68-215-112 - Petroleum underground storage tank board.
68-215-112. Petroleum underground storage tank board.
(a) There is created a petroleum underground storage tank board which shall be composed of nine (9) members as follows:
(1) One (1) person who is employed by a private business concern with experience in management of petroleum to be appointed by the governor from a list of three (3) names submitted by the Tennessee Association of Business;
(2) One (1) person who is employed by a private petroleum concern with experience in the management of petroleum to be appointed by the governor from a list of three (3) names submitted by the Tennessee Petroleum Council;
(3) One (1) person who is employed by a private petroleum concern with experience in the management of petroleum to be appointed by the governor from a list of three (3) names submitted by the Tennessee Oil Marketers Association;
(4) One (1) person with experience in the management of petroleum, who is the owner or operator, or both, of only one (1) private petroleum underground storage tank facility that has no more than five (5) petroleum underground storage tanks and who is not affiliated with the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Tennessee Petroleum Council, the Tennessee Oil Marketers Association, the Tennessee Environmental Council, or the Tennessee Municipal League;
(5) One (1) person who is a representative of environmental interests knowledgeable of the management of petroleum products and/or hazardous substances to be appointed by the governor from a list of three (3) names submitted by the Tennessee Environmental Council;
(6) One (1) person who is to be appointed by the governor from a list of three (3) names submitted by the Tennessee Municipal League;
(7) One (1) person shall be an ex officio member and shall be the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's designee;
(8) Two (2) persons, to be appointed by the governor, who are consumers of petroleum products and who are not affiliated with the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Tennessee Petroleum Council, the Tennessee Oil Marketers Association, the Tennessee Environmental Council or the Tennessee Municipal League;
(9) The director, or the director's designee, of the division designated as responsible for the petroleum underground storage tank program shall serve as the technical secretary of the board but shall have no vote at board meetings; and
(10) If the governor does not choose to appoint one of the persons recommended to the governor under the terms of subdivisions (a)(1)-(6), the appropriate organization or organizations shall submit new lists until such appointments are made.
(b) The members appointed by the governor shall serve four-year terms and until their successors are appointed; provided, that the first appointments shall be as follows: The representatives named in subdivisions (a)(2) and (6) shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, the representatives named in subdivisions (a)(3) and (5) shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, the representatives named in subdivisions (a)(4) and (8) shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, and the representative named in subdivision (a)(1) shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years.
(c) All vacancies in appointed positions shall be filled by the governor from the recommendations of the appropriate organizations in the same manner as the original appointment to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.
[Acts 1988, ch. 984, § 14; T.C.A., § 68-53-112; Acts 2008, ch. 794, § 9.]