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AUGUST 2004

BROWNFIELDS 2004: GATEWAY TO REVITALIZATION CONFERENCE TO BE HELD SEPT. 20 -22 IN ST. LOUIS

More than 4,000 participants are expected at the America's Center in historic St. Louis, MO, September 20-22, 2004 for the largest conference of its kind, Brownfields 2004: Gateway to Revitalization. This premier international event is the official, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and International City/County Management Association (ICMA) cosponsored conference focused on redeveloping brownfield properties. Now in it's ninth year, the conference brings together stakeholders from the private sector, government agencies and nonprofit organizations for a full three days of educational sessions and networking.

The educational program will cover a full spectrum of subjects ranging from cleanup, financing, public policy, economic development, real estate, job training and creation, health and safety and much more. To ensure an exceptional educational experience, conference organizers welcomed ideas and suggestions from all brownfields stakeholders and practitioners through the "Call for Presentations" process.

Conference Planners
EPA is the primary agency in the federal government's Brownfields efforts and serves as the lead federal cosponsor of the annual Brownfields cosponsor. ICMA serves as the lead non-federal cosponsor and coordinates the efforts of many national, regional, and local organizations involved in planning the conference.

Special features at the conference

Phoenix Awards
The annual conference is the stage for announcing the winners of the prestigious Phoenix Award for achievement of excellence in Brownfield redevelopment. Created in 1997, this prestigious award honors individuals and groups who are working to solve the critical environmental problem of transforming abandoned industrial areas into productive new uses.

Continuing Education
Various continuing education credits will be available for professionals attending the conference. Conference planners are looking to expand on last year's offerings, which included credits for ICMA members, certified planners and legal professionals.

Travel Scholarships
A limited number of travel scholarships are competitively awarded to community-based Brownfield stakeholders. To be eligible, you must be an affiliate or representative of a local, state or tribal government, community organization, environmental justice organization or nonprofit group. Contact ICMA at (202) 962-3657 or rdhesi@icma.org.

Exhibitors
ICMA's exhibit hall is a central gathering place offering an ideal situation for private sector firms, nonprofit organizations, academia and government agencies to inform thousands of Brownfields decision makers at their booths. Nearly 200 companies and organizations will exhibit at the national conference.

Drycleaning Environmental Trust Fund (DERT) Seminar
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will host a Dry Cleaning Environmental Trust Fund seminar on Sept. 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Westmore/Kingsbury room on the Landmark Level of the Ballrooms Building at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in St. Louis. For information, call 573-621-9600.

Registration is free for this event and can be done online at www.brownfields2004.org. For more information, contact the Department of Natural Resources' Hazardous Waste Program at 800-361-4727 or 573-751-3176.

DEPARTMENT CONTINUES INVESTIGATING DARDENNE CREEK SEWAGE RELEASE

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is looking at the environmental impact of a major sewage release on Dardenne Creek in St. Charles County. The release took place over a two-day period from July 25-27, after the failure of a Duckett Creek Sanitary District sewage pump station near where the creek is crossed by Highway K in O'Fallon.

The department estimates that as much as 8.9 million gallons of sewage may have been discharged into the creek between the morning of July 25 and the evening of July 27, killing fish and other aquatic life for at least 10 miles downstream from the site of the release. Fisheries specialists with the Department of Conservation, estimating the number of fish killed, have collected various species of dead fish including bass, sunfish and minnows.

The sewer district pumped sewage from a manhole adjacent to the creek from the morning of July 25 and the evening of July 27. The department's Environmental Emergency Response program received a call Wednesday evening from the Missouri Department of Conservation, and both agencies investigated a fish kill downstream from the site of the release. The sewer district notified the department of the release July 29. Environmental specialists from the department's St. Louis Regional Office have investigated the stream since the time of the notification.

For more information, call Kerry Cordray of the department's Water Protection and Soil Conservation Division at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-4220.

