Sec. 361.0215.  POLLUTION PREVENTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  (a)  The pollution prevention advisory committee is composed of nine members with a balanced representation of environmental and public interest groups and the regulated community.
(b)  The committee shall advise the commission and interagency coordination council on:
(1)  the appropriate organization of state agencies and the financial and technical resources required to aid the state in its efforts to promote waste reduction and minimization;
(2)  the development of public awareness programs to educate citizens about hazardous waste and the appropriate disposal of hazardous waste and hazardous materials that are used and collected by households;
(3)  the provision of technical assistance to local governments for the development of waste management strategies designed to assist small quantity generators of hazardous waste;  and
(4)  other possible programs to more effectively implement the state's hierarchy of preferred waste management technologies as set forth in Section 361.023(a).
(c)  The committee shall advise the commission on the creation and implementation of the strategically directed regulatory structure developed under Section 5.755, Water Code.
(d)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 3.01(3), eff. September 1, 2019.
Added by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 10, art. 2, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 6, 1990.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 2.04, eff. June 7, 1991;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 590, Sec. 4, eff. June 16, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 4.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 3.01(3), eff. September 1, 2019.