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 Ill STAT. 2230 PUBLIC LAW 105-104—NOV. 20, 1997 " ARTICLE XVII " AGREEMENT REGARDING WATER QUALITY "(a) The States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia mutually agree to the principle of individual State efforts to control manmade water pollution from sources located and operating within each State and to the continuing support of each State in active water pollution control programs. "(b) The States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia agree to cooperate, through their appropriate State agencies, in the investigation, abatement, and control of sources of alleged interstate pollution within the ACF River Basin whenever such sources are called to their attention by the Commission. "(c) The States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia agree to cooperate in maintaining the quality of the waters of the ACF River Basin. "(d) The States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia agree that no State may require smother state to provide water for the purpose of water quality control as a substitute for or in lieu of adequate waste treatment. "ARTICLE XVIII " EF FECT OF OVER OR UNDER DELIVERIES UNDER THE COMPACT "No state shall acquire any right or expectation to the use of water because of any other state's failure to use the full amount of water allocated to it under this Compact. " ARTICLE XIX " SEVERABILITY "If any portion of this Compact is held invalid for any reason, the remaining portions, to the fullest extent possible, shall be severed from the void portion and given the fullest possible force, effect, and application. " ARTICLE XX "N OTICE AND FORMS OF SIGNATURE "Notice of ratification of this Compact by the legislature of each state shall promptly be given by the Governor of the ratifying state to the Governors of the other participating states. When all three state legislatures have ratified the Compact, notice of their mutual ratification shall be forwarded to the Congressional delegation of the signatory states for submission to the Congress of the United States for ratification. When the Compact is ratified by the Congress of the United States, the President, upon signing the Federal ratification legislation, shall promptly notify the Governors of the participating states and appoint the Federal Commissioner. The Compact shall be signed by all four Commissioners as their first order of business at their first meeting and shall be filed of record in the party states.".

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