Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 4.djvu/987

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PUBLIC LAW 101-618—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3303 (J) Unmetered diversion or extraction of water by residences, shall, for the purpose of calculating the amount of California's gross diversion, be conclusively presumed to utilize a gross diversion of four-tenths of one acre-foot per residence per year. (K) For the purposes of this subsection, water inflow and infiltration to sewer lines is not a diversion of water, and such water shall not be charged to California's Truckee River basin allocation, (2) There is additionally allocated to California the amount of water decreed to the Sierra Valley Water Company by judgment in the case of United States of America v. Sierra Valley Water Company, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Civil No. 5597, as limited by said judgment. (8) There is allocated to the State of Nevada all water in excess of the allocations made in paragraphs 204(c)(1) and (2) of this title. (4) The right to water for use on the Pjrramid Lake Indian Reservation in the amounts provided in Claim Nos. 1 and 2 of the Orr Ditch decree is recognized and confirmed. In accordance with and subject to the terms of the Orr Ditch decree and applicable law, the United States, acting for and on behalf of the Pyramid Lake Tribe, and with the agreement of the Pyramid Lake Tribe, or the Pyramid Lake Tribe shall have the right to change points of diversion, place, means, manner, or purpose of use of the water so decreed on the reservation. (d) COMPUANCE.— (1) Compliance with the allocations made by this section and with other provisions of this section applicable to each State shall be assured by each State. With the third quarter following the end of each calendar year, each State shall publish a report of water use providing information necessary to determine compliance with the terms and conditions of this section. (2) The United States District Courts for the Eastern District of California and the District of Nevada shall have jurisdiction to hear and decide any claims by any aggrieved party against the State of California, State of Nevada, or any other party where such claims allege failure to comply with the allocations or any other provision of this section. Normal rules of venue and transfers of cases between Federal courts shall remain in full force and effect. Each State, by accepting the allocations under this section, shall be deemed to have waived any immunity from the jurisdiction of such courts. (e) FORFEITURE OR ABANDONMENT.—The provisions of this section shall not be interpreted to alter or affect the applicability of the law of each State regarding the forfeiture for nonuse or abandonment of any water right established in accordance with State law, nor shall the forfeiture for nonuse or abandonment of water rights under the applicable law of each State affect the allocations to each State made by this title. (f) INTERSTATE TRANSFERS. — (1) Nothing in this title shall prevent the interstate transfer of water or water rights for use within the Truckee River basin, subject to the following provisions: (A) Each such interstate transfer shall comply with all State laws applicable to transfer of water or water rights, Reports. C!ourts. Claims.