The College is governed by a board of thirty-six
members named The Visitors and Governors of
Washington College in the State of Maryland. The
Governor appoints twelve members. Alumni of the
College elect twelve additional members, and the
Board of Visitors and Governors itself selects an-
other eleven. The final member is the College Pres-
ident, who is elected by the Board. Members serve
six-year terms (Chapter 594, Acts of 1986).

The admissions brochure and college catalogue
are available upon request.

WASHINGTON SUBURBAN
SANITARY COMMISSION

Chairperson: Robert M. Potter, 1991
Vice-Chairperson: Gilbert B. Lessenco, 1989

Ada Koonce Blumenschein, 1989; Henry T.
Arrington, 1991; Waymond D. Bray, 1991;
Robert P. Will, 1991.

Richard G. Hocevar, General Manager

4017 Hamilton St.
Hyattsville, MD 20781 699-4000
Customer Services: 699-5600
Public Affairs: 699-4172
24-Hour Emergency Service: 699-4555

Engineering Department
8103 Sandy Spring Rd.
Laurel, MD 20707 441-4002

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion, the governing body of the Washington Sub-
urban Sanitary District, was created in 1918
(Chapter 122, Acts of 1918).

The Commission provides for the construction,
maintenance, and operation of water supply and
sewerage systems in Prince George's and Mont-
gomery counties. Although it has jurisdiction over
storm drainage in Prince George's County only, it
regulates and inspects plumbing and gas-fitting in-
stallations in both counties. The Commission also
administers, maintains, and operates the Anacostia
River Flood Control and Navigation Project.

The two major sources of water supply for the
Commission system are the Patuxent River,
through the Patuxent Filtration Plant, and the
Potomac River, through the Potomac River Filtra-
tion Plant. Much of the sewage from the Commis-
sion service area is transported through trunk
sewers into the District of Columbia and is treated
at the regional Blue Plains Pollution Control Plant
in Washington, D.C. Sewage disposal plants oper-
ated by the Commission are near Laurel, at
Piscataway Bay, and at the western branch of the
Patuxent River. The Commission also operates sev-
eral smaller waste water plants.

Independent Agencies/497

Ten-Tfear Water and Sewer Plans for Montgom-
ery and Prince George's counties, formerly drafted
by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion, are now prepared by the respective county
governments. The Commission's annual budget is
subject to joint approval by the governing bodies of
the two counties. The Commission sets customer
rates for its suburban Maryland service area.

Through its Public Affairs Office, the Commis-
sion distributes information on all facets of its op-
eration free of charge. The Plumbing and
Gas-Fitting Regulations are available for a fee. An
active speakers' bureau also is managed by the Pub-
lic Affairs Office.

The Commission consists of six members: three
from Montgomery County and three from Prince
George's County They are appointed to four-year
terms by the governing body of each county (Code
1957, Art. 29).

WASHINGTON SUBURBAN
TRANSIT COMMISSION

Chairperson: Richard J. Castaldi, Prince George's
County
Vice-Chairperson: Robert S. McGatry, Montgomery
County

Cleatus E. Barnett, Carlton R. Sickles, Montgomery
County; James C. Fletcher, Robert B. Ostrom,
Prince George's County.

Ex officio: Larry J. Saben, designee of Secretary of
Transportation

Gloria B. Fischer, Executive Secretary-Treasurer

8720 Georgia Ave., Suite 904
Silver Spring, MD 20910 565-9665

The Washington Suburban Transit Commission
was created in 1965 (Chapter 870, Acts of 1965).
The Commission administers activities and func-
tions of the Washington Suburban Transit District
and has powers to develop, on a bi-county basis, a
transportation system including mass transit facili-
ties for the needs and growth of Montgomery and
Prince George's counties.

The Commission acts as the financial conduit
through which funding of mass transportation pro-
jects within the counties takes place. Within the
bi-county area, it coordinates mass transit programs
of the two county governments with each other,
with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority, and with the Maryland Department of
Transportation.

The Commission and the Washington Metro-
politan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), work
together to develop a regional rapid rail transit