§ 21-0501. Tri-state compact.\n The tri-state compact as first entered into pursuant to chapter 4 of\nthe laws of 1936, as reenacted by chapter 476 of the laws of 1961, and\nas amended by chapter 1046 of the laws of 1969, is hereby continued. The\ncompact is as follows:\n TRI-STATE COMPACT\n Whereas, The tremendous growth of population and the development of\nthe territory surrounding and adjacent to the harbor of New York has\nresulted in recent years in an increasingly serious pollution of the\nharbor, coastal and tidal waters in such area and the tributary waters\ntherein; and\n Whereas, Such pollution constitutes a grave menace to the health,\nwelfare and recreational facilities of the people living in such area\nand is occasioning great economic loss; and\n Whereas, The control of future pollution and the abatement of existing\npollution in the waters in such area is of prime importance to the\npeople living in such area and can best be accomplished through the\nco-operation of the states of New Jersey and New York and Connecticut by\nand through a joint or common agency;\n Now, therefore, The state of New York and the state of New Jersey and\nthe state of Connecticut do agree and are bound as follows:\n ARTICLE I\n 1. Each of the signatory states pledges each to the other faithful\nco-operation in the control of future pollution and agrees to provide\nfor the abatement of existing pollution in the tidal and coastal waters\nin the adjacent portions of the signatory states defined herein as\ncoming within the district, and consistent with such object, to enact\nadequate legislation which will enable each of the signatory states to\nput and maintain the waters thereof in a satisfactory sanitary condition\nand particularly to protect public health; to render safe such waters as\nare now used or may later become available for bathing and recreational\npurposes; to abate and eliminate such pollution as becomes obnoxious or\ncauses a nuisance; to permit the maintenance of major fish life,\nshellfish and marine life in waters now available or that may by\npracticable means be made available for the development of such fish,\nshellfish or marine life; to prevent oil, grease or solids from being\ncarried on the surface of the water; to prevent the formation of sludge\ndeposits along the shores or in the waterways; and with the fulfillment\nof these objectives to abate and avoid incurring unnecessary economic\nloss by safeguarding the rights of the public in its varied legitimate\nuses of the waters of the district.\n ARTICLE II\n 1. To that end they do agree that there shall be created and they do\nhereby create a district to be known as the Interstate Environmental\nDistrict (hereinafter referred to as the district) which shall embrace\nthe territory described as follows:\n All of the coastal, estuarial and tidal waters within or covering\nportions of the signatory states as follows:\n (a) In Connecticut, Long Island sound and estuaries and tidal waters\nthereof between the easterly side of New Haven harbor at Morgan Point\nand the Connecticut-New York state boundary, and the Housatonic river up\nto the northerly boundary lines of the towns of Stratford and Milford.\n (b) In New York, all of the tidal waters of Greater New York city;\nincluding Kill Van Kull and Arthur Kill, Long Island Sound and the\nestuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York city line and\nthe New York-Connecticut state boundary and between the New York city\nline and the easterly side of Port Jefferson harbor; the Atlantic ocean\nand the estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York city\nline and the easterly side of Fire Island inlet; and the Hudson river\nand estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York and New\nJersey state boundary and the northerly line of Rockland county on the\nwesterly side and between the northerly line
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