506/Maryland Manual

The purpose of the Compact is to protect and
restore land, water, and other resources affected by
mining; assist in reducing the deterioration of land,
water, and air attributable to mining; and encour-
age programs to protect, conserve, and improve the
usefulness of natural resources.

The total budget of the Compact is $147,286.
The first half of the budget is assessed to each state
on an equal basis. The other half is pro-rated on the
basis of the value of mineral production in the party
states.

The Compact establishes a Commission with
one representative and one alternate from each
state. Under the Compact, the Commission rec-
ommends techniques to improve, restore, or pro-
tect land and other resources affected by mining;
and helps support and maintain an efficient, pro-
ductive mining industry

The Commission is composed of the seventeen
governors of the states that have ratified the Inter-
state Mining Compact. Each governor may desig-
nate an alternate (Code Natural Resources Article,
secs. 7-701 through 7-703).

INTERSTATE OIL COMPACT
COMMISSION

Chairperson: Steve Cowper, Governor of Alaska

Maryland representative: William Donald Schaefer,
Governor

Assistant representative: Dr. Kenneth N. Weaver,
Director, Maryland Geological Survey.

EO. Box 53127
900 Northeast 23 St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73152 (405) 525-3556

In 1935, the Interstate Oil Compact was exe-
cuted in Dallas, Texas. Maryland ratified the Com-
pact in 1959 (Chapter 390, Acts of 1959). The
Compact established the Interstate Oil Compact
Commission, which is based in Oklahoma. Through
the Commission, thirty-six member states work to
conserve oil and gas resources.

Membership on the Commission consists of the
Governor of each signatory state together with an
assistant representative who may act in the
Governor's stead (Code Natural Resources Article,
secs. 6-401 through 6-404).

INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON
THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN

Chairperson: James J. Corbalis, Jr., Virginia^ 1989
Ex officio: William Donald Schaefer, Governor

Maryland members appointed by Governor:
Robert Y. Clagett, 1989; George H. Shoemaker,
1989.

Alternates appointed by Governor: Norton
Dodge, Ph.D., 1989; Minny Pohlmann, 1989;
Herbert M. Sachs, 1989.

Lee E. Zeni, Executive Director

6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20852-3903 984-1908

The Interstate Commission on the Potomac
River Basin is an agency of those states comprising
the Potomac River drainage basin. Established by
an Act of Congress in 1940 and amended in 1970
(EL. 91-407), the Commission operates under the
Potomac River Sanitation Compact. Maryland rat-
ified the Compact in 1939 (Chapter 320, Acts of
1939; Chapter 29, Acts of 1960).

The Commission has jurisdiction over the Poto-
mac Valley Conservancy District, created by the
enabling act. The Commission analyzes and inter-
prets data; conducts studies; coordinates planning
and programs; disseminates information and edu-
cational material to the public; and promotes uni-
form laws and regulations. It recommends solutions
to problems relating to stream pollution and the use
and conservation of water and associated land re-
sources in the District. The Commission's Cooper-
ative Water Supply Operations (CO-OP) Section
provides technical and managerial services for coor-
dinated drought-related operations of the major
Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia public
water supply utilities in the Washington Metropol-
itan Area (Water Supply Coordination Agreement
of July 22,1982).

The Commission is composed of representatives
of the five signatory members: Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of
Columbia. While the United States government is
a member of the Commission, it is not a signatory
member. The representatives from Maryland in-
clude the Governor and two residents of the Poto-
mac Valley Conservancy District, who are
appointed by the Governor for two-year terms.

The Commission is financed by appropriations
from each of the participating bodies (Code Natural
Resources Article, secs. 8-303, 8-304).

Monthly, the Commission issues a newsletter,
The Potomac Basin Reporter. Other technical and
general information reports are also available to the
public.