Section 42-17.1-5. – Deputy director — Assistant directors and heads of divisions.
§ 42-17.1-5. Deputy director — Assistant directors and heads of divisions. There shall be a deputy director for environmental quality in the unclassified service and appointed by the governor, and an assistant director for operations, an assistant director for regulation, an assistant director for legal services, and an assistant director for administration, all of whom […]
Section 42-17.1-6. – Advisory council on environmental affairs.
§ 42-17.1-6. Advisory council on environmental affairs. (a) There shall be established an advisory council on environmental affairs consisting of sixteen (16) members who shall be appointed by the governor. It shall be the responsibility of the council to advise the governor, the environmental standards board and the director on matters involving environmental management and […]
Section 42-17.1-7. – Rules and regulations.
§ 42-17.1-7. Rules and regulations. Rules and regulations prepared by any department, division, board, commission, or other agency, the functions of which are transferred by this chapter to the department of environmental management, which rules and regulations are not in conflict with this chapter, shall continue in force until such time as the director of […]
Section 42-17.1-8. – Designation and assignment of functions.
§ 42-17.1-8. Designation and assignment of functions. Whenever the duties of the head of any existing department, division, board, commission, or other agency or of any other officer are prescribed by law, and the duties of such person have been or shall in the future be transferred to the department of environmental management under this […]
Section 42-17.1-1. – Department established.
§ 42-17.1-1. Department established. There is hereby established within the executive branch of the state government a department of environmental management. The head of the department shall be the director of environmental management, who shall be in the unclassified service and who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the […]
Section 42-17.1-2. – Powers and duties.
§ 42-17.1-2. Powers and duties. The director of environmental management shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To supervise and control the protection, development, planning, and utilization of the natural resources of the state, such resources, including, but not limited to: water, plants, trees, soil, clay, sand, gravel, rocks and other minerals, air, mammals, […]
Section 42-17.1-2.1. – Leasing of reverted lands.
§ 42-17.1-2.1. Leasing of reverted lands. The director of the department of environmental management may, at any time when the general assembly shall not be in session, authorize the use by any charitable or educational organization located in this state, any land or buildings of the state which shall have reverted to the state following […]