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the Bear Kiver crosses the Wyoming-Utah State line east of Woodruff, Utah, to the point where the Bear Kiver crosses the Utah-Wyoming State line northeast of Randolph, U t a h; "9. 'Lower Wyoming Section Diversions' means the sum of all diversions in second-feet from the Bear River main stem from the point where the Bear River crosses the Utah-Wyoming State line northeast of Randolph to and including the diversion at Pixley D a m; "10. 'Commission' means the Bear River Commission, organized pursuant to Article III of this Compact; "11. 'Water user' means a person, corporation, or other entity having a right to divert water from the Bear River for beneficial use; "12. 'Second-foot' means a flow of one cubic foot of water per second of time passing a given point; "13. 'Acre-foot' means the quantity of water required to cover one acre to a depth of one foot, equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet; "14. 'Biennium' means the 2-year period commencing on July 1 of the first odd numbered year after the effective date of this Compact and each 2-year period thereafter; "15. 'Water year' means the period beginning October 1 and ending September 30 of the following year; "16. 'Direct flow' means all water flowing in a natural watercourse except water released from storage or imported from a source other than the Bear River watershed; "17. 'Border Gaging Station' means the stream flow gaging station in Idaho on the Bear River above Thomas Fork near the WyomingIdaho boundary line in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 14 South, Range 46 East, Boise Base and Meridian, I d a h o; "18. 'Smiths Fork' means a Bear River tributary which rises in Lincoln County, Wyoming and flows in a general southwesterly direction to its confluence with Bear River near Cokeville, Wyoming; "19. 'Grade Creek' means a Smiths Fork tributary which rises in Lincoln County, Wyoming and flows in a westerly direction and in its natural channel is tributary to Smiths Fork in Section 17, Township 25 North, Range 118 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming; "20. 'Pine Creek' means a Smiths Fork tributary which rises in Lincoln County, Wyoming, emerging from its mountain canyon in Section 34, Township 25 North, Range 118 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, and in its natural channel is tributary to Smiths Fork in Section 36, Township 25 North, Range 119 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming; "21. 'Bruner Creek' and 'Pine Creek Springs' means Smiths Fork tributaries which rise in Lincoln County, Wyoming, in Sections 31 and 32, Township 25 North, Range 118 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, and in their natural channels are tributary to Smiths Fork in Section 36, Township 25 North, Range 119 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming; "22. 'Spring Creek' means a Smiths Fork tributary which rises in Lincoln County, Wyoming, in Sections 1 and 2, Township 24 North, Range 119 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, and flows in a general westerly direction to its confluence with Smiths Fork in Section 4, Township 24 North, Range 119 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming; "23. 'Sublette Creek' means the Bear River tributary which rises in Lincoln County, Wyoming and flows in a general westerly direction to its confluence with Bear River in Section 20, Township 24 North, Range 119 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, AVyoming; "24. 'Hobble Creek' means the Smiths Fork tributary which rises in Lincoln County, Wyoming and flows in a general southwesterly
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