DEPARTMENT SEEKS COMMENT ON DRINKING WATER LOAN CRITERIA

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Safe Drinking Water Commission are asking for comments on criteria used to select recipients of State Revolving Fund money. The Priority Point and Readiness to Proceed Criteria will be used in the upcoming Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund application process.

The Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund Program is administered by the Department of Natural Resources and makes low-interest loans to community and not-for-profit non-community water systems.

Priority Point Criteria establish a point system used by the department to rank loan applicants. The only change from last year's criteria is the addition of a 20-point-award for projects that will result in a new water distribution system or upgrade of an existing water system to meet the standards of a regional water supplier for the purpose of consolidation. The Readiness to Proceed Criteria will be used to determine which projects the department will commit to financing with available funds.

The Priority Point Criteria and the Readiness to Proceed Criteria may be obtained by writing to the department's Water Protection Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 or by calling 573-751-1300. The documents may also be reviewed or downloaded from the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/srf/index.html.

Verbal comments on the criteria were accepted at a public meeting on Aug. 26, at the office of the Water Protection Program's Public Drinking Water Branch in Jefferson City. Written comments were accepted until 5 p.m. Aug. 27.

The Safe Drinking Water Commission will vote on the Priority Point Criteria at its September 9 meeting.

People with disabilities requiring special services or accommodations to attend the public meeting can make arrangements by calling the department's Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5331.

For more information, contact Stephen Jones, or Mary Clark, of the department's Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300.

ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORT OF MISSOURI DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS NOW AVAILABLE

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announces the availability of the 2003 Annual Compliance Report of Missouri drinking water systems. This report defines the quality and safety of drinking water provided by Missouri's 2,668 public water systems for 2003.

In 2003, 95 percent of the population served by public water supplies received water that met all health requirements. Since the first Annual Compliance Report was produced in 1996, Missouri has met or exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's goal of 95 percent compliance.

"This report shows that when people drink the water in Missouri, they can be confident the water is safe and meets state and federal standards," said Steve Mahfood, director of the Department of Natural Resources. "Our department works closely with water systems to make sure any problems are addressed quickly, and that long-term solutions are in place to protect the health of Missouri's citizens."

The report contains general compliance statistics for the year and describes violations of Maximum Contaminant Levels, treatment techniques and significant monitoring and reporting violations. The department is required to submit a compliance report annually to EPA under the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act amendments.

To obtain a copy of the 2003 Annual Compliance Report, call the Department of Natural Resources' Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5331 or download a copy at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/fyreports/index.html.

JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEE MEETS ON SOLID WASTE ISSUES

The first meeting of the Missouri General Assembly's Joint Interim Committee on Solid Waste was held July 21st at the State Capitol. This was an organizational meeting with management staff from the Department of Natural Resources' Solid Waste Management Program in attendance.

The joint legislative committee includes Sen. David Klindt, Sen. John Greishiemer, Sen. Steve Stoll, Sen. Pat Dougherty, Sen. Bill Foster, Rep. Charlie Schlottach (chair), Rep. Jason Brown, Rep. Bill Deeken, Rep. Pat Yeager and Rep. Jim Whorton. They were appointed to study and recommend distribution of funds for the Department's solid waste management activities. The Interim Committee's recommendations are due to the Governor and General Assembly by Dec. 31, 2004.

At the initial meeting, the department provided information to the committee describing the duties and responsibilities of the various divisions involved in solid waste management. The committee also discussed upcoming tours of the Joplin area, northwest Missouri, Kansas City and St. Louis to familiarize the legislators with Missouri's solid waste disposal and recycling facilities.

Solid Waste Advisory Board Chairman Tim Smith has called for a meeting of the board on Aug. 26 and 27 to prepare a statement for the Interim Committee.

