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* § 21-1501. Mid-Atlantic states air pollution control compact.
The mid-Atlantic states air pollution control compact as first entered
into  pursuant to chapter 475 of the laws of 1967, as amended by chapter
476 of the laws of 1967, and as amended by chapter 385 of  the  laws  of
1968,  and  as  subject to execution by the governor as provided in said
compact, is hereby continued. 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 convenant 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 part as follows:
ARTICLE 1
SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS AND FINDINGS
§ 1.1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  the
"Mid-Atlantic States Air Pollution Control Compact".
§  1.2.  Definitions.  For  the  purposes  of this compact, and of any
supplemental or concurring legislation enacted pursuant thereto,  except
as may be otherwise required by the context:
(a)  "Commission"  shall  mean  the  commission  established  by  this
compact;
(b) "Region" shall mean the territorial limits of the states which are
or become parties to this compact;
(c) "Compact" shall mean section 21-1501 of this title;
(d) "Federal government" shall  mean  the  government  of  the  United
States  of  America,  and  any appropriate branch, department, bureau or
division thereof, as the case may be;
(e) "Signatory party" shall mean a state, commonwealth, or the federal
government, which has become a party to this  compact  by  enactment  of
concurring legislation;
(f)  "District" shall mean any area established, identified or defined
by the commission in connection with the abatement  or  control  of  air
pollution;
(g)  "Air  contaminant"  shall mean dust, fumes, mist, smoke, or other
particulate matter, vapor, gas, odorous substance,  or  any  combination
thereof;
(h)  "Air pollution" shall mean the presence in the outdoor atmosphere
of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and duration as is or
tends to be injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant  life,
or  property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life
or property;
(i) "Emission" shall mean a release into the outdoor atmosphere of air
contaminants.
§ 1.3. Findings of fact. It is hereby found and declared that:
(a)  The  tremendous growth of population and industry has resulted in
substantial increases in atmospheric waste and air  pollution  over  the
entire region;
(b)  Air  pollution does not respect political boundaries, and persons
far removed from its sources and having no responsibility for or control
over its creation endure health hazards,  discomfort  and  inconvenience
and experience property damage and economic loss;
(c)  Air  pollution  is  associated  with  such  important respiratory
diseases as lung cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis and  asthma,  and
is  a  general  hazard  to  the  public health and welfare, agricultural
crops, livestock and other property;
(d) It is necessary and desirable to abate existing air pollution  and
prevent  future  air  pollution so as to secure and maintain air quality
which is consistent with the public health and welfare, the  propagation
and  protection of plant and animal life, and the protection of property
and other resources of the region;
(e) In the present state of the art, there are  no  public  facilities
for   collection   and  disposal  of  atmospheric  waste  comparable  to
facilities to cope with liquid and  solid  waste,  and  the  effects  of
emissions  differ  greatly  among air resource uses and users, under the
various meteorological and geographic conditions, which disregard  state
boundaries.
(f)  Air  pollution  can best be controlled and abated at its sources,
and, while  such  prevention,  control  and  abatement  is  the  primary
obligation  of  the  states,  counties  or  municipalities  in  which it
originates, the problems of interstate air pollution can be more readily
and effectively solved under a  coordinated  regionwide  agency  of  the
state and federal governments.
§  1.4.  Existing  agencies;  construction.  It  is the purpose of the
signatory parties to preserve and  utilize  the  functions,  powers  and
duties  of existing offices and agencies of government to the extent not
inconsistent with the compact  and  the  commission  is  authorized  and
directed to utilize and employ such offices and agencies for the purpose
of   this   compact   to  the  fullest  extent  it  finds  feasible  and
advantageous.
ARTICLE 2
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
§ 2.1. Commission created. There is hereby  created  the  mid-Atlantic
states air pollution control commission as a body politic and corporate,
with  perpetual  succession  as  an  agency  and  instrumentality of the
respective signatory parties.
§ 2.2. Commission membership. The  commission  shall  consist  of  the
governors  of  the signatory states, ex-officio, and one commissioner to
be appointed by the president of the United States, to serve during  the
term of office of the president appointing him and until the appointment
and qualification of his successor.
