State Agencies

John M. Dennis, M.D.; Frederick L. Dewber-
ry, Max Eisenberg, Ph.D.; Katherine Farrell,
M.D., M.P.H.; Clement E. Gardiner; Robert P.
Goodman, Ph.D.; Gareth M. Green, M.D.;
Timothy R. Hickman; Frank M. Hoot, M.P.H.,
M.S.E.; Irving I. Kessler, M.D.; Cassandra H.
Marshall; Joan B. Pitkin; James C. Robertson;
Charles E. Robinson; Donald J. Roop, M.D.,
M.P.H.; John R. Sherwood III; Benjamin F.
Trump, M.D.; Charles F. Morgan. All terms
expire in 1982.

This Council, established by Chapter 370, Acts
of 1979, consists of twenty-five members appoint-
ed by the Governor from a list of persons recom-
mended by the Secretary of the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene, one member of the
Senate of Maryland appointed by the president of
the Senate, and one member of the House of Dele-
gates appointed by the speaker of the House.

Each person appointed to the Council shall be
knowledgeable or have a serious interest in toxic
and carcinogenic substances. The Council shall be
comprised of representatives from the Depart-
ment of Health and Mental Hygiene, Natural Re-
sources, Agriculture, Licensing and Regulation,
Transportation, State Planning, Economic and
Community Development, the State Fire Mar-
shal, the State Police, the Maryland Civil Defense
and Emergency Preparedness Agency, the AFL-
CIO, the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, The
Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions,
the University of Maryland Medical Institutions,
and any other private or governmental entity that
the Governor deems appropriate.

The Council collects and evaluates all available
data pertinent to toxic and carcinogenic sub-
stances, including asbestos in schools and public
buildings, and advises the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene on short-range and long-range
courses of action in dealing with such substances.
The Council responds to requests from the Secre-
tary for advice on specific problems, and assists
appropriate State agencies and private individuals
or organizations concerning the development of
proposals for grants relating to toxic and carcino-
genic substances. The Council is to evaluate the
economic impact of various proposals relating to
toxic and carcinogenic substances and develop an
effective communication system for dealing with
emergencies involving toxic and carcinogenic sub-
stances. The Secretary of the Department is to re-
fer to the Council all significant issues involving
toxic and carcinogenic substances.

The Council is to prepare and submit a report
to the Governor and the General Assembly on or

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before the second Wednesday of January of each
year. This report will describe the activities of the
Council during the previous year and include any
recommendations that would allow the Council
to better fulfill its purposes.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

William H. Eichbaum, Assistant Secretary

201 W. Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-7328

All major environmental programs in Mary-
land have been reorganized pursuant to the Gov-
ernor's Executive Order 01.01.1980.04, approved
by the 1980 session of the General Assembly,
into the Department of Health and Mental Hy-
giene under the Assistant Secretariat for Environ-
mental Programs. The mission of the Assistant
Secretariat is to foster and protect the public
health and well-being by providing an environ-
ment free of the uncontrolled release or disposal
of toxic, hazardous, or undesirable substances or
emissions, and by affording the consumer safe
and wholesome food, drugs, and other consum-
able products. In order to pursue these goals, the
Assistant Secretariat has been tentatively orga-
nized into three support units and four major
programs. The three support units are: Adminis-
trative Services, Planning and Analysis, and Sci-
ence and Health Advisory. The program organi-
zations are as follows:

The Air Quality Control Program develops air
resources management plans and program strate-
gies. It develops and enforces regulations for con-
trol of emissions from stationary and other
sources. It also maintains a comprehensive state-
wide air monitoring system to provide current
knowledge of ambient pollutant levels in order to
institute regular and emergency procedures for
their control.

The Community Health Protection Program
assures safe and wholesome products and pro-
tects the public health through regulation of the
manufacture, distribution, and sale of milk, food,
and other consumer products, and regulates con-
trolled dangerous substances or drugs with an
abuse potential. It also regulates the control of
dangerous emissions through ionizing and non-
ionizing radiation sources and protects the public
from dangerous levels of noise pollution through
regulation and inspection.