became part of the Department of the Environment
in 1987 (Chapter 306, Acts of 1987).

Registered environmental sanitarians conduct
inspections and investigations to promote and
maintain environmental health and secure compli-
ance with public health laws and regulations. Their
work concerns the effects of the environment on
public health. They inspect and investigate the man-
ufacture, preparation, handling, distribution, or
sale of food and milk; water supply and treatment;
wastewater treatment and disposal; solid waste
management and disposal; vector control; insect
and rodent control; air quality; noise control; prod-
uct safety; recreational sanitation; and institutional
and residential sanitation. The Board licenses appli-
cants who qualify as registered environmental san-
itarians. The Board also issues certificates of
eligibility to applicants awaiting examination.

The Board consists of nine members appointed
to five-year terms by the Governor upon recom-
mendation of the Secretary of the Environment and
with Senate advice and consent. Seven members are
registered environmental sanitarians, and two
members are consumers not trained as registered
environmental sanitarians and without financial in-
terest in a related field. Authorization for the Board
continues until July 1, 1989 (Code Environment
Article, secs. 11-101 through 11-502).

STATE BOARD OF WATERWORKS
AND WASTE SYSTEMS OPERATORS

Chairperson: Norman R. Connell, 1991

Appointed by Governor: Susan Weber, 1989;
Franklin E. Jamerson, 1990; Robert A. Menke,
1990; Robert T. Mohr, 1990; Darryl W. Palmer,
1990; Frederick Streett, 1990; James Allen
Stewart, 1992.

Appointed by Secretary of the Environment:
Kenneth N. Oliver, 1990; Edith T. Walker, 1990;
Oktay Ertugrul, Dept. of the Environment.

Deidre Johnson, Administrator

2500 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224 631-3170

The State Board of Waterworks and Waste Sys-
tems Operators was created in 1967 (Chapter 430,
Acts of 1967). The Board was transferred from the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to the
Department of the Environment in 1987 (Chapter
306, Acts of 1987).

The Board certifies superintendents and opera-
tors of waterworks and waste systems to protect the
public health and prevent pollution. The Board
evaluates applications, prepares and authorizes ex-

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aminations, and issues certificates to qualified per-
sons.

The Board consists of eleven members. Eight are
appointed by the Governor. They represent one or
more of the following constituencies or disciplines:
municipal government, county government, sani-
tary or metropolitan commissions, the Department
of Natural Resources, waterworks supervision,
wastewater or industrial wastewater works supervi-
sion, and agriculture. The Secretary of the Environ-
ment appoints three members of the Board. They
include one engineer representative from the De-
partment of the Environment and two public mem-
bers. Members serve four-year terms, except for the
Department of the Environment representative
who serves at the pleasure of the Secretary Autho-
rization for the Board continues until July 1,1991
(Code Environment Article, secs. 12-101 through
12-602).

STATE BOARD OF WELL DRILLERS

Chairperson: Estelle G. Cohen, 1990

Appointed by Governor: Robert K. Ardinger;
George F. Easterday; Jane C. Gottfredson; Joseph
H. Gribble; Kenward H. McKinney; Donald S.
Newnam. Terms expire 1990.

Willie Everett, Executive Director

2500 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224 631-3168

The State Board of Well Drillers was created in
1968 (Chapter 584, Acts of 1968). It was trans-
ferred to the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene in 1980 (Executive Order
01.01.1980.04). In 1987, the Board was placed
under the Department of the Environment (Chap-
ter 306, Acts of 1987).

The Board licenses well drillers in the following
categories: master well driller; journeyman well
driller; apprentice well driller, classes A and B;
pump installer; water conditioning installer; well
driver; and well digger. All licensed individuals must
meet statutory requirements for insurance and
bonding.

When the Board receives complaints against well
drillers, it holds hearings, and may revoke or sus-
pend licenses for violation of Board rules and regu-
lations. Any rule or regulation concerning the
drilling of wells proposed by the Department of the
Environment must be referred to the Board for
comment.

The Board consists of seven members who serve
two-year terms. They are appointed by the Gover-
nor with the advice of the Secretary of the Environ-
ment and Senate advice and consent. One member