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[87 STAT. 570]
PUBLIC LAW 93-000—MMMM. DD, 1973
[87 STAT. 570]

570

PUBLIC LAW 93-152-NOV. 13, 1973

[87 STAT.

" J. The term 'aiinual yield' means the computed amiual gross n m otf from any specified sub-basin which would have passed any certain point on a stream and would have originated within any specified area under natural conditions, without any man-made depletion or accretion during the water year. "K. The term 'pollution' means contamination or other alterations of the physical, chemical, biological or radiological properties of water or the discharge of any liquid, gaseous, or solid substances into any waters which creates, or is likely to result in a nuisance, or which renders or is likely to render the waters into which it is discharged harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety, or welfare, or which is harmful, detrimental or injurious to beneficial uses of the water. "ARTICLE

III

••A. T'he physical and other conditions peculiar to the Arkansas River l^asin constitute the basis of this Compact, and neither of the States hereby, nor the Congress of the United States by its consent hereto, concedes that this Compact established any general principle with respect to any other interstate stream. " B. By this Compact, neither State signatory hereto is relinquishing any interest or right it may have with respect to any waters flowing between them which do not originate in the Arkansas River Basin as defined by this Compact. "ARTICLE

IV

"The States of Arkansas and Oklahoma hereby agree upon the following apportionment of the waters of the Arkansas River Basin; "A. The State of Arkansas shall have the right to develop and use the waters of the Spavinaw Creek Sub-basin subject to the limitation that the annual yield shall not be depleted by more than fifty percent (50%). " B. The State of Arkansas shall have the right to develop and use the waters of the Illinois River Sub-basin subject to the limitation that the annual yield shall not be depleted by more than sixty percent (60%). "C. The St^te of Arkansas shall have the right to develop and use all waters o r i ^ n a t i n g within the Lee Creek Sub-basin in the State of Arkansas, or the equivalent thereof. "D. The State of Oklahoma shall have the right to develop and use all watere originating within the Lee Creek Sub-basin in the State of Oklahoma, or the equivalent thereof. " E. The State of Arkansas shall have the right to develop and use the waters of the Poteau River Sub-basin subject to the limitation that the annual yield shall not be depleted by more than sixty percent (60%). " F. The State of Oklahoma shall have the right to develop and use the waters of the Arkansas River Sub-basin subject to the limitation that the annual yield shall not be depleted by more than sixty percent (60%).