I would hope that the office work could be kept to a minimum and the
conservation organizing would be something that would take up half if not 3/4
of the 20 hour work week.

Jane Worm wrote:

> Wouldn't it be great to have folks monitoring meetings such as this to let
> the rest of us know how individual Commissioners deal with these issues?  A
> staff person could be on top of finding and training and coordinating
> volunteers to do such as this.
> Dick Worm, White Pine Group
>
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> > From: jrclark <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: DNR Environmental Protection Commission Meeting
> > Date: Thursday, September 14, 2000 4:34 PM
> >
> > Forwarded by Jane Clark
> >
> > AIR AND WATER ISSUES TO BE HEARD AT EPC MEETING SEPT. 18
> >
> > DES MOINES - The Environmental Protection Commission will be asked to
> make
> > decisions on several water quality and air quality issues at its Sept. 18
> > meeting, scheduled for 10 a.m. in the Wallace State Office Building in
> Des
> > Moines.
> >
> > Commissioners will be asked to make decisions on proposed rule changes
> that
> > adopt new national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants,
> update
> > public drinking water supply and laboratory certification rules, and to
> > approve the final rule of phase one updates to the water quality
> standards.
> >
> > The department will present its FY 2002 budget to the commission.
> >
> > Commissioners will be asked to extend a contract for consulting services
> to
> > ensure that sustainable building principles are integrated into the
> > planning phase for new construction or renovation of state buildings.
> >
> > Another item on the agenda is an emergency underground storage tank rule
> > change allowing for the testing of methyl-tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in
> > soil and groundwater to be discontinued at leaking tank sites when
> previous
> > sampling indicates MTBE is not present.
> >
> > The meeting is open to the public and there is a public participation
> > period at 10:30 a.m.
> >
> > The members of the commission are Terrance Townsend, Chair, Newton; James
> > Braun, Latimer; Kathryn Murphy, LeMars; Rita Venner, Breda; Rozanne King,
> > Mondamin; Gary C. Priebe, Algona; Darrell Hanson, Manchester and Randal
> > Giannetto, Marshalltown.  The interim director of the DNR is Lyle Asell.
> >
> > The complete agenda is as follows:
> > 1.      Approve Agenda
> > 2.      Approve Minutes of  Aug. 22, 2000
> > 3.      Director's Remarks
> > 4.      Budget Requests - FY 2002
> > 5.      Sustainable Development Consulting Services for Iowa Capitol
> Complex
> > Master Plan - Contract Renewal Approval
> > 6.      Adopted and Filed Emergency with Notice of Intended Action -
> Amendments
> > to 567 - Chapter 135, Technical Standards and Corrective Action
> > Requirements for Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks
> > 7.      Monthly Reports
> > 8.      Adopted and Filed - Air Quality Program Rules Chapter 22-25,
> Updates,
> > Revisions, and Additions
> > 9.      Adopted and Filed - Chapters 40,41,412,43,83 - Water Supply and
> > Environmental Laboratory Certification
> > 10.      Final Rule - Phase I, Triennial Review, Chapter 61, Water
> Quality
> > Standards
> > 11. State of Iowa Public Drinking Water Program - 1999 Annual Compliance
> > Report
> > 12.     Contract for space to reduce Wallace Building Congestion
> > 13.     Petition for Rulemaking - City of Oelwein
> > 14.     Petition for Rulemaking - Carol H. Chesterman
> > 15.     Demand for Hearing - Clarke County; Swine Graphics Enterprises,
> L.P
> > (ADL IV)
> > 16.     Proposed Contested Case Decision - David Thompson
> > 17.     Referrals to the Attorney General
> > 18.     Pilot study to investigate application of radio frequency
> > identification system in hazardous waste tracking process - Contract
> > Approval
> >
> > For more information, contact Karen Grimes at (515) 281-5135.
> >
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