§  2.3.  Alternates.  Each  member  of the commission shall appoint an
alternate to act in his place and stead, with authority  to  attend  all
meetings of the commission, and with power to vote in the absence of the
member.  Unless  otherwise  provided  by  law of the signatory party for
which he is appointed, each alternate shall serve during the term of the
member appointing him, subject to removal at the pleasure of the member.
In the event of a vacancy in the office of alternate, it shall be filled

in the same manner as an original appointment  for  the  unexpired  term
only.  In  the  event  of  the  temporary  absence  or  disability of an
alternate, the member of the commission may  appoint  another  qualified
person  to  act  as  his  alternate  for  the duration of such temporary
absence or disability.
§ 2.4. Compensation. Members of the commission  and  alternates  shall
serve without compensation from the commission but may be reimbursed for
necessary  expenses incurred in and incident to the performance of their
duties.
§ 2.5. Voting power. Each member shall be entitled to one vote on  all
matters  which  may  come  before  the  commission.  No  action  of  the
commission shall be taken at  any  meeting  unless  a  majority  of  the
membership shall vote in favor thereof.
§  2.6.  Organization; procedure. The commission shall provide for its
own organization and procedure and shall  adopt  rules  and  regulations
governing  its  meetings and transactions. It shall organize annually by
the election of a chairman and vice-chairman from among its members.  It
shall  provide  by  its  rules for the appointment by each member in his
discretion of an advisor to serve without compensation, who  may  attend
all meetings of the commission and its committees.
§ 2.7. Jurisdiction. The commission shall have, exercise and discharge
its  functions,  powers and duties within the region. It may by contract
or otherwise act jointly, concurrently, or in cooperation with any other
agency or instrumentality of government within or without the region for
the purpose of effectuating the purposes of this compact.
§  2.8.  Retained  jurisdiction  of  signatory  parties.  (a)   Unless
authorized  by laws of the signatory states other than this compact, the
commission shall not have power to require licenses or permits  for  the
construction,  establishment,  installation, maintenance or operation of
any air pollution source or other  equipment,  device  or  facility;  to
require  commission  approval of any of the foregoing; or to confer upon
the commission any other power of licensure.
(b) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to abrogate, impair  or
in  any  way  prevent the enactment or application of any state or local
law, code, ordinance, rule or  regulation  not  inconsistent  with  this
compact, or with any standard, rule or regulation of the commission; and
any  such state or local law, code, ordinance, rule or regulation may be
more restrictive  than  any  requirement  in  effect  pursuant  to  this
compact.
(c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to affect any aspect of
employer-employee  relations,  including  without  limitation, statutes,
rules or regulations governing industrial health and safety.
ARTICLE 3
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION
§ 3.1. General powers.
The commission shall:
(a) Investigate the causes and sources of air pollution, identify  air
contaminants,  and provide for research and the compilation and analysis
of information relating thereto;
(b) Establish, after consultation with the appropriate agency  of  the
signatory  parties,  standards  for air quality and requirements for the
control of emissions of air contaminants to abate existing air pollution
and to prevent future  air  pollution,  subject  to  the  provisions  of
article four of this compact;
(c)  Provide  and administer plans and programs to effectuate such air
quality standards and emission control requirements;
(d) Promote, sponsor and conduct technical, educational  and  research
programs  and  projects to identify and evaluate air contaminants and to
develop and apply methods, systems and procedures for the abatement  and
prevention of air pollution; and
(e)  Enforce  or  provide for the enforcement of the compact and rules
and regulations lawfully promulgated thereunder;
(f) Furnish technical services, advice and consultation to agencies of
the signatory parties, provided that the costs of such services  may  be
reimbursable whenever the parties deem appropriate.
