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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1253. Interstate cooperation and uniform laws
(a) The Administrator shall encourage cooperative activities by
the States for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of
pollution, encourage the enactment of improved and, so far as
practicable, uniform State laws relating to the prevention,
reduction, and elimination of pollution; and encourage compacts
between States for the prevention and control of pollution.
(b) The consent of the Congress is hereby given to two or more
States to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts, not in
conflict with any law or treaty of the United States, for (1)
cooperative effort and mutual assistance for the prevention and
control of pollution and the enforcement of their respective laws
relating thereto, and (2) the establishment of such agencies, joint
or otherwise, as they may deem desirable for making effective such
agreements and compacts. No such agreement or compact shall be
binding or obligatory upon any State a party thereto unless and
until it has been approved by the Congress.
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