Vermont § 1152 - Purposes—Article I The principal purposes of this compact are:

§ 1152. Purposes—Article I The principal purposes of this compact are:

• (a) to promote interstate comity among
  and between the signatory states; (b) to assure adequate storage capacity for impounding
  the waters of the Connecticut River and its tributaries for the protection of life
  and property from flood; (c) to provide a joint or common agency through which the
  signatory states, while promoting, protecting and preserving to each the local interest
  and sovereignty of the respective signatory states, may more effectively cooperate
  in accomplishing the object of flood control and water resources utilization in the
  basin of the Connecticut River and its tributaries.