The Secretary shall appoint a Water Resources Committee to advise him in the preparation of the integral plan for the use, conservation and development of the water resources and to assist him in any other function entrusted to him by this chapter. The Committee shall be composed of representatives of the Planning Board, the Economic Development Administration, the Board on Environmental Quality, the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, the Water Resources Authority, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health, the Department of Transportation and Public Works and the University of Puerto Rico. The Secretary may, when he deems it convenient, enlarge the Committee by appointing representatives of other agencies of the Commonwealth and of the United States Government, and private persons concerned with the water resources of Puerto Rico. The operating costs of the Committee shall be defrayed by the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. History —June 3, 1976, No. 136, p. 390, § 6.
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