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Show Individual states are also making studies along this line. This is a very im- portant problem because it concerns every individual man, woman, and child, as its primary effect is on the public health and on the quality and the quantity of the food supply* That states are taking this matter in hand is evidenced by the fact that in June, 1935* Governor Hoffman of New Jersey signed two bills empowering the State of New Jersey to enter into compacts with the State of New York to control the pollution of adjacent waters, Connecticut was also asked to par- ticipate. Four months later the compact was formally adopted and became ef- fective immediately. Consent was given by the Citron Flood Compact Act of 193&« It is interesting to note that the signatory states agreed to control future pollution throughout the "interstate sanitation district" and "to abate exist- ing pollution." Two classifications of water areas are provided with correspond- ing standards. Areas which are used primarily for recreational purposes, shell- fish culture, or the development of fish life have much stricter standards of sanitation than water areas not used for such purposes. "When the interstate bill was signed, Governor Hoffman said: The signing of the treaty af^er several years of debate is another evidence of the need for interstate cooperation in such matters which was recognized earlier by the creation of the Port Authority. (New York Times, July 3, 1935.) The attitude of the National Resources Board on regulation of inter- state sanrtary problems by the compact method has been thus summarized* The Committee of the National Resources Board makes several definite suggestions for the development of a program of water pollution and control* Federal legislation and federal regulatory authority over the control of water pollution are subject to constitutional restrictions so that the only sphere of action left to the federal government lies in a guiding, stimulating, and advisory capacity* State laws should be changed to implement adequate administrative control; to delegate "bo the administrative agency the power to determine what constitutes pollution and to set limitations; to compel the installation of suit- able works; and to require the provision of facilities that will enable municipalities and industries to comply with the newly enacted Law* As a. means of dealing legislatively with the interstate problems of water utilization, the compact method must be used. Such compacts offer a hopeful means of abating pollution of interstate streams• ("The Best of Drinks," 8 State Government, 226, 227 (Nov., 1935).) Public Utilities Perhaps one of the first instances in which an interstate compact was applied to the regulation of public utilities is the compact which was entered |