§  3.2.  Auxiliary  powers.  In  furtherance  of the powers and duties
elsewhere prescribed in this compact, the commission may:
(a) Sue and be sued in a court of competent jurisdiction;
(b) Have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;
(c) Acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property  by  gift,
purchase,  lease,  license  or  other  similar  manner for its corporate
purposes and accept grants and comply with the conditions thereof;
(d) Provide for the organization and administration  of  a  commission
staff  and  retain  and  employ  counsel  and  private  consultants on a
contract basis or otherwise;
(e) Administer and enforce the provisions of this compact;
(f) Make and enforce such rules and regulations as the commission  may
deem  necessary to effectuate the purposes of this compact or to prevent
the circumvention or evasion thereof;
(g) By its members and its properly designated  officers,  agents  and
employees, administer oaths and issue subpoenas throughout the region to
compel  the  attendance of witnesses and the giving of testimony and the
production of other evidence;
(h) Have for its members and its properly designated officers,  agents
and  employees, full and free access, ingress and egress to and from all
property, premises and places in the region, for the purpose  of  making
inspection  or  enforcing the provisions of this compact, where there is
reasonable cause to believe there is a violation of this compact  or  of
any  rule  or  regulation  lawfully made thereunder; and no person shall
obstruct or in any way interfere with any such member, officer, employee
or agent in the making of such inspection, or in the enforcement of  the
provisions  of  this compact or in the performance of any other power or
duty under this compact; and
(i) Cooperate with and receive from any department, division,  bureau,
board,  commission, or agency of any or all of the signatory parties, or
of any county or municipality thereof, such assistance and data as  will
enable it properly to carry out its powers and duties hereunder, and may
authorize  and  request  any  such  department, division, bureau, board,
commission or agency, with the consent thereof, to execute such  of  its
functions and powers as the public interest may require.
ARTICLE 4
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND EMISSION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
§  4.1.  Generally.  The  commission  shall have jurisdiction to abate
existing air pollution and to prevent and control future  air  pollution
in the region, and to this and it shall:
(a)  Prepare and develop standards of air quality and emission control
requirements for the region as required to protect the public health and
welfare and prevent air pollution which would  unreasonably  impair  the
beneficial use of the air of the region. To this end, it shall encourage
and  conduct  studies,  investigations  and  research  relating  to  air
pollution and its causes, prevention, control and abatement.
(b) For the purpose of such standards, the  commission  may  establish
and   delineate  districts  and  airsheds,  seasonal  requirements,  and
classifications of air contaminants by type and source, for  general  or
selective application of such standards and emission controls.
(c)   Prior   to   the  adoption  of  standards  or  emission  control
requirements, the commission shall hold public hearings upon due  notice
of  the proposed standards, and all interested persons shall be given an
opportunity to be heard at such hearing. After such notice and  hearing,
the  commission  may  adopt  and  from  time  to  time  amend and repeal
standards in the form of rules and regulations  to  prevent  or  control
future air pollution and to abate existing air pollution, and to require
the  installation  of  such  measures,  systems  and  procedures for the
abatement or prevention of air pollution as may be required  to  protect
the  public  health,  safety,  property rights, and general welfare. Any
such rule or regulation, amendment or repeal thereof shall  take  effect
not  less  than sixty (60) days after its adoption by the commission and
filing as required by law.
§ 4.2. Monitoring; warnings; emergencies. The  commission  shall:  (a)
Provide   for   a  uniform,  comprehensive  and  integrated  system  for
monitoring  atmospheric  waste  in  the  region,  the  measurement   and
forecasting  of  air  pollution,  and  the identification of significant
meteorological, geographical, and ecological factors within the  region,
its districts or airsheds;
(b)  Establish and administer warning and alert procedures and systems
with  respect  to  impending  and  existing  conditions  of  sewer   and
immediately dangerous air pollution;
(c)  Upon  authorization  by any one of the signatory states, exercise
emergency powers within those portions of the region  lying  within  the
authorizing  state to require the reduction or cessation of emissions of
air contaminants, and to require the taking or refining from  any  other
measure as may be necessary in the public interest to alleviate or abate
the immediate danger.
