Protecting Missouri's Natural Resources Newsletter October 2006 Issue

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SEEKS COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT 2004/2006 303(d) LIST
Department hosts five public meetings throughout state to answer questions, accept comments
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has published the draft 2004/2006 303(d) List. Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act requires that each state identify waters that are not meeting water quality standards.

Water quality standards protect such beneficial uses of water as whole body contact (such as swimming), maintaining fish and other aquatic life, and providing drinking water for people, livestock and wildlife. The 303(d) list provides a snap shot in time and helps state and federal agencies keep track of waters that do not support all of its designated uses. The draft 2004/2006 303(d) List includes 82 water bodies. Of those, 40 water bodies are new to the 303(d) List, and 42 were on the 2002 List.

The list is open to the public for review and comment until Jan. 17, 2007. The current list available for public comment is
a combined 2004/2006 list. The public may view copies of the proposed 2004/2006 303(d) List and a list of changes from the 2002 303(d) List on the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/proposed-2006-303d-pn.htm.

Maps of the waters, supporting water quality data, the Listing Methodology document, which contains the procedures used to develop these lists, frequently asked questions and other information are available on the department’s Web site. If unable to access the information through the Web, individuals may request copies of the lists from the department’s Water Protection Program by calling
800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300.

The department will accept written comments on the proposed list until 5 p.m., Jan. 17, 2007. The public can submit comments in writing to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Attention John Ford, Water Protection Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102, by e-mail to john.ford@dnr.mo.gov or by fax to 573-522-9920.

The department will also hold five public meetings to answer questions and accept comments on the proposed 2004/2006 List:

Oct 26 - 4 to 7 p.m. at the department’s Kansas City Regional Office, 500 NE Colbern Rd., Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
Nov. 2 - 4 to 7 p.m. at the department’s Southwest Regional Office, 2040 W. Woodland, Springfield, MO 65807
Nov. 8 - 4 to 7 p.m. at the Powder Valley Nature Conservation Center, Room A, 11715 Cragwood Rd,
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Nov. 16 - 4 to 7 p.m. at the department’s Southeast Regional Office, 2155 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
Nov. 30 - 4 to 7 p.m. at the department’s Northeast Regional Office, 1709 Prospect Dr., Macon, MO 63552

The Missouri Clean Water Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed list at 9 a.m. on Jan. 10, 2007 in the Lewis and Clark State Office Building, La Charrette Conference Room, 1101 Riverside Dr., Jefferson City, MO. The commission could approve the draft 2004/2006 303(d) List as early as March 7, 2007.

People requiring special services or accommodations to attend the meetings or hearing can make arrangements by calling
800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300. Hearing-impaired individuals may contact the program through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.

NEW FUNDING AVAILABLE TO PROTECT DRINKING WATER SOURCES
Application deadline is Nov. 15
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources recently announced it is making approximately $200,000 in federal funds available for projects that protect drinking water sources, including groundwater, lakes, rivers and streams.

Funding is available to community water systems or organizations that deliver services or education to protect or promote drinking water sources. Eligible applicants may submit applications to the Department of Natural Resources until November 15. The department will award the grants on December 15.

“Community involvement and education is a central theme of this funding opportunity,” said Steve Sturgess, chief of the department’s Public Drinking Water Branch. “We expect the projects funded with this money will provide long-term benefits for drinking water sources.”

Eligible recipients may use the money to fund a wide range of activities including those that address source water quality, quantity, security or education. Priority will be given to community water systems with an approved Wellhead Protection Plan, smaller communities and applicants who provide cash or “in-kind” match.

To request an application packet, call Linda McCarty of the Department of Natural Resources’ Public Drinking Water Branch at
800-361-4827 or 573-751-5331.

DEPARTMENT ISSUES 300TH BROWNFIELDS/VOLUNTARY CLEANUP COMPLETION CERTIFICATE TO FLAT BRANCH PARK PHASE II, COLUMBIA
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued a Certificate of Completion to the City of Columbia for the cleanup of Phase II of the Flat Branch Park. With representatives from various agencies looking on, Dan Schuette, Director of the Division of Environmental Quality, presented a framed Certificate to Mayor Darwin Hindman during the Stream Extravaganza festival at the park on
September 21.

The City of Columbia had received a $200,000 Brownfield Remediation Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pay for cleanup of the Phase II site in 2004. Using the grant from EPA, Columbia enrolled the site in the Department of Natural Resources’ Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (BVCP) in February 2004 for oversight and assistance with the cleanup.

The 1.3-acre site lies between Flat Branch Creek, Locust Street and Elm Street in the historic heart of Columbia. The first phase of the park, on the next block to the north, was cleaned up in 1999 and turned into a trailhead park for the Katy Trail. Historically, both sites were on the MKT rail line near Katy Station. Bulk oil terminals with above and underground storage tanks were located on
the sites.

Bulk oil terminals occupied the Phase II site for over 60 years before the site became a parking lot in the 1980s. The cleanup removed 7,500 cubic yards of petroleum-contaminated soil and 12,000 gallons of contaminated storm water. The site was cleaned up to levels safe for any type of future use. Construction of the new park began immediately after soil removal in summer 2006, with bank stabilization established using large boulders and construction of streamside trail ramps to meet up with street underpasses on either end of the park.

