Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
Purpose
The purpose of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin is to cooperate with legislative and administrative agencies of states, as well as with other commissions, federal, and local governmental (and nongovernmental) agencies, organizations, groups, and persons to obtain uniform laws, rules, or regulations for abatement of existing pollution of the waters of the Potomac drainage area by sewage, industrial waste, and other wastes; prevention of future pollution in streams of conservancy district; and planning for utilization, conservation, and development of water and associated land resources.
Term
Four year terms
Composition
The Commission shall consist of three members as follows: one legislative member of the Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation who resides in the Potomac River drainage basin, appointed by the Joint Rules Committee; one nonlegislative citizen member at large who resides in the Potomac River drainage basin, appointed by the Governor; and the executive director of the State Water Control Board. One of the members shall be designated by the Governor as chairman. The Governor and the Joint Rules Committee shall appoint alternate members for their appointees to the Commission, who shall reside in the Potomac River drainage basin, and each alternate shall have power to act in the absence of the person for whom he is alternate.
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