56 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 29

necessary to secure adequate information on the character and con-
dition of the streams of the Conservancy District as they now exist
or may be affected by the future discharge of sewage and industrial
and other wastes into the said stream J

C (c) ] (b) To co-operate with the legislative and administrative
agencies of the signatory bodies, or the equivalent thereof, and with
other [interested] commissions and [similar organizations] federal,
local governmental and non-governmental agencies, organizations,
groups and persons for the purpose of promoting uniform laws, rules
or regulations for the abatement and control of pollution of streams
and the utilization, conservation and development of the water and
associated land resources in the said Conservancy District.

[ (d) To disseminate to the public information on the aims and
purposes of the Commission and on the harmful and uneconomical
results of stream pollution, through the issuance of bulletins, cir-
culars, correspondence, literature and reports.

(e) To co-operate with other organizations engaged in fact-finding
and research activities on the treatment of sewage and industrial
wastes or other wastes, and if deemed advisable, to institute and
conduct such research and fact-finding activities. ]

(c) To disseminate to the public information in relation to stream
pollution problems and the utilization, conservation and development
of the water and associated land resources of the Conservancy Dis-
trict and on the aims, views, purposes, and recommendations of the
Commission in relation thereto.

(d) To cooperate with, assist, and provide liaison for and among,
public and non-public agencies and organizations concerned with
pollution and other water problems in the formulation and coordina-
tion of plans, programs and other activities relating to stream pollu-
tion or to the utilization, conservation or development of water or
associated land resources, and to sponsor cooperative action in con-
nection with the foregoing.

(e) In its discretion and at any time during or after the formula-
tion thereof, to review and to comment upon any plan or program of
any public or private agency or organization relating to stream
pollution or the utilization, conservation or development of water or
associated land resources.

(f) (1) To make and, if needful from time to time, revise and to
recommend to the signatory bodies, reasonable [, ] minimum stan-
dards for the treatment of sewage and industrial or other wastes
now discharged or to be discharged in the future to the streams of
the Conservancy District, and also [, ] for cleanliness of the various
streams in the Conservancy District.

(2) To establish reasonable physical, chemical and bacteriological
standards of water quality satisfactory for various classifications of
use. It is agreed that each of the signatory bodies through appropriate
agencies will prepare a classification of its interstate waters in the
District in entirety or by portions according to present and proposed
highest use, and for this purpose technical experts employed by
appropriate state water pollution control agencies are authorized
to confer on questions relating to classification of interstate waters
affecting two or more states. Each signatory body agrees to submit