WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS, JR. GOVERNOR OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR STATE CAPITOL AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711 February 4, 1931 J. M. Duke Captain, U. S. Coast Guard Chairman, Coastal Region VI Regional Response Team Commander (mep) Eighth Coast Guard District Hale Boggs Federal Building 500 Camp Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Dear Captain Duke: Thank you for your January 9, 1931 reply to my letter of December 9, 1980 regarding development of an advisory council to the Regional Response Team (RRT). After receipt of your letter, I further reviewed the matter with members of my staff, the Texas Department of Water Resources, and others, concerning the advisory council and how it would work with the RRT and with our State Disaster Council. As per your suggestion, one effective way to utilize the information generated from such an advisory council and provide it to the RRT in a consolidated form would be through our State RRT Member. This in- put would be expressed by our RRT representative to the assembled RRT or designated On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) as appropriate. Should we assemble the advisory council, we would appreciate you or your designee, as well as representatives from NOAA and EPA, being present for council or guidance. We will inform you further in this connection. I would like to express my thanks to Admiral Yost and Captain Madson for their assistance and express my best wishes to you in your new position. If I can be of assistance to you in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me. cc: Mr. Dick Whittington Mr. Robert Lansford Mr. Mit Spears Sincerely, (.624,k Allen B. Clark, Jr. Special Assistant for Administration
