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PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 7 3 4 - A U G. 23, 1958
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Public Law 85-734 AN ACT Granting the consent and approval of Congress to the Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent and approval of Congress is given to the Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact, as hereinafter set out. Such compact reads as follows: " T E N N E S S E E R IV E R BASIN W A T E R P O L L U T I O N CONTROL COMPACT "ARTICLE I
"The purpose of this Compact is to promote effective control and reduction of pollution in the waters of the Tennessee River Basin through increased cooperation of the states of the Basin, coordination of pollution control activities and programs in the Basin, and the establishment of a joint interstate commission to assist in these efforts. "ARTICLE
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"The party states hereby create the 'Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control (Commission', hereinafter referred to as the 'Commission', which shall be an agency of each party state with the powers and duties set forth herein, and such others as shall be conferred upon it by the party states or by the Congress of the United States concurred in by the party states. "ARTICLE
III
"A. The party states hereby create the 'Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control District', hereinafter called the 'District', which consists of the area drained by the Tennessee River and its tributaries. "B. From time to time the Commission may conduct surveys of the Basin, study the pollution problems of the Basin, and make comprehensive reports concerning the prevention or reduction of water pollution therein. The Commission may draft and recommend to the parties hereto suggested legislation dealing with the pollution of waters within the Basin or any portion thereof. Upon request of a state water pollution control agency, and in a manner agreed upon by such agency and the Commission, the Commission shall render advice concerning the various governments, communities, municipalities, persons, corporations or other entities with regard to particular problems connected with the pollution of waters. The Commission shall present to the appropriate officials of any government or agency thereof its recommendations relating to enactments to be made by any legislature in furthering the intents and purposes of this Article. The Commission, upon request of a member state or upon its own instance may, after proper study, and after conducting public hearings, recommend minimum standards of water quality to be followed in the several areas of the District. "ARTICLE
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"The Commission shall consist of three Commissioners from each state, each of whom shall be a resident voter of such state. The
Aiigust 23, 1958 [H. R. 6701]
B^slnwaur'^plnution control Com^c^ongressionai consent.
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