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PUBLIC LAW 92-308-JUNE 2, 1972

Public Law 92-308 AN ACT To consent to the Kansas-Nebraska Big Blue River Compact.

June 2, 1972 [H. R. 8116]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress Nib^aska'si Blue consents to the Kansas-Nebraska Big Blue River Compact which is RivJ^compa^ct. " substantially as follows: consent of Congress.

" K A N S A S - N E B R A S K A B I G B L U E R IV E R COMPACT uPREAMBLE "The State of Kansas and the State of Nebraska, acting through their duly authorized Compact representatives, Keith S. Krause for the State of Kansas and Dan S. Jones, Jr., for the State of Nebraska, after negotiations participated in by Elmo W. McClendon, appointed by the President as the representative of the United States of America, and in accordance with the consent to such negotiations granted by an Act of Congress of the United States of America, approved June 3, 1960, Public Law 489, 86th Congress, 2nd Session, have agreed that the major purposes of this Compact concerning the waters of the Big Blue River and its tributaries are: "A. To promote interstate comity between the States of Nebraska and Kansas; "B. To achieve an equitable apportionment of the waters of the Big Blue River Basm between the two States and to promote orderly development thereof; and "C. To encourage continuation of the active pollution-abatement programs in each of the two States and to seek further reduction in both natural and man-made pollution of the waters of the Big Blue River Basin. "To accomplish these purposes, the said States have agreed as set forth in the following Articles. " 'ARTICLE I — DEFINITIONS

" 'As used in this Compact: " '1.1 The term "State" shall mean either State signatory hereto, and it shall be construed to include any person, entity, or agency of either State who, by reason of official responsibility or by designation of the Governor of the State, is acting as an official representative of the State; " '1.2 The term "Kansas-Nebraska Big Blue River Compact Administration," or the term "Administration," means the agency created by this Compact for the administration thereof; " '1.3 The term "Big Blue River Basin" means all of the drainage basin of the Big Blue and Little Blue Rivers in Nebraska and Kansas downstream to the confluence of the Big Blue River with the Kansas River near Manhattan, Kansas; " '1.4 The term "Big Blue River Basin in Nebraska" means all of the drainage basin of the Big Blue River in Nebraska and is exclusive of the drainage basin of the Little Blue River in Nebraska; " '1.5 The term "minimum mean daily flow" means the minimum mean flow for any one calendar day; " '1.6 The term "pollution" means contamination or other undesirable alteration of any of the physical, chemical, biological, radiological, or thermal properties of the waters of the basin, or the discharge into the waters of the basin of any liquid, gaseous, or solid substances

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