1052                                        LAMS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch.

EMERGENCY AREA FOR ANY PURPOSE IN EXCESS OF SUCH
QUANTITIES, AT SUCH TIMES, AND FROM SUCH SOURCES AS
THE COMMISSION MAY PRESCRIBE BY REGULATION OR
AUTHORIZE BY SPECIAL PERMIT; EXCEPT THAT THE FOREGOING
SHALL NOT APPLY WITHIN A PROTECTED AREA TO A
DIVERSION, WITHDRAWAL OR USE OF WATER AUTHORIZED,
PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS COMPACT AND NOT
THEREAFTER REVOKED, CHANGED, OR ABANDONED, UNDER THE
LAW OF ANY SIGNATORY.

11.05.     STANDARDS. —REGULATIONS SHALL BE
ADOPTED, AND PERMITS SHALL BE GRANTED, MODIFIED OR
DENIED, AS THE CASE MAY BE, TO AVOID SUCH DEPLETION OF
THE SURFACE AND GROUND WATERS IN A PROTECTED OR IN AN
EMERGENCY AREA AS WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE
COMPREHENSIVE WATER RESOURCES PLAN OR THE JUST AND
EQUITABLE INTERESTS AND RIGHTS OF OTHER LAWFUL USERS
OF THE SAME SOURCE, GIVING DUE REGARD TO THE NEED TO
BALANCE AND RECONCILE ALTERNATIVE AND CONFLICTING USES
IN THE EVENT OF AN ACTUAL OR THREATENED SHORTAGE OF
WATER.

11.06.   TERMINATION. —FROM TIME TO TIME THE
COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW ITS ACTIONS TAKEN PURSUANT TO
SECTION 11.01. IF CONDITIONS THEN SO WARRANT, THE
COMMISSION MAY ALTER THE AREAS SO DELINEATED, AND
AFTER PUBLIC HEARING MAY THEN ENLARGE OR DIMINISH
AREAS DESIGNATED UNDER SECTION 11.02 AS PROTECTED
AREAS. AFTER THE CONDITIONS REQUIRING CONTROL NO
LONGER EXIST, THE COMMISSION SHALL TERMINATE THE
DESIGNATION OF ANY SUCH AREA AS A PROTECTED AREA.

THE COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW AT LEAST MONTHLY ANY
ACTION TAKEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 11.03, AND, WHEN IT
DETERMINES THAT THE DROUGHT OR THE CONDITION WHICH
CAUSED OR COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACTUAL AND IMMEDIATE
SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE WATER NO LONGER PREVAILS, THE
COMMISSION SHALL TERMINATE THE DESIGNATION OF THE AREA
AS AN EMERGENCY AREA.

11.07.      MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS. —EACH
SIGNATORY SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND
PRESERVATION OF SUCH RECORDS OF AUTHORIZED DIVERSIONS
AND WITHDRAWALS, AND THE QUANTITIES THEREOF, AS THE
COMMISSION SHALL PRESCRIBE. SUCH RECORDS, AND
RELATED REPORTS, SHALL BE FURNISHED TO THE COMMISSION
AT ITS REQUEST.

11.08.     EXISTING AUTHORIZATIONS. —PERMITS
AUTHORIZED OR ISSUED AND EVERY OTHER AUTHORIZATION TO
STORE, USE, WITHDRAW OR DIVERT WATER UNDER THE LAWS OF