(a) The Wastewater Licensing Committee shall have the power and duty to:

1. (1) Establish such administrative policies and guidelines as necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the committee;
2. (2) Conduct such inquiries and establish findings necessary to advise the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission and the Division of Environmental Quality on irregularities encountered in the management of the licensing program;
3. (3) Conduct such inquiries and establish such facts as necessary to advise the commission and the division on the actions of licensees;
4. (4) Recommend such administrative sanctions as necessary to promote the professional integrity of wastewater licensees;
5. (5) Adopt such criteria as the committee may deem necessary to define the areas of competence for each classification of operators and to establish criteria, make determinations, and recognize substitutions of equivalency, education, or experience as it deems appropriate; and
6. (6) Review and approve training programs to satisfy the requirements of this part.

(b) Executive secretary powers and duties. The executive secretary works on behalf of the committee and the division and shall:

1. (1) Administer licensing examinations;
2. (2) Collect fees;
3. (3) Process licenses and renewals;
4. (4) Review training requests and make recommendations; and
5. (5) Complete other duties as required to carry out the responsibilities of the committee and the division.