Section 21-1507. Jurisdiction of courts

Except  as otherwise specifically provided in such compact, the phrase
  "court of competent jurisdiction" as used in the mid-Atlantic states air
  pollution control compact shall, with reference to this state, mean  the
  supreme  court,  and  said  court  is  hereby  given  all  necessary and
  appropriate jurisdiction to hear and determine any action or  proceeding
  brought  before it pursuant to appropriate provisions of the compact. As
  used in section 4.6 of the  compact,  the  phrase  "court  of  competent
  jurisdiction"  shall  mean  a  court  in which an appropriate proceeding
  under article seventy-eight of the Civil Practice Law and Rules  may  be
  brought.  As  used  in  subdivision a of section 3.2 of the compact, the
  phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean any  court  of  this
  state  in  which  an action or proceeding of the same class brought by a
  resident could be heard and determined.
  * NB Denied Congressional consent; preempted by enactment of federal Air
         Quality Act of 1967 (81 stat. 485)