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

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sous-division territoriale
Vermont
Type du document
Législation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Accord sous-national Risques Inondation Eaux superficielles Eaux continentales Bassin/captage/bassin versant
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

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.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
legislature.vermont.gov