1082                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch.

AVOID THE DAMAGES OF UNEXPECTED FLOODS OR PROLONGED
DROUGHT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND

10. THE INTERSTATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN HAS PREPARED A DRAFT OF AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMPACT FOR THE CREATION OF A BASIN
AGENCY, AND THE SIGNATORY PARTIES DESIRE TO EFFECTUATE
THE PURPOSES THEREOF; NOW THEREFORE

THE STATES OF NEW YORK AND MARYLAND AND THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA HEREBY SOLEMNLY COVENANT AND AGREE WITH EACH
OTHER, UPON THE ENACTMENT OF CONCURRENT LEGISLATION BY
THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND BY THE
RESPECTIVE STATE LEGISLATURES, TO THE SUSQUEHANNA
RIVER BASIN COMPACT WHICH CONSISTS OF THIS PREAMBLE
AND THE ARTICLES THAT FOLLOW.

ARTICLE 1
SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS, PURPOSES, AND LIMITATIONS

1.1. SHORT TITLE. —THIS COMPACT SHALL BE KNOWN
AND MAY BE CITED AS THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN
COMPACT.

1.2. DEFINITIONS. —FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
COMPACT, AND OF ANY SUPPLEMENTAL OR CONCURRING
LEGISLATION ENACTED PURSUANT TO IT:

1.    "BASIN" SHALL MEAN THE AREA OF DRAINAGE OF
THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES INTO
CHESAPEAKE BAY TO THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BRIDGE BETWEEN HAVRE BE GRACE
AND PERRYVILLE, MARYLAND.

2.    "COMMISSION" SHALL MEAN THE SUSQUEHANNA
RIVER BASIN COMMISSION HEREBY CREATED, AND THE TERM
"COMMISSIONER" SHALL MEAN A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.

3.    "COST" SHALL MEAN DIRECT AND INDIRECT
EXPENDITURES, COMMITMENT, AND NET INDUCED ADVERSE
EFFECTS, WHETHER OR NOT COMPENSATED FOR, USED OR
INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT,
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION
OF A PROJECT.

4.   "DIVERSION" SHALL MEAN THE TRANSFER OF WATER
INTO OR FROM THE BASIN.

5.    "FACILITY" SHALL MEAN ANY REAL OR PERSONAL