18 CFR § 420.45 - Historical use.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s420.45"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "18 CFR § 420.45 - Historical use."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "420.45"
section_name: "Historical use."
chapter_name: "DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL"
part_number: "420"
part_name: "BASIN REGULATIONS—WATER SUPPLY CHARGES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Delaware River Basin Compact, 75 Stat. 688."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 13544, Mar. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "420"
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# 420.45 Historical use.

A person who or which could not for any reason use, take, withdraw or divert waters of the basin from the place in question on March 31, 1971, shall not be entitled to a certificate of entitlement.