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the cost of each plant. An additional $750 million was appropri- 
ated by the 1970 State Legislature which will permit the State to 
continue to prefinance authorized Federal grants up to another 
30% of the cost. 
New York State also has a program for reimbursement of com- 
munities for one-third of the cost of operating and maintaining 
sewage treatment plants. 
New York as well as New Jersey have water quality monitoring 
networks. New York has the more advanced, but New Jersey is in 
the process of greatly expanding its efforts. 
The Interstate Sanitation Commission, formed by Compact 
between the States of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut in 
1936, has the mission of pollution control in the tidal waters 
of the New York Metropolitan Area. It regularly samples muni- 
cipal and industrial plants discharging into its waters. Anal- 
yses are conducted not only for the traditional parameters such 
as BOD, solids, and coliform bacteria, but for other pollutants 
such as heavy metals. The Commission cooperates with States and 
Federal agencies. For example, the Commission supplies analyti- 
cal services to the Corps of Engineers for samples sent to it by 
the Corps. 
At the present time, the Commission is conducting a training 
program for treatment plant operators (using the Commission's 
_ mobile laboratory) to upgrade treatment plant operations. 
Since its inception, the Commission has issued 62 orders for 
upgrading of treatment plants and has gone to court 12 times when 
the Commission orders were not accepted. All of the court cases 
were favorable to the Commission. 
New Jersey citizens recently passed a $271 million Conserva- 
tion Bond issue that provides $242 million to assist communities 
in constructing waste treatment facilities. Other funds have 
also been increased for enforcement and monitoring. On Febru- 
ary 15, 1970, Governor William T. Cahill released a strong state- 
ment opposing present ocean disposal practices in the New York 
Bight and elsewhere off the New Jersey coast. The statement also 
called for ultimate cessation of ocean disposal of sewage sludge 
and toxic industrial materials. 
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