With the cleanup completed, construction of park amenities will begin in earnest, and completion is expected by spring 2007.
The Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program began in 1994. The program has overseen voluntary cleanup of 300 Missouri sites, many of which were redeveloped following cleanup. The sites total over 3,000 acres of land assessed, cleaned up and made safe
for reuse.

MISSOURI ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUPS - HIDDEN TREASURES
At first glance many may believe brownfields are a blight upon the economy of a community and its spirit, but the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has found they are actually hidden treasures.

After studying 50 projects overseen by the department’s Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program, the redevelopment resulted in 11,053 new jobs and more than $2.2 billion in investments in Missouri communities.

Brownfields often need assistance to create a financially viable project, and these 50 projects were no exception. Combined, the projects received $264 million in support from state, federal and local government.

“Receiving an eight to one positive payback on investment is excellent for any project,” said Department of Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers. “Developers and the state are delighted that the projects recouped 20 percent of its investments costs up front. Others living near these properties are thrilled as they see their blighted communities transformed and returned to
productive use.”

The 50 projects the department evaluated are not necessarily typical of the 300 completed brownfield cleanups in Missouri. Not all projects include historic buildings or create jobs. However, every brownfields property cleaned up under the department’s oversight has improved the environment and the community where it is located.

Missouri’s brownfields effort is an inter-agency cooperative program. The Department of Natural Resources’ Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program leads the effort in partnership with the department’s State Historic Preservation Office and the Missouri Department of Economic Development, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7. All of these agencies can provide financial and technical support for cleanup and restoration. The successful Brownfield Remediation Tax Credit Program, administered by the Department of Economic Development, awards tax credits to pay for cleanups at some sites based on the economic benefit of new businesses brought in following cleanup.

Known or suspected contamination may hamper redevelopment and reuse of previously developed properties, otherwise known as brownfields. While many brownfield sites are minimally contaminated, potential environmental liability can be a problem for owners, operators, prospective buyers and financial institutions. Because of the large number of these sites, the economic impact, especially in heavily industrial areas, is substantial.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program can help resolve these issues so redevelopment and reuse can proceed. When the department’s Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program is satisfied that the cleanup has met the environmental objectives, the department provides the applicant with a Certification of Completion or “No Further
Action Letter.”

A brownfields cleanup puts properties back into productive use, encourages redevelopment and increases economic development in distressed areas.

The Department of Natural Resources recently issued certificates of completion for several Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program sites.

Watkins Roofing, Columbia
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program issued a Certificate of Completion for the Watkins Roofing site, located at 104 Orr Street in Columbia, Missouri. The 0.38-acre site has been the location of a roofing company, most recently Watkins Roofing, since the 1940s.

In 2005, a limited Phase II Environmental Site Assessment detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination in surface soil. PAHs are often associated with roofing tars, creosote and coal. Roofing tar waste piles were identified throughout the site. The current property owner, Havet, LLC, entered the site in the BVCP in March 2006 to address the soil contamination.
An evaluation was performed in accordance with the Missouri Risk-Based Corrective Action (MRBCA) guidance document. The department determined that no remedial action was necessary at the site because chemicals were below MRBCA Default Target Levels (DTLs). The site is safe for unrestricted use.

Havet, LLC, plans to transform the deteriorating warehouse into about 20 artist studios expected to be 100 and 200 square feet. Other improvements at the site will include re-grading the land, replacing overhead doors with glass and installing open ventilation and sinks. Supporters hope the development will help revitalize an area that has fallen into disrepair, attract people to Columbia and provide a haven for artists.

IXL Manufacturing Cleanups in Dexter and Bernie
The Department of Natural Resources’ Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (BVCP) has issued Certificates of Completion for IXL Manufacturing sites in Dexter and Bernie. The sites have been used since 1956 for the manufacture of wooden tool handles. Prior to 1956, there was no known manufacturing, commercial or other operations at the sites. Historically, lacquers, paint thinner and other solvent-based materials have been used on the sites.

Environmental site assessments determined if past activities had affected the sites. As a result, the BVCP requested IXL undertake additional investigations at the facilities, including the development of a soil and groundwater sampling plan. The additional
investigations recommended that the remediation include the excavation of impacted soil in the air compressor blow-down discharge area and in the former waste ash area, located near the boiler room. The stained soil was excavated and hauled off-site for disposal. Sample results of the excavation floor and walls were below the Cleanup Levels for Missouri Soil Target Concentrations.

River Roads Shopping Center in Jennings
The River Roads Shopping Center is a prime example of the transfer of redevelopment techniques from the more classic industrial brownfield sites to under-used and abandoned retail space. Because of their large expanses of asphalt, these sites, referred to as “grayfields”, are many times shopping centers and malls built in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s in the inner belt of suburbs around larger cities. As business and residential trends change, some older suburbs declined like some downtown areas have in decades past. Fortunately, contamination on these sites, from sources such as asbestos, lead paint, heating oil tanks, dry cleaners and auto shops, can be swiftly dealt with through the brownfield process, promoting faster redevelopment.

Pyramid Construction has taken on such a task in the River Roads Shopping Center at the corner of Halls Ferry and Jennings Station Roads in Jennings.

