a high quality environment.
Great Lakes-St.Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact
The purpose of the Great Lakes-St.Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact is to bring together states in order to protect, conserve, restore, improve and effectively manage the Waters and Water Dependent Natural Resources of the Basin under appropriate arrangements for intergovernmental cooperation and consultation because current lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to protect the Basin Ecosystem; to remove causes of present and future controversies; to provide for cooperative planning and action by the Parties with respect to such Water resources; to facilitate consistent approaches to Water management across the Basin while retaining State management authority over Water management decisions within the Basin; to facilitate the exchange of data, strengthen the scientific information base upon which decisions are made and engage in consultation on the potential effects of proposed Withdrawals and losses on the Waters and Water Dependent Natural Resources of the Basin; to prevent significant adverse impacts of Withdrawals and losses on the Basin's ecosystems and watersheds; to promote interstate and State-Provincial comity; and to promote an Adaptive Management approach to the conservation and management of Basin Water resources, which recognizes, considers and provides adjustments for the uncertainties in, and evolution of, scientific knowledge concerning the Basin's Waters and Water Dependent Natural Resources.
Jennings Randolph Lake Project Compact
Agreement between Maryland and West Virginia with the concurrence of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the management, planning, operation, and maintenance of the Jennings Randolph Lake Project in Mineral County, West Virginia, and Garrett County, Maryland. Provides for concurrent jurisdiction between West Virginia, Maryland and the Corps to enforce civil and criminal laws of these states concerning natural resources, boating, and other regulations over the land and waters of the project.
Kansas-Missouri Flood Prevention and Control Compact
Establishes a commission to plan and coordinate flood prevention and control efforts in Johnson, Wyandotte and Atchison counties in Kansas; Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Buchanan counties in Missouri.
Klamath River Compact
Establishes a commission to promote comprehensive development, conservation and control of the resources of the Klamath River, and to foster interstate comity between California and Oregon.
La Plata River Compact
Apportions the waters of the La Plata River between Colorado and New Mexico, and creates a joint commission to administer the compact.
Merrimack River Flood Control Compact
The principal purposes of this compact are: (a) to promote interstate comity among and between the signatory states; (b) to provide adequate storage capacity for impounding the waters of the Merrimack River and its tributaries for the protection of life and property from floods; and (c) to provide a joint or common agency through which the signatory states, while promoting, protecting and preserving to each the local interest and sovereignty of the respective signatory states, may more effectively cooperate in accomplishing the object of flood control and water resources utilization in the basin of the Merrimack River and its tributaries.
New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate Public Water Supply Compact
Agreement whereby joint public water supply facilities are erected and maintained.
Pecos River Compact
Establishes a commission to administer provisions of the compact and apportion the waters of the Pecos River between New Mexico and Texas
Potomac Valley Compact
Establishes the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) to cooperatively preserve water quality and to conserve water and related land resources of the Potomac River Basin. ICPRB is a non-regulatory agency that promotes water quality and related land protection among the Potomac Basin states through watershed-based approaches. In 1979, the Commission created the Cooperative Water Supply operations on the Potomac (CO OP), which provides water usage forecasts and coordinates water manage¬ment of the Upper Potomac Reservoirs and with the operations of the water utilities in the Washington metropolitan area.
Red River Compact
Congress, in 1955, granted consent to Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas to negotiate a compact providing for an equitable apportionment among them of the waters of the Red River and its tributaries.
Republican River Compact
Establishes an agency to provide for the most efficient use of the waters of the Republican River Basin for multiple purposes and to provide for an equitable divi¬sion of those waters among the party states. Provisions of the compact are administered by existing agencies of signatory states.
Rio Grande Compact
Establishes the Rio Grande Com¬mission to administer the compact and to apportion the waters of the Rio Grande River between Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.
Sabine River Compact
Establishes a commission to apportion the waters of the Sabine River and to plan, develop and conserve the water resources of the river basin in Louisiana and Texas.
Snake River Compact
Apportions the waters of the Snake River and directs that the compact be administered through the official in each state (Idaho and Wyoming) who is responsible for public water supplies and the collection of necessary data.
South Platte River Compact
Establishes a commission to apportion the waters of the South Platte River between Colorado and Nebraska.
Susquehanna River Basin Compact
Establishes a federal interstate administrative commission to engage in comprehensive planning, development, and management of water and related resources of the Susquehanna River Basin. The commission has promulgated regulations regarding consumptive uses of water, groundwater withdrawals and water conserva¬tion. The commission expects to add regulations on surface water withdrawals exceeding 100,000 gpd. and registration of water withdrawals exceeding 10,000 gpd. The U.S. government is a full member of the com¬pact.
Thames River Flood Control Compact
Establishes a commission to administer the compact and promotes the cooperation in flood control and in the use of water resources of the Thames River Basin.
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
Establishes a commission to administer apportionment of the waters of the Upper Colorado River Basin System and to promote agricultural and industrial development.
Upper Niobrara River Compact
Apportions the waters of the Upper Niobrara River Basin and the groundwaters common to Nebraska and Wyom¬ing.
Wabash Valley Compact
The party states find that the Wabash Valley has suffered from a lack of comprehensive planning for the optimal use of its human and natural resources and that under-utilization and inadequate benefits from its potential wealth are likely to continue until there is proper organization to encourage and facilitate coordinated development of the Wabash Valley as a region and to relate its agricultural, industrial, commercial, recreational, transportation, development and other problems to the opportunities in the Valley. To this end it is the purpose of the party states to recognize and provide for such development and coordination and to establish an agency of the party states with powers sufficient and appropriate to further regional planning for the Valley.
Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention District Compact
Establishes a commission for the purpose of ad¬ministering programs of flood control and preservation of natural resources and recreational facilities in the Wheeling Creek watershed.
Yellowstone River Compact
Establishes a commission to apportion the waters of the Yellowstone River among Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming.