Whereas it is recognized that abatement of existing pollution and the controlof future pollution of interstate streams can best be promoted through ajoint agency representing the several states located wholly or in part withinthe area drained by any such interstate stream; and
Whereas the Congress of the United States has given its consent to the statesof Maryland and West Virginia, the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania andVirginia, and the District of Columbia to enter into a compact providing forthe creation of a conservancy district to consist of the drainage basin ofthe Potomac River and the main and tributary streams therein, for the purposeof regulating, controlling, preventing, or otherwise renderingunobjectionable and harmless the pollution of the waters of said Potomacdrainage area by sewage and industrial and other wastes; and
Whereas the regulation, control and prevention of pollution is directlyaffected by the quantities of water in said streams and the uses to whichsuch water may be put, thereby requiring integration and coordination of theplanning for the development and use of the water and associated landresources through cooperation with, and support and coordination of, theactivities of federal, state, local and private agencies, groups, andinterests concerned with the development, utilization and conservation of thewater and associated land resources of the said conservancy district:
Now, therefore, the states of Maryland and West Virginia, the Commonwealthsof Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the District of Columbia, hereinafterdesignated signatory bodies, do hereby create the Potomac Valley ConservancyDistrict, hereinafter designated the Conservancy District comprising all ofthe area drained by the Potomac River and its tributaries; and also, dohereby create, as an agency of each signatory body, the Interstate Commissionon the Potomac River Basin, hereinafter designated the Commission, under thearticles of organization as set forth below.
Article I
The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin shall consist of threemembers from each signatory body and three members appointed by the Presidentof the United States. Said Commissioners, other than those appointed by thePresident, shall be chosen in a manner and for the terms provided by law ofthe signatory body from which they are appointed and shall serve withoutcompensation from the Commission but shall be paid by the Commission theiractual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties.
(A) The Commission shall meet and organize within thirty days after theeffective date of this compact, shall elect from its number a chairman andvice-chairman, shall adopt suitable bylaws, shall make, adopt, and promulgatesuch rules and regulations as are necessary for its management and control,and shall adopt a seal.
(B) The Commission shall appoint and, at its pleasure, remove or dischargesuch officers and legal, engineering, clerical, expert and other assistantsas may be required to carry the provisions of this compact into effect, andshall determine their qualifications and fix their duties and compensation.Such personnel as may be employed shall be employed without regard to anycivil service or other similar requirements for employees of any of thesignatory bodies. The Commission may maintain one or more offices for thetransaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the areaof the signatory bodies.
(C) The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts anddisbursements and shall make an annual report thereof and shall in suchreport set forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by itpursuant to this compact. The Commission, however, shall not incur anyobligations for administrative or other expenses prior to the making ofappropriations adequate to meet the same nor shall it in any way pledge thecredit of any of the signatory bodies. Each of the signatory bodies reservesthe right to make at any time an examination and audit of the accounts of theCommission.
(D) A quorum of the Commission shall, for the transaction of business, theexercise of any powers, or the performance of any duties, consist of at leastsix members of the Commission who shall represent at least a majority of thesignatory bodies; provided, however, that no action of the Commissionrelating to policy or stream classification or standards shall be binding onany one of the signatory bodies unless at least two of the Commissioners fromsuch signatory body shall vote in favor thereof.
Article II
The Commission shall have the power:
(A) To collect, analyze, interpret, coordinate, tabulate, summarize anddistribute technical and other data relative to, and to conduct studies,sponsor research and prepare reports on, pollution and other water problemsof the Conservancy District.
(B) To cooperate with the legislative and administrative agencies of thesignatory bodies, or the equivalent thereof, and with other commissions andfederal, local governmental and nongovernmental agencies, organizations,groups and persons for the purpose of promoting uniform laws, rules orregulations for the abatement and control of pollution of streams and theutilization, conservation and development of the water and associated landresources in the said Conservancy District.
(C) To disseminate to the public information in relation to stream pollutionproblems and the utilization, conservation and development of the water andassociated land resources of the Conservancy District and on the aims, views,purposes and recommendations of the Commission in relation thereto.
(D) To cooperate with, assist, and provide liaison for and among, public andnonpublic agencies and organizations concerned with pollution and other waterproblems in the formulation and coordination of plans, programs and otheractivities relating to stream pollution or to the utilization, conservationor development of water or associated land resources, and to sponsorcooperative action in connection with the foregoing.
(E) In its discretion and at any time during or after the formulationthereof, to review and to comment upon any plan or program of any public orprivate agency or organization relating to stream pollution or theutilization, conservation, or development of water or associated landresources.
(F) (1) To make, and, if needful from time to time, revise and to recommendto the signatory bodies, reasonable minimum standards for the treatment ofsewage and industrial or other wastes now discharged or to be discharged inthe future to the streams of the Conservancy District, and also, forcleanliness of the various streams in the Conservancy District.
(2) To establish reasonable physical, chemical and bacteriological standardsof water quality satisfactory for various classifications of use. It isagreed that each of the signatory bodies through appropriate agencies willprepare a classification of its interstate waters in the District in entiretyor by portions according to present and proposed highest use, and for thispurpose technical experts employed by appropriate state water pollutioncontrol agencies are authorized to confer on questions relating toclassification of interstate waters affecting two or more states. Eachsignatory body agrees to submit its classification of its interstate watersto the Commission with its recommendations thereon.
The Commission shall review such classification and recommendations andaccept or return the same with its comments. In the event of return, thesignatory body will consider the comments of the Commission and resubmit theclassification proposal, with or without amendment, with any additionalcomments for further action by the Commission.
It is agreed that after acceptance of such classification, the signatory bodythrough its appropriate state water pollution control agencies will work toestablish programs of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes which willmeet or exceed standards established by the Commission for classified waters.The Commission may from time to time make such changes in definitions ofclassifications and in standards as may be required by changed conditions oras may be necessary for uniformity and in a manner similar to that in whichthese standards and classifications were originally established.
It is recognized, owing to such variable factors as location, size, characterand flow and the many varied uses of the waters subject to the terms of thiscompact, that no single standard of sewage and waste treatment and no singlestandard of quality of receiving waters is practical and that the degree oftreatment of sewage and industrial wastes should take into account theclassification of the receiving waters according to present and proposedhighest use, such as for drinking water supply, bathing and otherrecreational purposes, maintenance and propagation of fish life, industrialand agricultural uses, navigation and disposal of wastes.
Article III
For the purposes of dealing with the problems of pollution and of water andassociated land resources in specific areas which directly affect two ormore, but not all, signatory bodies, the Commission may establish sections ofthe Commission consisting of the Commissioners from such affected signatorybodies; provided, however, that no signatory body may be excluded from anysection in which it wishes to participate. The Commissioners appointed by thePresident of the United States may participate in any section. The Commissionshall designate, and from time to time may change, the geographical area withrespect to which each section shall function. Each section shall, to suchextent as the Commission may from time to time authorize, have authority toexercise and perform with respect to its designated geographical area anypower or function vested in the Commission, and in addition may exercise suchother powers and perform such functions as may be vested in such section bythe laws of any signatory body or by the laws of the United States. Theexercise or performance by a section of any power or function vested in theCommission may be financed by the Commission, but the exercise or performanceof powers or functions vested solely in a section shall be financed throughfunds provided in advance by the bodies, including the United States,participating in such section.
Article IV
The moneys necessary to finance the Commission in the administration of itsbusiness in the Conservancy District shall be provided through appropriationsfrom the signatory bodies and the United States, in the manner prescribed bythe laws of the several signatory bodies and of the United States, and inamounts as follows:
The pro rata contribution shall be based on such factors as population; theamount of industrial and domestic pollution; and a flat service charge, asshall be determined from time to time by the Commission, subject, however, tothe approval, ratification and appropriation of such contribution by theseveral signatory bodies.
Article V
Pursuant to the aims and purposes of this compact, the signatory bodiesmutually agree:
1. Faithful cooperation in the abatement of existing pollution and theprevention of future pollution in the streams of the Conservancy District andin planning for the utilization, conservation and development of the waterand associated land resources thereof.
2. The enactment of adequate and, insofar as is practicable, uniformlegislation for the abatement and control of pollution and control and use ofsuch streams.
3. The appropriation of biennial sums on the proportionate basis as set forthin Article IV.
Article VI
This compact shall become effective immediately after it shall have beenratified by the majority of the legislatures of the states of Maryland andWest Virginia, the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and by theCommissioners of the District of Columbia, and approved by the Congress ofthe United States; provided, however, that this compact shall not beeffective as to any signatory body until ratified thereby.
Article VII
Any signatory body may, by legislative act, after one year's notice to theCommission, withdraw from this compact.
