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Resolutions and Memorandum of Understanding

18 July 2000 | 3:30 PM

Eastern Premiers

The following are the resolutions and memorandum of understanding issued Tuesday, July 18, during the New England Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers Annual Conference in Halifax.

RESOLUTION CONCERNING UNIVERSITY STUDENT EXCHANGES

WHEREAS, there already exist some agreements between universities in the New England states and Eastern Canadian provinces for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty; and

WHEREAS, the value of exchanges has been recognized by its participants; and

WHEREAS, the need for international and multi-cultural education is rapidly growing;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers ask their respective university-level co-ordinating organizations (such as the New England Board of Higher Education, the Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities, and the Atlantic Association of Universities), to explore a significant expansion of university-level exchange programs; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the co-ordinating organizations report to the respective governors and premiers on objectives, targets, resources, and other relevant aspects of the expansion; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT expanded university-level exchanges be an agenda item for the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers in 2001.

RESOLUTION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NORTHEAST BUSINESS
NETWORK

WHEREAS the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers is representative of the positive working relationships of the states and provinces; and

WHEREAS Canada and the United States have entered into a Free Trade Agreement to facilitate the free movement of goods, services and labour across our mutual border; and

WHEREAS recent trade promotion initiatives, including Team Atlantic Trade Missions, Co-Enterprise and Partnerships, have strengthened business relationships throughout the northeast region; and

WHEREAS that the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers and our business communities recognize that an integrated regional approach to trade and investment would provide a positive impetus to the economic growth of the northeast region;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers supports the intent of business leaders from the 11 states and provinces to establish a northeast business network to provide an ongoing mechanism for co-operation and business partnerships;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers encourages a northeast business network to meet and share ideas on ways to improve business opportunities in the northeast and to provide recommendations through the Committee on Trade and Globalization of the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers in advance of the 2001 conference.

RESOLUTION CONCERNING ACID RAIN PROJECTS

WHEREAS, state and provincial environmental agencies committed significant resources towards the continued implementation of the Acid Rain Action Plan; and

WHEREAS, the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers recognize the role and support provided by Environment Canada and the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the implementation of regional acid rain projects; and

WHEREAS, the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers received a report from its Committee on the Environment outlining progress to date, the major accomplishments, and the priorities for the coming year in reversing the acid rain deposition problem; and

WHEREAS, state and provincial environmental agencies have established a water monitoring network, a monitoring network for particulate matter and acid deposition, and a real-time for ozone monitoring network that will lead to the acquisition of accurate and reliable data in northeastern North America; and

WHEREAS, two reports, Is Nitrogen a Serious Issue? and Model Estimations of the Effect of SO2 Emission Reductions on Regional Aquatic Chemistry and Biology in Eastern North America, were produced and will provide valuable information to the scientific community in understanding critical issues pertaining to acid deposition in lakes and rivers throughout the region; and

WHEREAS, priorities for the coming year will focus on the exchange and merging of data collected from the various regional monitoring networks, the development of maps outlining trends and critical loads, communications and public outreach; and

WHEREAS, the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers concur on the need to increase public awareness of the critical nature of acid rain and to communicate effectively its work in the area of acid rain; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers commend the Acid Rain Steering Committee and the technical work groups for their continued commitment in the implementation of the Acid Rain Action Plan; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers acknowledge the support provided by Environment Canada and the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the implementation of the regional acid rain projects; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers impress on both federal governments the need to exercise a leadership role and continue commitments for further control strategies of sulfur and nitrogen emissions; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers adopt the report submitted by its Committee on the Environment, outlining the major accomplishments and the priorities for the coming year; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers approve for publication and distribution the two reports, Is Nitrogen a Serious Issue and Model Estimations of the Effect of SO2 Emission Reductions on Regional Aquatic Chemistry and Biology in Eastern North America; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers direct its Committee on the Environment to develop a communications plan that will concentrate on increasing public awareness on the critical nature of acid rain and communicating its fine work in the area of acid rain; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Committee on the Environment, working with the secretariats, report on the progress of the implementation of the work plans at the next meeting of the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers.

