c/ o Air & Radiation Management Admin.
Department of the Environment
2500 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224 (410)631-3255

The Ozone Transport Commission was created
in 1991 to address the regionwide spread of ozone
and its precursor gases from state to state. At first
known as the Northeast Ozone Transport Com-
mission, it became the Ozone Transport Commis-
sion by its by-laws adopted in 1991.
Jn accordance with the federal Clean Air Act
amendments of 1990, the Commission assesses
the degree of interstate transport of ozone and
its precursors in the northeastern United States
(P.L. 101 549, sec. 184). To mitigate interstate
pollution, the Commission develops strategies
and recommends to the Administrator of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency measures
to ensure that states in the region attain and
maintain the National Ambient Air Quality
Standard for ozone.
The Commission is comprised of government
leaders and environmental officials from twelve
northeast and mid-Atlantic states, the District of
Columbia, and the U.S. Environmental Protec-
tion Agency.

INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON
THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN

Chair: Keith R. Gentzler, Pennsylvania

Maryland members appointed by Governor: James H.
Gilford, Ph.D.; George H. Shoemaker. Alternates:
Minny Pohlmann; George B. Reeves; Peter S.
Tinsley. Terms expire 1997.

Ex officio: Parris N. Glendening, Governor
Herbert M. Sachs, Executive Director

6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20852—3903 (301) 984-1908
fax:(301)984-5841

The Interstate Commission on the Potomac
River Basin is an agency of those jurisdictions
comprising the Potomac River drainage basin.
Established by federal law in 1940 (amended in
1970; PL. 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 Po-
tomac Valley Conservancy District, which con-
sists of all of the area drained by the Potomac
River and its tributories. A nonregulatory agency,
the Commission recommends ways to stop
stream pollution and conserve and wisely use

water and associated land resources in the District.
The Commission's Cooperative WaterSupply Op-
erations Sectionprovides technical and managerial
services to coordinate drought-related operations
of the major public water supply utilities of Mary-
land, Virginia, and the District of Columbia in the
Washington Metropolitan Area (Water Supply Co-
ordination Agreement of July 22,1982).
The Commission is composed of repre-
sentatives of the five signatory jurisdictions:
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia,
and the District of Columbia. Participating in the
Commission, the United States government is
not a signatory member. Representatives from
Maryland include the Governor and two resi-
dents of the Potomac River Drainage Basin, who
are appointed by the Governor for two-year
terms. The Commission is financed by appropria-
tions from each member jurisdiction as well as by
grants and contracts (Code Environment Article,
sees. 5-303, 5-304).

POTOMAC RIVER FISHERIES
COMMISSION

Chair: William L. Rice, St., Maryland, 1997

Maryland members appointed by Governor: John T.
Parran, 1997; Paul H. Kellam III, 1999.

Ex officio: Sarah J. Taylor-Rogers, Ph.D., dcsignee
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).
1 he Commission is a semi-autonomous agency, but
its work and policies are coordinated closely with
the Resource Assessment Service of the Maryland
Department 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 licenses fisheries and the dredging of soft shell
clams in the Potomac River. The Commission re-
ceives proceeds from the sale of crab, oyster, fish
and clam licenses, and an oyster inspection tax.
Annually, each state appropriates $150,000 to
Commission work.
The Commission's eight members include four
from each state. Maryland members are the Secre-