Iowa Department of Natural Resources
 
Jan. 10, 2008
For immediate release
 
1.      EPC to meet Jan. 15 and 16
 
 
EPC TO MEET JANUARY 15 AND 16
 
MEDIA CONTACT: Karen Grimes at (515) 281-5135.
 
DES MOINES – The Environmental Protection Commission will elect officers at its regular meeting Jan. 15, and meet jointly with the Natural Resource Commission on Jan. 16. 
 
The regular meeting will be held at 10 a.m. at the DNR Air Quality Building, 7900 Hickman Road in Urbandale. 
 
Commissioners will meet the Roya Stanley, the new Director of the Office of Energy Independence, at 10:15 a.m. Public comments are scheduled for 10:30 a.m.
 
The complete agenda is as follows: 
·        Approval of Agenda
·        Approval of Minutes
·        Director’s Remarks
·        Oath of Office
·        Election of Vice-Chair
·        Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Project Contracts
·        Contract – Genova Technologies – Filed Office Compliance Database

Contract - University of Northern Iowa’s (UNI) Iowa Waste Reduction Center – Small Business Assistance Program 
·        Final Rule – Adopt IAC 567 Chapter 213– “Packaging-Heavy Metal Content”
·        Tabled: Final Rule - 567-61.3(8) adoption of Recreational Use Assessment and Attainability Analysis Protocol by reference.
·        Tabled: Final Rule: Chapters 20, 22, 23, Air Quality Program Rules – Permitting Rules for Grain Elevators
·        Proposed Contested Case Decision - Dan Witt
·        Notice of Intended Action – Amendments to Chapter 135, Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks
·        Proposed Rule – Water Use & Allocation Chapter 50:  Scope of Division—Definitions—Forms—Rules of Practice
·        Update on Petition for Rule Making—Antidegradation
·        Proposed Rule - Chapter 91 - State Revolving Fund priorities
·        EPC Report to the Legislature
·        2008 Environmental Protection Commission Meeting Schedule
·        Monthly Reports
·        General Discussion
·         Items for Next Month’s Meeting
§         February 5, 2008 in Des Moines
 
The EPC and NRC commissioners will meet for dinner at 6:30 p.m. at Johnny’s Steakhouse, 6800 Fleur Drive in Des Moines.
 
On Jan. 16, they will meet together from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the fourth floor conference room of the Wallace Building, 502 East Ninth St., Des Moines. 
 
Check the DNR Web site under commissions and boards for more information at www.iowadnr.gov/boards.html.
 
Writer: Karen Grimes
 
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