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no longer serving in the General Assembly, to the present members
of the General Assembly or to future members of the General
Assembly.

Sincerely,

(s) Thomas B. Finan,

Attorney General.
TBF/imb

House Bill No. 663—Regulations on Detergent Wastes

AN ACT to add new subsection (e) to Section 36 of Article 66C
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supplement), title
"Natural Resources," subtitle "In General," subheading "Water Pol-
lution Control Commission," to follow immediately after subsection
36 (d) thereof, limiting the powers of the Water Pollution Control
Commission to make rules and regulations concerning detergent
wastes.

May 3, 1963.

Honorable Marvin Mandel
Acting Speaker
House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Md.

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with the provisions of Article 2, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill No. 663 and
am returning this Bill along with my veto message.

This Bill would prohibit the Water Pollution Control Commission
to make any rule or regulation concerning detergent waste prior to
June 1, 1965.

The Water Pollution Control Commission, the State Health De-
partment and the Board of Natural Resources are all strongly op-
posed to this Bill. The Water Pollution Control Commission has
advised me of their opposition to this Bill on the following grounds:

1.   The Commission's detergent waste control standard (other-
wise known as Supplement 1, to Regulation IV) is a reasonable
regulation, formulated only after lengthy study and public hear-
ings, and is entirely practical of attainment.

2.   The Commission's detergent waste control requirements are
not absolutely fixed values but are part of a flexible administrative
framework so that pollution control can be, at all times and under
all conditions, a reasonable effort.

3.   In what is already considered to be quite liberal action, the
Commission has already extended the effective date of its deter-
gent waste regulation to January 1, 1964. The Commission be-
lieves, however, that any further delay would constitute a most
serious pollution control setback.

4.   The provisions of House Bill No. 663, if signed into law,
would constitute unnecessary infringement on the authority of the