Sabine River Compact Administration Annual Report: 2007 Page: 94
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APPENDIX E
RULES AND REGULATIONS
The following rules and regulations, adopted December 13, 1955, and amended June
14, 1985, shall have binding force, subject to the provisions of the Sabine River Compact.
They shall be constructed and enforced by the Sabine River Compact Administration in the
manner best calculated to fairly and impartially accomplish the purposes for which the
Compact was adopted:
1. Each State will provide annual surface water-use data for the stateline reach of
the Sabine River Basin by April 15 of the following year. In addition, each
State will provide daily or weekly surface water-use data for specific areas in
the Stateline reach, when requested by the Administration in response to an
official complaint that water-use by one State is preventing the other State
from diverting or using its share of the joint water supply.
2. By December 31, 1985 each signatory State shall have submitted to the
Administration documentation of each existing water use from the Sabine
River and tributaries within the area subject to Compact administration. The
documentation for each water-use project shall include the purpose of use, the
location of the diversion point, the rate and method of diversion, the maximum
quantity of water to be derived annually, the measuring device approved
and/or in use, any other pertinent features or special conditions of the project
and, where available, a description of the legal bases for the water use
authorization. This documentation shall also be provided to the other State.
3. The Administration, through the procedures described herein, shall approve
points of diversion and diversion measuring devices, and advise each State
when the Administration considers new water uses in each State to have
significant potential to cause a Compact violation based upon historic flow
conditions.
a. All water-use projects in Texas or Louisiana initiated after the effective
date of these rules or not timely submitted pursuant to Rule No. 2 above
and subject to Compact Administration, shall be submitted by the
appropriate State to the Administration for review. The information
submitted shall include a description of the legal basis for the water use,
the purpose of use, the location of the diversion point, the rate and
method of diversion, the maximum quantity of water to be diverted
annually, the measuring device approved and/or in use, and any other
pertinent features or special conditions of the project.
b. The water-use projects first shall be reviewed by the Secretary of the
Administration. The Secretary will determine if all required information
has been submitted by the State in which the project is located and will
provide all such information to the other State for comments. Comments
by the other State shall be submitted to the Secretary, with a copy to the94
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