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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 7402. Cooperative activities
(a) Interstate cooperation; uniform State laws; State compacts
The Administrator shall encourage cooperative activities by the
States and local governments for the prevention and control of air
pollution; encourage the enactment of improved and, so far as
practicable in the light of varying conditions and needs, uniform
State and local laws relating to the prevention and control of air
pollution; and encourage the making of agreements and compacts
between States for the prevention and control of air pollution.
(b) Federal cooperation
The Administrator shall cooperate with and encourage cooperative
activities by all Federal departments and agencies having functions
relating to the prevention and control of air pollution, so as to
assure the utilization in the Federal air pollution control program
of all appropriate and available facilities and resources within
the Federal Government.
(c) Consent of Congress to compacts
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 air
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 or 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 Congress. It is the intent of
Congress that no agreement or compact entered into between States
after November 21, 1967, which relates to the control and abatement
of air pollution in an air quality control region, shall provide
for participation by a State which is not included (in whole or in
part) in such air quality control region.
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