Pyramid has completed cleanup of a four-acre out-parcel where the former Merollis Chevrolet dealership was located. Regulated underground gasoline storage tanks were removed under the oversight of the department’s Tank Section. While grading the site for redevelopment, workers struck additional, older tanks that predated registration requirements. The BVCP worked with the
developers to quickly approve a plan for removal of the tanks and cleanup of any associated soil contamination. Pyramid plans to address any other issues on the remainder of the approximately 60-acre site in the near future. Redevelopment plans include a residential senior housing community and commercial property.

Former Anderson Engineering in Springfield
The Department of Natural Resources’ Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program issued a Certificate of Completion for the former Anderson Engineering site in Springfield.

The site was used for residential purposes until 1956. A gasoline station with three underground storage tanks (USTs) was constructed in 1964 and continued operations until approximately 1973. Anderson Engineering leased the property since 1974.
Anderson Engineering is a civil engineering and geotechnical services firm. The northeast section of the property was leased to a cab company that used at least one of the USTs. In 1988, two of the three USTs were determined to be leaking. Sunbelt Industrial Services removed the three USTs and subsequently excavated and disposed of approximately 90 cubic yards of impacted soil. The
submitted documents did not indicate that the site received a No Further Action letter from the department regarding this
tank removal.

At the same time of the tank closure, four drums of 1,1,1 trichloroethane (TCA) were removed from the site. The TCA was spent material used for laboratory testing and degreasing purposes in Anderson Engineering’s drilling shop. The TCA was used in the laboratory until 1999. Drums of virgin TCA and waste TCA were stored in the “driller’s” building, which has poured concrete floors but used no secondary containment. A large floor grate and sump is present in one of the spaces where TCA may have been stored. Anderson Engineering no longer occupies the site, and as part of the due diligence process, additional investigations
were performed.

The Anderson Trust is the participant who conducted additional site investigations in July 2003 and March 2004. Sampling results indicated the presence of several volatile organic compounds, including TCA and benzene, in the soil and groundwater.

The site enrolled in the BVCP in July 2004 to address any contamination issues. In late 2004, the ownership changed and the new owner continued in the BVCP. The new owner chose to evaluate the site using the new Missouri Risk-Based Corrective Action (MRBCA) technical guidance.

The MRBCA process requires an evaluation of risk for each exposure pathway completed, based on the exposure model. The Tier I Risk Assessment concluded that concentrations of chemicals of concern in groundwater are below the MRBCA risk-based target levels for residential land use.

The department determined that no additional remedial action was necessary and that the site is safe for unrestricted use of the property. The new owner plans to sell the property to an adjacent landowner for commercial purposes.

Heer’s Tower in Springfield Issued Certificate of Completion
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program issued a Certificate of Completion for the Heer’s Tower site, located at 138 Park Central Square, in Springfield, for cleanup of asbestos-containing materials (ACM), fluorescent light bulbs and ballasts and lead-based paint (LBP).

The Heer’s building was constructed in 1915 and housed the former Heer’s Department Store until 1995. Since that time, most of the landmark building has been vacant or underused. The property has fallen into disrepair and was even “blighted” by the city of Springfield. Springfield Office Building, LLC, entered the site into the BVCP in January 2005 to address
the contamination.

The ACM and other hazardous materials such as PCB ballasts and fluorescent light bulbs were removed. The LBP was taken care of by using both removal and encapsulation techniques. A department-approved Operations and Maintenance Plan for the
encapsulated LBP was filed in the property’s chain of title. The site is now safe for unrestricted use.

The Springfield Office Building, LLC, proposes to redevelop the historic Heer’s Tower building into a mixed-use development, consisting of restaurants, commercial office space, retail and residential condominiums.

This multi-million Dollar project was approved for up to $2.5 million in Brownfields remediation tax credits through Missouri’s Department of Economic Development’s Brownfield Redevelopment Program. The Brownfield Redevelopment Program provides financial incentives to redevelop publicly owned commercial or industrial sites that were abandoned because of contamination caused by hazardous substances.

The new mixed-use facility is expected to create nearly 300 jobs. The redeveloped Heer’s Tower is an important part of the continued development of downtown Springfield.

This site is the 303rd site cleaned up in the BVCP since 1994.

For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources’ Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Section at 800-361-4827
or 573-526-8913.

CLEANING UP ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION AT NEWTON COUNTY HOSPITAL
Residents of the small southwest Missouri community of Stella can breathe easier today because of the federal Superfund remediation of the asbestos-contaminated former Cardwell hospital building. The dilapidated building was a physical hazard to nearby residents and local children who played nearby. The friable asbestos located throughout the building posed a substantial health risk to anyone who came in contact with the site. With the assistance of the Department of Natural Resources, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency led the cleanup of the site, which was completed in August. EPA continues to work with local residents and community leaders to redevelop the site for the betterment of the community.

The former Cardwell Hospital building sat in downtown Stella, bordered by residential properties, commercial properties and a senior center. It had been a hospital, medical center and residential care center since the 1920s and was closed in the early 1980s. From 1995 to 2004, representatives from the department’s Southwest Regional Office, Air Pollution Control Program and Hazardous Waste Program inspected the former hospital several times, documenting the presence of friable asbestos-containing material in the building. In addition, portions of the building were structurally unstable, with gutted rooms and sections of collapsed roof and floors. Unfortunately, there was limited authority for the department to do more than assess the site, and property ownership disputes for the site also hampered potential cleanup efforts.

