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Show TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN COMPACT 329 trol agencies will work to establish programs of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes which will meet standards established by the Commission for classified waters. The Commission may from time to time make such changes in definitions of classifications and in standards as may be required by changed conditions or as may be necessary for uniformity and in a manner similar to that in which these standards and classifications were originally established. ARTICLE VIII A. A state pollution control agency of any party state may certify to the Commission an alleged violation of the Commission's stand- ards of quality of water entering said state. Upon such certification the Commission may call a hearing at which the appropriate state pollution agencies shall be represented. If the Commission finds a violation has occurred, is occurring or is likely to recur, it shall make recommendations as to the manner of abatement of the pollution to the appropriate water pollution control agency of the party state within which the violation has occurred, is occurring or is likely to recur. In the event that Commission recommendations made pur- suant to the preceding provisions of this Article do not result in com- ?liance within a reasonable time, the Commission may, after such urther investigation if any as is deemed necessary and proper and after a hearing held in the state where a violation occurs or has oc- curred, issue an order or orders upon any municipality, person, cor- poration or other entity within said party state violating provisions of this Compact by discharging sewage or industrial wastes into the waters of the District which flow through, into or border upon any party state. Such order or orders may prescribe the date on or before which such discharge shall be wholly or partially discontinued, modi- fied or treated or otherwise disposed of. The dommission shall give reasonable and proper notice in writing of the time and place of the hearing to the municipality, person, corporation or other entity against which such order is proposed except that when the Commis- sion shall find that a public health emergency exists, it may issue such an order pending hearing. In all such instances, the hearing shall be promptly held and the order shall be withdrawn, modified or made permanent within thirty days after hearing. No order pre- scribing the date on or before which such discharge shall be wholly or partially discontinued, modified or treated or otherwise disposed of shall go into effect upon a municipality, person, corporation or other entity in any state unless and until it receives the approval of a ma- jority of the Commissioners from each of not less than a majority of the party states, provided that such order receives the assent of not less than a majority of the Commissioners from such state. B. It shall be the duty of the municipality, person, corporation or other entity within a party state to comply with any such order against it or him by the Oommission, and any court of competent jurisdiction in any of the party states shall have jurisdiction, by mandamus, injunction, specific performance or other form of remedy, to enforce any such order against any municipality, person, corpo- ration or other entity domiciled, located or doing business within such state; provided, however, such court may review the order and affirm, 94_497-69------22 |