Senate Bill 1040, passed on May 13, provides a formula for distribution of solid waste tonnage fees for one year to enable the state to continue implementing solid waste management efforts. This includes permitting of new landfills and expansion of existing landfills and facility inspections throughout the state; enforcement of the Solid Waste Law, including efforts against illegal dumping; planning for future waste management challenges and the distribution and oversight of recycling and waste diversion grants with statewide impact.

Having environmentally sound disposal facilities throughout the state ensures affordable trash service to citizens and businesses.
The law revised the allocation of the tonnage fee without raising the fee, and provides revenue to make up for general revenue lost during the state's budget shortfall. The revised allocation is effective for one year, Aug. 28, 2004 to Aug. 28, 2005.

A group of approximately 30 stakeholders, including local officials, waste industry representatives and solid waste district officials, met in September and October 2003 and recommended a reallocation of the fee similar to Senate Bill 1040. The group agreed that it is important to keep a viable solid waste management program, but without an increase in the fee.

For more information on solid waste and recycling issues, contact the Department of Natural Resources' Solid Waste Management Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5401 or visit www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp.

DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO HALT CONSTRUCTION ON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT CAMP WINDERMERE

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has notified the Windermere Baptist Conference Center at the Lake of the Ozarks that they must stop construction on modifications to their wastewater treatment facility. A routine inspection by department staff on July 8 found major construction occurring without the required construction permit from the state.

The Missouri Clean Water Law requires the department to review and approve engineering plans, and that the public have the opportunity to be notified and comment prior to a decision on the issuance of a construction permit. Regulations require the permit application to be submitted at least 180 days before the planned start of construction work, and for the permit to be issued before construction may begin. The department's Southwest Regional Office in Springfield received an application for a construction permit from Windermere on May 17.

For more information, contact the Missouri Department of Natural Southwest Regional Office at 417-891-4300 or the department toll free at 800-361-4827.

BROWNFIELDS/VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM OVERSEES SUCCESSFUL CLEANUPS
Certificates of Completion issued for sites in Neosho, Jefferson City, St. Louis, St. Joseph and Warrenton

Department of Natural Resources has issued certificates of completion for five new Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (B/VCP) sites.

Brownfields are abandoned or underused industrial or commercial sites, located primarily in urban areas, that are either contaminated or thought to be contaminated. Through the B/VCP, private parties agree to clean up a contaminated site and are offered some protection from future state and federal enforcement action at the site in the form of a "No Further Action" letter or "Certificates of Completion" from the state.

The completed sites include

• Neosho Historic Office Building, Neosho
• ISIS Realty, Jefferson City
• Boydun Corporation, St. Louis
• Triumph Foods, St. Joseph
• Old Sahara Oil Company, St. Louis County
• Truesdale Packaging Company, Warrenton

Neosho Historic Office Building
The Neosho Historic Office Building, LLC, received a Certificate of Completion from the Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program after cleaning up the half-acre property at 210 N. Washington St. in Neosho. The Neosho Historic Office Building, constructed in 1898, is a former warehouse that has been renovated for use as office space. In July 2002 the developer entered the site into the B/VCP for oversight of cleanup as part of renovation project. Site assessments revealed lead paint contamination, herbicides/pesticides on interior building surfaces and limited asbestos-containing pipe insulation in the building. The pipe insulation was removed.

Remediation of building interiors included blasting and lead paint abatement performed in accordance with the department-approved work plan.

Isis Realty
The Isis Realty property is located at 2601 E. McCarty St. in Jefferson City. The property was previous used for warehouse storage by Mid State Printing in the mid-1950s, and later occupied by Von Hoffman Printing. From the late 1960s through 1989, ISIS Chemical Inc. produced industrial coatings in the building. During that time, the facility had 16 above ground storage tanks located northeast of the property and behind the building. The tanks contained a variety of chemicals. Other unrelated findings from the environmental assessment include a septic tank and a cistern.

Midwest Environmental Consultants conducted an environmental assessment that consisted of nine shallow borings. Soil samples were analyzed. Three of the nine soil borings indicated the presence of hydrocarbon vapors. Midwest Environmental Consultants submitted one soil sample from each boring for laboratory analysis based on field measurements. Groundwater was not encountered within any of the borings.

