Legal Opinion
Delaware River Basin Commission v. Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1982No. Civ. A. 77-2688PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
This matter is here on remand from the Court of Appeals. 1 It presents questions as to the authority of the Delaware River Basin Commission (“DRBC”) — a river-regulatory body established in 1961 by interstate compact and composed of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and the United States — to impose charges for withdrawals of water from the Delaware River. What this court must do is determine whether the scheme of water-use charges and exemptions established by DRBC eight years ago in its Resolution 74-6 satisfies the principles of equal…
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