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PUBLIC LAW 93-152-NOV. 13, 1973

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Public Law 93-152 AN ACT

November 13, 1973

To grant the consent of the United States to the Arkansas River Basin compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma.



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Arkansas River Congress is hereby given to the Arkansas River Basin compact, Arkansa°s'^okial Arkansas-Oklahoma. 1970, as ratified by the States of Arkansas and noma, 1970. Oklahoma as follows: „?°r'^"* °' """"• ,..

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"The major purposes of this C^ompact are: "A. To promote interstate comity between the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma; "B. To provide 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; "C. To provide an agency for administering the water apportionment agreed to herein; "D. To encourage the maintenance of an active pollution abatement 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 " E. To facilitate 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. "ARTICLE

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"As used in this Compact: "A. The term 'State' means either State signatory hereto and shall be construed to include any person or persons, entity or agency of either State who, by reason of official responsibility or by designation of the Governor of that State, is acting as an official representative of that State. " B. The term 'Arkansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Compact Commission,' or the term 'Commission' means the agency created by this Compact for the administration thereof. "C. The term 'Arkansas River Basin' means all of the drainage basin of the Arkansas River and its tributaries from a point immediately below the confluence of the Grand-Neosho River with the Arkansas River near Muskogee, Oklahoma, to a point immediately below the confluence of Lee Creek with the Arkansas River near Van Buren, Arkansas, together with the drainage basin of Spavinaw Creek in Arkansas, but excluding that portion of the drainage basin of the Canadian River above Euf aula Dam. "D. The term 'Spavinaw Creek Sub-basin' means the drainage area of Spavinaw Creek in the State of Arkansas. " E. The term 'Illinois River Sub-basin' means the drainage area of Illinois River in the State of Arkansas. " F. The term 'Lee Creek Sub-basin' means the drainage area of Lee Creek in the State of Arkansas and the State of Oklahoma. "G. The term 'Poteau River Sub-basin' means the drainage area of Poteau River in the State of Arkansas. " H. The term 'Arkansas River Sub-basin' means all areas of the Arkansas River Basin except the four sub-basins described above. " I. The term 'water-year' means a twelve-month period beginning on October 1, and ending September 30.

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