The Advisory Committee

The Department shall establish an Advisory Committee on Administration of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act Assessment. Representative organizations from the categories below may nominate persons for consideration and the Commissioner shall appoint such persons to the Advisory Committee as considered desirable in accordance with 310 CMR 21.11. Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve until successors shall be appointed and qualified by the Commissioner. The Commissioner's appointees shall include one representative from each of the following categories of organizations: (a) a Massachusetts statewide water works non-profit association; (b) a New England regional water works non-profit association; (c) a non-profit association representing rural water systems; (d) a regional water works association; (e) a non-profit association representing investor-owned water companies; (f) a statewide environmental organization; (g) a second statewide environmental organization; (h) organizations representing non-community water suppliers; (i) the Massachusetts Municipal Association; (j) an organization representing industry; and (k) one other designee the commissioner considers desirable. The total membership of the committee shall not exceed 11, a majority of which shall be comprised of water utility personnel. Two designated representatives who are water utility personnel shall also serve, as members of the Department's fees advisory committee established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 21A, § 18. No state employee shall be appointed to the advisory committee and no person appointed to the advisory committee shall be deemed to be a state employee for purposes of any other general or special law. Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve without compensation except for reimbursement of their direct expenses of travel from their place of abode to the regular meetings of the Advisory Committee.