Surface acres definition
Surface acres means the number of acres within each respective tract.
Surface acres means the horizontal area in acres associated with the water surface in an impoundment when filled to the maximum capacity.
Surface acres means the horizontal area in acres associated with the water surface in an impoundment when filled to the maximum capacity. 53. "Transfer" means (verb) to authorize a person to use all or any part of the Tribal Water Right through a service contract, lease, or other similar agreement of limited duration; (noun) a service contract, lease, or other similar agreement of limited duration authorizing the use of all or any part of the Tribal Water Right. 54. "Tribal Water Resources Department" or "TWRD" means the Chippewa Cree Tribal Water Resources Department, or any successor agency. 55. "Tribal Water Right" means the right of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation to divert, use, or store water as described by Article III of this Compact. 56. "Tribe" means the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation and all officers, agents and departments thereof. 57. "United States" means the federal government and all officers, agencies, departments, and political subdivisions thereof. 58. "Upper Big Sandy ▇▇▇▇k Drainage" means the sub-basin of Big Sandy ▇▇▇▇k Basin containing the reach of Big Sandy ▇▇▇▇k from its headwaters to its confluence with Box Elder Creek, as shown in Appendix 6. 59. "Volcanic Bedrock Aquifer" means those Tertiary igneous rock units that are sufficiently permeable to conduct groundwater and to yield water to wells ▇▇▇ springs as shown in USGS Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-234, "Preliminary General Geologic Map of the Laredo Quadrangle, Bearpaw Mountains, Montana," and Map I-235, "Preliminary Geologic Map of the Centennial Mountain Quadrangle, Bearpaw Mountains, Montana," and shown as surface outcrop in Appendix 11.