Midwest Environmental Consultants excavated the contaminated soil in accordance with the department-approved remedial action plan.

Boydun Corporation
Boydun Corporation received a Certificate of Completion for the Shaughnessy Kniep Hawe Paper Co. property after completing cleanup of soil contaminated with arsenic and mercury. The three-acre property in St. Louis is the location of a paper warehouse. A potential property transaction prompted the owner, Boydun Corporation, to enroll the site in the B/VCP to investigate potential contamination associated with an abandoned railroad spur and closed underground storage tank. Environmental assessments identified a limited area along the railroad spur where surface soil was contaminated with arsenic and mercury above target levels. The owner excavated and disposed of ten 55-gallon drums of contaminated soil under a department-approved plan. The property is now safe for unrestricted use.

Triumph Foods
Triumph Foods received a Certificate of Completion for the cleanup of 56 acres of abandoned and underused property located on Packers Avenue in St. Joseph. The area was once a busy meat-packing district. Various parcels on the site were formerly owned by Midwest Warehousing, Montfork Pork, Deffenbaugh Industries, Sharp Services, Armour Meat Packing, the Port Authority of St. Joseph, Union Pacific Railroad and St. Joseph Belt Railroad. A portion of the site was enrolled into the B/VCP in 1997 by the Port Authority of St. Joseph in a redevelopment attempt that fell through. Now, Triumph Foods is locating a pork packing plant on the site. Despite the property's many owners and uses, assessments found little actual contamination on the site. Cleanup consisted of removing petroleum-contaminated soil from several surface spill areas.

Construction is underway on the new Triumph facility, a $130 million, 600,000-square-foot plant and corporate headquarters. Triumph is a newly formed, vertically integrated pork-processing company owned by hog producers. The facility, to be complete by fall 2005, will employ about 1,000 workers within two years.

Old Sahara Oil Company, St. Louis
The Sahara Oil Company property is located at 3516 Greenwood Boulevard in St. Louis County and consists of three brick structures totaling 10,162 square feet on 0.47 acres. The property was a former gasoline station and an oil blending facility. The environmental database report indicates that three reported spills associated with the oil blending operation have occurred since 1995.

The current owners of the site indicate that underground storage tanks were removed prior to their ownership; however, no closure report appears to exist, and the unregulated tanks were not registered with the department.

Environmental Solutions Inc., conducted site assessments that revealed soil contaminated with petroleum. The owner, O'Connor Property Services, chose to remove contaminated soil by way of excavation in accordance with the department-approved remedial action plan. Commonwealth Construction Co. excavated approximately 160 cubic yards of the contaminated soil and disposed of the soil in Milam Landfill in East St. Louis, Ill.

Truesdale Packaging
The Truesdale Packaging Company site in Warrenton received a Certificate of Completion for the cleanup of petroleum-contaminated soil.

Truesdale Packaging Co. entered the 39-acre site into the B/VCP in July 2002. In 2002, Wellington Environmental conducted site assessments that revealed soil contaminated from three unregulated underground storage tanks. Wellington removed one tank in May 2002. Subsequently, Sunbelt Environmental Services removed impacted soil in addition to the remaining two underground storage tanks (6,000 gallons and 12,000 gallons) containing heating oil and paint waste, likely latex paint and solvent material.
During the removal activities, the 12,000 gallon tank was found to be severely corroded and had multiple leaks, allowing rainwater to enter the tank. Wastewater from the tank and basin was collected and disposed of along with approximately 440 gallons of latex paint sludge and solvent residue.

This brings the total number of sites cleaned up under B/VCP program to 209. For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources' Hazardous Waste Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-3176.

