788 /Interstate Agencies
The Mid-Atlantic Poultry Health Council was es-
tablished in 1987 in accordance with a July 22,1987,
memorandum of understanding, signed by the gov-
ernors of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Vir-
ginia. The Council coordinates policy for poultry
disease management. Annually, the chair of the Coun-
cil rotates among the member states.
MARYLAND POULTRY HEALTH
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Appointed by Governor. Edward H. Covell; Dr. Frank Craig;
Raymond J. Miller, Ph.D.; Archibald B. Park, D.V.M
Appointed by the Governor in 1987, the Mary-
land Poultry Health Advisory Committee advises
the Maryland Secretary of Agriculture on poultry
health management. In the event of an outbreak of
poultry disease in Maryland, the Committee advises
and assists the Secretary of Agriculture on imple-
menting control measures.
The Committee also represents Maryland on the
Mid-Atlantic Poultry Health Council.
INTERSTATE MINING COMMISSION
Maryland member. William Donald Schaefer, Governor
(Anthony F. Abar, Director, Bureau of Mines, alternate)
Gregory E. Conrad, Executive Director
459-B Carlisle Drive
Herndon, VA 22070 (703) 709-8654
The Interstate Mining Commission was created
by the Interstate Mining Compact initiated by the
Council of State Governments. To date, seventeen
states have ratified the Compact; Maryland ratified
in 1973 (Chapter 297, Acts of 1973).
The purpose of the Compact is to protect and
restore land, water, and other resources affected by
mining. The Commission assists in reducing the
deterioration of land, water, and air attributable to
mining and encourages programs to protect, con-
serve, and improve the usefulness of natural re-
sources. The Commission also recommends
techniques to improve, restore, or protect land and
other resources affected by mining and helps sup-
port and maintain an efficient, productive mining
industry.
The Compact's annual budget is $182,615. The
first half of the budget is assessed to each state on
an equal basis. The other half is pro-rated on the
basis of the value of mineral production in the party
states.
The Commission is composed of the seventeen
governors of the states that have ratified the Inter-
state Mining Compact. Each governor may desig-
nate an alternate (Code Natural Resources Article,
secs. 7-701 through 7-703).
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NORTHEAST OZONE TRANSPORT
COMMISSION
Maryland members appointed by Governor: David A.
C. Carroll, Secretary of the Environment; Merrylin
Zaw-Mon, Director, Air & Radiation Management
Administration, Department of the Environment.
Bruce S. Carhart, Executive Director
444 North Capitol St., NW, Suite 604
Washington DC 20001 (202) 508-3840
Contact: Merrylin Zaw-Mon
c/o Air & Radiation Management Administration
Department of the Environment
2500 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224 (410) 631-3255
The Northeast Ozone Transport Commission
was created in 1991 in accordance with the federal
Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 to address the
region-wide spread of ozone and its precursor gases
from state to state (P.L. 101-549, sec. 184).
The Commission is comprised of government
leaders and environmental officials from twelve north-
east and mid-Atlantic states, the District of Columbia,
and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The
Commission assesses the degree of interstate transport
of ozone and its precursors in the northeastern United
States; develops strategies for mitigating interstate
pollution; and recommends to the Administrator of
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency measures
to ensure that states in the region attain and maintain
the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone.
INTERSTATE OIL COMPACT
COMMISSION
Chairperson: Joan Finney, Governor of Kansas
Maryland representative: William Donald Schaefer,
Governor
Assistant representative: C. Edmon Larrimore, Chief,
Mineral Oil & Gas Division, Water Resources
Administration, Department of Natural Resources
P. O. Box 53127
900 Northeast 23 St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73152 (405) 525-3556
In 1935, the Interstate Oil Compact was executed
in Dallas, Texas. Maryland ratified the Compact in
1959 (Chapter 390, Acts of 1959). The Compact
established the Interstate Oil Compact Commission.
Through the Commission, thirty-five member states
work to conserve oil and gas resources.
Members of the Commission include the governor
of each signatory state and an assistant representative
who may act in the governor's stead (Code Natural
Resources Article, secs. 6-401 through 6-404).
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