§  4.3.  Enforcement.  (a)  The  commission may, after such notice and
hearing as may be required by due process of  law,  issue  an  order  or
orders  to any person or public or private corporation, or other entity,
to cease and desist from any emissions which  it  determines  to  be  in
violation of such rules and regulations as it shall have adopted for the
prevention  and abatement of air pollution. Any such order or orders may
prescribe a schedule, including a reasonable time for  the  construction
and installation of any necessary systems, methods and procedures, on or
before  which  the  emission  of  air  contaminants  shall  be wholly or
partially discontinued, modified or treated, or  otherwise  required  to
conform  to  the  standards  established by the commission. Any court of
competent jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction to enforce by  injunction
in  a  summary manner against any person, public or private corporation,
or other entity, any and all provisions of this article or of  any  such
order.  The  commission  may bring an action in its own name in any such
court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with any provisions
of this compact, or of any rule, regulation  or  order  issued  pursuant
thereto, according to the practice and procedure of the court.
(b)  In the case of air pollution not within an interstate district or
airshed as established by the  commission,  the  commission  shall  give
priority  to  enforcement proceedings by other agencies of the signatory
parties; provided, however, that the provisions of this subdivision  may
not  be asserted as a defense in any action or proceeding brought by the
commission.
§ 4.4. Hearings; subpoenas. (a)  The  commission  shall  establish  by
appropriate  regulation  the  procedure to be followed in the conduct of

its hearings. Neither the commission nor any person designated by it  to
conduct  a  hearing  shall  be bound by common law or statutory rules of
evidence or by technical or formal rules of procedure in the conduct  of
such hearings.
(b) The commission, or such member or officer of the commission as may
be designated by the commission for that purpose shall have the power to
issue subpoenas effective throughout the region to compel the attendance
of  witnesses  and  the  giving  of  testimony  or  production  of other
evidence, and to administer oaths in connection with any  such  hearing.
It  shall  be the duty of the commission or of such member or officer of
the commission as it may designate to issue subpoenas at the request  of
and  on behalf of any part to a hearing before the commission. Subpoenas
issued by the commission shall be enforced by  any  court  of  competent
jurisdiction  of  the  signatory  parties, according to the practice and
procedure of the court applicable to  subpoenas  issued  in  proceedings
pending before it.
§  4.5.  Penal  sanction.  Any person, association, or corporation who
violates or attempts or conspires  to  violate  any  provision  of  this
compact  or  any  rule, regulation or order of the commission duly made,
promulgated or issued pursuant to the compact, in addition to any  other
remedy,  penalty  or consequence provided by law, shall be punishable as
may be provided by statute of any of the signatory parties within  which
the offense is committed; provided that in the absence of such provision
any  such  person,  association  or  corporation,  shall  be liable to a
penalty of not less than fifty dollars and not more  than  one  thousand
dollars,  for  each  such  offense  to  be fixed by the court, which the
commission may recover in  its  own  name  in  any  court  of  competent
jurisdiction,  and  in  a  summary  proceeding where available under the
practice and procedure of such court. For the purposes of  this  section
in  the  event  of  a  continuing  offense,  each day of such violation,
attempt or conspiracy shall constitute a separate offense.
§ 4.6. Judiciary review. Any order or determination of the  commission
under  this  article shall be subject to judicial review in any court of
competent jurisdiction as provided by the law of a signatory party.
ARTICLE 5
PERSONNEL AND PROCEDURES GENERALLY
§ 5.1. Powers of the commissioners. The commissioners, subject to  the
provisions of this compact, shall:
(a)  Serve  as  the governing body of the commission, and exercise and
discharge its powers and duties  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  or
pursuant to this compact;
(b)  Determine  the character of and the necessity for its obligations
and expenditures and the manner in which they shall be incurred, allowed
and paid subject to any provisions of  law  specifically  applicable  to
agencies or instrumentalities created by compact;
(c)  Provide  for  the internal organization and administration of the
commission;
(d) Appoint or provide for the appointment of the  principal  officers
of the commission and delegate to and allocate among them administrative
functions, powers and duties;
(e)  Create  and abolish such offices, employments and positions as it
deems necessary for the purposes of the  compact,  and  subject  to  the
provisions  of  this  article,  fix  and  provide for the qualification,
appointment, removal, term, tenure, compensation, pension and retirement
rights of its officers and employees;
(f) Let  and  execute  contracts  to  carry  out  the  powers  of  the
commission.
