§ 1253. — Interstate cooperation and uniform laws.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1253]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Sec. 1253. Interstate cooperation and uniform laws
(a) The Administrator shall encourage cooperative activities by the
States for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution,
encourage the enactment of improved and, so far as practicable, uniform
State laws relating to the prevention, reduction, and elimination of
pollution; and encourage compacts between States for the prevention and
control of pollution.
(b) The consent of the Congress is hereby given to two or more
States to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts, not in
conflict with any law or treaty of the United States, for (1)
cooperative effort and mutual assistance for the prevention and control
of pollution and the enforcement of their respective laws relating
thereto, and (2) the establishment of such agencies, joint or otherwise,
as they may deem desirable for making effective such agreements and
compacts. No such agreement or compact shall be binding or obligatory
upon any State a party thereto unless and until it has been approved by
the Congress.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title I, Sec. 103, as added Pub. L. 92-500,
Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 818.)
