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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1374. Effluent Standards and Water Quality Information Advisory Committee
(a) Establishment; membership; term
(1) There is established an Effluent Standards and Water Quality
Information Advisory Committee, which shall be composed of a
Chairman and eight members who shall be appointed by the
Administrator within sixty days after October 18, 1972.
(2) All members of the Committee shall be selected from the
scientific community, qualified by education, training, and
experience to provide, assess, and evaluate scientific and
technical information on effluent standards and limitations.
(3) Members of the Committee shall serve for a term of four
years, and may be reappointed.
(b) Action on proposed regulations
(1) No later than one hundred and eighty days prior to the date
on which the Administrator is required to publish any proposed
regulations required by section 1314(b) of this title, any proposed
standard of performance for new sources required by section 1316 of
this title, or any proposed toxic effluent standard required by
section 1317 of this title, he shall transmit to the Committee a
notice of intent to propose such regulations. The Chairman of the
Committee within ten days after receipt of such notice may publish
a notice of a public hearing by the Committee, to be held within
thirty days.
(2) No later than one hundred and twenty days after receipt of
such notice, the Committee shall transmit to the Administrator such
scientific and technical information as is in its possession,
including that presented at any public hearing, related to the
subject matter contained in such notice.
(3) Information so transmitted to the Administrator shall
constitute a part of the administrative record and comments on any
proposed regulations or standards as information to be considered
with other comments and information in making any final
determinations.
(4) In preparing information for transmittal, the Committee shall
avail itself of the technical and scientific services of any
Federal agency, including the United States Geological Survey and
any national environmental laboratories which may be established.
(c) Secretary; legal counsel; compensation
(1) The Committee shall appoint and prescribe the duties of a
Secretary, and such legal counsel as it deems necessary. The
Committee shall appoint such other employees as it deems necessary
to exercise and fulfill its powers and responsibilities. The
compensation of all employees appointed by the Committee shall be
fixed in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter
53 of title 5.
(2) Members of the Committee shall be entitled to receive
compensation at a rate to be fixed by the President but not in
excess of the maximum rate of pay for grade GS-18, as provided in
the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5.
(d) Quorum; special panel
Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and
official actions of the Committee shall be taken only on the
affirmative vote of at least five members. A special panel composed
of one or more members upon order of the Committee shall conduct
any hearing authorized by this section and submit the transcript of
such hearing to the entire Committee for its action thereon.
(e) Rules
The Committee is authorized to make such rules as are necessary
for the orderly transaction of its business.
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