The Department of Environmental Conservation shall provide an advisory
committee who together with the state Commissioner of Commerce and the
director of the office of regional development shall constitute an
advisory committee with whom the members of the interstate commission on
the Lake Champlain basin from this state may consult with respect to New
York participation in the compact. Such members of the commission may
also consult from time to time with other officers of the state
government or any subdivisions thereof, as may be appropriate.