Section 50. Authorized Onsite Soil Evaluator Advisory Committee

The commissioner shall appoint an Authorized Onsite Soil Evaluator Advisory Committee consisting of up to 15 appointed members and one ex officio member. The commissioner shall appoint members to the Authorized Onsite Soil Evaluator Advisory Committee as follows: four AOSEs from four different regions of the Commonwealth, one or more of whom must be a member of the Virginia Association of Professional Soil Scientists; four individuals currently employed by the department as Environmental Health Specialist Senior (these may or may not also be AOSEs); two persons actively engaged in the installation of onsite sewage systems; one professional engineer; one person who is a realtor licensed in Virginia; and three discretionary voting positions intended to provide substantive expertise, when needed, from the following categories (but not limited to these categories): Homebuilder/Developer, Well Driller, Local Government, Lending Institution, Surveyor. Each member of the advisory committee may be appointed to serve a term of two years; however, the commissioner, when making initial appointments, shall designate seven of the members to serve terms of three years. The appointment, renewal and removal of each advisory committee member lies in the sole discretion of the commissioner. The commissioner should seek to ensure that one or more members of the advisory committee is a homeowner with experience with onsite sewage systems so that homeowner's interests may be represented on the committee. The director of the division, or a designee, shall serve as an ex officio member of the advisory committee. The commissioner shall designate the chairman of the committee and members shall serve at the discretion of the commissioner. The committee shall make recommendations to the commissioner regarding AOSE/PE policies, procedures, and programs. The committee shall meet at least annually. The committee shall establish its rules of order.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 18, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2002.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-163.5 and 32.1-164 of the Code of Virginia.