DATA PROCESSING MANAGER JOB VACANCY
Resumes accepted through Sept. 1, 2004

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is seeking an energetic, self-motivated person to fill vacancy in the Air and Land Protection Division. The DP Manager will oversee all computer, database and information technology (IT) for the Air and Land Protection Division; interact and coordinate with users and other IT staff; provide senior staff with strategies to implement the department's Information Strategic Plan; ensure IT investments support the department and division's mission and strategic vision; and deal with automation issues that have a critical impact on the department's mission and goals.

Bachelors degree in computer science, or closely related field and work experience that includes supervisory responsibilities. Four years, including two years above the journey-level, of professional and technical computer IT systems experience such as computer programming, systems analysis and design, or work with primary responsibility for configuration of mainframe, midrange and/or microcomputer hardware and software, network administration or closely related areas is preferable. In addition, core qualifications include:

• Ability to lead people. Ability to develop and utilize strategies that maximize employee potential, foster high ethical standards and inspire and motivate others toward accomplishment of the organizational mission.
• Results-oriented management style. Accountability, problem-solving, and continuous improvement of customer service through use of adaptive management techniques to meet organizational goals.
• Business acumen. Ability to oversee the allocation of resources to efficiently and effectively accomplish goals and to use new technology to enhance decision-making.
• Ability to build coalitions and communicate effectively. Ability to explain, advocate and express facts and ideas, negotiate with individuals and groups internally and externally, develop an expansive professional network with other organizations and identify the internal and external politics that impact the work of the organization.

Salary commensurate with experience and education. Excellent benefits package.

Send cover letter, resume and salary requirements to: Joann Kerr, Department of Natural Resources, Human Resources, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102. Call 573-751-2518. TDD users call Missouri Relay at 800-735-2966.

E-mail to joann.kerr@dnr.mo.gov

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ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE

The department's Environmental Emergency Response provides daily support and protection for the citizens of Missouri. On-scene coordinators are located throughout the state and available 24-hours a day, seven days a week to respond to hazardous substance spills. Some of the protection and services the department provides are:

• emergency response training and planning;
• advice on hazardous chemicals and technical expertise used to provide spill cleanup advice and oversight;
• coordinate private contractors to clean up hazardous material spills;
• ensure a proper environmental cleanup is completed;
• drug lab seizure assistance;
• Chemical Accident Prevention Program for businesses that use hazardous chemicals;
• Homeland security issues.

Environmental Emergency Response staff use specially designed vehicles that contain protective gear, air monitoring instruments, sampling equipment and spill cleanup equipment. The department's Environmental Emergency Response Team is funded from a hazardous waste generator fee. To report a hazardous substance spill call 573-634-2436.

MOLASSES DUMPING CONTAMINATES CREEK IN GREENE COUNTY
On Saturday, July 10, a concerned citizen notified the Environmental Emergency Response (EER) Section of a creek containing dark brown colored water. The waterway, Clear Creek, is located northwest of Springfield in Greene County.

A Environmental Emergency Responder from the department's Southwest Regional Office was immediately dispatched to the scene to investigate.

The initial investigation found two of three springs feeding Clear Creek were "coffee" colored and had very low dissolved oxygen levels. No obvious sources of contamination existed. Water samples were collected and forwarded to the department's Environmental Services Program for anaylsis.

Officials from the department's Southwest Regional Office continued to monitor the situation and worked diligently to determine a cause of the contamination. Possible land application processes in the area of the Springfield Branson Regional Airport were investigated as possible sources. On July 14, a tip from the city of Springfield led department officials to the cause.

On July 6, the Purina Mills facility in Springfield had a retention pond pumped out by German Septic Tank Service of Springfield. The retention pond contained approximately 52,000 gallons of a molasses and stormwater runoff mixture from the facility's parking lot. Approximately 5,000 gallons of the mixture in the retention pond had been black strap molasses, which Purina Mills had to off-load from a railcar because the molasses started to harden inside the railcar. Purina Mills understood the molasses and water mixture was to be taken to the Southwest Springfield Wastewater Treatment Plant. Instead, German Septic Tank Service was taking the mixture and dumping it into a sink hole on their property.

