{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1062","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 8-1062","heading":"Composition; appointment; vacancies; terms of office; compensation.","body":"(a)\nThe Panel shall be a nonpartisan Panel composed of 9 voting and 5 non-voting, ex officio members.\n(1)\nThe voting members of the Panel shall be composed as follows:\n(A)\nOne member shall have expertise in environmental health standards;\n(B)\nOne member shall have expertise in the economics of solid waste management;\n(C)\nOne member shall have expertise in neighborhood economic development;\n(D)\nOne member shall have expertise in land use planning;\n(E)\nOne member shall have expertise in environmental law;\n(F)\nThree members shall be District residents, drawn from the public at large, who have no fiduciary or pecuniary interest in the operation of a solid waste facility in the District and public at large; and\n(G)\nOne member shall be a representative of the solid waste industry, not associated with any company currently operating a facility in the District.\n(2)\nThe non-voting, ex officio members of the Panel shall be the following persons or their designees:\n(A)\nThe Director of the Department of Health, Environmental Health Administration;\n(B)\nThe Director of  the Department of Public Works;\n(C)\nThe Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs;\n(D)\nThe Director of the Office of Planning; and\n(E)\nThe Corporation Counsel.\n\n(b)\nMembers of the Panel shall be nominated by the Mayor who shall transmit to the Council, for a 45-day period of review, excluding days of Council recess, these nominations to the Panel.  The Council shall be deemed to have approved a nomination under this subsection if during the 45-day period, no member introduces a resolution disapproving the nomination.  If a member introduces a resolution disapproving the nomination within the 45-day period, the Council shall have an additional 45 days, excluding days of Council recess, to disapprove the nomination by resolution, or it will be deemed approved.  All appointments shall be made within 90 calendar days of the effective date of the Solid Waste Facility Permit Amendment Act of 1998.  The members of the Panel shall elect a Chairperson from among their number by majority vote at a regularly scheduled meeting at which a majority is present.  A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner in which its initial appointment was made.\n\n(c)\nMembers of the Panel shall serve a single, non-renewable term not to exceed one year.\n\n(d)\nMembers of the Panel shall serve without compensation. Members, however, may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties for parking, transportation or mileage, not to exceed $15 per meeting.\n\n(e)\nThe Panel is authorized to receive funding for office space and for administrative expenses not to exceed $150,000, which funds shall be made available from the Non-Personnel Services budget of the City Administrator based on the availability of appropriations.","path":["Title 8. Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.","Chapter 10C. Solid Waste Facility Permits."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/8-1062","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d6f5c75c35516d609a382ced3c7708ab6651e6e32ecbae9f4ec2c7581c98fe90","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1061","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1063"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}