Examples of Basin States in a sentence
Letter from Colorado River Basin States Representatives of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming to Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, September 8, 2020.
The Authority must consult the Commonwealth and other Basin States in relation to such an agreement.
The strategy, and any substantive amendments to the strategy, must be prepared in consultation with the Basin States and the public.
Mainstream waters are defined in Article X of the 1975 Joint Declaration as ‘a resource of common interest not subject to major unilateral appropriation by any riparian State without prior approval by the other Basin States through the Committee’.
U.S. Lower Basin States: Intentionally Created Surplus Balance, 2010-2020 Source: Figure by CRS, based on data from Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado River Accounting and Water Use Report, Calendar Years 2010-2020, at https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/wtracct.html.
Upon such a consideration, the Secretary shall consult with the Basin States to discuss further measures that may be undertaken.
The Secretary shall first consult with all the Basin States before making any substantive modification to these Guidelines.
Any decision by the Secretary to increase the amounts in excess of the amounts provided in these Guidelines would be based on actual operating experience and would require modification of these Guidelines after consultation with the Basin States.
Colorado and five other Basin States (New Mexico abstained from joining) were granted permission to intervene.
Such action shall be performed, to the greatest extent practicable, with advance consultation and coordination with the Upper Division States, through the Commission, and following consultation with the Governors’ Representatives of the Colorado River Basin States consistent with the Companion Agreement.