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,: "':; Reach 5 - Red River - Denison to Ark.-La. State Line

a. ProDosal discu~sed 25 January 1965.

"1. The States of Arkansas, , and shall have the free and unrestricted use of the >Taters in that part of a tributary or subtributary of the Red River lyinS ~Iithin each respective State above any dam now constructed or nOH authorized for construction by the Federal Government in the respective State and on that tributary • oI""lrt@tlill>UUWY •

(Note that restrictions, or agreements, to protect Federal projects are assumed to be set forth elsewhere in the Compact.) ';..:. ".: "2. Naintenance of a minimum flo\{ in Red River at the Arkansas-Louisiana State Line shall be provided for as necessary by . ' . .~~.;~,'~ releasing from the reservoirs in the P~d RiVer basin beloH Denison Dam, and including , a total of not more than 200. cfs whenever the rate of flow at the Arkansas-Louisiana State Line is less than 1,000 cfs. The States of Arkansa:;, Ok l,,:iOma , and Texas shall De responsible for their proportion."}te sh .. n"c: c.f tbe releases on the following percentages of the flo,·, requ:[r'eroc'.1: of up to 200 cfs:

Arkansas 19 ;~('!rcant

Oklahoma 47 ~,(,rcent

Texas 3'+ f,crcent

"3. All \'latet'1S r,~lc,~scd or Sl)i.l:'cd on any tributary of :::::::::: the Red River below Denison Dam ::orom the mos": dOHnstream dam noW constructed or authorized for construc,ion by the Federal Government on that tributary and all Haters releesed or spilled from Lake Texoma, shall not be diverted before said water passes the Arkansas-Louisiana State Line, except that: (a) fu"ly water released or discharged from storage in a reservoir which has been paid for or purchased by a State or local interest shall remain the property of said State or local interest and said entity shall have the use of this water; and (b) each of the States of Arka~sas, Oklahoma, and Texas shall have the right of diversion for beneficial use of flows of the Red River in the amounts of 150,000 acre­ feet pel' year by Arkansas, 150,000 acre-feet per year by Oklahoma, and 150,000 acre-feet per year by Texas, subject to (1) maintaining the minimum flo\{s· described in paragraph 2. hereinabove; (2) the provision that water removed from the main stem of the Red River below Denison Dam .-;?-:;,I~ .. ::,~ shall not be exported from the Red RiVer Basin; and (3) the provision that the rate of removal of water from the Red River by each State shall ~: not exceed cubic feet per second." :-- ..