<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-233. - Creation; membership; duties.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Creation.</span> There is created an environmental affairs board for the county.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Membership.</span> Members on the environmental affairs board should include a cross section of citizens
               and professions of the county. The membership of the board shall be 11 members and
               will consist of the following: one county commissioner, four at-large citizens, two
               representatives of private industry, one representative of the medical community,
               one public utility representative, one person representing the building or real estate
               trade, and one municipal representative.
               
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               (c)
               
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               <span class="ital">Duties.</span> The duties of the environmental affairs board include advising the board of commissioners
               on environmental policy, educating the public and local officials, performing special
               studies and projects, facilitating citizen participation, maintaining awareness of
               changes in environmental laws and regulations affecting the county, and promoting
               state/county, public and private, cooperation and coordination. The duties may be
               changed periodically at the discretion of the county board of commissioners. The scope
               of issues the environmental affairs board can examine is wide and includes, but is
               not limited to, topics such as hazardous and radioactive materials management and
               disposal, watershed protection, groundwater and surface water protection, erosion
               control, air quality, energy conservation, incineration, pollution prevention, waste
               management, county beautification and recycling.
               
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 26-1; Res. of 12-2-1986)
               
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               County authority to create boards, G.S. 153A-76.
               
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