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APPElmLX 4 CHARTER FOR AN ARKANSAS-WHITE-RED BASINS INTER-AGENCY CO!~ITTEE o ('') ~ o o CO 1. INTRODUCTION. In accordance with the desires of the federal agencies and the states concerned, this charter establishes an Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee in consonance with a letter of April 10, 1966, from the President to the Secretary of the Interior as Chairman, Water Resources Coun- cil," and a memorandum of April 27, 1966, from the Executive Director, Water Resources Council, to Field Committees and Subcommittees of the Inter-Agency Committee on Water Resources. 2. PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this agreement to provide in the Arkansas, White, and Red River Basins facilities and procedures for the coordination of the policies, programs, and activities of the federal agencies and states in the field of water and related land resources investigation, planning, con- struction, operation and maintenance; provide means by which conflicts'may be resolved; and to provide procedures for coordination of their interests with those of other federal, local governmental, and private agencies in the water and related land resources field. 3. ESTABLISHMENT. a. For this purpose there is established an Arkansas-white-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee. The Committee shall be composed of representatives of each of the following federal agencies and states which elect to participate: The Departments of Agriculture, Army, Commerce, Energyl, Housing and Urban Development, lnterior, Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency; Federal Emergency Management Agency2; and the States of'Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. b. of the in the The federal members of the Committee shall be designated by the head federal agency they are to represent and shall preferably be resident area. c. The governor of each state desiring to participate shall designate the member of the Committee for his state. d. Committee members may designate other offIcials to serve as. alter- nates. e. Federal agencies will participate in the work of the Committee in accordance with their respective responsibilities and interests, and with the intent of the Water Resources Planning Act, Public ta~ 89-80. f. When appropriate, other federal, state, public, and private agencies will be asked to participate in Committee meetings and to appoint representa- tives to specific subcommittees in order that the work of the Committee cay be coordinated with the related work of all agencies. 1 Revised March 1980 to reflect current agency name, fo~e~Ly th~ Federal Power Commission. 2 Federal Emergency Management Agency accepted membership to AWRBIAC on March 28, 1988.