2010 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 217 - Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act
68-217-104 - Creation of program Board.

68-217-104. Creation of program Board.

(a)  The drycleaner environmental response program is created within the department, in the division of superfund.

(b)  (1)  The drycleaner environmental response board is hereby created. The board shall be administratively attached to the department.

     (2)  The board shall be composed of the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee and one (1) representative of each of the following, appointed by the governor:

          (A)  Drycleaning operations that employ no more than ten (10) full-time equivalent employees;

          (B)  Drycleaning operations that employ eleven (11) or more full-time equivalent employees;

          (C)  Wholesale distributors of drycleaning solvents with at least one (1) operating in-state wholesale distribution facility;

          (D)  Environmental interests;

          (E)  Environmental engineering or scientific community; and

          (F)  An impacted third party representative who is not an operator of a drycleaning facility.

     (3)  The initial appointments by the governor shall be staggered as follows:

          (A)  Three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years;

          (B)  One (1) member shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years;

          (C)  One (1) member shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years; and

          (D)  One (1) member shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years.

Thereafter, all members shall serve three-year terms.

     (4)  Each member of the board who is not a state employee is entitled to receive travel expenses in accordance with the state comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.

     (5)  If an appointed member of the board is not able to serve the member's full term, the governor shall appoint an individual to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

     (6)  The board shall, at its first meeting of each year, elect from among its members a chair and other officers necessary to transact business.

     (7)  The board must have a quorum to transact business. Four (4) members constitute a quorum. The board shall meet upon the request of the chair or the written request of three (3) of the board members. A meeting must be held within fourteen (14) days after a request is made.

[Acts 1995, ch. 541, § 4; 1996, ch. 860, § 3.]