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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