State Agencies

tions, prepares and authorizes examinations, and
issues certificates to qualified persons (Code
Health Occupations Article, Title 20). Presently
there are 3,000 certified superintendents, and it is
anticipated that an additional 2,500 persons will
be certified as operators.

MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF WELL
DRILLERS

Chairperson: James J. Geraghty, 1982

John E. Branham, 1984; George F. Easterday,
1984; Leo P. Ford, 1984; Edgar R. Kauffman,
1984; Raymond W. Ludlow, Jr., 1984; Charles
A. Wheeler, 1984.

Tawes State Office Building
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-3520

The Maryland State Board of Well Drillers was
created by Chapter 584, Acts of 1968, and trans-
ferred to the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene in 1980 (Executive Order 01.01.1980.04).
The Board consists of seven members who serve
two-year terms. They are appointed by the Gov-
ernor, with the advice of the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, One member represents the
Eastern Shore, one represents Central Maryland
and Baltimore City, one represents Southern
Maryland, and one represents Western Maryland.
The regional members must be licensed well drill-
ers, actively engaged in the well drilling business
in the State at the time of their appointment. Of
the remaining three members, one must represent
the public at large and be chairperson of the
Board. One member represents the Department of
Natural Resources and one the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene.

The Board administers the licensing program
for well drillers. It issues licenses to the following
categories of well drillers: Master well driller,
journeyman well driller; apprentice well driller,
classes A and B; pump installer; water condition-
ing installer; well driver; and well digger. The
Board is expressly vested with the power and au-
thority to make and enforce such rules and regu-
lations as are necessary to carry out its responsi-
bilities. The Board requires that all licensed
individuals meet statutory requirements of insur-
ance and bonding. The Board receives complaints
against well drillers, holds hearings, and may re-
voke or suspend licenses for violation of the
Board's rules and regulations. Any rule or regula-
tion concerning the drilling of wells proposed by
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
must be referred to the Board for comment (Code
Health Occupations Article, Title 21).

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HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE
SUBJECT AREA ADVISORY BODIES

AIR QUALITY CONTROL ADVISORY
COUNCIL

Chairperson: John W. Stout, 1984
Vice-Chairperson: William H. Zoller, Ph.D., 1986

Richard R. Cole, 1984; Julian H. Convey, 1984;
Nathan C. Irby, Jr., 1984; Mehrl F. Mayne,
1984; Charles E. Billings, Ph.D., 1985; Thomas
X. White, 1985; Maurice H. Weeks, 1986;
Clyde 0. Humbert, 1987; Genevieve E.
Matanoski, 1987.

201 W. Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2779

The Air Quality Control Advisory Council was
created by Chapter 143, Acts of 1967, to super-
sede the Air Pollution Control Council, which
had been created by Chapter 806, Acts of 1963.
The present Council was established to advise the
Department on proposed rules and regulations
for the control of air pollution in the State. The
Council reviews recommended regulations for the
establishment of standards for emissions into the
air for ambient air quality, and advises the De-
partment of Health and Mental Hygiene prior to
their submission to the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene.

The Council consists of not more than thirteen
members appointed by the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene. Membership must include a
mechanical engineer, a chemical engineer, two
members chosen from a list submitted by the
Maryland Chamber of Commerce, one physician,
and one person actively engaged in farming who
is knowledgeable in farm and rural pollutant
problems. Four members are selected one each
from lists submitted by the University of Mary-
land, The Johns Hopkins University, the Council
of Governments of Metropolitan Washington,
and the Maryland State AFL-CIO. One member
is a member of the Regional Planning Council
recommended to the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene by the Regional Council. The re-
maining member is appointed from a list submit-
ted by the Maryland Association of Counties.
Terms of members are five years, except for the
member representing the Regional Planning
Council who sits only as long as he or she re-
mains a member of the Planning Council (Code
Health-Environmental Article, Title 2, Subtitle 2).