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| Susquehanna River Basin Commission |
February 7, 2011 |
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Barbara Mikulski, D-MD
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"Mr. President, I rise today to commend and congratulate the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, SRBC, in honor of their 40th anniversary. The Susquehanna River Basin Compact, which went into effect on January 23, 1971, brought together the Federal Government and the States of New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland to form the SRBC, one of only two such Federal-interstate compact agencies in the Nation. The mission of SRBC is to manage the water resources of the Susquehanna basin under comprehensive planning principles, and to protect the Chesapeake Bay, one of the world’s most productive ecosystems. The Susquehanna is America’s largest eastern river and supplies over half the fresh water entering the Chesapeake Bay."
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