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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]