(3) The impacted counties are located, in whole or in
part, in the basin.
(4) The commission was established pursuant to the
compact between the states of Delaware, New Jersey, New York
and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States of
America.
(5) In general, the purpose of the commission is to:
(i) Encourage and provide for the planning,
conservation, utilization, development, management and
control of the water resources of the basin.
(ii) Provide for cooperative planning and action by
the signatory parties of the compact with respect to
water resources.
(iii) Apply the principle of equal and uniform
treatment to all water users who are similarly situated
and to all users of related facilities, without regard to
political boundaries.
(6) On September 13, 2017, the commissioners by a
resolution for the minutes directed the executive director to
prepare and publish for public comment a revised set of draft
regulations to include a prohibition of high-volume hydraulic
fracturing within the basin.
(7) The ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the
impacted counties contemplated by the commission will render
the oil and gas estates located in the impacted counties
worthless and will deprive the owners of these estates of all
economically viable use of those estates.
(8) The Commonwealth as well as the other signatory
parties have conveyed to the commission certain authority,
and section 14.14 of the compact purports to provide to the
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