Protecting Missouri's Natural Resources is a monthly newsletter that informs
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JUNE 2005

DEPARTMENT INVITES PUBLIC COMMENT ON REVISIONS TO WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND EFFLUENT REGULATIONS
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has placed on public notice proposed amendments to the Effluent Regulations (10 CSR 20-7.015) and Water Quality Standards (10 CSR 20-7.031), published in the May 2 Missouri Register.

"The purpose of the draft revisions are to make Missouri's effluent regulations and water quality standards conform with the 'fishable and swimmable waters' goal of the Clean Water Act," said Ed Galbraith, director of the department's Water Protection Program. "Potentially, 16,686 miles of streams could be added to the state's list of 'swimmable waters' and would be subject to the bacteria standards required for recreational uses."

The Clean Water Commission will hold a hearing on the proposed rule revisions at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 6, at the Best Western Moberly Inn, 1200 Highway 24 East, Moberly.

Citizens may send requests to speak at the hearing in advance, or may make a request the day of the hearing. The department requests people intending to give verbal presentations also provide a written copy of their testimony to the commission secretary at the time of the public hearing. Interested citizens may also send written comments to the attention of Marlene Kirchner, Missouri Clean Water Commission, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Water Protection Program, by writing to P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0176, or by calling 573-751-6721. People requiring special services or accommodations to attend the July 6 hearing can make arrangements by calling 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300. Arrangements for the hearing impaired may be obtained through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.

Written comments on the proposed amendments will be accepted through 5 p.m. on July 14. Written comments may be submitted at the public hearing or can be sent by e-mail to marlene.kirchner@dnr.mo.gov, or by fax to 573-526-1146.

"We are committed to protecting Missourians when they use streams for water recreation," said Galbraith. "Under the proposed rule, any Missouri stream used for water recreation or that meets the characteristics for such uses will be protected."

The proposed rule will have major impacts to many municipalities and sewage treatment districts and their customers. With the addition of more streams to water recreation standards, many municipal and sewer district wastewater facilities will become subject to bacteria standards for their discharges of treated wastewater. The department is working carefully with municipalities and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to moderate any unnecessary economic impacts to municipalities.

Stream studies, called a Use Attainability Analysis, are being performed by department staff, contractors and municipalities to assure that streams that cannot be used for water recreation are not unnecessarily designated as "swimmable" under the new standards.

Under the proposed rule, more than 900 facilities discharging to streams will be required to determine whether they must disinfect their discharge, provide a study to prove that the stream meets water recreation standards without disinfection, or perform a Use Attainability Analysis to prove the stream is not used for any recreational use and that the stream's physical characteristics are unsuitable for any water recreation.

The department has provided training to citizens and local governments in how to perform a valid Use Attainability Analysis. The analysis is a tool for citizens or local governments to establish a stream's existing recreational use, or the attainability of recreational uses. Under the proposed rulemaking, if the department and EPA agree that an analysis demonstrates that a stream segment is not used recreationally and that the stream cannot support a recreational use, costly disinfection would not be required for wastewater treatment facilities on that stream segment.

A 2004 legal settlement between EPA and the Missouri Coalition for the Environment set the department an ambitious schedule for the development and approval of the new standards. If the approved standards are not made final by April 30, 2006, the terms of the agreement require EPA to draft and enforce federal standards for Missouri.

The proposed amendments were published in the May 2, 2005, Missouri Register (Volume 30, Number 9), available online at the Secretary of State's Web site at www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/moreg/current/2005/v30n9/v30n9c.pdf, listed under 'Proposed Rules,' 'Department of Natural Resources,' 'Clean Water Commission' on page 838.

Copies of Regulatory Impact Reports, public comments to earlier draft versions of the Regulatory Impact Reports and other related materials are available online on the department's Web site at the following location: www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/rules/wpp-rule-dev.htm.

The proposed rules are available for public review at the following location:
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Water Protection Program
Lewis and Clark State Office Building
1101 Riverside Drive
Jefferson City
573-751-6721
Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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

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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES INFORMATION ON LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE SHIPMENTS
On June 6, the first of an estimated 3,500 truck shipments of radioactive waste started moving through Missouri from the Fernald site, a former Department of Energy uranium processing facility near Cincinnati, Ohio. The shipments will enter eastern Missouri via I-270 to I-44 and travel west on I-44 until it leaves Missouri in Newton County and into Oklahoma. The waste is being transported to an interim storage facility in West Texas.

