§ 23-23-4 - Administration – Agency for federal acts.
SECTION 23-23-4
§ 23-23-4 Administration – Agency forfederal acts. – (a) It shall be the responsibility of the director of environmental managementto administer this chapter. Within the department of environmental management,the director may employ personnel who shall come within the classified servicein accordance with the laws of this state for the purposes of this chapter, andmay delegate to a subordinate or subordinates any or all the powers and dutiesvested in him or her under this chapter. The general assembly shall annuallyappropriate any sums that it may deem necessary for the expenses ofadministering this chapter.
(b) The department of environmental management is designatedas the state air pollution control agency for this state for all purposes ofany federal air pollution control laws, acts, or programs, and is authorized totake all action necessary or appropriate to secure to this state the benefit ofthose laws, acts, or programs.