Whereas it is recognized that abatement of existing pollution and the controlof future pollution of interstate streams can best be promoted through ajoint agency representing the several states located wholly or in part withinthe area drained by any such interstate stream; and
Whereas the Congress of the United States has given its consent to the statesof Maryland and West Virginia, the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania andVirginia, and the District of Columbia to enter into a compact providing forthe creation of a conservancy district to consist of the drainage basin ofthe Potomac River and the main and tributary streams therein, for the purposeof regulating, controlling, preventing, or otherwise renderingunobjectionable and harmless the pollution of the waters of said Potomacdrainage area by sewage and industrial and other wastes; and
Whereas the regulation, control and prevention of pollution is directlyaffected by the quantities of water in said streams and the uses to whichsuch water may be put, thereby requiring integration and coordination of theplanning for the development and use of the water and associated landresources through cooperation with, and support and coordination of, theactivities of federal, state, local and private agencies, groups, andinterests concerned with the development, utilization and conservation of thewater and associated land resources of the said conservancy district:
Now, therefore, the states of Maryland and West Virginia, the Commonwealthsof Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the District of Columbia, hereinafterdesignated signatory bodies, do hereby create the Potomac Valley ConservancyDistrict, hereinafter designated the Conservancy District comprising all ofthe area drained by the Potomac River and its tributaries; and also, dohereby create, as an agency of each signatory body, the Interstate Commissionon the Potomac River Basin, hereinafter designated the Commission, under thearticles of organization as set forth below.
Article I
The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin shall consist of threemembers from each signatory body and three members appointed by the Presidentof the United States. Said Commissioners, other than those appointed by thePresident, shall be chosen in a manner and for the terms provided by law ofthe signatory body from which they are appointed and shall serve withoutcompensation from the Commission but shall be paid by the Commission theiractual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties.
(A) The Commission shall meet and organize within thirty days after theeffective date of this compact, shall elect from its number a chairman andvice-chairman, shall adopt suitable bylaws, shall make, adopt, and promulgatesuch rules and regulations as are necessary for its management and control,and shall adopt a seal.
(B) The Commission shall appoint and, at its pleasure, remove or dischargesuch officers and legal, engineering, clerical, expert and other assistantsas may be required to carry the provisions of this compact into effect, andshall determine their qualifications and fix their duties and compensation.Such personnel as may be employed shall be employed without regard to anycivil service or other similar requirements for employees of any of thesignatory bodies. The Commission may maintain one or more offices for thetransaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the areaof the signatory bodies.
(C) The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts anddisbursements and shall make an annual report thereof and shall in suchreport set forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by itpursuant to this compact. The Commission, however, shall not incur anyobligations for administrative or other expenses prior to the making ofappropriations adequate to meet the same nor shall it in any way pledge thecredit of any of the signatory bodies. Each of the signatory bodies reservesthe right to make at any time an examination and audit of the accounts of theCommission.
(D) A quorum of the Commission shall, for the transaction of business, theexercise of any powers, or the performance of any duties, consist of at leastsix members of the Commission who shall represent at least a majority of thesignatory bodies; provided, however, that no action of the Commissionrelating to policy or stream classification or standards shall be binding onany one of the signatory bodies unless at least two of the Commissioners fromsuch signatory body shall vote in favor thereof.
Article II
The Commission shall have the power:
(A) To collect, analyze, interpret, coordinate, tabulate, summarize anddistribute technical and other data relative to, and to conduct studies,sponsor research and prepare reports on, pollution and other water problemsof the Conservancy District.
(B) To cooperate with the legislative and administrative agencies of thesignatory bodies, or the equivalent thereof, and with other commissions andfederal, local governmental and nongovernmental agencies, organizations,groups and persons for the purpose of promoting uniform laws, rules orregulations for the abatement and control of pollution of streams and theutilization, conservation and development of the water and associated landresources in the said Conservancy District.
(C) To disseminate to the public information in relation to stream pollutionproblems and the utilization, conservation and development of the water andassociated land resources of the Conservancy District and on the aims, views,purposes and recommendations of the Commission in relation thereto.
(D) To cooperate with, assist, and provide liaison for and among, public andnonpublic agencies and organizations concerned with pollution and other waterproblems in the formulation and coordination of plans, programs and otheractivities relating to stream pollution or to the utilization, conservationor development of water or associated land resources, and to sponsorcooperative action in connection with the foregoing.
