- (a) The Wastewater Licensing Committee is created and established to advise and assist the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission and the Division of Environmental Quality in the administration of the licensing program.
(b) The committee shall be composed of eight (8) members:
- (1) Five (5) members, to be appointed by the commission, of which three (3) members shall be active wastewater treatment plant operators licensed by the division, and two (2) members shall be employed by a private corporation or industry located in Arkansas and nominated at large by corporations or industries for service on the committee;
(2) One (1) member, to be appointed by the commission, shall be an employee of a municipality operating a wastewater treatment plant who holds the position of:
- (A) Chief administrative officer;
- (B) City engineer;
- (C) Director of public utilities; or
- (D) Other equivalent position;
- (3) One (1) member, to be appointed by the commission, shall be a faculty member of an accredited college, university, or professional school in the state whose major field is related to water resources or sanitary engineer; and
- (4) One (1) member shall be the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality, or a qualified member of the director’s staff, who shall act as executive secretary of the licensing committee.