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(1) (a) The board of environmental quality shall consist of seven (7)
members who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and
consent of the senate. The members shall serve at the pleasure of the
governor. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United
States, a resident of the state of Idaho, and a qualified elector, and
shall be appointed to assure appropriate geographic representation of the
state of Idaho. Not more than four (4) members of the board shall be from
any one (1) political party. Two (2) members of the board shall be chosen
with due regard to their knowledge and interest in solid waste; two (2)
members shall be chosen for their knowledge of and interest in air
quality; two (2) members shall be chosen for their knowledge of and
interest in water quality; and one (1) member shall be chosen with due
regard for his knowledge of and interest in air, water and solid waste
issues.
(b) The members of the board of environmental quality shall be appointed
for a term of four (4) years. In appointing members whose terms begin in
2000, the governor shall designate three (3) members to be appointed for a
term of three (3) years, two (2) members appointed for a term of four (4)
years, and two (2) members appointed for a term of two (2) years.
Successors to the members appointed for a term of less than four (4) years
shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years thereafter.
(2) The board annually shall elect a chairman, a vice chairman, and a
secretary, and shall hold such meetings as may be necessary for the orderly
conduct of its business, and such meetings shall be held from time to time on
seventy-two (72) hours' notice of the chairman or a majority of the members.
Five (5) members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum at any regular or
special meeting and the action of the majority of members present shall be the
action of the board. The members of the board shall be compensated as provided
in section 59-509(h), Idaho Code.
(3) The board, in furtherance of its duties under this act and under its
rules, shall have the power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, and
to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of
papers, books, accounts, documents and testimony. The board may, if a witness
refuses to attend or testify, or to produce any papers required by such
subpoenas, report to the district court in and for the county in which the
proceeding is pending, by petition, setting forth that due notice has been
given of the time and place of attendance of said witnesses, or the production
of said papers, that the witness has been properly summoned, and that the
witness has failed and refused to attend or produce the papers required by
this subpoena before the board, or has refused to answer questions propounded
to him in the course of said proceedings, and ask an order of said court
compelling the witness to attend and testify and produce said papers before
the board. The court, upon the petition of the board, shall enter an order
directing the witness to appear before the court at a time and place to be
fixed by the court in such order, the time to be not more than ten (10) days
from the date of the order, and then and there shall show cause why he has not
attended and testified or produced said papers before the board. A copy of
said order shall be served upon said witness. If it shall appear to the court
that said subpoena was regularly issued by the board and regularly served, the
court shall thereupon order that said witness appear before the board at the
time and place fixed in said order, and testify or produce the required
papers. Upon failure to obey said order, said witness shall be dealt with for
contempt of court.
(4) The director, his designee, or any party to the action may, in an
investigation or hearing before the board, cause the deposition or
interrogatory of witnesses or parties residing within or without the state, to
be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions and
interrogatories in civil actions in the district court of this state, and to
that end may compel the attendance of said witnesses and production of books,
documents, papers and accounts.
(5) Any person aggrieved by an action or inaction of the department shall
be afforded an opportunity for a fair hearing upon request therefor in writing
pursuant to chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, and the rules promulgated
thereunder. In those cases where the board has been granted the authority to
hold such a hearing pursuant to a provision of the Idaho Code, the hearing may
be conducted by the board at a regular or special meeting, or the board may
designate hearing officers, who shall have the power and authority to conduct
hearings in the name of the board at any time and place. In any hearing, a
member of the board or hearing officer designated by it, shall have the power
to administer oaths, examine witnesses, and issue in the name of the board
subpoenas requiring the testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence
relevant to any matter in the hearing.
(6) Any person adversely affected by a final determination of the board,
may secure judicial review by filing a petition for review as prescribed under
the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code. The petition for review
shall be served upon the chairman of the board, the director of the
department, and upon the attorney general of the state of Idaho. Such service
shall be jurisdictional and the provisions of this section shall be the
exclusive procedure for appeal.
(7) The board, by the affirmative vote of four (4) of its members, may
adopt, amend or repeal the rules, codes, and standards of the department, that
are necessary and feasible in order to carry out the purposes and provisions
of this act and to enforce the laws of this state.
The rules and orders so adopted and established shall have the force and
effect of law and may deal with any matters deemed necessary and feasible for
protecting the environment of the state.
(8) All rulemaking proceedings and hearings of the board shall be
governed by the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.
(9) The board shall adopt contested case rules that are consistent with
the rules adopted by the attorney general under section 67-5206(4), Idaho
Code, the provisions of this act and other statutory authority of the
department.
(10) All rules, permits and other actions heretofore adopted, issued or
taken by the board of health and welfare pertaining to the environmental
protection functions administered by the division of environmental quality
shall remain in full force and effect until superseded.
(11) The board of environmental quality shall be the successor to all
rights, powers and duties of the board of health and welfare regarding all
rulemaking proceedings, administrative proceedings, contested cases, civil
actions, contracts, delegations, authority and other matters pertaining to
environmental protection functions administered by the division of
environmental quality.
(12) Upon creation of the board of environmental quality, all pending
business before the board of health and welfare relating to environmental
protection functions administered by the division of environmental quality
shall be transferred to and determined by the board of environmental quality.

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