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Show ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT (KANSAS-OKLAHOMA) 15 the total new conservation storage capacities available to Kansas under Article V; provided that a subsequent reinstatement of such storage capacity shall not be charged as an increase in Oklahoma's new con- servation storage capacity. ARTICLE VIII A. In the event of importation of water to a major subbasin of the Arkansas river basin from another river basin, or from another major subbasin within the same state, the state making the importation shall have exclusive use of such imported waters. B. In the event of exportation of water from a major subbasin for use in another major subbasin or for use outside the Arkansas river basin within the same state, the limitations of Articles V and VI on new conservation capacity shall apply against the subbasin from which tfhe exportation is made in the amount of the storage capacity actually used for that purpose within the exporting subbasin or, in the event of direct diversion of water without storage, on the basis of five acre-feet of conservation storage capacity for each acre- foot of water on the average so diverted annually. C. Any reservoir storage capacity which is required for the con- trol and utilization of imported waters shall not be accounted as new conservation storage. D. Should a transbasin diversion of water of the Arkansas river basin be made in one state for the use and benefit of the other state or 'both states, the commission shall! determine a proper accounting of new conservation storage capacities in each state in accordance with the above principles and with the project uses to be made in that state. ARTICLE IX The states of Kansas and Oklahoma mutually agree to: A. The principle of individual state effort to abate man-made pollution within each state's respective borders, and the continuing support of both states in an active pollution-abatement program; B. T(he cooperation of the appropriate state agencies in Kansas and Oklahoma to investigate and abate sources of alleged interstate pollution within the Arkansas river basin whenever such matters are called to their attention by the commission; C. Enter into joint programs for the identification and control of sources of natural pollution within the Arkansas river basin which the commission finds are of interstate significance; D. The principle that neither state may require the other to pro- vide water for the purpose of water-quality control as a substitute for adequate waste treatment; E. Utilize the provisions of the federal water pollution control act in the resolution of any pollution problems which cannot be resolved within the provisions of this compact. ARTICLE X A. There is hereby created an interstate administrative agency to be known as the "Kansas-Oklahoma Arkansas river commission." The commission shall be composed of three commissioners representing |