The containers being transported are considered low-level waste shipments. An unbreached container will normally read 75 millirem/hour on the container surface or 9 millirem/hour at 2 meters away. If a shipment is involved in an accident and readings are significantly above these levels then protective measures should be taken.

The Department of Natural Resources is working with other state agencies to plan, prepare and coordinate in the unlikely case of an accident or incident. "I am confident that these shipments will pass through Missouri safely and without incident," said the department's Alan Reinkemeyer, Environmental Manager Section Chief. "However, we all know there is always a possibility of an accident or incident."

If one of the shipments is involved in an accident, emergency response agencies should contact the Fernald Communications Center at (513) 648-4444 as well as the Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Emergency Response 24-hour spill line at 573-634-2436. The department will then take the information and contact the appropriate state agencies such as the State Emergency Management Agency, Department of Health and Social Services, etc. In addition, the department stands ready to send staff to an incident to assist local responders.

A fact sheet and more information about the background, history, characterization of waste shipments, description of shipping containers, waste classification and emergency telephone numbers is available on Fernald's Web site at www.fernald.gov.

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. For more information contact the department's Environmental Services Program at 800-361-4827.

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COMMISSION INCREASES PROJECTS TARGETING NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION AND SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION EDUCATION
The Soil and Water Districts Commission approved 15 new Agricultural Nonpoint Source Special Area Land Treatment projects and 20 new Information and Education Grants at its meeting on May 24.

Fifteen soil and water conservation districts will receive more than $9 million over the next five to seven years to help decrease agricultural nonpoint source pollution in selected watersheds. The Department of Natural Resources' Agricultural Nonpoint Source (AgNPS) Special Area Land Treatement (SALT) Program provides funding and assistance for long-term watershed projects that decrease agricultural nonpoint source pollution, which include incentives for reducing erosion, nutrient management, grazing management, irrigation management and riparian buffers. Projects are administered by local soil and water conservation districts and funded by the one-tenth-of-one-cent parks-and-soils sales tax.

Districts receiving funding and assistance for AgNPS SALT projects are Barton, Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Dallas, Grundy, Maries, McDonald, Mercer, Montgomery, St. Francois, Scott, Stoddard, Wright and Vernon.

In addition, the commission awarded 20 Information and Education Grants to 17 districts. The commission will also extend 22 multiple-year grants. These grants encourage districts to seek new and innovative ways of presenting soil and water conservation information and education ideas to all age groups. Many of the proposals accepted will use the money to develop new workshops, training sessions and educational material.

Districts receiving Information and Education Grants are Audrain, Cole, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Harrison, Holt, Jefferson, Lincoln, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Pulaski, St. Clair, Warren, Worth and Wright. The districts that had their Information and Education Grants extended for another year were Butler, Caldwell, Christian, Clay, Dallas, Grundy, Holt, Howard, Iron, Jackson, McDonald, Mercer, Moniteau, Pemiscot, Putnam, Ralls, Ripley, Schuyler, Scotland, Sullivan, Warren and Washington.

Since the first AgNPS SALT projects were approved in 1997, seven projects have been completed and 57 are currently receiving funding and assistance. The 15 new AgNPS SALT projects will begin on July 1 bringing the total number of AgNPS SALT projects to 72.

For more information, contact the Department of Natural Resources' Soil and Water Conservation Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-4932.

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DEPARTMENT SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE U. S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). GSA is the primary real estate organization for the federal government. GSA maintains the oversight responsibility for disposal and use of federal real property, and is the federal government's real estate expert. Because some of these federal properties may have contamination present on-site, the Department of Natural Resources will be working with GSA to make sure the areas are cleaned up to state and federal standards. The two agencies will coordinate the transfer of property to ensure the protection of human health, welfare and the environment, while at the same time encouraging reuse and economic development. The MOU is intended to facilitate communication and coordination between the GSA, the department and other federal landholding agencies.

"The department looks forward to working with GSA and providing a positive relationship between the state of Missouri and the federal government," said Robert Geller, acting director of the department's Hazardous Waste Program. "The department has provided a great deal of assistance and oversight of cleanups at many federal facility sites throughout the state. Our goal is to return these properties to beneficial economic use. To date, we have mainly focused on Department of Defense and the Department of Energy sites, and we are ready to take on this new challenge."

