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Champlain Basin Compact (Consolidated Laws of New York: Environmental Conservation Law; Article 21 Pollution Control Compacts; Title 11)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
New York
Document type
Legislation
Date
1909 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Sub-national agreement Surface water Basin/catchment/watershed Wetlands Sustainable use Policy/planning Inland waters
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Title of the Environmental Conservation Law of New York New adopts the Champlain Basin Compact. It provides that the signatory parties recognize the water and related resources of the Champlain Basin as regional assets vested with local, state and national interests for which they have joint responsibility, and that the conservation, utilization, development, management and control of the water and related resources of the Champlain Basin under a comprehensive multi-purpose plan is essential to provide the greatest benefits for the public welfare. The signatory parties acknowledge that planning and protection are essential in order to assure orderly development, safeguard the values of the area, and preserve the magnificent beauties and amenities of the great boundary sea of Lake Champlain and its environs, and this need is greatest in the areas most subject to the pressures of urbanization, the counties riparian on Lake Champlain and in particular the lake and its immediate environs.

Full text
English
Website
public.leginfo.state.ny.us