38 M.R.S. § 496
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38 §496. Abatement and control of pollution -- Article VI
Official statutory text
Each of the signatory states pledges to provide for the abatement of existing pollution and for the control of future pollution of interstate inland and tidal waters as described in Article I , and to put and maintain the waters thereof in a satisfactory condition consistent with the highest classified use of each body of water.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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