§ 5.2. Regulations; enforcement. The commission may:
(a)  Make  and enforce reasonable rules and regulations in the form of
an air pollution code or otherwise, for  the  effectuation,  application
and  enforcement  of this compact; provided that any rule or regulation,
other than one which deals solely with the internal  management  of  the
commission,  shall be adopted only after public hearing and shall not be
effective unless and until filed in  accordance  with  the  law  of  the
respective  signatory  parties  applicable  to  administrative rules and
regulations generally; provided further, that a certified  copy  of  any
such rule or regulation, attested as true and correct by the commission,
shall  be  presumptive  evidence of the regular making, adoption, filing
and publication thereof; and
(b) Designate any officer, agent or employee of the commission  to  be
an  investigator,  and  such person shall be vested with the powers of a
peace officer of the state in which he is duly assigned to  perform  his
duties.
§  5.3.  Confidential  information.  Any  records or other information
furnished to or obtained by  the  commission  in  the  exercise  of  its
powers,  functions  and  duties  from any private person, corporation or
other entity which records or information, as certified by the owner  or
operator,  relate to production or sales figures, or to secret processes
or production, or which if made known to others  would  tend  to  affect
adversely  the  competitive position of such owner or operator, shall be
retained solely for the use of the commission and its employees, in  the
administration  and  enforcement of this compact, and for the use of air
pollution  control  agencies   of   the   signatory   parties   in   the
administration and enforcement of state or federal law, and shall not be
published  or disclosed for any other purpose by any officer or employee
of the commission or any other person without  the  written  consent  of
such owner or operator.
§  5.4.  Officers  generally. (a) The officers of the commission shall
consist of an executive director and such additional officers,  deputies
and  assistants  as the commission may determine. The executive director
shall be appointed and may be removed  by  the  affirmative  vote  of  a
majority  of  the  full membership of the commission. All other officers
and employees shall be appointed in such manner and under such rules  of
procedure as the commission may determine.
(b) In the appointment and promotion of officers and employees for the
commission,  no  political,  racial,  religious  or  residency  test  or
qualification shall be permitted or given consideration,  but  all  such
appointments  and  promotions  shall be solely on the basis of merit and
fitness. Any officer or employee of the commission who is found  by  the
commission  to be guilty of a violation of this section shall be removed
from office by the commission.
§ 5.5. Meetings; records. (a) All meetings of the commission shall  be
open to the public.
(b)  The  minutes  of  the commission shall be a public record open to
inspection and copying at its offices  during  regular  business  hours,
subject to the law relating to public records of the signatory states in
which such minutes are located.
§ 5.6. Prohibited activities. (a) No commissioner, officer or employee
shall:
1)  be  financially  interested, either directly or indirectly, in any
contract, sale, purchase, lease or transfer of real or personal property
to which the commission is a party;
2) solicit or accept money or any other thing of value in addition  to
the  compensation  or  expenses  paid him by the commission for services
performed within the scope of his official duties;
3)  offer  money  or  any  thing  of  value for or in consideration of
obtaining an appointment, promotion or privilege in his employment  with
the commission.
(b)  Any  officer  or  employee  who shall wilfully violate any of the
provisions of this section shall forfeit his office or employment.
(c) Any contract or agreement knowingly made in contravention of  this
section shall be void.
(d)  Officers  and  employees  of  the  commission shall be subject in
addition to the provisions of this section to such  criminal  and  civil
sanctions  for misconduct in office as may be imposed by federal law and
the law of the signatory state in which such misconduct occurs.
§ 5.7. Audit. The commission shall provide for an  annual  independent
audit  of  its accounts and financial transactions by a certified public
accountant, and for the publication of the report of such audit.
§ 5.8. Tort liability. The commission shall be responsible for  claims
arising  out  of the negligent acts or omissions of its officers, agents
and  employees  only  to  the  extent  and  subject  to  the  procedures
prescribed  by  law  generally  with  respect  to  officers,  agents and
employees of the government of the United States.
