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Ch. 632 2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Section 3-501 and the subtitle "Subtitle 5. Interstate Environment Compact"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
[Subtitle 5. Interstate Environment Compact.]
[3-501.
INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENT COMPACT
Article 1
Findings, Purposes, and Reservations of Power
(a) Signatory states hereby find and declare:
(1) Unabated pollution of our environment threatens the general welfare
of the nation and its citizens.
(2) The condition of our environment, and the enhancement of that
environment, is a matter of national, regional, state, and local concern.
(3) The solution to environmental problems which transcend state
boundaries, requires cooperation among adjoining jurisdictions.
(4) Efforts to obtain a quality environment must be better coordinated,
intensified, and made more effective at all levels of government.
(5) It is in the common interest of all jurisdictions to act cooperatively to
resolve their mutual environmental problems,
(b) The purposes of the signatories in enacting this compact are:
(1) To assist and participate in the national environment protection
programs as set forth in federal legislation; to promote intergovernmental cooperation
for multistate action relating to environmental protection through interstate
agreements; and to encourage cooperative and coordinated environmental protection
by the signatories and the federal government;
(2) To preserve and utilize the functions, powers, and duties of existing
state agencies of government to the maximum extent possible consistent with the
purposes of the compact.
(c) (1) Nothing contained in this compact shall impair, affect, or extend the
constitutional authority of the United States.
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