1892                                  LAWS OF MARYLAND                               Ch. 528

EFFECTS TO A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY BECOME KNOWN,
THE FACILITY SITE MAY NOT BE USED.

3-703.

(A)  THERE IS A HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES SITING
BOARD.

(B) (1) THE BOARD CONSISTS OF SEVEN MEMBERS APPOINTED
BY THE GOVERNOR. WHO SHALL REPRESENT THE VARIOUS
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE STATE. NO MORE THAN ONE MEMBER OF
THE BOARD SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF THE SAME COUNTY OR OF
BALTIMORE CITY.

(2) OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS:

(I)  TWO SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITY IN THE STATE, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A GEOLOGIST;

(II)  TWO SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL
PUBLIC WHO HAVE NO FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE WASTE DISPOSAL
INDUSTRY, AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM HAS HAD A DEMONSTRATED
INVOLVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS;

(III)  ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED FROM A LIST
OF THREE OR MORE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE MARYLAND
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES;

(IV)  ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED FROM A LIST OF
THREE OR MORE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE MARYLAND CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE; AND

(V)  ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED FROM A LIST OF
THREE OR MORE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE MARYLAND MUNICIPAL
LEAGUE.

(C)  BEFORE TAKING OFFICE, EACH APPOINTEE TO THE BOARD
SHALL TAKE THE OATH REQUIRED BY ARTICLE I, § 9 OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION.

(D) (1) THE TERM OF A MEMBER IS 4 YEARS.

(2) THE TERMS OF THE INITIAL APPOINTEES EXPIRE
AS FOLLOWS: THE MEMBERS ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING THE GENERAL
PUBLIC AND ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
ON JANUARY 1, 1982, THE MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITY ON JANUARY 1, 1983, 1984, ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING
THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING THE
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ON JANUARY 1, 1985 AND THE REMAINING
MEMBERS ON JANUARY 1, 1984 1983.

(E)  THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT A CHAIRMAN FROM AMONG
THE SEVEN MEMBERS.

(F)  AT THE END OF A TERM, A MEMBER CONTINUES TO SERVE
UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND QUALIFIES.