However, in 2005, two significant events occurred. First, EPA conducted sampling of the site, documenting not only friable asbestos inside the building, but also the active release of asbestos outside the building above some health-based standards. This differentiated the site from other asbestos-containing buildings and made possible the release of federal funds under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, better known as the Superfund. The other major event was the transfer of ownership of the site to the Village of Stella.

After those two events in 2005, progress toward cleanup of the site came relatively quickly, and by July 5, 2006, crews began remediating the former hospital building site. Within weeks, about 120 cubic yards of asbestos were taken out of the site, eliminating the major source of human health concerns. The next phase of the project was to demolish the building itself and remove the debris.

In order to complete the cleanup in a cost efficient and environmentally sound manner, EPA’s demolition contractor worked closely with the department to divert “clean fill” away from a landfill and to a suitable alternative location nearby. The department required certain tests of the material proposed as “clean fill” to verify that the debris did not contain any heavy metal-based paints. With those tests passed, periodic visual inspection by a representative of the department verified that the material was in fact “clean fill.” By doing this, only 500 tons of demolition debris were sent to a landfill, while around 160 dump truck loads were kept out of a landfill, and the money saved made the project more economically feasible.

Throughout the cleanup process, many residents of Stella worked with two EPA sponsored groups to develop plans and finance redevelopment of the site. The EPA’s Technical Assistance for Brownfields Program is working with local community members to design a redevelopment plan for the site. The plan may include a new city hall, a city park, retail space, apartments or even a new medical center. In addition, community leaders have also been working with the EPA-sponsored SMARTe program, a free interactive Web-based program to assist communities that want to understand how to reuse or redevelop formerly
contaminated properties.

Although the building became a hazard to the local residents, it was also a piece of their community’s history and a source of pride for a town that was once much more than it may appear today. Many of the people who live and work in Stella today have a fond memory or story that revolves around the old hospital building. Many others knew someone who worked in the hospital or was a resident there at some point. The demolition of the downtown building brought out young and old alike to view the project and reminisce. Several residents took snapshots of the building as it was coming down to document the departure of a piece of their past. However, while some local residents have mixed feelings about the completion of the project, everyone agrees that the community is better off because of the successful cleanup of this site.

For more information please contact Jonathan Garoutte of the Hazardous Waste Program at 573-522-3352.

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ANNOUNCES NEWLY COMPLETED CLEANUP GUIDANCE TO ADDRESS CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES
Guidance announced at Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories in Valley Park

Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Director Doyle Childers, Sungmi Moon,
RAM Group, Scott Totten, Chief Ombudsman,
Larry Sharp, Environmental Health and
Safety Manager for Whitmire
and Atul Salhotra, RAM Group, talk about
the application of MRBCA at Whitmire.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers announced the availability and use of a newly completed process that gives property owners more flexibility in dealing with possibly contaminated sites while still ensuring environmental integrity and public health.

Speaking at a news conference at Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories in Valley Park, Childers unveiled the new cleanup guidance, known as Missouri’s Risk-Based Corrective Action (MRBCA). Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories is one of the first companies to use the new process.

MRBCA can be used to better manage possibly contaminated properties such as manufacturing, industrial or commercial sites. In the past, former dry cleaners, drug stores and shoe factories have all occupied sites that could have benefited from this process.

“The new process will give property owners more flexibility and make cleanups potentially cheaper, thus allowing more contaminated sites in Missouri to be cleaned up and become safer for the public health and the environment,” Childers said. “The department recognizes the need to provide cost-effective site evaluation and cleanup activities, although cleanup laws do not allow cost consideration to compromise human health, public welfare or the environment.”

This guidance is written to provide a more transparent, consistent and predictable regulatory process for those involved in the evaluation and management of contaminated sites. The guidance provides the framework to make decisions related to site evaluation, risk assessment and risk management and a predictable regulatory process for those with property interests.
The new standards will not require property owners to clean up the contaminated groundwater at their sites if the groundwater is not used or could not be used for drinking water. Contamination may be left only if it can be managed safely by tailoring cleanups to site-specific conditions and preventing exposure to human and ecological receptors. The property owner must have appropriate institutional controls, and perhaps engineering controls, to ensure long- term protection.

Larry Sharp, a representative of Whitmire, provided a short site tour and discussed the application of MRBCA to remediation efforts at the site. The use of the MRBCA enabled Whitmire to obtain a Letter of Completion from the department’s Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program. The department’s cleanup certification declared the site safe for non-residential use and provided documentation required for the sale of the property to another owner.

The department worked with stakeholders in the Risk-Based Remediation Rule Workgroup over several years to produce a draft of the technical guidance.

For more information about the event or the department’s MRBCA process, please contact Linda Vogt by telephone at 573-751-6998 or via e-mail at linda.vogt@dnr.mo.gov. For additional information about MRBCA, please go to the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/mrbca/mrbca.htm.

TIME-CRITICAL REMOVAL AT THE ANNAPOLIS LEAD MINE SITE
The Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will stabilize the lead-contaminated waste mine tailings at the Annapolis Lead Mining site, a historic mining site. Lead and other hazardous substances have been detected in the surface sediments and soil at the site, and also detected in soil, sediment and water down gradient from the site.

The site property boundary is bordered to the south and east by woodlands. A residential plot lies to the north and Iron County Road 138 runs along the western boundary. The dominant features at the site include a 4-acre capped tailings repository and building foundations that are remnants of the former mining operations.

