The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
003
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NEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMPACT
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 1331)
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§ 1331. Preamble
Whereas, the growth of population and the development of the territory of the New
England states has resulted in serious pollution of certain interstate streams, ponds
and lakes, and of tidal waters ebbing and flowing past the boundaries of two or more
states; and
Whereas, such pollution constitutes a menace to the health, welfare and economic prosperity
of the people living in such area; and
Whereas, the abatement of existing pollution and the control of future pollution in
the interstate waters of the New England area are of prime importance to the people
and can best be accomplished through the cooperation of the New England states in
the establishment of an interstate agency to work with the states in the field of
pollution abatement;
Now, therefore, The states of Connecticut and Rhode Island and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts (the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont when authorized and
do join herein) are now bound and do agree as follows: