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§27A-3-2-107.
§27A-3-2-107.
A. The Conservation Commission may establish and maintain an
environmental and natural resources geographic data base system. Such
system shall include but not be limited to pollution complaints filed
with the state environmental agencies and state agencies with limited
environmental responsibilities, resolutions of complaints and such
other data as funds become available and as may be desirable and
necessary to provide public access to specific site information.
B. Not more than once each month, each state environmental agency and
state agency with limited environmental responsibilities shall submit
to the Conservation Commission a report listing the environmental
pollution complaints received during the previous month. The report
shall include the name of the complainant, if known, the address of
the complainant, the location involved in the complaint, the name of
the person or company and address thereof alleged to be responsible
for the pollution and how the complaint was resolved. The report shall
be in such form and made in such manner as is required by the
Commission. The report shall be in writing or may be submitted in
electronic data or machine-readable form at the discretion of the
Commission.
C. The Commission shall annually submit a report to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and
the Governor containing the total number of pollution complaints
filed, the total number of complaints and type of complaints addressed
by each state environmental agency, the total number of such
complaints resolved, the total number of complaints remaining to be
resolved, the average time frame for resolving such complaints, and
the historical comparison of complaint resolution in previous years,
and any other information which the Commission believes is pertinent
in regard to pollution complaints.
D. The Conservation Commission may recover costs incurred in
duplicating any reports made pursuant to the provisions of this
section.
E. The Department of Environmental Quality shall routinely provide the
Conservation Commission with a list of permit approvals for inclusion
in the Commission's data base.
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