Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact and the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee and Flint River Basin Compact: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, December 19, 2001U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 102 pages |
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... natural resources law at the University of Virginia Law School and at George Washington University Law Center . Mr. Muys has had extensive experience in Federal and State water resources matters . He has been involved in litigation ...
... natural resources law at the University of Virginia Law School and at George Washington University Law Center . Mr. Muys has had extensive experience in Federal and State water resources matters . He has been involved in litigation ...
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... Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1984 to 1990 . Mr. Sherk has published a number of scholarly articles and books concerning natural resources issues , and he currently serves as vice chair of the ...
... Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1984 to 1990 . Mr. Sherk has published a number of scholarly articles and books concerning natural resources issues , and he currently serves as vice chair of the ...
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... natural resources within the life - sus- taining confluences of these vast basins that are amongst the most priceless vestiges of the world that we have inherited and this con- t have ring by one of itness sioner . ive tinent of America ...
... natural resources within the life - sus- taining confluences of these vast basins that are amongst the most priceless vestiges of the world that we have inherited and this con- t have ring by one of itness sioner . ive tinent of America ...
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... natural systems will determine the quality of life for years to come for us , and for future generations . As a former member of Congress , it is my sincere belief that this is a rare chance to resolve cooperatively a basinwide manage ...
... natural systems will determine the quality of life for years to come for us , and for future generations . As a former member of Congress , it is my sincere belief that this is a rare chance to resolve cooperatively a basinwide manage ...
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... natural systems . Or , at the worst , short term issues would grow to hold such prominence that widely embraced long - term resource goals would never receive attention or enjoy a common framework for de- bate . Long term stability and ...
... natural systems . Or , at the worst , short term issues would grow to hold such prominence that widely embraced long - term resource goals would never receive attention or enjoy a common framework for de- bate . Long term stability and ...
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ACF River Basin ACT Allocation Agreement ACT and ACF ACT Basin ACT Compact Alabama Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa Allatoona allocation of water Apalachicola Bay approved Article Atlanta metropolitan area authority BARR Bob Barr Buford Dam California Chairman Clean Water Act Committee compact clause comprehensive plan conflict Congress Congressional consent consent legislation Constitution cooperative Corps of Engineers current impressions Delaware Delaware River doctrine draft ACT Allocation DRBC environmental equitable apportionment eral exercise Federal agencies Federal Commissioner federal government Federal interests federal law Federal team flood control Florida Georgia hydropower implementation interstate compacts interstate river interstate water involved issues Lake Allatoona Lake Lanier Lindsay Thomas litigation Member Muys navigable negotiations Newt Gingrich parties programs projects Reclamation requirements Reservoir responsibilities riparian water rights River Basin Compact role Section Sherk Subcommittee supra note Supreme Court Thank United water allocation compacts Water Law water quality water rights water supply
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Page 10 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Page 9 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the. public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.
Page 5 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder...
Page 13 - ... without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water, to the prejudice of other proprietors, above or below him, unless he has a prior right to divert it, or a title to some exclusive enjoyment. He has no property in the water itself, but a simple usufruct while it passes along. Aqua currit et debet currere ut currere solebat is the language of the law.
Page 12 - Such standards shall be such as to protect the public health or welfare, enhance the quality of water and serve the purposes of this Act.
Page 8 - First, that in the absence of specific authority from Congress a State cannot by its legislation destroy the right of the United States, as the owner of lands bordering on a stream to the continued flow of its waters ; so far at least as may l)e necessary for the beneficial uses of the government property.
Page 13 - That whenever a comprehensive plan, or any part or revision thereof, has been adopted with the concurrence of the member appointed by the President, the exercise of any powers conferred by law on any officer, agency or instrumentality of the United States with regard to water and related land resources in the Delaware River Basin shall not substantially conflict with any such portion of such comprehensive plan...
Page 18 - That nothing herein contained shall be construed as affecting or Intending to affect or in any way to interfere with the laws of the respective states relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation or for municipal or other uses, or any vested right acquired therein.
Page 4 - That the Secretary of War is authorized to make contracts with States, municipalities, private concerns, or individuals, at such prices and on such terms as he may deem reasonable, for domestic and industrial uses for surplus water that may be available at any reservoir under the control of the War Department: Provided, That no contracts for such water shall adversely affect then existing lawful uses of such water.