56                                Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 30

(b)   The Commission may by regulation determine the classes of
such projects for which Commission approval is not required, the
types of such projects for which proposals must be submitted directly
to the Commission for review, and the types for which proposals
may be submitted to the Commission through the appropriate offices
or agencies of a signatory. The Commission after consultation with
the appropriate offices or agencies of the signatories, shall establish
the procedure of submission, timely review and consideration of
projects.

(c)   The Commission shall approve a project unless it determines
that the project, alone or in conjunction with other projects, is not
in the public interest in the conservation, development, utilization or
management of the water resources of the basin as provided for in
this compact, or is in substantial conflict with the comprehensive
water resources plan. In either case it may require modification
thereof and approve as modified, or may disapprove the project. If
the Commission does not act on a project pursuant to this section
within ninety (90) days of its submission, the project shall be deemed
to have been approved, except that if the Commission requests
modifications in the project as submitted, a reasonable time shall
be allowed for the making of such modifications and for resubmis-
sion to the Commission. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prevent the Commission and the applicant from extending the ninety
(90) day period provided herein by mutual written consent.

(d)  Proposals for federal projects which come within one or more
of the classes enumerated in subsection (a) of this Section 3.08 and
which require Congressional authorization shall be submitted to the
Commission for review and recommendation for a period of not
less than ninety (90) days; and the recommendations and views of
the Commission thereon shall be included in any report thereon
submitted by the sponsoring federal agency to the Congress.

3.09.    Effect on the Chesapeake Bay.—With respect to any action
taken by it under this compact, the Commission shall consider the
actual or potential effect of such action upon the receiving waters
of the Chesapeake Bay.

3.10.    Advisory Committees.—The Commission may constitute,
and prescribe the functions of, such number of advisory committees
consisting of such number of members who shall serve for such
periods of time as it may determine, which committees may be com-
prised of representatives of the public and of federal, state, county
and municipal governments, organizations of local governments, in-
tergovernmental agencies, water resources agencies, water-using in-
dustries, water-interest groups, labor, agriculture and other interests,
and may be basin-wide, regional or local, as the Commission may
determine.

3.11.    Proposing Amendments.—The commissioners may from
time to time recommend to the legislatures of the signatories amend-
ments to the compact and shall, not less often than once every ten
(10) years during the duration of this compact, report to such legis-
latures their views concerning the desirability of amending this
compact.