After discovering this situation, the German Septic Tank Service was instructed to immediately begin taking corrective actions. The department's Environmental Emergency Responders provided cleanup oversight, which included the removal of molasses, water and contaminated soil from the sink hole. Purina Mills also excavated contaminated soil on their property within the retention pond. Officials continue to investigate the incident.

For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Services Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-3315.

DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO SPRINGFIELD DIESEL FUEL SPILL
On Aug. 6, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Emergency Response team responded to a diesel spill at Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad yard at 1700 N. Kansas Ave. in Springfield.

BNSF notified the department that an overfilled saddle tank on a locomotive engine released approximately 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel. A majority of the fuel was caught in its overflow catchment system. Approximately 250 gallons of the fuel spilled into the soil along the edge of the lot. BNSF contracted with an environmental contractor to conduct the cleanup. The department's Environmental Emergency Responders were on scene to provide technical assistance and oversight of the cleanup.

For more information, contact Renee Bungart with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-4465 or visit the department's Web page at www.dnr.mo.gov.

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GRANTS AND LOANS

DEPARTMENT AWARDS $185,750 TO ENHANCE WATER QUALITY EDUCATION
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $185,750 grant to the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks (WCO). The grant will be used to support the group's efforts to establish a training facility on the Valley Mill Lake site in Springfield.

The facility will showcase several alternative on-site septic systems and innovative stormwater projects. The public will also have access to hands-on demonstration of karst features, wells and aquifers.

According to Department Director Stephen Mahfood, the educational opportunities being planned by the center are impressive. "The outreach projects will include workshops, demonstrations and displays that highlight successful watershed management practices," said Mahfood. "The goals of the center, to offer training and education to people about water resources in the Ozarks, are a wonderful way to put our funding for protecting Missouri's watersheds to good use."

"This center will exist and grow because of the dedicated efforts of many people in the community," said Mahfood. "This is most definitely a collaborative effort. City Utilities of Springfield, the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks, Southwest Missouri State University, our department and a wide variety of residents are all contributing to the protection of our water resources," said Mahfood. "It's gratifying to see so many people working to protect the Ozarks by educating its residents. This project is setting an example for communities across the state, telling them that it can be done."

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, has provided partial funding for this project under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act. The department will administer the funds.

For more information, contact Georganne Bowman with the department's Water Protection Program at 573-526-1157 or Loring Bullard, director of the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks at 417-866-1127.

For more information about the Water Protection Program, please visit www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpcp.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Visit Calendar of Events at /calendar/search.do for a complete list of Department of Natural Resources' events through the end of the calendar year.

Safe Drinking Water Commission To Meet Sept. 9
The Safe Drinking Water Commission will hold a public meeting at the Department of Natural Resources' Conference Center, 1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City.

For more information, call the department's Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5331.

Brownfields 2004 Conference Sept. 20 -22 in St. Louis
Now in it's ninth year, the conference brings together stakeholders from the private sector, government agencies and nonprofit organizations for a full three days of educational sessions and networking.

Watch for further information at www.brownfields2004.org the official, EPA co-sponsored conference on Brownfields.

Registration is free for this event and can be done online at www.brownfields2004.org. For more information, contact the Department of Natural Resources' Hazardous Waste Program at 800-361-4727 or 573-751-3176.

Water Quality Coordinating Committee to Meet Sept. 21
The Water Quality Coordinating Committee will hold a public meeting at the Governor Office Building, 200 Madison St., Jefferson City.

For more information, call the department's Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-7428.

Land Reclamation Commission to Meet Sept. 23
The Land Reclamation Commission will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m., Sept. 23 at the Department of Natural Resources' Conference Center, 1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City.

For more information, call the department's Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-4041.

