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The West Virginia Environmental Quality Board is composed of five members who are appointed by the Governor for five-year terms. Members must be "persons who by reason of previous training and experience are knowedgeable in the husbandry of the state's water resources and with at least one member with experience in industrial pollution control."
| Edward M. Snyder, Ph.D., Chair
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(Democrat - Jefferson County, Shepherdstown, WV)
Appointed: 1989
Term Ending: June 30, 2006
Professor of Environmental Studies and Chair, Institute for Environmental Studies, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Ph.D., Geology, University of Illinois, 1984; M.S., Geology, Eastern Washington University, 1973; B.S. and B.A., Eastern Washington University; West Virginia Professor of the Year, 2010.
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| D. Scott Simonton, P.E., Ph.D., Vice-Chair
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(Independent - Kanawha County, Charleston, WV)
Appointed: 2002
Term Ending: June 30, 2007
Professor and Program Coordinator, Environmental Science, Marshall University; Ph.D., Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2002; M.S., Environmental Engineering, Marshall University, 1997; B.S., Civil Engineering, West Virginia Institute of Technology, 1991.
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| B. Mitchel Blake, Jr., Ph.D. , Member
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(Democrat - Monongalia County, Morgantown, WV)
Appointed: 2011
Term Ending: June 30, 2013
Coal Geologist and Manager, Coal Programs, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey; Ph.D., Geology, West Virginia University, 2009; M.S., Geology, West Virginia University, 1997; B.S., Geology, Waynesburg University, 1976; former adjunct professor Fairmont University; current adjunct professor West Virginia University; current adjunct professor and instructor Pierpont Community and Technical College; numerous geological publications from 1977 to present.
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| Charles C. Somerville, Ph.D., Member
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(Independent - Cabell County, Huntington, WV)
Appointed: 2011
Term Ending: June 30, 2014
Dean, College of Science and Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University; Ocean Science, United States Coast Guard Academy; B.S., Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, 1978; Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Maryland, 1989.
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| William H. Gillespie, Member
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(Democrat - Kanawha County, Charleston, WV)
Appointed: 2005
Term Ending: June 30, 2010
Retired Director of West Virginia Division of Forestry and State Forester; former Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture; former State Director of Plant Pest Control, State Supervisor forest insect and disease work, and Forest Biologist; former Professor for the Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University and current WVU adjunct professor; served as consulting paleobotanist U.S. Geological Survey; served as President of West Virginia Academy of Sciences and numerous other associations; Registered Professional Forester in West Virginia; Owner of Gillespie Forestry Services.
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