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Show 228 INTERSTATE COMPACTS the sanitary condition prevailing in the waters of the river immedi- ately below said boundary at flood tide. ARTICLE IX 1. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to repeal or prevent the enactment of any legislation or the enforcement of any require- ment by any signatory State imposing any additional conditions and restrictions to further lessen or prevent the pollution of waters within its jurisdiction. ARTICLE X 1. Subject to the provisions of this compact, the commission, as soon as may be after its organization, after an investigation and after conducting public hearings upon due notice, shall by order prescribe the reasonable date on or before which each municipality or other entity discharging sewage into the designated waters within the dis- trict shall be treating such sewage in accordance with the standards specified in this compact. Such order may prescribe that certain spe- cific progress shall be made at certain definite times prior to the final date fixed in such order. It is the desire of all parties to accomplish the objects herein set forth with the least possible injury to investments which have already been made in the construction of sewage-treatment plants within the district, and where changes or additions to such plants would be nec- essary to conform to the standards herein adopted, a reasonable time to effect such changes or additions may, in the discretion of the com- mission, be granted. ARTICLE XI 1. Each of the signatory States agrees that it will prohibit the pollution of the said waters within the district in accordance with the several articles of this compact, and that it will enact suitable and adequate legislation which will accomplish effectively the objects of this compact and which will enable its officers, departments, boards, and agents to accomplish satisfactorily the obligations and duties assumed by the State under the terms of this compact; and it is further agreed that the courts of the several States shall have juris- dicion2 to enforce as against any person, corporation, municipality, or other entity or any employee, department, or subdivision of the respective signatory States any and all provisions of this compact. The commission shall have authority to investigate and determine if the requirements of the compact and/or the orders of the com- mission pursuant thereto are complied with and if satisfactory prog- ress has not been made, to bring action in its own name in the proper court or courts to compel the enforcement of any and all of the provi- sions of this compact, and/or the orders of the commission pursuant thereto. ARTICLE XII 1. In order that future pollution be controlled and existing pollu- tion be abated with the greatest possible economy and efficiency, the commission shall cooperate and advise with the respective State 2 So in original. |
