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INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 2008-2009

The Interstate Environmental Commission (IEC) elected it officers for 2008-2009 at its annual meeting held on March 5th.

Under the Commission's system of rotating the chairmanship among its three member states
every two years, Commissioner John Atkin of Norwalk, Connecticut, was re-elected the
Commission’s Chairman. Commissioner Judith L. Baron of New York and Commissioner Frank A. Pecci of New Jersey were re-elected the Commission’s Vice Chairs. Commissioner Gerard J. Kassar of New York was re-elected Treasurer. Howard Golub, the Commission’s Executive Director and Chief Engineer, was re-elected Executive Secretary; and Boris Rukovets, the Commission’s Assistant Executive Director and Assistant Chief Engineer, was re-elected Assistant Secretary. Ross Brady, IEC’s Senior Attorney, was elected Counsel to the
Commission.

Following the election, Chairman Atkin reaffirmed the Commission’s responsibility to play a key role in environmental matters throughout the Metropolitan area. He said that “he is committed to carry on the IEC’s policy of stringent and fair water pollution standards that
are set and enforced — without partiality — based solely on what is environmentally in the
best interest of the entire tri-state region.”
A former member of the Connecticut State Senate and Connecticut House of Representatives, Chairman Atkin has been an IEC Commissioner since 1992 and previously served terms as the Commission’s Chairman and as the Commission’s Connecticut Vice Chair.

On October 27, 2000, the President signed the federal legislation - the last step in the process - changing the name of this agency from the Interstate Sanitation Commission (ISC)to the Interstate Environmental Commission (IEC). The name change not only brings the Commission into the 21st Century, it more accurately reflects the nature of the Commission's mandates, mission and responsibilities that embrace a broad range of programs and activities.

The Interstate Environmental Commission is a joint agency of the States of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.  The IEC was established in 1936 under a Compact between New York and New Jersey and approved by Congress.  The State of Connecticut joined the Commission in 1941. 


Howard Golub
Executive Director and Chief Engineer


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