Director of the Maryland Geological Survey
and six appointed members. The Governor,
with the advice of the Secretary of Natural
Resources, appoints the members of the
Council for four year terms. Two of the
appointed members must represent the min-
ing industries and two must be public mem-
bers with a demonstrated and continuing
interest in conservation matters (Natural
Resources Article, sees 7-101 to 7-703).
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Maryland Representatives:
Albert R. Miller, Jr., Henry Silberman, Al-
vin H. Wilson.
Chairman: T. Edward Temple
Vice Chairmen: Albert R. Miller, Jr., Alan
J. Sommerville, Julian M. Alexander,
Malcolm Hope.
Treasurer: Malcolm Hope
Roy L. Orndorff, Executive Secretary
Room 1104,
1025 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone: 737-6250
The Potomac River Basin Advisory Com-
mittee, originally known as the Interstate
Advisory Committee on the Potomac River
Basin, was created as a result of a con-
ference attended by the Governors of Penn-
sylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Mary-
land and the President of the Board of Com-
missioners of the District of Columbia in
Washington, D.C., on April 19, 1965, to
coordinate and represent the genuine in-
terests of the states in Potomac Basin plan-
ning activity but, most importantly, to ad-
vise the heads of government on the best
possible permanent interstate organization
to plan, develop and manage the water and
related resources of the Potomac River
Basin.
The Advisory Committee, made up of
three representatives from each of the five
jurisdictions, has pursued its assignments,
and has completed and presented to the gov- |
ernors a proposal for an interstate-federal
water resources Compact. After enactment
by each of the Basin states and the U. S.
Congress, the new Compact will become ef-
fective and the Potomac River Basin Com-
mission will come into being to exercise the
powers granted by the Compact.
Virginia ratified the Compact in 1970,
while Maryland enacted it by Chapter 30,
Acts of 1971 (Natural Resources Article,
sec. 8-301).
The Advisory Committee maintains an
office in Washington, D.C., with a small ad-
ministrative staff. The Committee and its
staff operate with an annual budget of
$60,000, of which Maryland's share is
$15,000.
PROGRAM OPEN SPACE
COMMITTEE
R. Charles Avara, F Vernon Boozer, James
dark, Jr„ S. Glyn Edwards, R. Clayton
Mitchell, Lome C. Rickert, F. Perry
Smith, Howard J. Thomas.
Chairman: Roy N. Staten
Ex officio members: Vladimir A. Wahbe,
Secretary of the Department of State
Planning; James B. Coulter, Secretary of
the Department of Natural Resources.
The Program Open Space Committee,
originally created by Chapter 403, Acts of
1969, was reconstituted by Chapter 626,
Acts of 1972. The Committee consists of
nine appointed members and two ex officio
members. Of the appointed members two
represent the State Senate, three the House
of Delegates, and four the public at large.
The Secretary of the Department of State
Planning and the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Natural Resources serve as ex
officio members. Members are appointed by
the Governor and serve indefinite terms,
The Committee was originally formed as
the result of the issuance of a State loan
known as the "Outdoor Recreation Land
Loan of 1969," as amended. It is to pre-
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