Sec. 22a-166. (Formerly Sec. 19-523). Compact. The Mid-Atlantic States Air
Pollution Control Compact is hereby entered into and enacted into law, subject to execution by the Governor as provided in said compact. The compact is as follows:
WHEREAS, the signatory parties recognize that they have certain serious problems
in common with respect to pollution of the atmosphere by man-made contaminants; and
WHEREAS, the nature and sources of air pollution are such that the states' efforts
can be effectively supplemented by control measures applicable to regional airsheds
which cut across state boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the signatory parties recognize that the protection and improvement of
the quality of their common atmosphere is vested with local, state and national interests,
for which they have a joint responsibility; and
WHEREAS, the signatory parties have determined to establish a federal-interstate
agency, with jurisdiction and powers adequate to cope with interstate air pollution
problems;
Now therefore, the states of New Jersey and New York and the United States of
America, and if any of them should join herein, the states of Delaware, Connecticut and
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, respectively, hereby solemnly covenant and agree
with each other, upon the enactment of concurring legislation by the Congress of the
United States and by the respective state legislatures, having the same effect as this
compact as follows: