recommended by the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene, one senator appointed by the
president of the Senate, and one delegate appointed
by the speaker of the House. Each Council member
must be knowledgeable or have a serious interest in
toxic and carcinogenic substances. The Council is
comprised of representatives from the Depart-
ments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Natural
Resources, Agriculture, Licensing and Regulation,
Transportation, State Planning, Economic and
Community Development, the State Fire Marshal,
the Maryland State Police, the State Emergency
Management and Civil Defense Agency, the AFL-
CIO, the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, The
Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions,
the University of Maryland Medical Institutions,
and any other private or governmental entity that
the Governor deems appropriate.

The Council reports to the Governor and the
General Assembly annually (Code Health-
Environmental Article, secs. 6-102 through
6-106).

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

William M. Eichbaum, Assistant Secretary

201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-7328

The Assistant Secretariat for Environmental
Programs is responsible for all major environmen-
tal programs in Maryland (Executive Order
01.01.1980.04).

The mission of the Assistant Secretariat is to
foster and protect the public health and well-being
by providing an environment free of the uncon-
trolled release or disposal of toxic, hazardous, or
undesirable substances or emissions, and by afford-
ing the consumer safe and wholesome food, drugs,
and other consumable products. To achieve these
goals, the Assistant Secretariat is organized into
four major programs and three support units,
identified collectively as the Office of Environmen-
tal Programs (OEP). The major programs are Air
Management Administration, Community Health
Program, Water Management Administration, and
Waste Management Administration. The support
units are Administrative Services, Planning and
Analysis, and Science and Health Advisory.

AIR MANAGEMENT
ADMINISTRATION

George P. Ferreri, Director

Health and Mental Hygiene/237

201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2779

The Air Management Administration develops
air resources management plans and program
strategies. It develops and enforces regulations for
control of emissions from stationary and other
sources. It also maintains a statewide comprehen-
sive air monitoring system to provide current
information on ambient pollutant levels in order to
institute regular and emergency procedures for
their control.

COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM

David L. Resh, Jr., Administrator

201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2754

The Community Health Program assures safe
and wholesome products and protects the public
health through regulation of the manufacture,
distribution, and sale of milk, food, and other
consumer products, and through the regulation of
controlled dangerous substances or drugs with an
abuse potential. It also regulates the control of
dangerous emissions from ionizing and non-ioniz-
ing radiation sources and protects the public from
dangerous levels of noise pollution through regula-
tion and inspection.

WATER MANAGEMENT
ADMINISTRATION

Richard B. Sellars, Jr., Director

201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2737

The Water Management Administration is re-
sponsible for the development and implementation
of efforts to provide safe and adequate public
drinking water supplies and to protect State waters
by appropriate planning, compliance, permitting,
and monitoring actions.

The Administration issues municipal discharge
permits, monitors water quality, and conducts
technical analysis, including mathematical model-
ling of water quality problems. It reviews and
revises sewerage control plans, conducts needs
surveys, and develops priority listings for the
construction of sewerage facilities. It monitors the
operation and maintenance of community water
supplies and publicly owned sewage treatment
plants. It also awards federal and State grant funds
for construction of treatment facilities, reviews and
approves design plans for water and sewerage
treatment construction, and conducts initial and