Executive Order 11882—Membership of Energy Research and Development Administration on Established River Basin Commissions

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 202 of the Water Resources Planning Act (79 Stat. 247, 42 U.S.C. 1962b-1), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 3 (2) of Executive Order No. 11345 of April 20, 1967, as amended, establishing the Great Lakes Basin Commission, is amended by adding "Energy Research and Development Administration," immediately after "Department of Transportation."

SEC. 2. Section 3 (2) of each of the following Executive orders is amended by deleting "Atomic Energy Commission" and substituting therefor "Energy Research and Development Administration":

(a) Executive Order No. 11371 of September 6, 1967, as amended, establishing the New England River Basins Commission;

(b) Executive Order No. 11578 of January 13, 1971, establishing the Ohio River Basin Commission;

(c) Executive Order No. 11658 of March 22, 1972, establishing the Missouri River Basin Commission; and

(d) Executive Order No. 11659 of March 22, 1972, as amended, establishing the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission.

SEC. 3. The Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration shall appoint a member to each river basin commission to serve as the representative of that agency as soon as practicable after the date of issuance of this order.

GERALD R. FORD

The White House,

October 6, 1975.