PUBLIC LAW 94^03—SEPT. 9, 1976
90 STAT. 1221
Public Law 94-403 94th Congress An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate Sewage Waste Disposal Facilities Compact.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rejrresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate Sewage Waste Disposal Facilities Compact which has been entered into in accordance with the provisions of section 103(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The compact reads as follows: "NEW HAMPSHIRE-VERMONT INTERSTATE SEWAGE AND WASTE DISPOSAL F A C I L I T I E S COMPACT
Sept. 9, 1976 [H.R. 9153]
New HampshireVermont Sewage and Waste Disposal Facihties Compact. Congressional consent. 33 USC 1253.
"ARTICLE I a GENERAL PROVISIONS
"A. STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is recognized that in certain cases municipalities in New Hampshire and Vermont may, in order to avoid duplication of cost and effort, and in order to take advantage of economies of scale, find it necessary or advisable to enter into agreements whereby joint sewage and waste disposal facilities are erected and maintained. The states of New Hampshire and Vermont recognize the value of and need for such agreements, and adopt this compact in order to authorize their establishment. "B. REQUIREMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.—This compact
shall not become effective until approved by the United States Congress. "C. DEFINITIONS.—
"1. 'Sewage and waste disposal facilities' shall mean publiclyowned sewers, interceptor sewers, sewerage facilities, sewage treatment facilities and ancillary facilities whether qualifying for grants in aid under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 33 USC 1281. amended, or not. "2. 'Municipalities' shall mean cities, towns, village districts or other incorporated units of local government possessing authority to construct, maintain and operate sewage and waste disposal facilities and to raise revenue therefor by bonding and taxation, which may legally impose and collect user charges and impose and enforce pretreatment conditions upon users of sewage and waste disposal facilities. "3. 'Water pollution agency' shall mean the agencies within New Hampshire and Vermont possessing regulating authority over the construction, maintenance and operation of sewage and waste disposal facilities and the administration of grants in aid from their respective state and under the Federal Water Pollution Act, as amended, for the 33 USC 1251 note. construction of such facilities. "4. 'Governing body' shall mean the legislative body of the municipality, including, in the case of a town, the town meeting, and, in the case of a city, the city counsel, or the board of mayor and aldermen or any similar body in any community not inconsistent with the intent of this definition.
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