RESOLUTION CONCERNING GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE
ENVIRONMENT

WHEREAS, climate change in the New England states and Eastern Canadian provinces is largely a function of global warming caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, largely emitted by the burning of fossil fuels; and

WHEREAS, global warming poses a threat to fragile ecosystems, particularly to the New England and Eastern Canadian marine and forest ecosystems; and

WHEREAS, global warming impacts the environment and economy of the New England states and Eastern Canadian provinces through changing ocean temperatures and currents, diminished forest health and productivity, increased drought in agricultural areas, more frequent severe storms, and storm surges driven by rising sea-levels; and

WHEREAS, our ability to understand, evaluate, and develop cost-effective reductions to the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming depends upon collecting and maintaining accurate and reliable emissions data; and

WHEREAS, the present reality of climate change requires the development of adaptation initiatives in regards to infrastructure, natural resource management, social and economic policy; and

WHEREAS, a combination of regulation, public investment, innovative market mechanisms, and cultural change is required to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and

WHEREAS, the Province of New Brunswick has offered to host and organize a workshop on climate change;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers agrees that global warming, given its harmful consequences to the environment and the economy, is a joint concern for which a regional approach to strategic action is required; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the conference directs its Environment Committee and its Energy Committee, in collaboration with the Province of New Brunswick and the Premier's Round Table on Environment and Economy, to:

hold a workshop in the winter of 2000-01 to examine the regional impacts of global warming; to discuss options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and to clarify the need for this region to adapt to climate change and explore methods for doing so; and
evaluate the conclusions and recommendations of the workshop from a strategic and scientific viewpoint, and to present a summary of findings of the meeting and a recommended action plan to the 2001 annual meeting of the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers.

RESOLUTION CONCERNING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTION ON AIR
POLLUTANTS TRANSPORT

WHEREAS, the implementation of national and local air pollution control strategies has failed to protect public health and environmental ecosystems in the New England states and Eastern Canadian provinces; and

WHEREAS, it has been amply demonstrated that the long-range transport of air pollution from sources outside the region contributes to smog, acid rain, regional haze, estuarine eutrophication and mercury deposition in the New England states and Eastern Canadian provinces; and

WHEREAS, recent efforts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide a measure of relief from the adverse effects of long-range air pollution transport have failed to provide meaningful reductions in transported air pollution; and

WHEREAS, the New England states are moving forward with the implementation of more stringent year-round emission controls on nitrogen oxides; and

WHEREAS, the Eastern Canadian provinces are moving forward with the implementation of the Post 2000 Canada Wide Acid Rain Strategy and the Canada Wide Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone; and

WHEREAS, the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers has adopted acid rain and mercury work plans outlining priorities for the coming year;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers call upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada to intensify their efforts to implement effective emission reduction strategies targeting the upwind sources of the air pollution which is adversely impacting New England and Eastern Canada.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers direct the Committee on the Environment to move forward with its efforts in developing a communications strategy to enhance public understanding and action on the problem of transboundary air pollution.

RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE MERCURY ACTION PLAN

WHEREAS, the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers has received a report from its Committee on the Environment outlining progress to date, the major accomplishments, and the priorities for the coming year of the NEG/ECP Mercury Task Force; and

WHEREAS, mercury emissions from utility and non-utility boilers are a major source of mercury emissions in our two countries, and utility restructuring offers potential opportunities to reduce emissions from these sources; and

WHEREAS, the transport and deposition of mercury from outside our region is a major contributor to the health threat posed by this toxin in New England and Eastern Canada; and

WHEREAS, the uses of mercury in products are still widespread, and major segments of our population continue to be inadequately aware of the toxic effects of mercury;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers endorses the work of its Mercury Task Force and adopts the recommendations of its report; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers asks its Mercury Task Force to begin its development of jurisdictional strategies to reduce mercury emissions from boilers, in order to meet the reduction targets cited in the report of the joint boiler work group entitled "Technology Options and Recommendations for Reducing Mercury and Acid Rain Precursor Emissions from Boilers"; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers directs its Mercury Task Force to assess the adequacy of the regional mercury monitoring and deposition modeling system, and make appropriate recommendations to the Conference at its next meeting; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers directs its Mercury Task Force to complete its communications strategy to address outreach, education and advocacy issues; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers adopts the report, Statement of the Draft Mercury Education and Reduction Programs, which presents policy concepts states and provinces can consider for use jointly or individually, and directs its Mercury Task Force to encourage coordinated action; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers directs its Mercury Task Force to review and identify any additional significant sources of mercury discharges into the environment, and to begin the development and implementation of recommended control strategies.

RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE NORTHEAST INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON
ENERGY (NICE)

WHEREAS, the New England states and Eastern Canadian provinces have close historical and economic ties in the energy sector and have long co-operated on energy matters; and

WHEREAS, changes currently underway in energy markets, including electric restructuring and development of new energy sources and infrastructure, will significantly impact the region; and

WHEREAS, recent fluctuations in gasoline and oil prices across North America have prompted jurisdictions to review storage capacities and shortage contingency measures; and

WHEREAS, the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers agrees that global warming, given its harmful consequences to the environment and the economy, is a joint concern for which a regional approach to strategic action is required;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the conference directs its Northeast International Committee on Energy (NICE) to continue to monitor developments in the energy markets; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the conference adopt a letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy, Bill Richardson, recommending that the United States Department of Energy work with the NICE and the states and provinces to continue to develop and maintain an open integrated North American electricity market, and to clarify the treatment of large-scale hydro-electric power under federal electric restructuring legislation; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the NICE will collaborate with the NEG/ECP Committee on the Environment, the Province of New Brunswick and the Premier's Round Table on Environment and Economy to conduct a workshop in the winter of 2000-2001 to examine the regional impacts of global warming and regional options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The NICE will assist the NEG/ECP Committee on the Environment to:

evaluate the conclusions and recommendations of the workshop from a strategic and scientific viewpoint, and
present a summary of findings of the meeting and a recommended action plan to the 2001 annual meeting of the NEG/ECP; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the NICE Committee examine ways to encourage energy conservation, demand-side management programs, and the efficient use of energy in our region, and promote the development of new energy technologies; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT NICE continue to define and develop a graphical computerized database system of energy resources, infrastructure and information in the region, for use by policy makers, energy officials and the public for the region, and that NICE report back on the status of this effort at the next meeting of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT NICE prepare an informational report, for submission at the next Conference of Governors and Premiers, on key jurisdictional issues related to petroleum products storage capacity and infrastructure.

RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE GULF OF MAINE

WHEREAS, the Governors and Premiers of Massachusetts, Maine, New Brunswick, New Hampshire and Nova Scotia established the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment in December 1989 as an organization to deal with marine environmental issues in an ecosystem approach without borders; and

WHEREAS, the Gulf of Maine Council continues to encourage collaboration of state, provincial, and federal partner agencies with other public and non-profit organizations, private industry and interested citizens on marine environmental issues; and

WHEREAS, the year 2000, in celebration of ten years of co-operation, has been designated the "Year of the Gulf of Maine";

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers congratulate The Gulf of Maine Council for the example that they have shown in working together to address issues of common concern in the protection and enhancement of the marine environment.

INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING

This document follows from Resolution 23-5 resolved at the 23rd Annual Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers and is compliant with Article II (j) of the agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada on Co-operation in Comprehensive Emergency Planning and Management renewed on Dec. 2, 1998.

Purpose and Authorities Article I

The International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding, hereinafter referred to as the compact, is made and entered into by and among such of the jurisdictions as shall enact or adopt this compact, hereinafter referred to as party jurisdictions. For the purposes of this agreement, the term jurisdictions may include any or all of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and the Provinces of QuÃ©bec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and such other states and provinces as may hereafter become a party to this compact.

The purpose of this compact is to provide for the possibility of mutual assistance among the jurisdictions entering into this compact in managing any emergency or disaster when the affected jurisdiction or jurisdictions ask for assistance, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster or civil emergency aspects of resources shortages.

This compact also provides for the process of planning mechanisms among the agencies responsible and for mutual cooperation, including, if need be, emergency-related exercises, testing, or other training activities using equipment and personnel simulating performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party jurisdictions or subdivisions of party jurisdictions during emergencies, with such actions occurring outside actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may include the use of emergency forces by mutual agreement among party jurisdictions.

