Utah Admin. Code R309-300-16 - Operator Certification Commission
1. An Operator Certification Commission shall
be appointed by the Director from recommendations made by the cooperating
agencies. Cooperating agencies are the Utah Department of Environmental
Quality, the Utah League of Cities and Towns, the Training Coordinating
Committee of Utah, the Intermountain Section of the American Water Works
Association, the Civil or Environmental Engineering Departments of Utah's
Universities, and the Rural Water Association of Utah.
2. The Commission is charged with the
responsibility of conducting all work necessary to promote the program,
recommend certification of operators, and oversee the maintenance of
records.
3. The Commission shall
consist of seven members as follows:
(a) One
member shall be a certified operator from a town having a population under
10,000 and will be nominated by the Rural Water Association of Utah.
(b) One member shall be at least a grade III
unrestricted certified distribution operator and will be nominated by the
American Water Works Association.
(c) One member shall be at least a grade III
unrestricted certified water treatment plant operator and will be nominated by
the American Water Works Association.
(d) One member shall represent municipal
water supply management and will be nominated by the Utah League of Cities and
Towns.
(e) One member shall
represent the civil or environmental engineering department of a Utah
university cooperating with the certification program.
(f) One member shall represent water supply
trainers and will be nominated by the Training Coordinating Committee
(TCC).
(g) One member shall be a
representative for the Division of Drinking Water.
4. Each group represented shall designate its
nominee to the Director for a three-year term. Nominations may be accepted or
rejected by the Director. Persons may be renominated for successive three-year
terms by their sponsor groups. The Director shall notify the sponsoring groups
one year in advance of the termination of the Commission member that a nominee
will be needed. An appointment to succeed a Commission member who is unable to
serve his full term shall be only for the remainder of the unexpired term and
shall be submitted by the sponsor groups and approved by the Director as
mentioned above.
5. Each year the
Commission shall elect from its membership a chairperson and vice-chairperson
and such other officers as may be needed to conduct its business.
6. It shall be the duty of the Commission to
advise in the preparation of examinations for various grades of operators and
advise on the certification criteria used by the Secretary. In addition to
these duties, the Commission shall also advertise and promote the program,
distribute applications and notices, maintain a register of certified Operators
, set examination dates and locations, and make recommendations regarding each
drinking water system's compliance with these rules.
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