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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="7-212" title_number="7" title_name="Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Controlled Hazardous Substances">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Council consists of 13 members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the 13 members, 10 shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice of the Secretary as follows:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>1 shall be the pesticides coordinator or the pesticides coordinator’s designee for the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Maryland;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>1 shall be from the State Department of Agriculture;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>1 shall be from the Maryland Department of Labor, Division of Labor and Industry;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>1 shall be from the Department of Natural Resources;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>1 shall be the State Fire Marshal or the State Fire Marshal’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>1 shall be from an industry that generates hazardous substances;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>1 shall be from the hazardous substance disposal and management industry;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>1 shall be from an industry that generates low–level nuclear waste;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>1 shall be from the low–level nuclear waste management industry; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>1 shall be an individual who is engaged in the business of resource recovery.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Of the 13 members, 3 shall be public members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A public member may not be an individual who otherwise qualifies for membership under subsection (a)(2) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a member is 10 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except for an ex officio member, the terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Council on July 1, 1982.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