The tailings repository has been eroded due to surface runoff. Screening samples taken from soil in drainage areas around the repository cap and the point of entry into Sutton Branch Creek contain lead far above acceptable levels.

The material washed from the site is deposited as clay and small particles on the otherwise coarse-grained streambeds. This particle size tends to accumulate in slower moving reaches of the streams and in the pools where human recreational activities take place.

The proposed activities will include, but are not limited to

Replacing the cap material and vegetation in areas of heavy erosion
Stabilizing drainage areas with rock
Reinforcing the spillway from the site to Sutton Branch Creek

After completion of the proposed removal action and stabilization of the repository cap, EPA and the department will work together to put in place controls to prevent future exposure to hazardous substances. After the removal is complete, the department will prepare a post-removal site control plan. EPA and the department will seek to obtain environmental easements or other legal restrictions to prohibit digging or other activities that may result in exposure to hazardous substances remaining at the site after the removal action is completed.

For more information, please contact Evan Kifer of the Hazardous Waste Program at 573-751-1990.

ALTERNATIVES PROPOSED FOR THE RIVERFRONT SITE IN NEW HAVEN
On Sept. 14, 2006, the Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public meeting about the proposed alternative remedial actions for the Riverfront Superfund site in New Haven.

The meeting gave the community an opportunity to comment on the Proposed Plan for the Langenberg Hat Factory (OU5). The Riverfront site is a large site that is divided into operable units. Each operable unit has different issues. The groundwater near the former Langenberg Hat Factory is operable unit 5. Cleanup at all other units at the Riverfront site are currently in progress.

Representatives from EPA, the department, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and Black and Veatch were available to summarize investigations at OU5. Forty people attended the meeting and several made official comments for the record. A court reporter was present to take public comments at the meeting. After all comments have been evaluated, EPA and the Department of Natural Resources will make a decision, which will be published in a Record of
Decision (ROD).

In 2002, during sampling activities for the Riverfront Site, EPA detected perchloroethylene (PCE) contamination in a shallow bedrock monitoring well near the former Langenberg Hat Factory. (OU5). Although no PCE use was documented at the Old Hat Factory, the detection of PCE in shallow groundwater at OU5, a short distance from the closed public-supply wells, prompted a remedial investigation at the Old Hat Factory in 2003. The purpose of the Remedial Investigation was to document the extent and magnitude of the PCE contamination at OU5, determine the relation between OU5 and the contaminated and closed public-supply wells, and to characterize the human health and ecological risks posed by the contamination at OU5.

The Langenberg Hat Company owned and operated the Old Hat Factory from 1928 until the company liquidated and dissolved in 2000. The factory is located in a mostly residential area of town. During peak production, it is estimated that the factory produced nearly 500,000 hats per year.

The primary contaminants of concern for all investigations at the Riverfront Site are volatile organic compounds (VOCs), specifically PCE and its daughter products. Of the 40 VOCs analyzed at OU5, only four VOCs (acetone, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride and PCE) were detected in one or more of the samples. These four compounds were evaluated in the human health risk assessment
conducted for this operable unit by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

The remedial alternatives considered for OU5 are

Alternative 1 - No Action
Alternative 2 – Institutional Controls
Alternative 3 – A combination of Institutional Controls and Groundwater Monitoring

EPA and the department recommend Alternative 3 as the Preferred Alternative for addressing contamination at OU5. Alternative 3 includes groundwater monitoring and the imposition of institutional controls at OU5. Institutional controls involve restrictive covenants and easements, well installation permits and public education to prevent human use of groundwater at OU5. Monitoring consists of groundwater sampling to track the natural degradation of PCE. A gradual decline in PCE in the groundwater may occur naturally and can be confirmed with this monitoring.

Sampling of wells in and around OU5 would provide the data needed to determine if contaminant levels or the size of the plume are increasing. If the monitoring data indicated that further remedial action were necessary, the agencies would begin implementing necessary actions. Alternative 3 was selected over the other alternatives because it provides the greatest amount of protection for human health and the environment.

For more information, please contact Evan Kifer of the Hazardous Waste Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1990.

DEPARTMENT ISSUES EMERGENCY HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMIT TO EPA AND DOE RUN COMPANY
The Department of Natural Resources has issued an emergency hazardous waste permit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7, and the Doe Run Company, St. Joe Minerals Corp. - Indian Creek Mine until Dec. 11.

The St. Joe Minerals Corp. - Indian Creek Mine is an inactive lead mining facility located about 10.5 miles west of Potosi, along State Route 185. The emergency hazardous waste permit allows EPA and Doe Run to store lead-contaminated soil from the Washington County Lead District sites at the Indian Creek Mine. The Washington County Lead District sites include properties in the Potosi, Old Mines and Richwoods areas.

Historic information shows that Washington County had more than 1,000 lead and barite (tiff) mining, milling and smelting sites. Lead mining, milling and smelting has resulted in lead pollution in soil and water around the state. EPA gave the department a grant to inventory lead, zinc and barite mine-impacted sites in the state. The department and EPA identified several residential yards in the Washington County Lead District where lead contamination exists. Some children living in the Washington County Lead District areas have elevated blood lead levels (above 10 micrograms per deciliter).

EPA has required a time-critical removal of lead-impacted soils from these yards. Doe Run intends to submit an application for a remedial action plan to permanently treat and dispose of the soil. An immediate storage area; however, is required to complete a timely removal at these sites. Therefore, this emergency permit is required for temporary storage of soil until EPA approves the remedial action plan.

