3522

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

The provisions of this section relating to sludge
composting facilities do not apply to sites with permits
pending with the Department before June 1, 1979.

406A. Certification program for superintendents of
waterworks, waste-water works and industrial waste-water
works.

(c) [(1)] Rules and regulations of [State Board] THE
DEPARTMENT of Health and Mental Hygiene. -- The [State
Board] DEPARTMENT of Health and Mental Hygiene shall adopt
and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary
for the administration of this section. The rules and
regulations shall include but not be limited to the
following: provisions for the classification of
superintendent for a specific classification of waterworks
or waste-water works; provisions establishing qualifications
of applicants; PROVISIONS FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF OPERATORS
OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE-WATER WORKS; and procedures for
applications and examinations of such persons.

[(c) (2) Rules and regulations of Water Resources
Commission. — The Water Resources Commission shall adopt
and enforce similar rules and regulations which detail the
manner in which operators of industrial waste-water works
shall be certified and other such rules and regulations as
may be necessary for the administration of this section.]

(d) [(1)] Classification of waterworks and waste-water
works. — The [State Health Commissioner] SECRETARY OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE shall classify all waterworks
[and], waste-water works, AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE-WATER WORKS.
In determining the classification of a works, consideration
shall be given to its size or capacity, the type of
treatment included, the character of water or wastes treated
and other physical conditions affecting such works.

[(d) (2) Classification of industrial waste-water
works. —The Director of the Department of Water Resources
shall classify all industrial waste-water works under a
similar criteria.]

(e) (1) Board of Certification — Creation;
appointment of members. — There is hereby created a Board
of Certification comprised of nine members. The Governor
shall appoint to the Board a representative of municipal
government, a representative of county government, a
representative of a sanitary or metropolitan commission, a
currently employed waterworks superintendent, a currently
employed waste-water works superintendent, a farmer and an
engineer representative of the [State] Department of Health
AND MENTAL HYGIENE. The [Director of the Department of
Water Resources] SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE
shall appoint to the Board a currently employed industrial