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248 MARYLAND MANUAL The Interstate Commission, is now in. the process of amending the compact to enable it to function not only in water pollution control matters, but also in water resources conservation in the Basin. Mary- land (Chapter 29, Acts of 1960), and the West Virginia and Pennsyl- vania legislatures have adopted these amendments. They were con- sidered by the Virginia legislature in 1966. The Commission is financed by appropriations from each of the participating bodies. Appropriations 1969 1970 General Funds.......................................................... $7,500 $7,500 INTERSTATE OIL COMPACT COMMISSION Representatives from the State of Maryland: Marvin Mandel, Governor; Kenneth N. Weaver Officers of the Commission: Chairman: Robert B. Docking, Kansas First Vice Chairman: Gerald E. Eddy, Michigan Second Vice Chairman: Edward S. Martin, Pennsylvania Lawrence R. Alley, Executive Secretary Richard C. Byrd, General Counsel P. O. Box 63127, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 Telephone: 405 JAckson 5-3556 The Interstate Oil Compact was executed in Dallas, Texas, on February 16, 1935. Maryland ratified the Compact by Chapter 390, Acts of 1959. The Commission was created to insure the cooperation between the various signatory states to conserve gas and oil, to prevent the waste of those valuable mineral resources, and to preserve to the individual states the rights of local control over these matters. Membership on the Commission consists of the Governor of each signatory state together with an alternate representative. At the present time, twenty-nine states have ratified the Compact. In addi- tion, four other states are associate members (Code 1957, 1967 Repl. Vol., Art. 66G, sees. 689A-689C). POTOMAC RIVER BASIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Maryland Representatives; Paul W. McKee, Albert R. Miller, Jr. Alvin H. Wilson. Chairman: T. Edward Temple Vice Chairmen: Albert R. Miller, Jr. Alan J. Sommerville Julian M. Alexander George R. Heidrich Norman E. Jackson Treasurer: Paul W. McKee Roy L. Orndorff, Executive Secretary Room 1104, 1025 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20005 Telephone: 737-6250 The Potomac River Basin Advisory Committee, originally known as the Interstate Advisory Committee on the Potomac River Basin, was created as a result of a conference attended by the Governors of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland and the President of the Board |
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