Questions and comments regarding this MOU or the department's role in cleaning up federal facilities may be sent to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Hazardous Waste Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 or call 800-361-4827 or 573-751-3907.

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CITY OF JAMESPORT REQUESTS WATER SUPPLY EXEMPTION
The city of Jamesport has requested additional time from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to meet the drinking water requirement for disinfection by-products. The city will construct a water line and purchase water from Livingston County Public Water Supply District #4. The additional time would be in the form of an exemption, which would give the city until August 2007 to arrange funding, construct water system improvements and complete the connection to the water district. The exemption would also include time needed for Livingston County PWSD #4 to upgrade the capacity of its water system to ensure it has adequate water to serve Jamesport. The improvements would enable the city to provide drinking water with less trihalomethane (THM), haloacetic acid (HAA) and total organic carbon (TOC).

THMs and HAAs are formed in the treatment process when chlorine reacts with naturally occurring organic matter, such as algae or decomposing leaves, present in the source of water. TOC is a measure of the amount of naturally-occurring organic matter in the water and is an indicator of other currently unregulated disinfection by-products that may be in the water.

The city of Jamesport has exceeded the standards for these disinfection by-products. The 2004 annual average levels of THMs and HAAs ppb in the system's drinking water were 112 parts per billion (ppb) and 86 ppb, respectively. Effective in 2004, the standards for these contaminants are 80 ppb for THMs and 60 ppb for HAAs.

Disinfection by-products in public water systems are a health concern in humans. Some people who drink water containing THMs and HAAs in excess of the standards for many years may have an increased risk of liver, kidney or central nervous system health effects. There may also be an increased risk of developing cancer.

The city's drinking water treatment plant has been unable to reduce the disinfection by-products in the water to acceptable levels in spite of modifications to the treatment process. Additional time is needed to construct water system improvements and connect to Livingston Public Water Supply District #4. If an exemption were granted, the city would have until January 2007 to make those modifications and to meet all disinfection by-product requirements. During the term of the exemption, the city would be required to implement special control measures to reduce the THM, HAA and TOC levels as much as possible, notify the public of its progress and minimize the health risk to customers.

For more information, call Bill Price of the Department of Natural Resources' Public Drinking Water Branch at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1035.

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DEPARTMENT ISSUES CONSENT ORDER TO BP AMOCO, SUGAR CREE KB
The department recently issued a State Corrective Action Abatement Order on Consent (Consent Order) to BP Amoco. The Consent Order creates the framework for Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action at the Jackson County facility. The language in the order was negotiated with BP Amoco, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency participating in the process.

BP Amoco and its predecessor companies operated a petroleum refinery at the Sugar Creek site from approximately 1904 until 1982. During that time, the refinery processed crude oil and manufactured a full range of petroleum products. Crude oil processing ended in 1982, but BP Amoco has continued to operate a petroleum-marketing terminal and a pipeline on a portion of the site. The main chemicals of concern in soil, groundwater and surface water are benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and metals.

The RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI), Corrective Measures Study and Statement of Basis were performed and issued under EPA's Administrative Order On Consent issued in June 1989. The department has acted as the technical lead. The initial RFI showed that chemicals of concern were present in areas throughout the site. To allow the cleanup process to move faster, BP Amoco, the department and EPA agreed in 1999 to perform future investigation and cleanup in a phased approach. Instead of investigating one large site, the site was divided into smaller areas. Each area is being investigated and cleaned up in the order in which the community has placed priority. The level of cleanup depends on the future use of that area.

For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources' Hazardous Waste Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-3176.

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TRI-STATE MINING DISTRICT FORUM A SUCCESS
The Tri-State Mining District Partnership, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, sponsored the Tri-State Mining District Forum held April 12-14, 2005, at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin.

he goals of the forum were to promote awareness of district-wide issues and activities currently being conducted by different parties; increase coordination among all parties; and share technical information. As a member of the Tri-State Partnership, Department of Natural Resources' staff served on the planning committee and presented and facilitated at the forum.

There were 150 participants who attended the forum including a number of state and federal agencies, tribes, responsible parties, consultants, private companies, economist and attorneys. The forum was a combination of panel discussions and technical presentations regarding aquatic issues, Natural Resource Damages assessment and restoration and cleanup technologies.

