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<br /> <br />enforcement of all laws relating to water pollution; to develop <br />comprehensive plans and programs for the prevention, control <br />and abatement of new, increasing, potential, or existing <br />pollution; to cause investigations to be conducted regarding <br />alleged pollution; to adopt, modify or repeal reasonable water <br />quality standards; to require the submis.sion of plans and <br />specifications for disposal systems; and to direct the State <br />Department of Health to issue, revoke, modify, or deny permits <br />for the discharge of sewage, industrial waste of other wastes <br />or for the installation or operation of disposal systems or parts <br />the reof. <br /> <br />Orj:(anization: The Commission is composed of nine <br />members, four ex officio members (Commissioner of Public <br />Health, Secretary of Agriculture, and the Directors of the <br />Natural Resources Council and the State Conservation <br />Commission) and five members appointed by the Governor to <br />overlapping six year terms, Of the five appointive members, <br />one is a member from the staff of one of the universities or <br />colleges of the state with an appropriate technical background, <br />one represents industry, one represents municipal govern- <br />ment, one is an owner-operator farmer, and one represents <br />the public at large, <br /> <br />Activities of the Commission and the Department <br />of Health in the area of water pollution control will have to <br />be closely coordinated since the Commission will function as <br />the policy making body with all field work conducted by <br />personnel of the Department of Health, This operating <br />relationship is provided for in the statutes and in approp- <br />riations to the two agencies, <br /> <br />Proj:(rams and Activities: The Commission is <br />presently involved in investigations, hearings and orders <br />pertaining to specific instances of water pollution over the <br />state and in continued study of water quality standards, <br />particularly criteria connected with agricultural pollution, <br /> <br />Early in 1966, the Commission adopted a depart- <br />mental rule requiring all municipalities, as a minimum <br />degree of waste treatment, to provide for the effective <br />removal of settleable and floatable solids. As a matter of <br />policy, the Commission requires the submission of records <br /> <br />34 <br />