32:18-12 - Enforcement of compact pledged; commission to compel enforcement - New Jersey Statutes

32:18-12.  Enforcement of compact pledged;  commission to compel enforcement
     ARTICLE XI.

     1.  Each of the signatory states agrees that it will prohibit the pollution  of the said waters within the district in accordance with the several articles  of this compact, and that it will enact suitable and adequate legislation which  will accomplish effectively the objects of this compact and which will enable  its officers, departments, boards and agents to accomplish satisfactorily the  obligations and duties assumed by the state under the terms of this compact,  and it is further agreed that the courts of the several states shall have  jurisdiction to enforce as against any person, corporation, municipality or  other entity or any employee, department or subdivision of the respective  signatory states any and all provisions of this compact.

    The commission shall have authority to investigate and determine if the requirements of the compact and/or the orders of the commission pursuant thereto are complied with and if satisfactory progress has not been made, to bring action in its own name in the proper court or courts to compel the enforcement of any and all of the provisions of this compact, and/or the orders  of the commission pursuant thereto.