The emergency permit is available on the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/notices.htm. Supporting documents are not available on the department’s Web site due to their size. The public can review and copy the emergency permit and supporting documents at the Washington County Library, 235 East High St. in Potosi.

Anyone negatively affected by this decision can appeal to have the matter heard. The appeal must be requested by Oct. 14. The person requesting the appeal must file a written petition, according to the procedures outlined in Section 621.250, RSMo, with the Administrative Hearing Commission, P.O. Box 1557, Jefferson City, MO 65102.

If the petition is sent by registered or certified mail, it will be considered filed on the date it is mailed. If it is sent by any other method, it will be considered filed on the date it is received by the Administrative Hearing Commission. The Department of Natural Resources also asks that a copy of the appeal request be provided to Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Attn: Robert Geller, Director, Hazardous Waste Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176.

For more information, please contact Brian McCurren at the department address above. You can also reach McCurren by telephone at 573-751-3553 or 800-361-4827 or by e-mail at brian.mccurren@dnr.mo.gov. Hearing and speech-impaired persons may reach McCurren through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.

ENGINEERING A DREAM JOB AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Carlton Flowers is an environmental
engineer in the department’s Air
Pollution Control Program.

Carlton Flowers, environmental engineer with the Air Pollution Control Program’s emissions inventory unit, had always wanted to be an engineer.

“I have been interested in engineering since I was in the fifth grade,” said Flowers. “After eight years with the department, I still find my job exciting and challenging.”

Flowers’ uncle, a retired civil engineer was the catalyst for his nephew’s interest in the field. As a child, Flowers looked up to his uncle who was employed by the Corp of Engineers and a graduate of the University of Missouri at Rolla.

Currently, Flowers’ workload involves the quantification of air pollution in the state. He puts a number to the amount of each air pollutant that Missouri sources emit yearly. He also runs high-tech modeling software that estimates the amount of pollution that specific sources contribute to air pollution overall and assigns totals accordingly.

However, Flowers’ role isn’t always behind the scenes. He also makes site visits and interacts with the public as he inspects regulated facilities. Getting out of the office, interacting with the public and learning more about how different products are manufactured are some of Flowers’ favorite responsibilities.

It is his hope that citizens see the benefit that engineers provide as he works to ensure that facilities comply with air pollution regulations.

“I hope that people see that my work as an environmental engineer helps to ensure that we have healthy air to breathe now and in the future. Too many people take their environment for granted. I want people to see that air pollution affects their lives,”
said Flowers.

If you are interested in environmental careers with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, job listings links are available on the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/hr/registerandjobs.htm. For more information, call toll-free at 800-361-4827.

DEPARTMENT AIR POLLUTION WEB CAMS ATTRACT MORE ONLINE VISITORS
St. Louis landmarks and mileage. The number of visits to the Department of Natural Resources’ air pollution camera sites for St. Louis and Kansas City have seen more than a tenfold increase since the addition of real time pollution values and additional links to other air pollution information sites.

In less than two years, the number of monthly “hits” to the two Web cam pages has increased from about 500 to more than 6,000 visits to each site in July 2006, according to the department.

“The primary goal of the air pollution Web cam pages is to keep highly sensitive individuals informed of current pollution levels so they can plan their activities around bad air days or hours,” said Ron Stockett, an air monitoring specialist with the department’s Environmental Services Program. The Web cams can be viewed by visiting the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/esp/aqm/archcam-1.htm.

About 1,650 of the July 2006 Web cam visitors were directed to the sites by links from other Web sites or search engines, but most of the more than 12,000 hits were from individuals who typed in the address or used personal bookmarks, according to Debbie Boeckman, the department’s Web manager. This indicates a high repeat customer use of the pages.

When the Web cam services were first created in March 2000, the pages only had photographs of a fixed view of the St. Louis and Kansas City skylines, automatically updated every 15 minutes. When compared to reference photos, these views could give the observer an idea of current pollution conditions. In the last two years, technological improvements have allowed the inclusion of real time monitoring data on the page. The numerical data is updated hourly and color-coded to reflect what the Air Quality Index (AQI) level would be if the current level continued. Since then, visits to the pages have steadily increased.

Given the success of these cameras, the Air Pollution Control Program is considering installation of a third camera in the Springfield area.

“The addition of these cameras has provided these areas with information that improves the public’s understanding of how air quality affects daily life,” said Terry Rowles, air monitoring unit chief with the department’s Air Pollution Control Program.

“We hope to offer the same tools to residents living in the Springfield area.”

JOHNSON’S SHUT-INS STATE PARK CLOSES FOR REDEVELOPMENT
On Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park near Lesterville closed for the season. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is starting work on redeveloping the park. The park is closed so that work can begin on the redevelopment. Plans for the long-term redevelopment of the park and stream restoration have been under development since spring.

The park was heavily damaged Dec. 14 by the breach in the Taum Sauk Reservoir, which flooded it with 1.3 billion gallons of water. Most of the park’s facilities along the East Fork of the Black River were either damaged or destroyed. Cleanup of trees, debris and silt began immediately. The department was able to reopen the park May 27 for the summer to let visitors see the cleanup efforts in the park.

Plans for redevelopment were made after seeking public input in May and the proposed plan was presented to the public during August and early September.

