19-2-107 - Executive secretary -- Appointment -- Powers.
19-2-107. Executive secretary -- Appointment -- Powers.
(1) The executive secretary shall be appointed by the executive director, with theapproval of the board, and shall serve under the administrative direction of the executive director.
(2) The executive secretary may:
(a) develop programs for the prevention, control, and abatement of new or existing airpollution resources of the state;
(b) advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the state, the federalgovernment, other states and interstate agencies, and with affected groups, political subdivisions,and industries in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter;
(c) employ full-time employees necessary to carry out this chapter;
(d) as authorized by the board, subject to the provisions of this chapter, authorize anyemployee or representative of the department to enter at reasonable time and upon reasonablenotice in or upon public or private property for the purposes of inspecting and investigatingconditions and plant records concerning possible air pollution;
(e) encourage, participate in, or conduct studies, investigations, research, anddemonstrations relating to air pollution and causes of it as advisable and necessary for thedischarge of duties assigned under this chapter, including the establishment of inventories ofpollution sources;
(f) collect and disseminate information relating to air pollution and the prevention,control, and abatement of it;
(g) as authorized by the board subject to the provisions of this chapter, enforce rulesthrough the issuance of orders, including:
(i) prohibiting or abating discharges of wastes affecting ambient air;
(ii) requiring the construction of new control facilities or any parts of new controlfacilities or the modification, extension, or alteration of existing control facilities or any parts ofnew control facilities; or
(iii) the adoption of other remedial measures to prevent, control, or abate air pollution;
(h) review plans, specifications, or other data relative to pollution control systems or anypart of the systems provided in this chapter;
(i) as authorized by the board, subject to the provisions of this chapter, exercise allincidental powers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including certification toany state or federal authorities for tax purposes the fact of construction, installation, or acquisitionof any facility, land, building, machinery, or equipment or any part of them, in conformity withthis chapter;
(j) cooperate with any person in studies and research regarding air pollution, its control,abatement, and prevention; and
(k) represent the state with the specific concurrence of the executive director in allmatters pertaining to interstate air pollution, including interstate compacts and similar agreements.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 112, 1991 General Session