V-184 



IMPLEMENTATION OF BASIC POLICIES 



Use of the compact can achieve Implementation of basic policy 

 agreements among the signatories In two ways. Under the first 

 form, the compact agency Is authorized to require those propo- 

 sing use of the basin's waters to obtain Its prior permission. 

 Depending on Its exact authority, the agency thus Is able to 

 implement policies, either enunciated by the compact Itself or 

 which the agency Itself has developed, through such means as: 



(1) the attaching of performance requirements as a condition to 

 Its permission to others to utilize or modify the resource, 



(2) the issuing of directives ordering other entitles to take 

 steps, or halt activities, specified by the agency, and (3) the 

 initiating of court action to compel compliance by others with 

 the agency's permits and orders. Exemplifying this accomplish- 

 ment among the agencies here surveyed are the Interstate Sanita- 

 tion Commission and the Delaware River Basin Commission. The 

 former's accomplishments in this regard are limited to the pre- 

 vention or abatement of pollution. In contrast, the latter's 

 actual or potential accomplishments extend also to such matters 

 as the withdrawal and diversion of water from the basin and to 

 the use of water for purposes other than waste disposal. 



A compact agency can Implement policies, secondly, through its 



own direct operation of various facilities affecting water resources 



