1999 Minnesota Statutes

     115.54 Technical advisory committee. 

    The agency shall adopt and revise rules governing waste 
 water treatment control under this chapter or chapter 116 only 
 with the advice of a technical advisory committee of seven 
 members.  One member of the committee shall be selected by each 
 of the following:  the state Consulting Engineers Council, the 
 Minnesota chapter of the Central States Water Pollution Control 
 Federation, the Association of Minnesota Counties, the state 
 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Association, the 
 metropolitan council, the state Association of Small Cities, and 
 the League of Minnesota Cities.  The technical advisory 
 committee may review and advise the agency on any rule or 
 technical requirements governing the wastewater treatment grant 
 or loan program and may review the work of other professional 
 persons working on a wastewater treatment project and make 
 recommendations to those persons, the agency, and the concerned 
 municipality, in order for the agency to ensure that water 
 quality treatment standards will be met.  The committee shall 
 meet at least once a year, or at the call of the chair, and 
 shall elect its chair.  The agency must provide staff support 
 for the committee, prepare committee minutes, and provide 
 information to the committee it may request.  A quorum is a 
 simple majority and official action must be by a majority vote 
 of the quorum.  The committee expires as provided in section 
 15.059, subdivision 5. 

    HIST: 1986 c 444; 1986 c 465 art 3 s 2; 1988 c 629 s 17; 1993 
 c 180 s 4; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 7 

*   NOTE:  See section 15.059, subdivision 5a, for expiration 
*of wastewater treatment technical advisory committee.