The department anticipates that Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park will be fully operational in 2008. AmerenUE, which is responsible for the redevelopment, believes it can accelerate redevelopment to allow public access to the shut-ins and the park’s portion of the East Fork of the Black River in 2007. The timeframe for redevelopment depends on several factors, including the details of the final plan, weather and how quickly AmerenUE’s contractor can make it happen.

For more information on Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park, call the park directly at 573-546-2450 or the Department of Natural Resources toll free at 800-334-6946 (voice) or 800-379-2419 (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf).

For more information on state parks and historic sites, visit the Web at www.mostateparks.com.

For more information about water quality in the Taum Sauk Reservoir area, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/env/taumsauk/index.html.

HOW MUCH IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT WORTH?
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources recently set out to determine just exactly how much an environmental permit is worth. While the agency can’t answer that question in dollars and cents, it does know its permits are a very small cost in comparison to the economic benefit provided. And, the permits are an absolute bargain compared with the remedial work and health care that might be needed without these pollution prevention tools.

“Most Missouri residents have no idea what a permit from the Department of Natural Resources accomplishes,” said Department Director Doyle Childers. “Many people think permits are government busy work, fundraising for bureaucrats or just plain harassment of communities or businesses.”

Actually, permits are a necessary part of the environmental control business because they help assure environmental protection and compliance.

In Missouri, a permit is required for most types of activity that can have an impact on the environment or the health of the state’s citizens. These permits help ensure that environmental standards are met so Missourians can continue to enjoy healthy air, safe drinking water, clean streams and usable soil.

Permits range from simple “over-the-counter” storm water permits that may take only 15 minutes to complete to complex industrial permits that may take years to finalize. Some permits are good for a short duration, while others may be good for 10 years or the lifetime of a particular facility. Some permits cost several hundred dollars; others may cost several thousand, depending on the type of permit and the complexity of review.

In addition to allowing a company to operate safely and legally, a permit can protect a facility from being sued if it is following the conditions in its permit. Each permit issued by the Department of Natural Resources is a legal document. In applying for and accepting a permit, a facility agrees to abide by its terms and conditions. State and federal environmental laws provide severe penalties for violating the requirements of the law or permit conditions, and for failing to obtain a permit when one is required.
“A permit provides an assurance that either the regulated world won’t change over the course of the permit’s life, or it will do so only to the extent anticipated or allowed in the permit,” Department Director Doyle Childers said. “What a company or community gets for the cost of the permit is valuable to the facility, the community and our environment.”

For example, while it may take several years to obtain a permit for a landfill, the permit is good for the life of the landfill. Because a permit adds considerable value to the property, a permit for a landfill can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars even if the landfill has never been built.

Another example is a permit for an expanded wastewater or drinking water plant. In addition to creating a setting that welcomes economic development by providing water and sewer services at the ready, a community can realize additional environmental benefits from the improved plant, which solves old problems and sets the stage for showcasing the community’s high environmental quality. Citizens are better served, and the community becomes a more attractive place to live and work.

Land disturbance permits protect the location and its neighbors from the effects of erosion and runoff. General permits or permits by rule provide a predictable and transparent guide for projects to travel to completion.

“While there are great values to permit holders in terms of being able to do business, the best value from permitting is the astronomical public health benefit of protecting our water, air and land resources,” said Childers.

The department also oversees a number of licenses, registrations and certifications, including wastewater operators, well drillers, asbestos removal and backflow prevention in drinking water. Citizens and communities are not charged for some work done by the agency, like Section 106 reviews on historic properties and reviews on oil and gas well permits.

The Department of Natural Resources is working to bring more of its information online. Its how-to environmental permit and inspection manuals provide a guidebook to help businesses and citizens save time and money by providing information up front; the department hopes this also provides consistency in requirements across the state.

The department has also made permit, license, registration and certification forms available in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Open Office and other word processing software. Simplifying the way the department does business enables companies to complete these forms electronically and retain them so they can easily be updated for future submissions. Customers can reuse these forms year after year www.dnr.mo.gov/forms/.

For more information on environmental permits, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/ or www.dnr.mo.gov/pubs/pub98.pdf.

MISSOURI AMENDS CONSERVATION PROGRAM TO PROTECT MORE PUBLIC
WATER SUPPLIES
Missouri recently amended its original Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) to expand eligible acres in order to preserve more drinking water supplies.

The voluntary program, initially approved in 2000, is designed to encourage agricultural landowners to help protect environmentally sensitive land, decrease erosion, restore wildlife habitat and safeguard ground and surface water in exchange for financial incentives and technical assistance.

The program is a combined effort between landowners, public drinking water supply districts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Services Agency (FSA), the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Missouri Association of Soil and Water Districts, the Missouri Department of Agriculture and University of Missouri-Extension.

The primary goal of CREP is to reduce the amount of pesticides and other chemicals that enter drinking water supplies of rural communities. By retiring cropland and adding vegetation buffers alongwaterways, a large amount of chemicals and sediment can be filtered out.

CREP is a variation of the federal government’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which is the nation’s largest private-lands environmental improvement program. Both are administered by the USDA’s FSA, but differ in funding and restrictions. CRP is funded entirely by the federal government while CREP is a partnership between state and federal resources. State agencies and the public drinking water supply districts contribute funds in order to receive the state match money from the USDA.

