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Rules and Regulations for Administration of the YRCC

Detailed Description

A compact, known as the Yellowstone River Compact, between the
States of Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota, having become effective
on October 30, 1951, upon approval of the Congress of the
United States, which apportions the waters of certain interstate
tributaries of the Yellowstone River which are available after the
appropriative rights existing in the States of Wyoming and Montana
on January 1, 1950 are supplied, and after appropriative rights to
the use of necessary supplemental water are also supplied as
specified in the Compact, is administered under the following rules
and regulations subject to the provisions for amendment revision or
abrogation as provided herein.

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