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<br />RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
<br />ADMINISTRATION OF THE RIO GRANDE COMPACT
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<br />A Compact, known as the Rio Grande Compact, between
<br />the States of Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, having become
<br />effective on May 31, 1939 by consent of the Congress of the
<br />United States, which equitably apportions the waters of the
<br />Rio Grande above Fort Quitman and permits each State to
<br />develop its water resOurces at will, subject only to its
<br />obligations to deliver water in accordance with the sched-
<br />ules set forth in the Compact, the following Rules and
<br />Regulations have been adopted for its administration by the
<br />Rio Grande Compact Commission; to be and remain in force
<br />and effect on~y so long as the same may be satisfactory to
<br />each and all members of the Commission, and provided always
<br />that on the objection of any member of the Commission, in
<br />writing, to the remaining two members of the Commission
<br />after a period of sixty days from the date of such objec-
<br />tion, the sentence, paragraph or any portion or all of
<br />these rules to which any such objection shall be made,
<br />shall stand abrogated and shall thereafter have no further
<br />force and effect; it being the intent and purpose of the
<br />Commission to permit these rules to obtain and be effective
<br />only so long as the same may be satisfactory to each and
<br />all of the Commissioners.
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<br />GAGING STATIONS Ll
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<br />Responsibility for the equipping, maintenance and
<br />operation of the stream gaging stations and reservoir gaging
<br />stations required by the provisions of Article II of the
<br />Compact shall be divided among the signatory States as
<br />follows:
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<br />(a) Gaging stations on streams and reservoirs in the
<br />Rio Grande Basin above the COlorado-New Mexico boundary
<br />shall be equipped, maintained, and operated by Colorado in
<br />cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey.
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<br />(b) Gaging stations on streams and reservoirs in the
<br />Rio Grande Basin below Lobatos and above Caballo Reservoir
<br />shall be equipped, maintained and operated by New Mexico in
<br />cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey to the extent
<br />that such stations are not maintained and operated by some
<br />other Federal Agency.
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<br />(c) Gaging stations on Elephant Butte Reservoir and on
<br />Caballo Reservoir, and the stream gaging stations on the
<br />Rio Grande below those reservoirs shall be equipped,
<br />maintained and operated by or on behalf of Texas through
<br />the agency of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
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<br />Ll Amended at Eleventh Annual Meeting, February 23, 1950.
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