This agreement is different than other "handshake deals" of the past, said Molly Flanagan, a Great Lakes water-resource advocate for the National Wildlife Federation. This one has teeth.
Past interstate accords simply were good-faith agreements. None were binding; most quickly were broken, experts said.
http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051222/NEWS01/512220301/1002
Posted by Dave at December 22, 2005 07:41 AM