ARTICLE 6
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 6.1. Commission  budget.  The  commission  shall  annually  adopt  a
current  expense  budget  for  each fiscal year, and shall apportion the
amount required to balance  the  expenditures  therein,  less  estimated
revenues  from  all sources, to the signatory parties in accordance with
such equitable cost-sharing formulae as the members  of  the  commission
may  adopt  by  unanimous  vote.  Following  the  adoption of its annual
budget, the commission shall transmit certified copies of the budget  to
the  budget officer of the respective signatory parties at such time and
in such manner as may  be  required  under  their  respective  budgetary
procedures.  The  signatory  parties  covenant  and agree to include the
amount so apportioned  for  the  support  of  the  commission's  current
expense  budget  in their respective budgets next to be adopted, subject
to such review and approval as  may  be  required  by  their  respective
budgetary  processes.  Such  amounts  shall  be  due  and payable to the
commission in  equal  quarterly  installments  during  the  commission's
fiscal year.
§  6.2. Cooperation. Each signatory party pledges faithful cooperation
in the control of air pollution in the region and consistent  with  such
object  to enact (or if enacted, to keep in force and where necessary to
amend) laws which will:
(a) Enable it to secure and maintain standards of air quality at least
equal to those prescribed by the commission;
(b) Accomplish effectively the objectives of this compact, and  enable
its   officers,   departments,   boards  and  agents  satisfactorily  to
accomplish the obligations and duties assumed by  the  party  under  the
terms hereof; and
(c)  Enable it to provide technical and administrative services to the
commission upon request, within the limits of available  appropriations,
and  to cooperate generally with the commission for the purposes of this
compact, provided that the cost of such  services  may  be  reimbursable
whenever the parties deem appropriate.
§  6.3.  Withdrawal  from  compact. (a) A signatory party may withdraw
from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no  such
withdrawal  shall  become  effective until two (2) years after the chief
executive of the withdrawing party has given notice of the withdrawal to
the commission and to each commissioner.
(b)  No withdrawal shall affect any obligation of a signatory party or
any  person  therein  accruing  prior  to  the  effective  date  of  the
withdrawal,  nor  any  abatement order of the commission issued prior to
such  effective  date  nor  shall  any  proceeding  initiated  for   the
enforcement  thereof  be  invalidated or otherwise affected thereby. The
jurisdiction of all appropriate courts and agencies for the  enforcement
of  any  such  order  shall  continue, notwithstanding the fact that the
effective date of the withdrawal may have passed.
§ 6.5. Amendments and supplements. Amendments and supplements to  this
compact  to implement the purposes thereof may be adopted by legislative
action of any of the signatory  parties  concurred  in  by  all  of  the
others.
§  6.6.  Construction and severability. The provisions of this compact
and of agreements thereunder shall  be  severable  and  if  any  phrase,
clause,  sentence  or  provision  of  this  compact of such agreement is
declared to be unconstitutional or  the  applicability  thereof  to  any
signatory party, agency or person is held invalid, the constitutionality
of the remainder of such compact or such agreement and the applicability
thereof  to  any  other  signatory party, agency, person or circumstance
shall not be affected thereby. It is the  legislative  intent  that  the
provisions of such compact be reasonably and liberally construed.
§  6.7.  Effective  date;  execution.  (a)  This  compact shall become
binding and effective thirty days  after  the  enactment  of  concurring
legislation  by  the federal government and the state of New Jersey. The
compact shall be signed and sealed in six duplicate original  copies  by
the  respective chief executives of the signatory parties. One such copy
shall be filed with each of the signatory parties in accordance with the
laws of the party in which the filing is made, and the remaining  copies
shall  be  filed and retained in the archives of the commission upon its
organization.
(b)  Thereafter,  the  compact  shall  become  binding  and  effective
separately  as to each of the states of Connecticut and Delaware and the
commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  thirty  (30)  days  after  enactment  of
concurring legislation by such states or commonwealth.
* NB Denied Congressional consent; preempted by enactment of federal Air
Quality Act of 1967 (81 stat. 485)