43 CFR § 4120.3-9 - Water rights for the purpose of livestock grazing on public lands.

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title: "43 CFR § 4120.3-9 - Water rights for the purpose of livestock grazing on public lands."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "4120.3-9"
section_name: "Water rights for the purpose of livestock grazing on public lands."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "RANGE MANAGEMENT (4000)"
part_number: "4100"
part_name: "GRAZING ADMINISTRATION—EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "43 U.S.C. 315, 315a-315r, 1181d, 1740."
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# 4120.3-9 Water rights for the purpose of livestock grazing on public lands.

Any right that the United States acquires to use water on public land for the purpose of livestock watering on public land will be acquired, perfected, maintained, and administered under the substantive and procedural laws of the state within which such land is located.

[71 FR 39505, July 12, 2006]