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collection, treatment or storage facilities or structures that are | | part of a system with due regard to the size and type of | | facilities, the character of water to be treated and any other | | physical conditions affecting such system or part thereof and | | specify the qualifications the operator of the system or of a part | | of a system must have to supervise successfully the operation of | | the system or parts thereof so as to protect the public health or | | prevent nuisance conditions. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §2624-A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 471, Pt. D, §21, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | §2624-A. Board of Licensure of Water System Operators |
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| | | The Board of Licensure of Water Treatment Plant | | Operators, referred to in this section as the "board," is | | established within the department pursuant to Title 5, chapter | | 379. |
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| | | 1. Membership; general qualifications. The board consists of | 9 members appointed by the Governor as follows: 3 water system | or water treatment plant | | operators, one holding a Class II license, one holding a Class | | III license and one holding a Class IV license; one member of the | | public who is a registered professional engineer; one person who | | is an educator in the field of water supply or service; one | | person who is a water management representative; one person who | represents consumers of public water systems | | system," as that term is defined in rules of the board; one | | person who is an owner or manager of a nontransient, noncommunity | | public water system; and one person from the department, as the | | commissioner may recommend, subject to appointment by the | | Governor. |
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| | | 2. Terms. Except as provided in this subsection, each | member of the board is appointed for a 3-year term. The initial | appointee who is a water system or water treatment operator | holding a Class II license and the initial appointee who is a | registered professional engineer employed by a water utility are | appointed for one-year terms. The initial appointee who is a | water system or water treatment operator holding a Class III | license and the initial appointee who is an educator in the field | of water supply or service are appointed for 2-year terms. | | appointee from the department serves at the pleasure of the | | Governor. The commissioner may recommend to the Governor at any | | time that the appointee from the department be replaced. | | Vacancies must be filled by appointment of the Governor for all | | unexpired terms. |
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