(E) In its discretion and at any time during or after the formulationthereof, to review and to comment upon any plan or program of any public orprivate agency or organization relating to stream pollution or theutilization, conservation, or development of water or associated landresources.
(F) (1) To make, and, if needful from time to time, revise and to recommendto the signatory bodies, reasonable minimum standards for the treatment ofsewage and industrial or other wastes now discharged or to be discharged inthe future to the streams of the Conservancy District, and also, forcleanliness of the various streams in the Conservancy District.
(2) To establish reasonable physical, chemical and bacteriological standardsof water quality satisfactory for various classifications of use. It isagreed that each of the signatory bodies through appropriate agencies willprepare a classification of its interstate waters in the District in entiretyor by portions according to present and proposed highest use, and for thispurpose technical experts employed by appropriate state water pollutioncontrol agencies are authorized to confer on questions relating toclassification of interstate waters affecting two or more states. Eachsignatory body agrees to submit its classification of its interstate watersto the Commission with its recommendations thereon.
The Commission shall review such classification and recommendations andaccept or return the same with its comments. In the event of return, thesignatory body will consider the comments of the Commission and resubmit theclassification proposal, with or without amendment, with any additionalcomments for further action by the Commission.
It is agreed that after acceptance of such classification, the signatory bodythrough its appropriate state water pollution control agencies will work toestablish programs of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes which willmeet or exceed standards established by the Commission for classified waters.The Commission may from time to time make such changes in definitions ofclassifications and in standards as may be required by changed conditions oras may be necessary for uniformity and in a manner similar to that in whichthese standards and classifications were originally established.
It is recognized, owing to such variable factors as location, size, characterand flow and the many varied uses of the waters subject to the terms of thiscompact, that no single standard of sewage and waste treatment and no singlestandard of quality of receiving waters is practical and that the degree oftreatment of sewage and industrial wastes should take into account theclassification of the receiving waters according to present and proposedhighest use, such as for drinking water supply, bathing and otherrecreational purposes, maintenance and propagation of fish life, industrialand agricultural uses, navigation and disposal of wastes.
Article III
For the purposes of dealing with the problems of pollution and of water andassociated land resources in specific areas which directly affect two ormore, but not all, signatory bodies, the Commission may establish sections ofthe Commission consisting of the Commissioners from such affected signatorybodies; provided, however, that no signatory body may be excluded from anysection in which it wishes to participate. The Commissioners appointed by thePresident of the United States may participate in any section. The Commissionshall designate, and from time to time may change, the geographical area withrespect to which each section shall function. Each section shall, to suchextent as the Commission may from time to time authorize, have authority toexercise and perform with respect to its designated geographical area anypower or function vested in the Commission, and in addition may exercise suchother powers and perform such functions as may be vested in such section bythe laws of any signatory body or by the laws of the United States. Theexercise or performance by a section of any power or function vested in theCommission may be financed by the Commission, but the exercise or performanceof powers or functions vested solely in a section shall be financed throughfunds provided in advance by the bodies, including the United States,participating in such section.
Article IV
The moneys necessary to finance the Commission in the administration of itsbusiness in the Conservancy District shall be provided through appropriationsfrom the signatory bodies and the United States, in the manner prescribed bythe laws of the several signatory bodies and of the United States, and inamounts as follows:
The pro rata contribution shall be based on such factors as population; theamount of industrial and domestic pollution; and a flat service charge, asshall be determined from time to time by the Commission, subject, however, tothe approval, ratification and appropriation of such contribution by theseveral signatory bodies.
Article V
Pursuant to the aims and purposes of this compact, the signatory bodiesmutually agree:
1. Faithful cooperation in the abatement of existing pollution and theprevention of future pollution in the streams of the Conservancy District andin planning for the utilization, conservation and development of the waterand associated land resources thereof.
2. The enactment of adequate and, insofar as is practicable, uniformlegislation for the abatement and control of pollution and control and use ofsuch streams.
3. The appropriation of biennial sums on the proportionate basis as set forthin Article IV.
Article VI
This compact shall become effective immediately after it shall have beenratified by the majority of the legislatures of the states of Maryland andWest Virginia, the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and by theCommissioners of the District of Columbia, and approved by the Congress ofthe United States; provided, however, that this compact shall not beeffective as to any signatory body until ratified thereby.
Article VII
Any signatory body may, by legislative act, after one year's notice to theCommission, withdraw from this compact.
