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Show DELAWARE RIVERm BASIN COMPACT 157 or other charges as may be necessary to assure revenues at least ade- quate to defray the expenses of operation and maintenance of the said facilities, to pay the interest on and principal of any bonds or other obligations of the Commission, and to establish any reasonable re- serves therefor. "(h) To accept such payments, appropriations, grants, gifts, loans, and other funds, properties, and. services as may be made available to it by the Federal government or any of its agencies, by the govern- ments and political subdivisions of the signatory States, or by private agencies, corporations, or individuals. " (i) To conduct surveys of dam, reservoir, treatment plant, aqueduct, or conduit locations and study subsurface conditions affecting the se- lection of such locations. Members of the Commission and its duly accredited agents, engineers, contractors, and employees may enter upon any lands, structures, and waters within any of the signatory States for such purposes or whenever it is deemed necessary for any of the purposes authorized by this compact, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass or an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. In the exercise of this power, the Com- mission shall save harmless the signatory States from, and be respon- sible to any property owner for, any damage caused by surveys or by entry on lands or any other damage resulting therefrom, and the Commission shall require every contractor or other agency performing work for said Commission to provide security for the faithful per- formance of any contract with the Commission and to save harmless the Commission and the signatory States from damages caused as aforesaid. " (j) To determine the exact locations and character of, to formulate plans for, and to determine all matters in connection with, the con- struction, operation, and maintenance of the dams, reservoirs, and appurtenant structures within the Delaware River Basin for the stor- age and effective regulation of the water resources thereof, and treat- ment plants, aqueducts, conduits, and other facilities deemed neces- sary or convenient to effectuate the structures and facilities described in paragraph 2 of Article I of this compact, and to finance, construct, operate, and maintain such structures and facilities. "(k) To prepare, upon the request of two or more signatory States, or upon its own initiative, in appropriate form for submission to the legislatures of the signatory States, a report covering plans for, and the method of financing of, any new project, or any expansion of the project authorized and described in paragraph 2 of Article I of this compact; and, upon approval of such report by the legislatures of the signatory States and upon approval by the appropriate agency or agencies of the State or States of the detailed plans and specifications, all in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of this compact, to finance, construct, operate and maintain such new or expanded project. "(1) To determine and to allocate, subject to the provisions of para- graph 2 of Article III, to each of the signatory States an equitable apportionment of available water supply in order to meet domestic and industrial requirements of political subdivisions and metropolitan areas therein. |
