Nebraska DEE

Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Advisory Committee (OWAC) Fact Sheet

This guidance document is advisory in nature but is binding on an agency until amended by such agency. A guidance document does not include internal procedural documents that only affect the internal operations of the agency and does not impose additional requirements or penalties on regulated parties or include confidential information or rules and regulations made in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. If you believe that this guidance document imposes additional requirements or penalties on regulated parties, you may request a review of the document.

Form #: 12-059

Guidance Documents

Revised: 1/14/21

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The OWAC advises the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy on proposed rules and regulations relating to the Private Onsite Wastewater treatment System Contractors Certification and System Registration Act, on Title 124 – Rules and Regulations for the Design, Operation and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, and on administration of the Act as requested by the Director. The committee shall meet not less than annually. The Director may also call special meetings of the advisory committee, as needed.

The advisory committee is composed of eleven members. Seven are appointed by the Director of the Department of which five are private onsite wastewater treatment system professionals and two are registered environmental health specialists or officials representing local public health departments which have established programs for regulating private onsite wastewater treatment systems. The remaining four members include the Director of Health and Human Services or his or her designated representative; the Director of Environment and Energy or his or her designated representative; and one representative with experience in soils and geology and one representative with experience in biological engineering, both of whom shall be designated by the vice chancellor of the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

The members of the committee appointed by the Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Director, but not for more than two four year terms. The Director shall appoint a replacement for any member who shall resign or otherwise conclude his or her term on the committee for any position which the Director made the initial appointment. The members of the committee appointed by the Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Director, but not for more than two four year terms.

Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Advisory Committee Members
(List last updated: January 2021)

Name	E-Mail	Phone	Term
Tom Buell NDEE 245 Fallbrook Blvd, P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922	Thomas.buell@nebraska.gov	402-471-8283	Designated by the Director of NDEE
Michael Wagner Central District Health Department 1137 South Locust ST Grand Island, NE 68801		402-471-2186	Appointed: Dec. 2, 2020 Term: 1st
Ken Myers K & K Backhoe and Irrigation 848 North 5^th Avenue Broken Bow, NE 68822	kenmyers2009@hotmail.com	308-872-2547	Reappointed: June 2017 Term: 2nd
Jason Kubik Southwick Liquid Waste 105 Locust Street Hickman, NE 68372	southwicksewer@yahoo.com	402-475-2462	Appointed: Dec. 2, 2020 Term: 1st
Dana Petersen, P.E. Frontwater Engineering, LLC 18 Merriweather Drive 11 Johnson Lake, NE 68937	dana@frontwater-eng.com	308-746-2470	Appointed: Dec. 2, 2020 Term: 1st
Jacqueline (Jacque) Riener Southwest Environmental Engineering, LLC 37983 Road 717 McCook, NE 69001	Jacqueriener21@gmail.com	308-340-0063	Reappointed Dec. 2, 2020 Term: 2^nd
Chris Schroeder Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department 3131 ‘O’ Street Lincoln, NE 68510	cschroeder@lincoln.ne.gov	402-441-8000	Appointed: September 2011 Term: 2nd
Dennis Walsh Siouxland Well 1004 Ithaca Way Dakota City, NE 68731	dwalsh218@outlook.com	402-632-4405	Appointed: December 2020 Term: 1st
Dr. Troy Gilmore UNL- Lincoln, NE 68583-0726	gilmore@unl.edu	402-470-1741	Designated by the Vice Chancellor of UNL – IANR
Aaron Young UNL - Survey Geologist 602 Hardin Hall 3310 Holdrege St Lincoln NE 68583-0096	ayoung3@unl.edu	402-472-8339	Designated by the Vice Chancellor of UNL – IANR