Section Env-Ws 901.20 - Wastewater Treatment Plant Owner Responsibilities(a) Each wastewater treatment plant owner which is subject to these rules shall designate an operator in responsible charge and advise the committee in writing of the person so designated. The operator in responsible charge shall be certified in the grade equal to or greater than the classification of the plant. The owner shall advise the committee in writing within 10 working days of the termination of employment of a certified operator in responsible charge at its facility.(b) Each wastewater treatment plant owner shall designate a back-up certified operator available to be in responsible charge of the plant in the absence of the usual certified operator in responsible charge. The back-up operator shall hold a certificate of no more than one grade lower than that of the grade of the facility or an OIT certificate in the grade of the facility. In the case of a grade I plant, the back-up operator shall hold a grade I or grade I-OIT certificate or higher.(c) The wastewater treatment plant owner shall hire a replacement for the operator in responsible charge or the back-up operator, as applicable, as soon as practicable after a termination occurs, taking into consideration: (1) The owner's personnel code or other rules or regulations;(2) The terms of any collective bargaining agreement extant in the municipality relative to hiring and promotions; and(3) The public interest in an open competitive recruitment process for selection of qualified public employees.(d) The committee shall give temporary approval for a wastewater treatment plant owner to hire an operator one grade below the required grade upon written request to the committee, provided the operator is qualified to take, and does take, the next scheduled examination in the next highest grade. If the operator does not pass the examination, the temporary approval shall be extended to allow one retest at the next scheduled examination.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Ws 901.20
#8327, eff 4-23-05 (from Env-Ws 901.10 )