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Connecticut River Flood Control Compact (Vermont Statutes: Title 10 Conservation and Development; Chapter 45)

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Subdivisión territorial
Vermont
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2018
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Agua
Palabra clave
Acuerdo subnacional Peligros Inundación Aguas superficiales Aguas continentales Cuenca/área de captación/cuenca colectora
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

This chapter of the Vermont Statutes adopts the Connecticut River Flood Control Compact entered into among the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and States of Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont. The principal purposes of this compact are: (a) to promote interstate comity among and between the signatory states; (b) to assure adequate storage capacity for impounding the waters of the Connecticut River and its tributaries for the protection of life and property from flood; (c) to provide a joint or common agency through which the signatory states, while promoting, protecting and preserving to each the local interest and sovereignty of the respective signatory states, may more effectively cooperate in accomplishing the object of flood control and water resources utilization in the basin of the Connecticut River and its tributaries.

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Página web
legislature.vermont.gov