§ 1556. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1556]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 32--COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT
SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1556. Definitions
As used in this chapter, (a) all terms which are defined in the
Colorado River Compact shall have the meanings therein defined;
(b) ``Main stream'' means the main stream of the Colorado River
downstream from Lee Ferry within the United States, including the
reservoirs thereon;
(c) ``User'' or ``water user'' in relation to main stream water in
the lower basin means the United States or any person or legal entity
entitled under the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in
Arizona against California, and others (376 U.S. 340), to use main
stream water when available thereunder;
(d) ``Active storage'' means that amount of water in reservoir
storage, exclusive of bank storage, which can be released through the
existing reservoir outlet works;
(e) ``Colorado River Basin States'' means the States of Arizona,
California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;
(f) ``Western United States'' means those States lying wholly or in
part west of the Continental Divide; and
(g) ``Augment'' or ``augmentation'', when used herein with reference
to water, means to increase the supply of the Colorado River or its
tributaries by the introduction of water into the Colorado River system,
which is in addition to the natural supply of the system.
(Pub. L. 90-537, title VI, Sec. 606, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 901.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 16 section 228h.
