[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8625-8626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4248]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Reservation of Colorado River Water for Use on 
Federally Owned Facilities and Lands in the State of Nevada

    Pursuant to the authority contained in the Boulder Canyon Project 
Act, dated December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057), as amended or 
supplemented; Section 301(b) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, 
dated September 30, 1968 (82 Stat. 887); and consistent with the 
Supreme Court Opinion of June 3, 1963 (373 U.S.C. 546); the Supreme 
Court Decree of March 9, 1964, in Arizona v. California et al. (376 
U.S. 340), as supplemented January 9, 1979 (439 U.S. 419) and April 16, 
1984 (466 U.S. 144); and Contract No. 7-07-30-W0004 between the United 
States and the State

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of Nevada, dated March 2, 1992, which was assigned to the Southern 
Nevada Water Authority on December 29, 1995, notice is given that there 
is hereby reserved to the United States out of the waters of the 
Colorado River the annual diversion of up to 300 acre-feet as a part of 
the seventh priority category to be used in Nevada at Federal 
facilities or on Federal lands adjacent to the Colorado River. The use 
of the water is for domestic purposes which include water drinking 
fountains, landscaping, restrooms, and other related domestic uses. The 
primary use of water is at Hoover Dam and its visitor facility as 
authorized in the Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928, as amended or 
supplemented.
    In times of shortage, the quantity of Colorado River water 
available for delivery under this reservation will be accorded equal 
priority with other holders in the seventh priority category within the 
State of Nevada.
    The aforesaid reservation of water is subject to:
    (a) The provisions of the Colorado River Compact signed in Santa 
Fe, New Mexico, November 24, 1922;
    (b) The provisions of the Boulder Canyon Project Act of December 
21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057), as amended or supplemented;
    (c) The provisions of the Supreme Court Opinion, dated June 3, 1963 
(373 U.S. 546), and the Supreme Court Decree of March 9, 1964, in 
Arizona v. California et al. (376 U.S. 340), as supplemented January 9, 
1979 (439 U.S. 419) and April 16, 1984 (466 U.S. 144);
    (d) The provisions of the Mexican Water Treaty, signed in 
Washington, DC, February 3, 1944, and Minute 242 of the International 
Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, dated August 
30, 1973;
    (e) The provisions of Section 301(b) of the Colorado River Basin 
Project Act of September 30, 1968 (82 Stat. 887); and
    (f) Contract No. 7-07-30-W0004, dated March 2, 1992.
    The aforesaid reservation of water does not preclude the United 
States from exercising its authority under Section 1 of the Boulder 
Canyon Project Act, dated December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057), as amended 
or supplemented.
    For further information, you may contact Mr. Steven C. Hvinden, 
Water Administration Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, in writing, at 
P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, Nevada 89006, or by telephone at 702-293-
8536.

    Dated: November 9, 1998.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-4248 Filed 2-19-99; 8:45 am]
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