Wastewater Advisory Board created; purpose; composition; terms; meetings

1. Law
2. Mississippi Code
3. Public Health
4. Mississippi Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law
5. Wastewater Advisory Board
6. Wastewater Advisory Board created; purpose; composition; terms; meetings

1. There is created the Wastewater Advisory Board for the purpose of advising the Department of Health regarding individual on-site wastewater disposal systems. The advisory board shall be composed of the following:
   1. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the American Council of Engineering;
   2. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Office of Pollution Control;
   3. One (1) appointee of the State Health Officer;
   4. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Home Builders Association of Mississippi;
   5. One (1) appointee of the Chairman of the Mississippi State Board of Health that represents a Mississippi ATU manufacturer;
   6. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Engineering Society;
   7. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Manufactured Housing Association;
   8. One (1) appointee of the Chairman of the Mississippi State Board of Health that represents a certified installer;
   9. One (1) appointee of the Chairman of the Mississippi State Board of Health that represents a septic tank or aggregate disposal manufacturer;
   10. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Rural Water Association;
   11. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors;
   12. One (1) appointee of the President of the Mississippi Pumpers Association;
   13. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission;
   14. One (1) appointee of the President of the Mississippi Water and Pollution Control Operators Association, Inc.;
   15. The federally appointed Mississippi State Soil Scientist, or his designee;
   16. One (1) appointee of the Director of the Mississippi State Board of Registered Professional Geologists;
   17. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality;
   18. One (1) appointee of the Chairman of the Mississippi State Board of Health;
   19. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Realtors;
   20. One (1) appointee of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Municipal League; and
   21. One (1) appointee of the Chairman of the Department of the Mississippi State University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
2. The members of the advisory committee shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from its membership.
3. The terms of appointments for each member shall be for a period of two (2) years.
4. The advisory committee shall have quarterly meetings, with at least one (1) of those meetings taking place between forty-five (45) and sixty (60) days before the meeting of the Mississippi State Board of Health.
5. The Mississippi Department of Health shall staff all advisory committee meetings and record minutes of those meetings.

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