During the forum, a number of themes for achieving greater success were identified. Some of these themes were

• EPA Regions 6 and 7 need to develop a mutual Quality Assurance Project Plan to be used throughout the District.
• The EPA Watershed initiative can be used as a tool for continued cooperation and communication in the District.
• An organizational structure for Natural Resource Damages Assessment and Restoration, research, projects, etc. needs to be developed.
• Face-to-face sharing of information is both helpful and necessary.
• A greater public outreach effort is needed.

With the potential for congressional funding, opportunities for combined efforts should be identified.

The Jasper and Newton County Superfund sites are two of the four Superfund sites located in the Tri-State Mining District. The Tri-State Mining District is approximately 2,500-square miles in area with Missouri's portion covering 270-square miles. The Tri-State Mining District is the fourth largest historic producer of lead within the United States and the number one historic producer of zinc. Much of the mining waste is highly contaminated with hazardous substances such as lead, zinc and cadmium.

For more information on the Tri-State Mining District or Natural Resource Damages, contact Frances Klahr of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Hazardous Waste Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-522-1347.

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STRONGER SUPPLIES HELP LOWER OIL, GASOLINE PRICES, DEPARTMENT SURVEY FINDS
Although U.S. crude oil prices continue above $50 per barrel, stronger supplies of crude oil and gasoline compared to last year are helping push prices lower, according to a survey conducted by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Energy Center.

According to the Energy Center's May 27 Missouri Energy Bulletin, the average Missouri retail price for regular gasoline is reported at $1.93 per gallon, a decrease of 14 cents from last month, and nearly identical to the price paid at this time last year. The highest average price for gasoline in Missouri was $2.17 per gallon set on April 4. The average retail price paid for regular unleaded gasoline in the United States was $2.13 per gallon on May 23.

Retail gasoline prices have decreased throughout the United States due to growing gasoline supplies in storage, which stand 12.4 million barrels higher compared to last year. Crude oil supplies stand 33.5 million barrels higher compared to last year. Crude oil supplies are at their highest level since 1999.

Missouri's average diesel fuel price is $2.06, nearly 12 cents lower than the April 18 price of $2.18, yet 40 cents or 24 percent higher than this time last year. The U.S. average retail diesel price was $2.15 per gallon on May 23.

The Energy Center's bimonthly fuels survey polled a selection of service stations throughout the state on the price of regular unleaded gasoline, diesel fuel, B-20 biodiesel fuel and E-85 ethanol.

U.S. crude oil futures prices at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) settled at $50.90 per barrel on May 25. NYMEX prices fell from a new record high of $57.27 on April 1 to nearly $51. Crude oil prices settled below $50 on several days during May in response to growing crude oil supplies. The closing price on May 25 of $50.90 per barrel is still 26 percent higher than the $40.54 price of a year ago. NYMEX crude oil prices set a new intra-day trading record of $58.28 per barrel on April 4.

The department's bimonthly energy bulletins are available online from the department's Web page at www.dnr.mo.gov/energy/transportation/fb.htm. The May 27 Missouri Energy Bulletin is available at www.dnr.mo.gov/energy/transportation/EB052605.pdf.

For more information, contact the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Energy Center at 573-751-3443 or the department toll free at 800-361-4827.

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LAND SURVEY PROGRAM HONORED FOR BREAKING TRADITIONS
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Land Survey Program, through a partnership with Rolla Technical Institute (RTI), has actively encouraged nontraditional students to choose technical careers by offering students hands-on internships. During a ceremony May 3 in Jefferson City, Land Survey Program Director J. Michael Flowers PLS, and Document Distribution Section Chief Carol Payne were honored for their efforts with the Breaking Traditions Public Sector Employer Award.

Staff at RTI nominated Flowers and Payne for their active support of RTI's drafting and design program. Their efforts have lead to several nontraditional student-interns successfully gaining fulltime employment in drafting and surveying positions. Thanks in part to such internships, career paths in land surveying and drafting over all have seen a break with tradition. In an industry that was formerly populated by only males, there are now 11 females, in a population of 900 throughout the state of Missouri,. While this success is celebrated there is much room for growth.

