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 750 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 7tU--JULI 11i, lw' t 1 1.*-. to prepare reports thereon annually and at such other times as may be deemed advisable by the Commission. (B) To supplement existing information and data, and to secure new data by such investigations, analyses, or other means as may be necessary to secure adequate information on the character and condition of the streams of the Conservancy District as they now exist or may be affected by the future discharge of sewage and industrial and other wastes into the said stream. (C) To cooperate with the legislative and administrative agen- cies of the signatory bodies, or the equivalent thereof, and with other interested commissions and similar organizations for the purpose of promoting uniform laws, rules or regulations for the abatement and control of pollution of streams in the said Con- servancy District. (D) To disseminate to the public information on the aims and purposes of the Commission and on the harmful and uneconomical results of stream pollution, through the issuance of bulletins, circulars, correspondence, literature and reports. (E) To cooperate with other organizations engaged in fact- finding and research activities on the treatment of sewage and industrial wastes or other wastes, and if deemed advisable, to institute and conduct such research and fact-finding activities. (F) To make and, if needful from time to time, revise and to recommend to the signatory bodies, reasonable, minimum standards for the treatment of sewage and industrial or other wastes now discharged or to be discharged in the future to the streams of the Conservancy District, and also, for cleanliness of the various streams in the Conservancy District. ARTICLE III Pot,p. 1037. The moneys necessary to finance the Commission in the admin- istration of its business in the Conservancy District shall be provided through appropriations from the signatory bodies and the United States, in the manner prescribed by the laws of the several signatory bodies and of the United States, and in amounts as follows: The pro rata contribution shall be based on such factors as population, the amount of industrial and domestic pollution; and a flat service charge, as shall be determined from time to time by the Commission, subject, however, to the approval, ratification and appropriation of such contribution by the several signatory bodies. And. further provided, that the total of such sums from signatory bodies shall not exceed a total of $30,000 per annum. ARTICLE IV Pursuant to the aims and purposes of this compact, the signatory bodies mutually agree: 1. Faithful cooperation in the abatement of existing pollution and the prevention of future pollution in the streams of the Conservancy District. 2. The enactment of adequate and, in so far as is practicable, uniform legislation for the abatement and control of such pollution. 3. The appropriation of biennial sums on the proportionate basis as set forth in Article III. 4TTfT1 t t ,SfX rl J4 gsv

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