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(f) Peninsula Regional Planning Commission which includes 

 Hampton City, Newport News, James City, Williamsburg County, 

 and York County. 



INTERSTATE ACTIVITIES 



There are a number of interstate activities and agencies in the 

 Chesapeake Bay area each of which serves to some extent to coordinate 

 both Federal and State programs and operations. 



These include the : 



( 1 ) Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin was created 

 by the Potomac River Basin compact in 1939. Members include Mary- 

 land, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, the District of Colum- 

 bia, and the United States. 



(2) Potom/w River Fisheries Commission, established by the Poto- 

 mac River compact, 1958, includes both the States of Maryland and 

 Virginia. The work of the Commission provides for research, regula- 

 tion, and licensing with respect to fish and shellfish, and the taking 

 or catching of such fish in the tidewater portion of the Potomac River. 



(3) Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission created in 1941, 

 includes the States of Virginia and Maryland among the 15 signatory 

 States to this compact. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the 

 Department of the Interior is the primary research arm of the Com- 

 mission. The purpose of the Commission is to recommend and co- 

 ordinate legislation and general exercise of police powers with respect 

 to marine, shell, and anadromous fisheries. 



(4) Chesapeake Research Council includes members such as the 

 Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Chesapeake Bay Institute of 

 Johns Hopkins University and the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory 

 of Natural Resources Institute of the University of Maryland. Its 

 purpose is to promote and coordinate research on Chesapeake Bay. 



(5) DELMARVA Advisory Council is primarily concerned with 

 economic development. In particular, it coordinates and promotes 

 travel and industrial development in Delaware, Maryland, and 

 Virginia. 



(6) Atlantic Waterfowl Council includes all the Atlantic seaboard 

 States as well as Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Vermont. Its main 

 activity is the protection of marine waterfowl habitat and the regula- 

 tion of migratory waterfowl routes. 



(7) Four-State Study Group includes the States of New Jersey, 

 Delaware, Maryland, and Virgmia. Its main function is the coordina- 

 tion of research on MSX oyster disease and the related marine 

 environment. 



Two of the most significant management schemes that are now being 

 considered for the Chesapeake Bay region are the proposed Federal- 

 interstate compacts for the Susquehanna River Basin and the Potomac 

 River Basin. 



Both are modeled after the well-known Delaware River Basin 

 compact of 1961, and concern the use of water and related land re- 

 sources, and encompass all management functions including compre- 

 hensive planning, regulation, construction, financing, maintenance, 

 and operation of public facilities. Both stop short of entering Chesa- 

 peake Bay. 



