4) cooperates with other organizations in studies
of treatment methods for sewage and industrial
wastes; 5) reviews any plan or program from any
public or private agency or organization relating
to stream pollution or the utilization, conserva-
tion, or development of water or associated land
resources; 6) and recommends to signatory bodies
standards for cleanliness of streams.

The Commission is financed by appropriations
from each of the participating bodies.

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN
COMMISSION

Chairperson: Harry Hughes, Governor of Maryland
Richard Thornburgh, Governor of Pennsylvania
Hugh L. Carey, Governor of New York
Cecil Andrus, Secretary of the Interior

Alternates: Dr. Theodore L. Hullar, New York;
Dr. Maurice K. Goddard, Pennsylvania; Henry
Silbermann, Maryland; Patrick J. Delaney,
United States.

Executive Director; Robert J. Bielo

1721 N. Front Street
Harrisburg, Pa. 17102 Telephone: (717) 238-0422

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission
was created upon the ratification of the Susque-
hanna River Basin Compact by the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania, by the states of New
York and Maryland, and by the U. S. Con-
gress. Maryland ratified it by Chapter 391, Acts
of 1967. The Commission superseded the Inter-
state Advisory Committee on the Susquehanna
River Basin.

The Commission, which was recommended by
the Interstate Advisory Committee on the Sus-
quehanna River Basin, develops plans, policies,
and projects relating to the water resources, con-
servation, and management in the Basin. The
Commission consists of the Governor or his des-
ignee from each signatory state and one member
appointed by the President of the United States
to serve at the pleasure of the President. The
Commission provides for its own organization
and procedure and each year elects its own
chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its
members (Code Natural Resources Article, sec.
8-302).

ATLANTIC STATES MARINE
FISHERIES COMMISSION

Commissioners from the State of Maryland:

Robert J. Rublemann, Fisheries Administrator;
Tyras S. Athey, August Berlitz, 1980

Executive Director: lrwin M. Alperin

1717 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Telephone: (202) 387-5330

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis-
sion is an outgrowth of the Eastern Conservation
Conference begun in 1937. Seven states, including
Maryland, drew up and ratified a compact in
1941. Maryland ratified the compact by Chapter
435, Acts of 1941. This compact, assented to by
the U.S. Congress and signed by the President in
1942, is the legal basis of the Atlantic States Ma-
rine Fisheries Commission, which today has a
membership of fifteen Atlantic seaboard states.
Each State is represented by three
Commissioners, one of whom must be the
chairperson or director of the fisheries manage-
ment agency, one a legislator and a member of
the Commission on Intergovernmental Coopera-
tion, and one selected by the Governor.

Maryland is represented by the Fisheries Ad-
ministrator of the Department of Natural
Resources and a member of the Intergovernmen-
tal Cooperation Commission, both of whom serve
ex officio, and a resident of Maryland with
knowledge and interest in marine fisheries
problems appointed by the Governor for a three-
year term. The Commission advises only, aiding
in the development of joint programs dealing
with particular species of fish or bodies of water
common to two or more states. These programs
may result in uniform laws or varying but coordi-
nated measures as the circumstances require. The
Commission meets annually and in four regional
groups as follows: 1) the North Atlantic States,
2) the Middle Atlantic States, 3) the Chesapeake
Bay Area, and 4) the South Atlantic States. In
place of special committees, which in the past
dealt with particular species, the 15th Annual
Meeting created an overall scientific committee to
digest scientific material and present condensed
reports to the Commission. A similar committee
was established to report on legal matters. The
technical advice and research facilities of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service are available to the
Commission and its member states. Each partici-
pating state contributes to the support of the
Commission in proportion to the value of its