Quality partnerships between vocational educators and potential employers can successfully shape new directions for nontraditional students. "I am thankful for the relationship the Land Survey Program has with the drafting and design program at RTI," Payne said. "Their dedicated instructors, Don Block and Chuck Berendzen, do an excellent job of recommending top-notch students. To ensure their success before sending students to our program, they provide extra detailed training pertinent to the specific area where the student will be working. When instructors go this 'extra mile,' the training period I have for the students as interns is greatly reduced and their potential for success is considerably enhanced."

Both Flowers and Payne stated their appreciation for the "Breaking Traditions" award. "We are grateful for the award, but also amply rewarded by the process," Flowers said. "It makes you feel good to know that you can effect a positive change in a formerly narrow category of employment. I'd like to encourage other similar technical employers to develop partnerships with vocational educators in their area. In doing so, all of Missouri benefits."

To learn more about the Land Survey Program within the Geological Survey and Resource Assessment Division of the Department of Natural Resources, visit the program's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/geology/.

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DEPARTMENT ISSUES KANSAS CITY TRANSFER STATION SOLID WASTE PERMIT
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued a solid waste permit for the Manchester Transfer and Recycling Facility in Jackson County to Manchester Transfer LLC. The proposed site is located at 7801 E. Truman Road, Kansas City, on Manchester Road at Truman Road.

The proposed material recovery facility will be used to recover reusable materials from the construction and demolition waste stream that will be hauled to the facility.

The Department of Natural Resources reviews all applications submitted by cities, counties and private owners to ensure that solid waste transfer stations are properly designed and constructed. The site was a Superfund site requiring consideration of former uses in any future site development. Other technical factors that protect Missouri's environment are also examined.

Questions and comments regarding the proposed transfer station or the department's role in regulating solid waste transfer stations may be sent to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Solid Waste Management Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 or call Frank Dolan at 573-751-5401 or 800-361-4827.

For more information on solid waste issues, visit the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp.

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DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS RANDOM OFF-HOURS INSPECTIONS AT TRANSFER STATIONS AND SANITARY LANDFILLS
Due to the closing of more landfills, the waste volume being handled at transfer stations has increased. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources inspects transfer stations to ensure it's operating according to the Missouri Solid Waste Management Regulations and with the conditions of transfer station and sanitary landfill operating permits.

Off-hour inspections are randomly conducted at transfer stations to verify that all solid waste is removed from the tipping floor at the end of the operating day. Over the past year, the department has issued several Notices of Violation and warning letters based on these inspections. A copy of the regulations for transfer stations is available on the Web at www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/10csr/10c80-5.pdf.

Off-hour inspections are randomly conducted at sanitary landfills to verify that daily cover is being applied to the active face. Over the past year, the department referred one facility for enforcement action based on failure to apply adequate daily cover. A copy of the regulations for sanitary landfills is available on the Web at www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/10csr/10c80-3.pdf.

For more information on solid waste issues, visit the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp.

$7.5 MILLION AVAILABLE IN CLEAN SCHOOL BUS GRANTS
School districts can apply for grants from EPA to help make school buses run cleaner. $7.5 million in grants are available. Under EPA's Clean School Bus program, the agency expects to provide 20 to 30 grants to school districts across the country to upgrade diesel school bus fleets. The upgrades would come from replacing older buses with new, cleaner ones, or by retrofitting existing buses with devices and cleaner fuels that reduce diesel air pollution.

There are roughly 440,000 school buses in the country. Reducing pollution from school buses helps improve local air quality and reduces children's exposure to diesel exhaust. The application deadline for the EPA grants is Friday, July 22, 2005. For more information about the program and examples of successful projects, visit www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus. For information on how to apply for funding under the Clean School Bus USA grant program, visit www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html#0513.

EPA expects to announce the awards in fall 2005.

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CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND 2004 ANNUAL REPORT PROVEN INTEGRITY AND PERFORMANCE
EPA is releasing its 2004 annual report on the Clean Water State Revolving Fund highlighting program activities and successes through the past 15 years. The fund is the largest federal funding program for water infrastructure projects across the country. The Proven Integrity and Performance report provides an overview of the fund, describes its financial status and economic and environmental performance and discusses new directions for the future.

Since it was created in 1988, the fund has provided low-interest loans targeting a wide range of projects in areas like wastewater treatment, non-point source pollution control, estuary management and a host of projects focusing on water quality.