Whereas it is recognized that abatement of existing pollution and the controlof future pollution of interstate streams can best be promoted through ajoint agency representing the several states located wholly or in part withinthe area drained by any such interstate stream; and
Whereas the Congress of the United States has given its consent to the statesof Maryland and West Virginia, the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania andVirginia, and the District of Columbia to enter into a compact providing forthe creation of a conservancy district to consist of the drainage basin ofthe Potomac River and the main and tributary streams therein, for the purposeof regulating, controlling, preventing, or otherwise renderingunobjectionable and harmless the pollution of the waters of said Potomacdrainage area by sewage and industrial and other wastes; and
Whereas the regulation, control and prevention of pollution is directlyaffected by the quantities of water in said streams and the uses to whichsuch water may be put, thereby requiring integration and coordination of theplanning for the development and use of the water and associated landresources through cooperation with, and support and coordination of, theactivities of federal, state, local and private agencies, groups, andinterests concerned with the development, utilization and conservation of thewater and associated land resources of the said conservancy district:
Now, therefore, the states of Maryland and West Virginia, the Commonwealthsof Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the District of Columbia, hereinafterdesignated signatory bodies, do hereby create the Potomac Valley ConservancyDistrict, hereinafter designated the Conservancy District comprising all ofthe area drained by the Potomac River and its tributaries; and also, dohereby create, as an agency of each signatory body, the Interstate Commissionon the Potomac River Basin, hereinafter designated the Commission, under thearticles of organization as set forth below.
Article I
The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin shall consist of threemembers from each signatory body and three members appointed by the Presidentof the United States. Said Commissioners, other than those appointed by thePresident, shall be chosen in a manner and for the terms provided by law ofthe signatory body from which they are appointed and shall serve withoutcompensation from the Commission but shall be paid by the Commission theiractual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties.
(A) The Commission shall meet and organize within thirty days after theeffective date of this compact, shall elect from its number a chairman andvice-chairman, shall adopt suitable bylaws, shall make, adopt, and promulgatesuch rules and regulations as are necessary for its management and control,and shall adopt a seal.
(B) The Commission shall appoint and, at its pleasure, remove or dischargesuch officers and legal, engineering, clerical, expert and other assistantsas may be required to carry the provisions of this compact into effect, andshall determine their qualifications and fix their duties and compensation.Such personnel as may be employed shall be employed without regard to anycivil service or other similar requirements for employees of any of thesignatory bodies. The Commission may maintain one or more offices for thetransaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the areaof the signatory bodies.
(C) The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts anddisbursements and shall make an annual report thereof and shall in suchreport set forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by itpursuant to this compact. The Commission, however, shall not incur anyobligations for administrative or other expenses prior to the making ofappropriations adequate to meet the same nor shall it in any way pledge thecredit of any of the signatory bodies. Each of the signatory bodies reservesthe right to make at any time an examination and audit of the accounts of theCommission.
(D) A quorum of the Commission shall, for the transaction of business, theexercise of any powers, or the performance of any duties, consist of at leastsix members of the Commission who shall represent at least a majority of thesignatory bodies; provided, however, that no action of the Commissionrelating to policy or stream classification or standards shall be binding onany one of the signatory bodies unless at least two of the Commissioners fromsuch signatory body shall vote in favor thereof.
Article II
The Commission shall have the power:
(A) To collect, analyze, interpret, coordinate, tabulate, summarize anddistribute technical and other data relative to, and to conduct studies,sponsor research and prepare reports on, pollution and other water problemsof the Conservancy District.
(B) To cooperate with the legislative and administrative agencies of thesignatory bodies, or the equivalent thereof, and with other commissions andfederal, local governmental and nongovernmental agencies, organizations,groups and persons for the purpose of promoting uniform laws, rules orregulations for the abatement and control of pollution of streams and theutilization, conservation and development of the water and associated landresources in the said Conservancy District.
(C) To disseminate to the public information in relation to stream pollutionproblems and the utilization, conservation and development of the water andassociated land resources of the Conservancy District and on the aims, views,purposes and recommendations of the Commission in relation thereto.
(D) To cooperate with, assist, and provide liaison for and among, public andnonpublic agencies and organizations concerned with pollution and other waterproblems in the formulation and coordination of plans, programs and otheractivities relating to stream pollution or to the utilization, conservationor development of water or associated land resources, and to sponsorcooperative action in connection with the foregoing.
