Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Compact
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| Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Compact | |
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| Formation date: | 1953 |
| Member jurisdictions: | 4 |
| Issue(s): | Water resources and flood control |
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The Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Compact is an interstate compact among Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont that allows the member states to cooperatively address flood control and water resource management issues in the Connecticut River basin and its tributaries. It also provides financial reimbursement to local jurisdictions for losses incurred by hosting the flood control facilities. The compact is congressionally consented.[1][2]
History
The Flood Control Act of 1936 granted the federal government jurisdiction over the country's rivers and tributaries, and the Flood Control Act of 1944 granted managerial oversight of water development projects to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The New England Division of the Corps maintains and operates flood control dams, dykes, pumping stations, and recreational facilities situated along the Connecticut River.[3][4]
Because the federal government assumes ownership of the land on which these facilities are sited, local governments lose the tax revenue the land would have otherwise generated. This fact in addition to other hardships faced by the communities that host the facilities, led to the adoption of the Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Compact in 1953.[4]
This compact, unlike the Jennings Randolph Lake Project Compact, does not transfer maintenance responsibility to the states. Instead, it provides a mechanism through which states that house flood control facilities are reimbursed by states further up-stream and down-stream that benefit from them.[4]
Governance
The compact established the Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission to enact the compact. It is composed of three commissioners from each member state and is tasked with:[4]
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Text of the compact
The legislature of each member state passes the laws with certain modifications, but the core of the legislation remains the same.
Contact information
Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission
P.O. Box 511
Greenfield, MA 01302
Phone: 413-772-2020 x 204
Email: staff@crvfcc.org
See also
External links
- The Council of State Governments - National Center for Interstate Compacts
- Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Compact
- Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission
Footnotes
- ↑ National Center for Interstate Compacts, "Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Compact," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Questions for nominee to Connecticut River Valley Flood Commission," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Fish and Wildlife Service.gov, "Flood control act of 1944," accessed June 24, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Compact, accessed July 1, 2011
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
