                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POTOMAC AQUIFER RECHARGE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (§ 62.1-272)

A. The Potomac Aquifer Recharge Oversight Committee is established as an
advisory board and shall consist of eight voting members and two nonvoting
members:

   1. The State Health Commissioner or his designee, who shall be a full-time
   employee of the Virginia Department of Health;

   2. The Director of the Department of Environmental Quality or his designee,
   who shall be a full-time employee of the Department;

   3. The Executive Director of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission or
   his designee, who shall be a full-time employee of the Hampton Roads Planning
   District Commission;

   4. The two Co-Directors of the Potomac Aquifer Recharge Monitoring Laboratory
   established pursuant to &#xA7; 62.1-274;

   5. The Director of the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory, established
   pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board;

   6. A Virginia citizen who is a full-time employee of a water authority or
   locality that depends on the Potomac Aquifer as a significant source of public
   drinking water;

   7. A Virginia citizen who is a licensed physician engaged in medical practice
   within the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area;

   8. The Regional Administrator of Region III of the U.S. Environmental
   Protection Agency (EPA) or his designee, who shall be a full-time employee of
   EPA Region III and shall serve ex officio without voting privileges; and

   9. The Director of the Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center of the
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) or his designee, who shall be a full-time
   employee of USGS and shall serve ex officio without voting privileges.
   				The two Virginia citizen members shall be selected on the basis of merit
   without regard to political affiliation and shall, by character and
   reputation, reasonably be expected to inspire the highest degree of
   cooperation and confidence in the work of the Committee. Each citizen member
   shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General
   Assembly, and shall be appointed for an initial term of two years ending July
   1, 2021, and for a term of four years thereafter. Any vacancy of the seat of a
   citizen member other than by expiration of a term shall be filled by the
   Governor by appointment for the unexpired term.

B. The Director of the Department shall be the initial chairman of the Committee
and shall serve an initial term as chairman until July 1, 2020. The Committee
shall elect a chairman to serve thereafter from among any of the eight voting
members. The chairman shall be elected to serve a one-year term ending the next
July 1 or until his successor is elected. There shall be no limitation on the
number of consecutive terms that a committee member may be elected to serve as
chairman.

C. The Committee shall convene at least quarterly during the initial three years
ending July 1, 2022, and shall convene at least once per calendar year
thereafter.

HISTORY: 2019, cc. 54, 58.