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from $25,000,000 to $10,000,000; to provide that State grant offers
shall equal the total cost of any project to be operated by a State
owned institution or facility; to delete provisions of the Water Quality
Loan Act of 1968 which generally require that the $4,000,000 share
of the Water Quality Loan of 1968 allocated for comprehensive river
basin water quality control and abatement planning must be used to
match and administer federal grants, and deleting provisions which
require that the development of such plans must be pursuant to Sec-
tion 3 (c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and that such
plans and the programs developed therein must be in compliance with
federal regulations and objectives; to delete the requirement that a
federal grant must have been offered for a river basin program before
the Department of Water Resources shall provide the Board of Public
Works with a budget covering the State share of the cost of such pro-
gram; to provide for the adoption of rules and regulations concern-
ing development of river basin-wide water quality control and abate-
ment programs by the Director of the Department of Water Resources
instead of by the Water Resources Commission; and to correct an er-
roneous reference to Section 387C of Article 43 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland and relating generally to the Water Quality Loan Act of
1968.

May 26, 1970.

Honorable Thomas Hunter Lowe
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17, of the Maryland Con-
stitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 1239.

This bill revises the Water Quality Loan Act of 1968. It is a vir-
tual duplicate of Senate Bill 634 which was enacted by the General
Assembly and signed by me on April 22, 1970. Therefore, it is unnec-
essary for me to sign House Bill 1239.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel,

Governor.