OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
POLICY COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Robert R. Jordan, Delaware
Vice-Chairperson: Thomas W. Rollins, Texas

Maryland representative appointed by Secretary of Interior
upon nomination of Governor. Emery T. Cleaves, Ph.D.,
Director, Maryland Geological Survey

c/o Minerals Management Service
U.S. Dept. of the Interior
381 Elden St.
Herndon, VA 22070 (703) 787-1211

The Outer Continental Shelf Policy Committee
is a committee of the Outer Continental Shelf Ad-
visory Board, created in 1975 by the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331, et seq.).
Through the Board, the U.S. Department of the
Interior receives comments and recommendations
from coastal state officials. The Board also provides
a forum for coastal states and federal agencies in-
volved in development of the shelf.
The Policy Committee advises the Secretary of
the Interior on national policy implications of man-
aging federal resources. This includes leasing, ex-
ploration, development, and protection of natural
and mineral resources of the outer continental shelf.
Committee meetings provide a formal mechanism
for public interaction. Representatives include sen-
ior officials from the offices of the coastal state
governors, fourteen discretionary members from
public and private sectors, and eleven federal mem-
bers who serve ex officio.

INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN

Phyllis M. Cole, Chairperson

Maryland members appointed by Governor: George H.
Shoemaker; Richard L. Stanton.

Alternates appointed by Governor: Minny Pohlmann;
George B. Reeves; Catherine Pieper Stevenson.
Terms expire 1995.

Ex officio: William Donald Schaefer, Governor
Herbert M. Sachs, Executive Director

6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20852—3903 (301) 984-1908

The Interstate Commission on the Potomac
River Basin is an agency of those jurisdictions com-
prising the Potomac River drainage basin. Estab-
lished by federal law in 1940 (amended in 1970;
P.L. 91-407), the Commission operates under the
Potomac Valley Conservancy District Compact.
Maryland ratified 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. A nonregulatory agency, the Commis-
sion makes recommendations concerning stream
pollution and the use and conservation of water and
associated land resources in the District. The Com-
mission's Cooperative Water Supply Operations
Section provides technical and managerial services
to coordinate drought-related operations of the
major public water supply utilities of Maryland,
Virginia, and the District of Columbia in the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area (Water Supply Coordi-
nation Agreement of July 22, 1982).
The Commission issues a newsletter, The Potomac
Basin Reporter. Other technical and general information
reports and publications also are available on request.
The Commission is composed of representatives
of the five signatory jurisdictions: Maryland, Penn-
sylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of
Columbia. While the United States government
participates in 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
(Code Natural Resources Article, secs. 8-303, 8-
304). The Commission is financed by appropria-
tions from each member jurisdiction as well as by
grants and contracts.

POTOMAC RIVER FISHERIES
COMMISSION

Maryland members appointed by Governor: John T.
Parran, 1997; William L. Rice, Sr., 1997.

Ex officio: James W. Peck, designee of Secretary of
Natural Resources, 1996

Kirby A. Carpenter, Executive Secretary

P. O. Box 9
222 Taylor St.
Colonial Beach, VA 22443 (804) 224-7148

The Potomac River Fisheries Commission oper-
ates under the Maryland-Virginia Compact of
1958, authorized by Congress. Maryland ratified
the Compact in 1959 (Chapter 269, Acts of 1959).
The Commission is a semi-autonomous agency, but
its work and policies are coordinated closely with
the Tidewater Administration of the Maryland De-
partment of Natural Resources and the Marine
Resources Commission of Virginia, Fishery agen-
cies of both states provide law enforcement on the
Potomac River for the Commission.
The Potomac River Fisheries Commission works
to conserve and improve seafood resources of the
Potomac River. The Commission regulates and li-
censes fisheries and the dredging of soft-shell clams