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areas of natural resources research and development, management and administration. He appoints, with the approval of the Governor, a Deputy Secretary who serves at the pleasure of the Secretary. The Department of Natural Resources consists of the following departments, agencies, commissions, boards and committees: the De-partment of Chesapeake Bay Affairs, the Commission on Chesapeake Bay Affairs, the Fish and Wildlife Administration, the Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Department of Forests and Parks, the Com- mission on Forests and Parks, the Maryland Geological Survey, the Maryland Geological Survey Commission, the Bureau of Mines, the Mine Examining Board, the Maryland Commission on Mining Laws, the Land Reclamation Committee, the Maryland membership unit of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission, the Upper Potomac River Commission, the Governor's Patuxent River Watershed Advisory Committee, the Maryland Environmental Trust, the Maryland En- vironmental Service, the Maryland membership unit of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, the Maryland membership unit of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the Maryland membership unit of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the Maryland membership unit of the Potomac River Basin Advisory Committee, the Maryland membership unit of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission, the Scenic Rivers Review Board, the Water Sciences Advisory Board, the Department of Water Resources, the Water Resources Commission, the Maryland State Board of Well Drillers, the Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, and such other departments, agencies, commissions, boards, committees, councils or units as may hereafter by law be declared to be part of the Depart- ment of Natural Resources. The Secretary of Natural Resources is responsible for the coordi- nation and direction of comprehensive planning in the area of natural resources. He has the power to approve, disapprove, or modify any plan, proposal, project or program of the departments and other agencies or units within the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources. He is responsible for promulgating rules and regulations for his office and has revisory power over the activities, rules and regulations for all the departments and other agencies within the Department of Natural Resources (Code 1957, 1971 Repl. Vol., Art. 41, sees. 232-235). The Board of Review of the Department of Natural Resources Chairman: John W. Neumann, 1972 J. Neil McCardell, 1972; Donald W. Pritchard, 1972; W. Dorsey Hines, 1973; Philip S. Thompson, 1973; Edward H. Higgins, 1974; Harold E. Wibberly, Jr., 1974. Edwin M. Barry, Executive Secretary The Board of Review of the Department of Natural Resources was created by Chapter 154, Acts of 1969. The Board consists of seven members who are appointed by the Governor with the advice of the Secretary of Natural Resources and the advice and consent of the Senate for three-year terms. Of the seven members, four must repre- sent the general public. The remaining members must be persons of knowledge and experience in one or more of the fields under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources. The Governor designates the Chairman. The Board of Review hears and determines appeals from those decisions of the Secretary of Natural Resources or from any depart- ments or other agencies within the Department of Natural Resources. The Board is responsible for the adoption of procedures for hearings |
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