Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 4.djvu/988

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104 STAT, 3304 PUBLIC LAW 101-618-NOV. 16, 1990 including but not limited to State laws regulating change in point of diversion, place of use, and purpose of use of water, except that such laws must apply equally to interstate and intrastate transfers. (B) Use of water so transferred shall be charged to the allocation of the State wherein use of water was being made prior to the transfer. (C) Subject to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, in addition to the application of State laws intended to prevent injury to other lawful users of water, each State may, to the extent authorized by State law, deny or condition a proposed interstate transfer of water or water rights having a source within the Truckee River basin where the State agency responsible for administering water rights finds, on the basis of substantial evidence that the transfer would have substantial adverse impacts on the environment or overall economy of the area from which the use of the water or water right would be transferred. (D) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the jurisdiction of any court to review any action taken pursuant to this paragraph. (2) The jurisdiction of the Alpine court to administer, inter alia, interstate transfers of water or water rights on the Carson River under the Alpine decree, pursuant to jurisdiction reserved therein, including any amendment or supplement thereto, is confirmed. Each State may intervene of right in any proceeding before the Alpine court wherein the reserved jurisdiction of that court is invoked with respect to an interstate transfer of water or water rights, and may report to the court findings or decisions concerning the proposed change which have been made by the State agency responsible for administering water rights under any State law applicable to transfers or change in the point of diversion, purpose of use, or place of use of water. (3) This subsection shall not be construed to authorize the State of California or the State of Nevada to deny or condition a transfer application made by the United States or its agencies if such denial or conditioning would be inconsistent with any clear congressional directive. (g) USE OF WATER BY THE UNITED STATES. —Use of water by the United States of America or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or by any Indian Tribe shall be charged to the allocation of the State wherein the use is made, except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) of this section. (h) COURT DECREES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as modifying or terminating any court decree, or the jurisdiction of any court. (i) PLACE OF USE TO DETERMINE ALLOCATION.— Water diverted or extracted in one State for use in the other shall be charged to the allocation under this section of the State in which the water is used, except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) of this section. (j) APPLICABILITY OF STATE LAW.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the applicability of State law or procedures to the water allocated to the States hereunder. SEC. 205. TRUCKEE RIVER WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT. (a) OPERATING AGREEMENT. —