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Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact
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| Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact | |
| Formation date: | 1958 |
| Member jurisdictions: | 3 |
| Issue(s): | Pollution control |
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The Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact is an interstate compact between Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and has congressional consent. The compact was created to reduce pollution in the Tennessee River Basin, and to establish a commission to meet those ends.[1][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. The following version is from Kentucky.
See also
External links
- The Council of State Governments - National Center for Interstate Compacts
- Fish and Wildlife Service - Interstate compacts
Footnotes
