Section 12-202 - Membership(a)(1) The Board consists of 11 members.(2) With the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint 8 members who represent one or more of the following: (i) Municipal government;(iii) A sanitary or a metropolitan commission;(iv) Waterworks supervision;(v) Wastewater works or industrial wastewater works supervision;(vii) Industrial wastewater works superintendents; and(viii) The Maryland Environmental Service.(3) The Secretary shall appoint: (i) 1 engineer member from the Department; and(ii) 2 public members who represent the community at large.(b) Before taking office, each appointee to the Board shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.(c)(1) The term of a member appointed by the Governor is 4 years.(2) The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on July 1, 1981. The terms of those members end as follows: (3) At the end of a term, a member appointed by the Governor continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.(4) A member who is appointed by the Governor after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.(d) The members appointed by the Secretary serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.(e) The Governor may remove for incompetence or misconduct a member appointed by the Governor.