The report provides an in-depth look at how the fund operates and describes projects it has financed that help protect and improve the nation's water quality. This first report established a system for reporting for long into the future. To expand use of the fund to support a sustainable nationwide water infrastructure, the agency hopes that the successes the report documents will attract new borrowers to the program.

You can view and download the report at www.epa.gov/owmitnet/cwfinance/cwsrf/.

BROWNFIELDS/VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM CLEANUPS COMPLETED
VEIT'S RESTAURANT ISSUED CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (B/VCP) has issued a certificate of completion to Veit's Restaurant located at 2001 Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City, Missouri, for cleanup of contamination relating to former gasoline underground storage tanks (USTs).

The Veit's site first opened as Veit's Diamond Service Station and Café in 1934. Though the service station operations ceased in the 1950s, the restaurant continued to operate until early 2005. The underground gasoline tanks were removed in the early 1970s. No sampling was done at this time, as the regulations that require UST closure sampling were not yet in place. Since the former Veit's USTs were determined to not be eligible for benefits from the Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund, the site applied to B/VCP for oversight of remediation of any UST-related contamination.

A site characterization, including soil and groundwater sampling, was conducted by Midwest Environmental Consultants. The assessment did not identify levels of petroleum contamination that would constitute a risk to current or future occupants of the site. Therefore, a certificate of completion was issued by B/VCP on April 19, 2005. Asbestos containing materials, which remain inside the building, will be addressed at a later date. The site will be developed by Gordon Builders, Incorporated, for commercial use. This brings the total number of sites cleaned up under B/VCP program to 233.

For more information, call the Missouri Department of Natural Resources at 800-361-4827 or the B/VCP at 573-526-8913.

FORMER QUEBECOR WORLD SAYERS FACILITY IN ROCK HILL ISSUED CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (B/VCP) has issued a Certificate of Completion Letter for the former Quebecor World Sayers facility in the city of Rock Hill. The site is a 3.2-acre parcel that has been used as a printing facility since the 1950's.

The site formerly contained a 100,000 square foot building that was constructed prior to 1950. The building was demolished in late 2003 and early 2004. The site was most recently used as a printing business and in the past it was used as a grocery distributor.
RSV Engineering collected soil and groundwater samples from five areas of the site: a former fuel oil underground storage tank, which was removed in 1988, a suspected former gasoline station area, former sumps, former sewer laterals, and a dry well. Levels of petroleum hydrocarbons and metals were detected in the soil. However, the levels of contamination were below the Missouri Risk Based Corrective Action default target levels, an any-use standard, for soils. A final Certificate of Completion letter has been issued for the site. This is the 234th site cleaned up in the B/VCP since 1994.

For more information, call the Missouri Department of Natural Resources at 800-361-4827 or the B/VCP at 573-526-8913.

ECTONVILLE'S ON YOUR WAY CLEANUP COMPLETED
B and S Unlimited, L.L.C., received a Certificate of Completion for the Ectonville's On Your Way site from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (B/VCP) after completing cleanup of soil contaminated with gasoline.

ocated on Highway 92 between Smithville and Kearney, Missouri, the 5.4-acre property, previously known as The Trading Post, has been a residence, a convenience/bait store and a gasoline station. Gasoline contamination from historic operations was detected in soils up to 13 feet below ground. The site entered the B/VCP for oversight of cleanup in November 2004 as a result of property purchase and planned renovation by the new owner.

The owner's contractor, Envision Group, excavated and disposed of over 767 tons of contaminated soil. The property is now safe for unrestricted use. Subsequent to cleanup activities, B and S Unlimited, L.L.C., renovated the property and currently operates a convenience store/gasoline service station. This brings the total number of sites cleaned up under B/VCP program to 235.

For more information, call the Missouri Department of Natural Resources at 800-361-4827 or the B/VCP at 573-526-8913.

MABLE CABINS CLEANUP COMPLETED
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (B/VCP) has issued a Certificate of Completion for the Mable Cabins site in Moberly, Missouri, for the cleanup of soil/groundwater contaminated with gasoline and diesel.

Mable Cabins is a two-acre site located northeast of Moberly, Missouri, and was originally called Mable's Auto Camp and gas station in the 1950s. The former gas station was operated until the mid 1950s and contained two 500 gallon underground storage tanks for the cabin guests use. The gas tanks were last utilized in the family farming enterprise until 1977. The contents of the tanks were apparently pumped out shortly after this time. The tanks reportedly stored gasoline and diesel. Since the tanks were last used in a farming enterprise and are less than 1,000 gallons in capacity they are exempt from the Underground Storage Tank (UST) regulations in Section 319 RSMo and 10 CSR 20-10.

