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Show DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMPACT 103 comprehensive plan incorporate any separate plans of other public and private organizations operating in the basin, and permit the decentralized administration thereof; (d) Qualify as a sponsoring agency under any federal legislation heretofore or hereafter enacted to provide financial or other assistance for the planning, conservation, utilization, development, management or control of water resources. 3.10 Advisory Committees. The commission may constitute and empower advisory committees, which may be comprised of repre- sentatives of the public and of federal, state, county and municipal governments, water resources agencies, water-using industries, water- interest groups, labor and agriculture. ARTICLE 4 WATER SUPPLY Section 4.1 Generally. The commission shall have power to de- velop, implement and effectuate plans and projects for the use of the water of the basin for domestic, municipal, agricultural and industrial water supply. To this end, without limitation thereto, it may provide for, construct, acquire, operate and maintain dams, reservoirs and other facilities for utilization of surface and ground water resources, and all related structures, appurtenances and equip- ment on the river and its tributaries and at such off-river sites as it may find appropriate, and may regulate and control the use thereof. 4.2 Storage and Release of Waters. (a) The commission shall have power to acquire, operate and con- trol projects and facilities for the storage and release of waters, for the regulation of flows and supplies of surface and ground waters of the basin, for the protection of public health, stream quality control, economic development, improvement of fisheries, recreation, dilution and abatement of pollution, the prevention of undue salinity and other purposes. (b) No signatory party shall permit any augmentation of flow to be diminished by the diversion of any water of the basin during any period in which waters are being released from storage under the direction of the commission for the purpose of augmenting such flow, except in cases where such diversion is duly authorized by this compact, or by the commission pursuant thereto, or by the judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction. 4.3 Assessable Improvements. The commission may undertake to provide stream regulation in the main stream or any tributary in the basin and may assess on an annual basis or otherwise the cost thereof upon water users or any classification of them specially benefited thereby to a measurable extent, provided that no such assessment shall exceed the actual benefit to any water user. Any such assess- ment shall follow the procedure prescribed by law for local improve- ment assessments and shall be subject to judicial review in any court of competent jurisdiction. |