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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