Tri-State Sanitation Compact
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| Tri-State Sanitation Compact | |
| Formation date: | 1935 |
| Member jurisdictions: | 3 |
| Issue(s): | Waste management; Water pollution |
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The Tri-State Sanitation Compact is an interstate compact among Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. The compact also has congressional consent. It created a commission that would manage pollution in the major bodies of water in the tri-state area, while also working to reduce other forms of pollution.[1]
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
- Tri-State Sanitation Compact
Footnotes
