California–Nevada Interstate Compact California and Nevada After thirteen years of negotiations between the two states (begun in 1955), the joint California–Nevada Interstate Compact Commission approved a provisional Interstate Compact in July 1968 for the division of the waters of Lake Tahoe, and the Truckee, Carson, and Walker rivers. This provisional compact, with some modification, was eventually ratified by both states (California in September 1970 and Nevada in March 1971). The compact created the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) to oversee land-use planning and environmental issues within the Lake Tahoe Basin. However, the compact was never ratified by Congress which would have made it law. A major issue of contention was a phrase in the compact which stated that the use of waters by the federal government, its agencies, instrumentalities, or wards was to be against the use by the state in which it is made. This limitation, combined with new court interpretations of the federal reserved water rights (Winters Doctrine), waters required for Pyramid Lake fish species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and public trust doctrine issues combined to derail Congressional approval. Even so, both states chose to implement its terms under individual state legislation. With respect to the Lake Tahoe Basin, the compact provided for a maximum annual gross diversion from all sources of 34,000 acre-feet, of which California was allocated 23,000 acre-feet per year and Nevada 11,000 acre-feet per year.
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