2005 Minnesota Statutes - 115.741 — Advisory Council on Water Supply Systems and Wastewater Treatment Facilities.

     115.741 Advisory Council on Water Supply Systems and 
  Wastewater Treatment Facilities. 


    Subdivision 1.    Purpose; membership.  The Advisory 
 Council on Water Supply Systems and Wastewater Treatment 
 Facilities shall advise the commissioners of health and the 
 Pollution Control Agency regarding classification of water 
 supply systems and wastewater treatment facilities, 
 qualifications and competency evaluation of water supply system 
 operators and wastewater treatment facility operators, and 
 additional laws, rules, and procedures that may be desirable for 
 regulating the operation of water supply systems and of 
 wastewater treatment facilities.  The advisory council is 
 composed of 11 voting members, of whom: 


    (1) one member must be from the Department of Health, 
 Division of Environmental Health, appointed by the commissioner 
 of health; 


    (2) one member must be from the Pollution Control Agency 
 appointed by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency; 


    (3) three members must be certified water supply system 
 operators, appointed by the commissioner of health, one of whom 
 must represent a nonmunicipal community or nontransient 
 noncommunity water supply system; 


    (4) three members must be certified wastewater treatment 
 facility operators, appointed by the commissioner of the 
 Pollution Control Agency; 


    (5) one member must be a representative from an 
 organization representing municipalities, appointed by the 
 commissioner of health with the concurrence of the commissioner 
 of the Pollution Control Agency; and 


    (6) two members must be members of the public who are not 
 associated with water supply systems or wastewater treatment 
 facilities.  One must be appointed by the commissioner of health 
 and the other by the commissioner of the Pollution Control 
 Agency.  Consideration should be given to one of these members 
 being a representative of academia knowledgeable in water or 
 wastewater matters. 


    Subd. 2.    Geographic representation.  At least one of 
 the water supply system operators and at least one of the 
 wastewater treatment facility operators must be from outside the 
 seven-county metropolitan area and one wastewater operator must 
 come from the Metropolitan Council. 


    Subd. 3.    Terms; compensation.  The terms of the 
 appointed members and the compensation and removal of all 
 members are governed by section 15.059.  


    Subd. 4.    Officers.  When new members are appointed to 
 the council, a chair must be elected at the next council meeting.
 The Department of Health representative shall serve as secretary 
 of the council. 


    HIST: 1995 c 180 s 9; 1999 c 66 s 3-5; 2000 c 260 s 95