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its classification of its interstate waters to the Commission with its
recommendations thereon.

The Commission shall review such classification and recommenda-
tions and accept or return the same with its comments. In the event
of return, the signatory body will consider the comments of the
Commission and re-submit the classification proposal, with or without
amendment, with any additional comments for further action by the
Commission.

It is agreed that after acceptance of such classification, the signa-
tory body through its appropriate state water pollution control
agencies will work to establish programs of treatment of sewage and
industrial wastes which will meet or exceed standards established by
the Commission for classified waters. The Commission may from
time to time make such changes in definitions of classifications and in
standards as may be required by changed conditions or as may be
necessary for uniformity and in a manner similar to that in which
these standards and classifications were originally established.

It is recognized, owing to such variable factors as location, size,
character and flow and the many varied uses of the waters subject to
the terms of this Compact, that no single standard of sewage and
waste treatment and no single standard of quality of receiving waters
is practical and that the degree of treatment of sewage and industrial
wastes should take into account the classification of the receiving
waters according to present and proposed highest use, such as for
drinking water supply, bathing and other recreational purposes,
maintenance and propagation of fish life, industrial and agricultural
uses, navigation and disposal of wastes.

ARTICLE III

For the purpose of dealing with the problems of pollution and of
water and associated land resources in specific areas which directly
affect two or more, but not all, signatory bodies, the Commission may
establish Sections of the Commission consisting of the Commissioners
from such affected signatory bodies, provided, however, that no
signatory body may be excluded from any Section in which it wishes
to participate. The Commissioners appointed by the President of the
United States may participate in any Section. The Commission shall
designate, and from time to time may change, the geographical area
with respect to which each Section shall function. Each Section shall,
to such extent as the Commission may from time to time authorize,
have authority to exercise and perform with respect to its designated
geographical area any power or function vested in the Commission,
and in addition may exercise such other powers and perform such
functions as may be vested in such Section by the laws of any signa-
tory body or by the laws of the United States. The exercise or per-
formance by a Section of any power or function vested in the Com-
mission may be financed by the Commission, but the exercise or per-
formance of powers or functions vested solely in a Section shall be
financed through funds provided in advance by the bodies, including
the United States, participating in such Section.

ARTICLE [HI] IV.

The moneys necessary to finance the Commission in the adminis-
tration of its business in the Conservancy District shall be provided