On June 19, 2003, the department's Northeast Regional Office (NERO) conducted an investigation into a report of petroleum contamination at the Logan Hutton Property (former Mable Cabins). The investigation was initiated in response to a telephone call to the department's Environmental Emergency Response Spill Line the previous day stating that dead vegetation was observed on the soil surface in the shape of a tank. Mr. Hutton noticed the staining on the soil surface after recent heavy rains and believed it to be a petroleum underground storage tank. Mr. Greg Robertson, NERO investigator, observed staining on the soil surface and dead vegetation in the arched driveway extending into the road ditch along the north side of Highway 24. The standing water was discolored and brown and exhibited a strong petroleum odor. The path of the petroleum was traced back to the western end of the cabin office. The source of the incident was one of the two abandoned USTs. The gasoline tank was the westernmost of the two tanks and had an uncapped fill cap. Approximately 26 inches of liquid was contained in the gasoline tank. The diesel tank contained approximately six inches of petroleum atop another six inch layer of mixed water and petroleum and then approximately 42 inches of water. The soil was saturated with petroleum. The investigator determined immediate mitigation efforts were removal of free product from the environment, the removal of contaminated water from the driveway and road ditch, and the removal of the impacted soil in and adjacent to the road ditch and in the vicinity of the drinking water main.

Gehm Environmental was retained to implement the immediate corrective and abatement activities in response to the petroleum release. In May 2004 the site entered the B/VCP to complete the cleanup of the tanks and asbestos in and on the structures as well as other issues with the site. City Bank and Trust retained Midwest Environmental to provide technical assistance on closure of the underground storage tanks and asbestos abatement for the site. Midwest Environmental removed the tanks and associated piping, removed the old cabin and asbestos debris and closed an old well on-site. This brings the total number of sites cleaned up under B/VCP to 236.

For more information, call the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' B/VCP at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-8913.

PARAMOUNT CLEANERS CLEANUP COMPLETED
The Department of Natural Resources' Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (B/VCP) has issued a certificate of completion for the Paramount Cleaners site in Florissant, Missouri, for the cleanup of groundwater contaminated with perchloroethlyene (dry-cleaning solvent).

The site was agricultural land until developed as a shopping center in 1971. A dry-cleaner has occupied tenant space at 153 Flower Valley Shopping Center for many years and is the source of the groundwater contamination. In September 2002, Flower Valley Venture entered the B/VCP to address the contamination and remediate the site. Shifrin and Associates, Flower Valley Ventures' consultant, utilized in-situ bioremediation. In-situ bioremediation is the injection of a carbon source (molasses, potassium permanganate, etc.) into the subsurface soil or groundwater to degrade the chemical bond of the contaminant, thereby, reducing the contaminants into less harmful compounds. Two rounds of potassium permanganate injection were necessary to reduce the contaminants to levels protective of human health and the environment. The subject site will continue to operate as a dry-cleaning facility. This brings the total number of sites cleaned up under B/VCP to 237.

For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources' B/VCP at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-8913.

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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.

DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO CLEANUP, MONITORS GASOLINE SPILL ENTERING MISSOURI RIVER
The Department of Natural Resources immediately mobilized staff members of the Environmental Emergency Response Team on May 23 to the scene of a gasoline spill threatening the environment in the Fairfax District of Kansas City, Kan.

The spill occurred around 1 a.m. from the Magellen Pipeline near 12th and Esplanade, approximately one-eighth of a mile from the Missouri River. Initial estimates indicated that more than 20,000 gallons impacted a combined sewer system before some of the gasoline entered the Missouri River.

The department's Environmental Emergency Response staff notified the department's Public Drinking Water Branch and the downstream public drinking water intakes of the spill. The department also sent staff to the unified command post and worked with the local on-site incident commander, other interested parties and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The department used the department's specially equipped response boats on the Missouri River to assess and monitor the water and air quality to assure public health is protected.

The Mid-America Regional Council issued a health advisory for the Kansas City region for the remainder of the day, which included, ".levels of ozone and other air pollutants in the region were dramatically increased during the morning.Areas closest to the spill are most likely to experience higher pollution levels."