Clean Water Commission To Meet Sept. 29
The Clean Water Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m. at the Doubletree Hotel, 1301 Wyandotte, Kansas City.

For more information, call the department's Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300.

Air Conservation Commission to Meet Sept. 30
The Air Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting at 9a.m., Sept. 30 at the Holiday Inn Sports Complex, 1st Base Conference Roo, 4011 Blue Ridge Cutoff, Kansas City.

For more information, call the department's Air Pollution Control Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-4817.

Hazardous Waste Management Commission to Meet Sept. 30
The Hazardous Waste Management Commission will hold a public meeting at 9a.m., Sept. 30 at the department's Kansas City Regional Office, 500 NE Colburn Rd., Lee's Summit.

For more information, call the department's Hazardous Waste Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-3176.

Solid Waste Advisory Board to Meet Oct. 6
The Solid Waste Advisory Board will hold a public meeting at 1 p.m., Oct. 6 at the Department of Natural Resources' Conference Center, 1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City.

For more information, call the department's Solid Waste Management Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5401.

Water Quality Coordinating Committee to Meet Oct. 19
The Water Quality Coordinating Committee will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m. at the Columbia Environmental Research Center, Conference Building, 4200 New Haven Road, Columbia.

For more information, call the department's Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-7428.

Air Conservation Commission to Meet Oct. 28
The Air Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting at 9a.m., Sept. 30 at the Days Inn, Baldwin/Harvey Rooms, Highway 63 South, Kirksville.

For more information, call the department's Air Pollution Control Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-4817.

INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED
Asset management can save water and sewer systems 15 to 40 percent of their capital improvement and operating costs compared to conventional planning and construction. That means user charge rates could be reduced by 15 to 40 percent for the same level of service users are now getting.

Unfortunately, water and sewer systems in the U.S. are already being underfunded. They are also being repaired and renewed too slowly to keep up with deterioration and growth. Between now and the year 2020, this cumulative shortfall will amount to about $750 billion.

Asset management is the best means of getting the most from our current and future water and sewer systems for the lowest life-cycle cost. "Asset management has the potential of saving millions of dollars annually in Missouri," said Steve Mahfood, director of the Department of Natural Resources. "At the same time, those systems will perform better and be more reliable than if they were managed in the conventional way."

Almost no systems in Missouri currently have such advanced asset management programs.

The Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Assistance Office is presenting asset management workshops around the state to prepare systems and their assistance providers for this challenge. The next workshop will be held Sept. 29 in Poplar Bluff.
Details and online registration for these workshops are available by calling 800-361-4827. All water and sewer systems and their assistance providers are encouraged to attend.

EMS TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR BUSINESS
The department will be one of several sponsors of training and facilitated environmental management system (EMS) implementation aimed at businesses. The sponsoring organizations are announcing quarterly training sessions to facilitate development of EMS by the employees of the businesses. The classes will provide step-by-step EMS implementation training. Following each class, employees of the business develop components of their EMS through "homework" assignments resulting in a complete EMS manual being prepared by the conclusion of the process.

Staff of the University of Northern Iowa, Iowa Waste Reduction Center, a university-based environmental training and assistance center, will present the class sessions. The classes were developed by the Iowa Waste Reduction Center with support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In addition to these two organizations and the department, Bridging the Gap, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas State University, Small Business Environmental Assistance Program are also supporting this effort.

The classes will be Sept. 15-16, Dec. 8-9, 2004 and March 15-16, 2005. All of the sessions will be held at the Discovery Center in Kansas City. Final arrangements for the sessions are still being made.

Additional information is available through Daniela Heppard at the department's Environmental Assistance Office at 800-361-4827.

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RULES UPDATE

The Regulatory Agenda contains all environmental rule actions in progress and rule actions effective within the last three months within the Department of Natural Resources.

For more information, contact the Department of Natural Resources' Air and Land Protection Division at
800-361-4827 or 573-751-6892. For the latest updates visit the Regulatory Agenda Web page.

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