(E) In its discretion and at any time during or after the formulationthereof, to review and to comment upon any plan or program of any public orprivate agency or organization relating to stream pollution or theutilization, conservation, or development of water or associated landresources.
(F) (1) To make, and, if needful from time to time, revise and to recommendto the signatory bodies, reasonable minimum standards for the treatment ofsewage and industrial or other wastes now discharged or to be discharged inthe future to the streams of the Conservancy District, and also, forcleanliness of the various streams in the Conservancy District.
(2) To establish reasonable physical, chemical and bacteriological standardsof water quality satisfactory for various classifications of use. It isagreed that each of the signatory bodies through appropriate agencies willprepare a classification of its interstate waters in the District in entiretyor by portions according to present and proposed highest use, and for thispurpose technical experts employed by appropriate state water pollutioncontrol agencies are authorized to confer on questions relating toclassification of interstate waters affecting two or more states. Eachsignatory body agrees to submit its classification of its interstate watersto the Commission with its recommendations thereon.
The Commission shall review such classification and recommendations andaccept or return the same with its comments. In the event of return, thesignatory body will consider the comments of the Commission and resubmit theclassification proposal, with or without amendment, with any additionalcomments for further action by the Commission.
It is agreed that after acceptance of such classification, the signatory bodythrough its appropriate state water pollution control agencies will work toestablish programs of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes which willmeet or exceed standards established by the Commission for classified waters.The Commission may from time to time make such changes in definitions ofclassifications and in standards as may be required by changed conditions oras may be necessary for uniformity and in a manner similar to that in whichthese standards and classifications were originally established.
It is recognized, owing to such variable factors as location, size, characterand flow and the many varied uses of the waters subject to the terms of thiscompact, that no single standard of sewage and waste treatment and no singlestandard of quality of receiving waters is practical and that the degree oftreatment of sewage and industrial wastes should take into account theclassification of the receiving waters according to present and proposedhighest use, such as for drinking water supply, bathing and otherrecreational purposes, maintenance and propagation of fish life, industrialand agricultural uses, navigation and disposal of wastes.
Article III
For the purposes of dealing with the problems of pollution and of water andassociated land resources in specific areas which directly affect two ormore, but not all, signatory bodies, the Commission may establish sections ofthe Commission consisting of the Commissioners from such affected signatorybodies; provided, however, that no signatory body may be excluded from anysection in which it wishes to participate. The Commissioners appointed by thePresident of the United States may participate in any section. The Commissionshall designate, and from time to time may change, the geographical area withrespect to which each section shall function. Each section shall, to suchextent as the Commission may from time to time authorize, have authority toexercise and perform with respect to its designated geographical area anypower or function vested in the Commission, and in addition may exercise suchother powers and perform such functions as may be vested in such section bythe laws of any signatory body or by the laws of the United States. Theexercise or performance by a section of any power or function vested in theCommission may be financed by the Commission, but the exercise or performanceof powers or functions vested solely in a section shall be financed throughfunds provided in advance by the bodies, including the United States,participating in such section.
Article IV
The moneys necessary to finance the Commission in the administration of itsbusiness in the Conservancy District shall be provided through appropriationsfrom the signatory bodies and the United States, in the manner prescribed bythe laws of the several signatory bodies and of the United States, and inamounts as follows:
The pro rata contribution shall be based on such factors as population; theamount of industrial and domestic pollution; and a flat service charge, asshall be determined from time to time by the Commission, subject, however, tothe approval, ratification and appropriation of such contribution by theseveral signatory bodies.
Article V
Pursuant to the aims and purposes of this compact, the signatory bodiesmutually agree:
1. Faithful cooperation in the abatement of existing pollution and theprevention of future pollution in the streams of the Conservancy District andin planning for the utilization, conservation and development of the waterand associated land resources thereof.
2. The enactment of adequate and, insofar as is practicable, uniformlegislation for the abatement and control of pollution and control and use ofsuch streams.
3. The appropriation of biennial sums on the proportionate basis as set forthin Article IV.
Article VI
This compact shall become effective immediately after it shall have beenratified by the majority of the legislatures of the states of Maryland andWest Virginia, the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and by theCommissioners of the District of Columbia, and approved by the Congress ofthe United States; provided, however, that this compact shall not beeffective as to any signatory body until ratified thereby.
Article VII
Any signatory body may, by legislative act, after one year's notice to theCommission, withdraw from this compact.
