Ohio Admin. Code 3745-7-10 - [Effective until 7/3/2025] Professional operator certification advisory council
(A)
The director shall appoint a professional operator certification advisory
council consisting of eight members as set forth in this rule.
(1) Two members shall be employees of the
Ohio environmental protection agency. One
member shall be from the drinking water program and one from the surface water
program.
(2) Two members shall hold
a valid class III or class IV
public water system
supply
professional operator certifications
certification and be actively employed by public water
systems at the time of appointment or retired from a
public water system within the last five years.
(3) Two members shall hold
a valid class III or class IV
wastewater works
water reclamation professional operator
certifications
certification and be actively employed by wastewater
works at the time of appointment or retired from a
wastewater works within the last five years.
(4) Two members shall be registered
professional engineers who are actively employed in the field of sanitary or
environmental engineering at the time of appointment.
(5) Except for the two agency members, no two
council members shall be employed by the same entity.
(B) Members of the council shall be appointed
for a term not to exceed five years and shall not serve longer than two
consecutive terms, except as allowed in paragraph (C) of this rule.
(C) Any vacancy occurring on the council
shall be filled by the director's appointment of a member for the balance of
the unexpired term. A council member appointed for the balance of an unexpired
term may be appointed for up to two additional consecutive full
terms.
(D) The council meetings
shall be administered by the members of the agency.
(E) Terms of appointment pursuant to this
rule shall expire on a staggered schedule as follows:
(1) The two members who are employees of the
agency shall have terms
that expire on the thirtieth of June in
years that end in four or nine.
(2)
The two members who are employed by public water systems
shall have terms that expire on the thirtieth of June in years that
end in zero or five for one member and in years that end in two or seven for
the other member.
(3) The two
members who are employed by treatment works shall
have terms that expire on the
thirtieth of June in years that end in one or six for one member and in years
that end in three or eight for the other member.
(4) The two members who are actively employed
as sanitary or environmental engineers shall
have terms that expire on the
thirtieth of June in years that end in two or seven for one member and in years
that end in three or eight for the other member.
(F) Council members shall be reimbursed for
reasonable expenses related to council activities.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 119.03, 6111.46
Rule Amplifies: 6111.46, 6109.04
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/1964, 04/17/1986, 01/01/1999, 02/12/2001, 12/21/2006, 08/15/2018
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(A) The director shall appoint a professional operator certification advisory council consisting of eight members as set forth in this rule.
(1) Two members shall be employees of the Ohio environmental protection agency. One member shall be from the drinking water program and one from the surface water program.
(2) Two members shall hold a valid class III or class IV public water system supply professional operator certifications certification and be actively employed by public water systems at the time of appointment or retired from a public water system within the last five years.
(3) Two members shall hold a valid class III or class IV wastewater works water reclamation professional operator certifications certification and be actively employed by wastewater works at the time of appointment or retired from a wastewater works within the last five years.
(4) Two members shall be registered professional engineers who are actively employed in the field of sanitary or environmental engineering at the time of appointment.
(5) Except for the two agency members, no two council members shall be employed by the same entity.
(B) Members of the council shall be appointed for a term not to exceed five years and shall not serve longer than two consecutive terms, except as allowed in paragraph (C) of this rule.
(C) Any vacancy occurring on the council shall be filled by the director 's appointment of a member for the balance of the unexpired term. A council member appointed for the balance of an unexpired term may be appointed for up to two additional consecutive full terms.
(D) The council meetings shall be administered by the members of the agency.
(E) Terms of appointment pursuant to this rule shall expire on a staggered schedule as follows:
(1) The two members who are employees of the agency shall have terms that expire on the thirtieth of June in years that end in four or nine.
(2) The two members who are employed by public water systems shall have terms that expire on the thirtieth of June in years that end in zero or five for one member and in years that end in two or seven for the other member.
(3) The two members who are employed by treatment works shall have terms that expire on the thirtieth of June in years that end in one or six for one member and in years that end in three or eight for the other member.
(4) The two members who are actively employed as sanitary or environmental engineers shall have terms that expire on the thirtieth of June in years that end in two or seven for one member and in years that end in three or eight for the other member.
(F) Council members shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses related to council activities.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 119.03, 6111.46
Rule Amplifies: 6111.46, 6109.04
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/1964, 04/17/1986, 01/01/1999, 02/12/2001, 12/21/2006, 08/15/2018