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Show 162 INTERSTATE COMPACTS reservoirs to maintain a minimum flow in the Delaware River, as measured at the stream gaging station at Trenton, New Jersey, of at least 4,800 cubic feet per second. The intent and purpose of the re- quirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Article are to provide for ia flow at all times of at least 4,000 cubic feet per second, or at least 4,800 cubic feet per second, as the case may_ be, from the nontidal sec- tion of the Delaware River above Trenton into the tidal section of the Delaware River below Trenton. Accordingly, the requirement for a flow of at least 4,000 cubic feet per second, or at least 4,800 cubic feet per second, at Trenton may be reduced by the Commission in such a manner as to carry out this intent and purpose in the event the Com- mission is called upon to utilize a part of the waters which would other- wise flow in the Delaware River a-t Trenton as a source of water supply for the City of Philadelphia and other political subdivisions and metropolitan areas in the greater Philadelphia-South Jersey area which are situated wholly within the Delaware River Basin. "ARTICLE X----HYDROELECTRIC POWER AND ENERGY "In the exercise of its power to develop, or to provide for the develop- ment of, hydroelectric power and energy, no water shall be used in addition to the water which would otherwise be developed and used by the Commission for water supply and for water required to be released from storage in order to maintain an adequate minimum flow in the Delaware River during periods of low flow therein. The Commission shall not engage in the transmission and distribution of power and energy except for its own use. "ARTICLE XI----FORMULATION AND APPROVAL OF PLANS "1. Upon the request of two or more signatory States, or upon its own initiative, the Commission shall prepare, in appropriate form for sub- mission to the legislatures of the signatory States, a report covering plans for, and the methool of financing, any new project, or any expan- sion of the project authorized and described in paragraph 2 of Article I of this compact, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such dams, reservoirs, and appurtenant structures within the Delaware River Basin, and such treatment plants, aqueducts, conduits, and other facilities, as may be required to effectuate the purposes of this compact. "2. Prior to the submission of any such report to the legislatures of the signatory States the Commission shall: "(a) Conduct investigations in such manner as to give appropriate consideration and weight to the interrelation of the proposed project wTith projects and programs of other agencies, public and private, federal, interstate, state, and local, concerning the development, uti- lization, control and conservation of the water resources of the Dela- ware River Basin. "(b) Transmit a copy of its tentative draft of a report concerning any proposed project to the following agencies, or their respective suc- cessors, for the purpose of affording such agencies an opportunity to submit to the Commission, within ninety days from the date of receipt of such tentative draft, written statements of their views and recom- mendations regarding any such project: Water Pollution Control |