CONFINEMENT CONCRETE STANDARDS AND AIR QUALITY ON JULY 21 EPC AGENDA Commissioners will be asked to decide on a rule proposal to update concrete standards for confinement feeding operations at the July 21 meeting of the Environmental Protection Commission. "The new concrete standards were developed in response to the livestock legislation passed last year," said Reza Khosravi, acting supervisor of the DNR's animal feeding operations. The new standards call for rebar and other reinforcements, and a level subgrade and drainage tile underneath concrete manure storage pits. Khosravi said that these structures can be under considerable pressure from ground water or soil, or from the liquids being held inside the pit. Two petitions regarding air quality around confinements are also on the agenda as information items. The EPC meeting will be held at 10 a.m., at the DNR office, 7900 Hickman Road in Urbandale. Public participation is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. The meeting is open to the public. The complete agenda is as follows: Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes Director's Remarks Contract - City of Des Moines - Iowa UST fields Project Contract - University of Northern Iowa - Organophosphorus Insecticide Contamination in Streams: Insects as Bioindicators Contract - Amend contract 00-93HA-06 with Iowa State University Notice of Intended Action--Amend IAC Chapter 567-117 "Waste Tire Management" Proposed Rules - Drinking Water, Operator Certification and Laboratory Certification Programs - Chapters 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 81, and 83 Proposed Rule: Chapter 61, Water Quality Standards Final Rule- Chapter 22, Controlling Pollution (Air Construction Permitting Exemptions) Petition for Rulemaking by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Extension on Petition for Rulemaking from Agribusiness Association of Iowa, et al. Notice of Intended Action - Amend IAC Chapter 65 Animal Feeding Operations Referrals to the Attorney General a) Dana Schlag, Plantation Village Mobile Home Park (Burlington) - drinking water/penalty b) Mike Messerschmidt (Martinsburg) - air quality/penalty c) Carl Simon (Dubuque County) - animal feeding operation/penalty d) Lawrence Handlos (Audubon County) - animal feeding operation Proposed Contested Case Decision - Piper Motor Company, Inc. and Bruce Piper Proposed Contested Case Decision - Iowa Select Farms, L.P Monthly Reports General Discussion The members of the commission are Kathryn Murphy, Chair, LeMars; Terrance Townsend, Newton; Lisa Davis-Cook, West Des Moines; Darrell Hanson, Manchester; Lori Glanzman, Mt. Pleasant; Jerry Peckum, Jefferson; Heidi Vittetoe, Washington; Francis Thicke, Fairfield; and Donna Buell, Spirit Lake. The director of the DNR is Jeff Vonk. 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]