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 > > ---------- > > 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. > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: > > [log in to unmask] > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT > to [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT to [log in to unmask]