Delaware River Basin Compact
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| Delaware River Basin Compact | |
| Formation date: | 1961 |
| Member jurisdictions: | 4 |
| Issue(s): | Natural resource management |
| Compact website | |
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The Delaware River Basin Compact is an interstate compact among Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The compact established a commission to oversee regulations regarding the Delaware River area. The compact has congressional consent and also includes the federal government as a member of the compact.[1]
Governance
The compact created the Delaware River Basin Commission and granted it the "force of law to oversee a unified approach to managing [the] river system without regard to political boundaries."[2]
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.
See also
External links
- The Council of State Governments - National Center for Interstate Compacts
- Delaware River Basin Compact
- Delaware River Basin Commission
Footnotes
