Iowa DNR
Environmental Protection Commission Meeting April 21
Environmental Services Division

AIR QUALITY STANDARDS UP FOR APPROVAL AT EPC MEETING

Outdoor air quality standards for hydrogen sulfide and ammonia will be
considered at the April 21 Environmental Protection Commission meeting.

**The meeting will be held at the State Historical Building auditorium, 600
Grand Avenue in Des Moines. Parking is located across the street at the new
state parking ramp on Grand Avenue. Public participation is scheduled for
10:30 a.m. The meeting is open to the public.

The complete agenda for the April 21 meeting follows:

o Approval of Agenda
o Approval of Minutes
o  Director's Remarks
o  Contract - MMS Consultants for water supply security
o  Contract - renew Windsor Technologies maintenance agreement for SPARS
system
o  Contracts - ClearChannel and Lamar advertising for air quality
information campaign
o  Amendment to agreement with NOWCC
o  Final Rule - Confinement feeding operations on floodplains
o  Final Rule - Ambient air quality standards for hydrogen sulfide, ammonia
o  Final Rule - Ambient air quality sampling manual
o  Notice of Intended Action - IAC 567 Chapter 21-23 and 25, updates,
revisions and additions
o  Notice of Intended Action - IAC 567 Chapter 22, air construction permit
exemptions
o  Information - 567 IAC Chapter 23 emissions standards and open burning
rule revisions of demolition debris
o  Proposed contested case decisions - Midway Oil Company
o  Referrals to the Attorney General
o      A) Dale Schaffer (Kent) - solid waste
o      B) Larry Meixner, Air Bears II (Winnebago County [Thompson] -
drinking water/penalty
o      C) Roquette America, Inc. (Keokuk) - air quality
o  Monthly Reports
o  General Discussion
o  Items for next meeting

The members of the commission are Kathryn Murphy, Chair, LeMars; Terrance
Townsend, Newton; Lisa-Davis Cook, West Des Moines; Rita Venner, Breda; Gary
C. Priebe, Algona; Darrell Hanson, Manchester; J. Kelly Tobin, New Market
and Lori Glanzman, Mt. Pleasant. The director of the DNR is Jeff Vonk.

For more information, contact Karen Grimes, at 515-281-5135 or Kevin Baskins
at 515-281-8395.

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