---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 701.209"
title: "18"
number: "701.209"
heading: "River basin commissions and field committees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/701.209"
---

# §701.209. River basin commissions and field committees.

- (a) River basin commissions established pursuant to Title II of the Water Resources Planning Act are encouraged to establish, pursuant to [section 205(c)](/cfr/18/205.md?p=c) of that Act, procedures for public availability of information that are consistent with [5 U.S.C. 552](/usc/5/552.md), as amended, and this subpart.
- (b) Field committees will be governed by the procedures adopted by the lead Federal agency to implement [5 U.S.C. 552](/usc/5/552.md), as amended; except that if the lead agency of a field committee is a non-Federal entity, the standards of this subpart shall apply.
- (c) Requests for documents and informational materials may be made to the chairmen of the field committees and river basin commissions at the following addresses.
  - (1) **River Basin Commissions—**
  - (2) **Field Committees—**

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 7253, Feb. 19, 1975, as amended at 40 FR 10668, Mar. 7, 1975]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 as amended by Pub. L. 93-502, 88 Stat. 1561; 42 U.S.C. 1962d-1.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 7253, Feb. 19, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 402, Pub. L. 89-80; 79 Stat. 244, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1962-1962d-5), unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 7253, Feb. 19, 1975, as amended at 40 FR 10668, Mar. 7, 1975]