General Implementation Article II

Each party jurisdiction entering into this compact recognizes that many emergencies may exceed the capabilities of a party jurisdiction and that intergovernmental co-operation is essential in such circumstances. Each jurisdiction further recognizes that there will be emergencies that may require immediate access and present procedures to apply outside resources to make a prompt and effective response to such an emergency because few, if any, individual jurisdictions have all the resources they need in all types of emergencies or the capability of delivering resources to areas where emergencies exist.

The prompt, full and effective utilization of resources of the participating jurisdictions, including any resources on hand or available from any other source that are essential to the safety, care and welfare of the people in the event of any emergency or disaster, shall be the underlying principle on which all articles of this compact are understood.

On behalf of the party jurisdictions participating in the compact, the legally designated official who is assigned responsibility for emergency management is responsible for formulation of the appropriate inter-jurisdictional mutual aid plans and procedures necessary to implement this compact, and for recommendations to the jurisdiction concerned with respect to the amendment of any statutes, regulations or ordinances required for that purpose.

Party Jurisdiction Responsibilities Article III

Formulate plans and programs. It is the responsibility of each party jurisdiction to formulate procedural plans and programs for inter-jurisdictional cooperation in the performance of the responsibilities listed in this section. In formulating and implementing such plans and programs the party jurisdictions, to the extent practical, shall:

Review individual jurisdiction hazards analyses that are available and, to the extent reasonably possible, determine all those potential emergencies the party jurisdictions might jointly suffer, whether due to natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster or emergency aspects of resource shortages;
Initiate a process to review party jurisdictions' individual emergency plans and develop a plan that will determine the mechanism for the inter-jurisdictional co-operation;
Develop inter-jurisdictional procedures to fill any identified gaps and to resolve any identified inconsistencies or overlaps in existing or developed plans;
Assist in warning communities adjacent to or crossing jurisdictional boundaries;
Protect and ensure delivery of services, medicines, water, food, energy and fuel, search and rescue and critical lifeline equipment, services and resources, both human and material to the extent authorized by law;
Inventory and agree upon procedures for the inter- jurisdictional loan and delivery of human and material resources, together with procedures for reimbursement orforgiveness; and
Provide, to the extent authorized by law, for temporary suspension of any statutes or ordinances, over which the province or state has jurisdiction, that impede the implementation of the responsibilities described in this subsection.

Request assistance. The authorized representative of a party jurisdiction may request assistance of another party jurisdiction by contacting the authorized representative of that jurisdiction. These provisions only apply to requests for assistance made by and to authorized representatives. Requests may be verbal or in writing. If verbal, the request must be confirmed in writing within 15 days of the verbal request. Requests must provide the following information:

A description of the emergency service function for which assistance is needed and of the mission or missions, including but not limited to fire services, emergency medical, yransportation, communications, public works and engineering, building inspection, planning and information assistance, mass care, resource support, health and medical services and search and rescue;
The amount and type of personnel, equipment, materials and supplies needed and a reasonable estimate of the length of time they will be needed; and
The specific place and time for staging of the assisting party's response and a point of contact at the location.

Consultation among party jurisdiction officials. There shall be frequent consultation among the party jurisdiction officials who have assigned emergency management responsibilities, such officials collectively known hereinafter as the International Emergency Management Group, and other appropriate representatives of the party jurisdictions with free exchange of information, plans and resource records relating to emergency capabilities to the extent authorized by law.

Limitation Article IV

Any party jurisdiction requested to render mutual aid or conduct exercises and training for mutual aid shall undertake to respond as soon as possible, except that it is understood that the jurisdiction rendering aid may withhold or recall resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection for that jurisdiction. Each party jurisdiction shall afford to the personnel of the emergency forces of any party jurisdiction, while operating within its jurisdictional limits under the terms and conditions of this compact and under the operational control of an officer of the requesting party, the same powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities as are afforded similar or like forces of the jurisdiction in which they are performing emergency services. Emergency forces continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the organizational units come under the operational control of the emergency services authorities of the jurisdiction receiving assistance. These conditions may be activated, as needed, by the jurisdiction that is to receive assistance or upon commencement of exercises or training for mutual aid and continue as long as the exercises or training for mutual aid are in progress, the emergency or disaster remains in effect or loaned resources remain in the receiving jurisdiction or jurisdictions, whichever is longer. The receiving jurisdiction is responsible for informing the assisting jurisdictions of the specific moment when services will no longer be required.