The department's environmental emergency response staff provided assistance and oversight during the cleanup while emergency crews worked to contain and recover the gasoline.

The department provides daily support and protection for the citizens of Missouri during environmental emergencies such as this gasoline release. The department's environmental emergency response system has on-scene coordinators located throughout the state and available 24-hours a day, seven days a week to respond to hazardous substance spills. A hazardous waste generator fee supports this system.

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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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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

WORKSHOP FOR NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMITS TO BE HELD JUNE 28
A half-day workshop about Missouri's Water Quality Review Process for NPDES Permits will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 in the LaCharrette Conference Room (1East-Rm 137) in the Lewis and Clark State Office Building at 1101 Riverside Drive in Jefferson City.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

• Interpretation of water quality standards
• Review process and timeline for water quality studies
• Water quality monitoring techniques
• Proposed water quality standards
• Use attainability analysis

The training is suggested for consultants, planners, storm water and wastewater managers, public works directors and anyone involved in the preparation of water quality review sheets. The workshop is free of charge.

For more information, contact Daniela Heppard at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-6627 or send an e-mail with your name, job title, company, e-mail address and phone number to daniela.heppard@dnr.mo.gov.

MISSOURI AIR CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING JULY 2
The Missouri Air Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m., July 2, at the Holiday Inn, 2781 N. Westwood Blvd., in Poplar Bluff. A subsequent meeting will be held in Jefferson City on Aug. 25.

For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources Air Pollution Control Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-4817.

MISSOURI CLEAN WATER COMMISSION TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING JULY 6
The Missouri Clean Water Commission will hold a public meeting on July 6 at the Best Western Moberly Inn.

For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources' Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300.

CONTROL STRATEGY WORKGROUP TO MEET AUG. 5
The Control Strategy Workgroup will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m., at the East-West Gateway, One Memorial Dr., Ste. 1600 in St. Louis.

For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources' Air Pollution Control Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-4817.

STATE OIL AND GAS COUNCIL TO MEET AUG. 9
The Missouri State Oil and Gas Council will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m., Aug. 9 at the Department of Natural Resources' Kansas City Regional Office, 500 NE Colbern Rd., Lee's Summit.

For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources at 800-361-4827 or 573-368-2115.

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING AUG. 11
The Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m., Aug. 11 at the Department of Natural Resources' Conference Center, 1738, E. Elm St., Jefferson City.

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

WELL INSTALLATION BOARD TO MEET AUG. 29
The Missouri Well Installation Board will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m., Aug. 29, at the Department of Natural Resources' Geological Survey and Resources Assessment Division office, 111 Fairgrounds Rd., Rolla.

For more information, call the department at 800-361-4827 or 573-368-2450.

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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 at www.dnr.mo.gov/regs/index.html.

Air Pollution Control Program	Conformity to SIP/FIPs of Trans Plans, Progs, and Projs Devel, Funded or Apprvd Under Title 23 U.S.
Rule Number: 010-02.390 - To amend the state Kansas City transportation conformity rule to bring it into compliance with the recently amended federal transportation conformity rule.
Public comment ends: June 30, 2005	Public hearing: July 7, 2005
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Air Pollution Control Program	Conformity to SIP/FIPs of Trans Plans, Progs, and Projs Devel, Funded or Apprvd Under Title 23 U.S.
Rule Number: 010-02.390 - To amend the state St. Louis transportation conformity rule to bring it into compliance with the recently amended federal transportation conformity rule.
Public comment ends: June 30, 2005	Public hearing: July 7, 2005
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Water Pollution Control	Effluent Regulations
Rule Number: 020-07.015 - This amendment will address: (1) DGLS to DGLS, (2) disinfection implementation schedule, (3) phosphorus rule effective dates, (4) dechlorination in losing streams, (5) Antidegredation and effluent in ORWs, (6) high flow exemption, and (7) typos.
Public comment ends: July 14, 2005	Public hearing: July 6, 2005
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-6623

Water Pollution Control	Water Quality Standards
Rule Number: 020-07.031 - This amendment fulfills an obligation under 40 CFR 131.20, which requires a state to review its water quality standards at least once every three years.
Public comment ends: July 15, 2005	Public hearing: July 6, 2005
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-6623

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