INTERSTATE AGENCIES
(Maryland memberships)
Interstate agencies enable states to work together for common purposes. Often, these agencies are created from interstate compacts approved by the U.S. Congress. The authority for interstate compacts is found in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, sec. 10).
Fishermen on Potomac River near Point of Rocks Bridge, Point of Rocks, Maryland, October 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. Maryland belongs to two interstate commissions concerned with the Potomac River.
- Adult Offender Supervision, Interstate Commission for
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission
- Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium
- Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
- Chesapeake Bay Commission
- Chesapeake Executive Council
- Coastal States Organization
- Cumberland Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Delmarva Emergency Task Force
- Education Commission of the States
- Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Interstate Commission on
- Hagerstown-Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Insurance Product Regulation Commission, Interstate
- Juveniles, Interstate Commission for
- Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
- Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
- Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Community Policing Institute
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean
- Mining Compact Commission, Interstate
- National Capital Planning Commission
- Oil & Gas Compact Commission, Interstate
- Ozone Transport Commission
- Potomac Highlands Airport Authority
- Potomac River Basin, Interstate Commission on the
- Potomac River Fisheries Commission
- Racing Compact, National
- Salisbury-Wicomico Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Southern Regional Education Board
- Southern States Energy Board
- State Governments, Council of
- Susquehanna River Basin Commission
- Uniform State Laws, National Conference of Commissioners on
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission
- Washington Metrorail Safety Commission
- Wildlife Violator Compact Board of Compact Administrators, Interstate
- Wilmington Area Planning Council
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