§ 74-10.4. Executive environmental subcommittee of Governor's cabinet.

A.  Effective January 1, 1993, there is hereby established an executive environmental subcommittee of the Governor's cabinet which shall be composed of three (3) cabinet members, selected by the Governor from those members of the Governor's cabinet responsible for the natural resources agencies, as follows:  the cabinet secretaries for the Department of Environmental Quality, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Department of Agriculture, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, the Conservation Commission, the Department of Mines, and such other members as the Governor may appoint to reach a total of three.  The cabinet secretary for the Department of Environmental Quality or its successor cabinet position shall serve as chairperson of the committee.

B.  The executive environmental committee shall:

1.  Coordinate pollution control programs of the state carried on by all state agencies to avoid duplication of effort;

2.  Maintain an up-to-date record of the availability, acquisition and disposition of all federal funds, state appropriations and other grants intended for pollution control, prevention or abatement;

3.  Coordinate and make application on behalf of various state environmental agencies and state agencies with limited environmental responsibilities for federal funds disbursed pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Federal Environmental Protection Act and such other sources of private or public funds or grants for which more than one state environmental agency or state agency with limited environmental responsibilities may qualify;

4.  Maintain a central repository for all duly promulgated rules pertaining to environmental pollution prevention, control and abatement; and

5.  Perform such other duties assigned to it by the Governor.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 398, § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.  Amended by Laws 1999, c. 413, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.