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<br />management compacts. Without federal participation, interstate river <br /> <br />basin planning and management could never be truly comprehensive. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />6. Federal participation in the federal-interstate compact provides a <br /> <br /> <br />"regional" perspective to basin water management that states alone might <br /> <br /> <br />not have. <br /> <br />7. The gubernatorial and Presidential appointment of representatives to the <br /> <br /> <br />governing body of the federal-interstate compact entity makes them about <br /> <br /> <br />as politiCally accountable as they can be without being directly elected. <br /> <br /> <br />Moreover, such appointees have typically been expert in water resource <br /> <br /> <br />management. Some federal-interstate compact representatives have even <br /> <br /> <br />been state governors themselves. <br /> <br />8. The stature and relatively adequate, consistent financial support of <br /> <br /> <br />federal-interstate compact entities permits them to attract and retain <br /> <br /> <br />competent staff members. <br /> <br />G. Federal River Basin Commissions <br /> <br />Characteristics <br /> <br />Federal river basin commissions are created by specific acts of Congress <br /> <br /> <br />and thus may vary in authority and composition according to their enabling <br /> <br /> <br />legislation. As an example, the Mississippi River Commission was created by <br /> <br />action of Congress on June 28, 1879 (21 Stat. 37), The MRC consists of seven <br /> <br /> <br />-24- <br /> <br />. <br />