§ 6026.105. Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and Safety
35 P.S. § 6026.105
§ 6026.105. Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board
(a) Establishment.--There is hereby created a 13-member Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board for the purpose of assisting the department and the Environmental Quality Board in developing Statewide health standards, determining the appropriate statistically and scientifically valid procedures to be used, determining the appropriate risk factors and providing other technical and scientific advice as needed to implement the provisions of this act.
(b) Membership.--Five members shall be appointed by the secretary and two members each by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Members shall have a background in engineering, biology, hydrogeology, statistics, medicine, chemistry, toxicology or other related scientific education or experience that relates to problems and issues likely to be encountered in developing health-based cleanup standards and other procedures needed to implement the provisions of this act. The board membership shall include representatives of local government, the public, the academic community, professionals with the appropriate background and the regulated community (manufacturing, small business and other members of the business community). The members shall serve for a period of four years. The initial terms of the members shall be staggered so that at least one-half of the members' terms expire in two years.
(e) Support.--The department shall provide the appropriate administrative and technical support needed by the board in order to accomplish its purpose, including support for surveys and technical studies the board may wish to undertake. The department shall publish a notice of meeting dates, times and locations and a list of topics to be discussed at any meeting no less than 14 days prior to the meeting, published in the same manner as required by the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84),1 known as the Sunshine Act.
(f) Interested persons list.--The department shall maintain a mailing list of persons interested in receiving notice of meetings and the activities of the board. The department shall name a contact person to be responsible for board meetings and to serve as a contact for the public to ask questions and get information about the board.
Credits
1995, May 19, P.L. 4, No. 2, § 105, effective in 60 days.
Footnotes
65 P.S. § 271 et seq. (repealed); see 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
35 P.S. § 6026.105, PA ST 35 P.S. § 6026.105
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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