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Show 362 INTERSTATE COMPACTS ARTICLE I A. Where the name of a State is used in this Compact, as a party thereto, it shall be construed to include the individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, districts, administrative departments, bureaus, political subdivisions, agencies, persons, permittees, appro- priators, and all others using, claiming, or in any manner asserting any right to the use of the waters of the Yellowstone Kiver System under the authority of said State. B. Any individual, corporation, partnership, association, district, administrative department, bureau, political subdivision, agency, per- son, permittee, or appropriator authorized by or under the laws of a signatory State, and all others using, claiming, or in any manner as- serting any right to the use of the waters of the Yellowstone Elver System under the authority of said State, shall be subject to the terms of this Compact. Where the singular is used in this article, it shall be construed to include the plural. ARTICLE II A. The State of Montana, the State of North Dakota, and the State of Wyoming are hereinafter designated as "Montana," "North Dakota," and "Wyoming," respectively. B. The terms "Commission" and "Yellowstone River Compact Commission" mean the agency created as provided herein for the administration of this Compact. C. The term "Yellowstone River Basin" means areas in Wyoming. Montana, and North Dakota drained by the Yellowstone River and its tributaries, and includes the area in Montana known as Lake Basin, but excludes those lands lying within Yellowstone National Park. D. The term "Yellowstone River System" means the Yellowstone River and all of its tributaries, including springs and swamps, from their sources to the mouth of the Yellowstone River near Buford, North Dakota, except those portions thereof which are within or contribute to the flow of streams within the Yellowstone National Park. E. The term "Tributary" means any stream which in a natural state contributes to the flow of the Yellowstone River, including interstate tributaries and tributaries thereof, but excluding those which are within or contribute to the flow of streams withm the Yellowstone National Park. F. The term "Interstate Tributaries" means the Clarks Fork, Yel- lowstone River; the Bighorn River (except Little Bighorn River) ; the Tongue River; and the Powder River, whose confluences with the Yellowstone River are respectively at or near the city (or town) of Laurel, Big Horn, Miles City, and Terry, all in the State of Montana. G. The terms "Divert" and "Diversion" mean the taking or remov- ing of water from the Yellowstone River or any tributary thereof when the water so taken or removed is not returned directly into the channel of the Yellowstone River or of the tributary from which it is taken. H. The term "Beneficial Use" is herein defined to be that use by which the water supply of a drainage basin is depleted when usefully- employed by the activities of man. |