Licenses and Permits Article V

Whenever a person holds a license, certificate or other permit issued by any jurisdiction party to the compact evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical or other skills, and when such assistance is requested by the receiving party jurisdiction, such person is deemed to be licensed, certified or permitted by the jurisdiction requesting assistance to render aid involving such skill to meet an emergency or disaster, subject to such limitations and conditions as the requesting jurisdiction prescribes by executive order or otherwise.

Liability Article VI

Any person or entity of a party jurisdiction rendering aid in another jurisdiction pursuant to this compact are considered agents of the requesting jurisdiction for tort liability and immunity purposes. Any person or entity rendering aid in another jurisdiction pursuant to this compact are not liable on account of any act or omission in good faith on the part of such forces while so engaged or on account of the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection therewith. Good faith in this article does not include willful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness.

Supplementary Agreements Article VII

Because it is probable that the pattern and detail of the machinery for mutual aid among two or more jurisdictions may differ from that among the jurisdictions that are party to this compact, this compact contains elements of a broad base common to all jurisdictions, and nothing in this compact precludes any jurisdiction from entering into supplementary agreements with another jurisdiction or affects any other agreements already in force among jurisdictions. Supplementary agreements may include, but are not limited to, provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel, equipment and supplies.

Workers' Compensation and Death Benefits Article VIII

Each party jurisdiction shall provide, in accordance with its own laws, for the payment of workers' compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that jurisdiction and to representatives of deceased members of those forces if the members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within their own jurisdiction.

Reimbursement Article IX

Any party jurisdiction rendering aid in another jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall, if requested, be reimbursed by the party jurisdiction receiving such aid for any loss or damage to or expense incurred in the operation of any equipment and the provision of any service in answering a request for aid and for the costs incurred in connection with those requests. An aiding party jurisdiction may assume in whole or in part any such loss, damage, expense or other cost or may loan such equipment or donate such services to the receiving party jurisdiction without charge or cost. Any two or more party jurisdictions may enter into supplementary agreements establishing a different allocation of costs among those jurisdictions. Expenses under article VIII are not reimbursable under this section.

Evacuation Article X

Each party jurisdiction shall initiate a process to prepare and maintain plans to facilitate the movement of and reception of evacuees into its territory or across its territory, according to its capabilities and powers. The party jurisdiction from which the evacuees came shall assume the ultimate responsibility for the support of the evacuees, and after the termination of the emergency or disaster, for the repatriation of such evacuees.

Implementation Article XI

This compact is effective upon its execution or adoption by any two jurisdictions, and is effective as to any other jurisdiction upon its execution or adoption thereby: subject to approval or authorization by the U.S. Congress, if required, and subject to enactment of provincial or state legislation that may be required for the effectiveness of the Memorandum of Understanding.
Any party jurisdiction may withdraw from this compact, but the withdrawal does not take effect until 30 days after the governor or premier of the withdrawing jurisdiction has given notice in writing of such withdrawal to the governors or premiers of all other party jurisdictions. The action does not relieve the withdrawing jurisdiction from obligations assumed under this compact prior to the effective date of withdrawal.
Duly authenticated copies of this compact in the French and English languages and of such supplementary agreements as may be entered into shall, at the time of their approval, be deposited with each of the party jurisdictions.

Severability Article XII

This compact is construed to effectuate the purposes stated in Article I. If any provision of this compact is declared unconstitutional or the applicability of the compact to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability of the compact to other persons and circumstances are not affected.

The validity of the arrangements and agreements consented to in this compact shall not be affected by any insubstantial difference in form or language as may be adopted by the various states and provinces.

Amendment Article XIV

This compact may be amended by agreement of the party jurisdictions.

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