This provides a larger financial incentive to boost participation. CREP also has fewer restrictions on farms that want to participate although the cropland has to be in designated watersheds of drinking water supplies. Since its beginning, more than 14,000 acres have been enrolled, but with the new changes to the program, the state hopes to increase that number to a total enrollment of 40,000 acres.

“Since the start of CREP in Missouri, there have been tremendous water quality improvements in the targeted drinking water supplies,” said Ken Struemph, environmental specialist with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. “By expanding the program to include even more acres, the state is providing this opportunity to rural communities that otherwise wouldn’t have access to this type of funding.”

Enrollment in the Missouri CREP requires a 15-year commitment to keep lands out of agricultural production. Land must be owned or leased for at least one year prior to enrollment and must be physically and legally capable of being cropped in a normal manner. Land must also meet cropping history and other eligiblility requirements. While CREP typically targets cropland, pasture acres adjacent to streams, ponds or other water sources can also be enrolled.

To determine if your land qualifies, contact your local FSA office.

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

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CO-HOSTS NATIONAL ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE ODYSSEY DAY
On Oct. 10, an estimated 1,200 state employees and students were treated to hot dogs and sodas while filling up their minds with information on alternative ways to fill up their gas tanks.

In addition to the dogs and sodas, organizers of National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Odyssey Day 2006, including the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Energy Center, fed visitors with all the latest information on hybrid and alternative-fuel vehicles.

“Missouri has legislatively mandated goals for the use of alternative fuels in state vehicles,” said Energy Center Director Anita Randolph. “We want state employees and the general public to be familiar with the energy security and environmental benefits of alternative fuels and where they can refuel those vehicles with alternatives.”

The State of Missouri has an estimated 1,200 vehicles in its fleet that can burn fuel other than regular, unleaded gasoline. These vehicles typically run on E-85, which is 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline; biodiesel, which blends soy-based fuel with traditional diesel; propane or natural gas.

The event, held on the south lawn of the Capitol, was one of more than 60 Odyssey Day events held nationwide. During the month of October, in multiple locations across the country, consumers, fleet managers, and government officials will have the chance to see the latest AFV trends, find the options, meet the experts, explore AFV ownership opportunities, and discover AFV training and
job possibilities.

Other sponsors of the event included the St. Louis Clean Cities Coalition, Kansas City Clean Cities Coalition, Missouri Soybean Association, National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium, Ranken Technical College, LaClede Gas, National Biodiesel Board, Missouri Corngrowers Association and the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition.

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.

DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZED WITH GOVERNOR’S AWARD FOR QUALITY
AND PRODUCTIVITY
Gov. Matt Blunt has recognized the Missouri Department of Natural Resouces with the Governor’s Award for Quality and Productivity (GAQP). The award recognizes state employee work groups ongoing efforts to improve state government.

This is the 18th annual award recognizing state government teams’ collective efforts to continuously increase quality and productivity. There were 40 submissions for six categories: Customer Service, Efficiency, Workforce Planning, Innovation,
Technology in Government and Process Improvement. A committee of senior level executives recommended the winning teams honored at a Capitol ceremony. All winning nominations must meet clearly defined requirements related to effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency that would serve as a model of excellence in state government nationally.

“The honorees are a sample of the tremendous quality and dedication Missouri state government employees exemplify,” Blunt said. “I commend them and all state employees who work every day to serve Missourians, make the most for every tax dollar and eliminate waste.”

INNOVATION
Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project
Department of Natural Resources; Department of Health and Senior Services; Department of Conservation

The Department of Natural Resources, in coordination with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, worked to clean up the Department of Energy’s Weldon Spring site in St. Charles County. Contamination of this 17,000-acre site included hazardous and radioactive materials from a World War II explosive manufacturing plant and later a uranium processing facility. The site had pits filled with contaminated water, buildings that were used for processing TNT and uranium and soil that contained hazardous materials.

Cooperation among these, other agencies and local groups has spanned more than three decades. The initial challenge was how to dispose of contaminated material left on site. Rather than shipping the material, which included buildings, equipment, and soil, the decision was made to entomb the materials in an on-site disposal cell. Completed in 2001, the 45-acre, 75-foot high disposal cell contains 1.5 million cubic yards of waste that will need monitoring for generations to come. However, what could have been merely a safe repository for hazardous and radioactive waste is now a new educational and recreational attraction.

This revitalized area now serves the community in a new way. An on-site interpretive center shows the history, cleanup and current status of site monitoring. Native prairies in the area have been re-established, and the Hamburg hike-and-bike trail was opened to the public this year. This area now provides an opportunity for citizens to learn about history and enjoy nature.

TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERNMENT
Active Directory Team
Office of Administration; Department of Natural Resources; Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Department of Corrections; Department of Mental Health; Department of Economic Development

Active Directory is the tool the Information Technology Services Division uses to manage the thousands of computers on the state network. This team combined fourteen state agencies into a single infrastructure to leverage technology and reduce operating costs to better manage the network system connecting the state’s computers.

To form a single infrastructure, the team had to combine independent systems. They developed a blueprint for each agency to plan, test and move staff accounts, computers, printers, servers and all other devices to a new combined infrastructure without causing service interruptions and with minimal cost.

Through this consolidation, the team reduced servers, software licenses, and management overhead and increased availability, reliability, and scalability. By doing this, Missouri not only realized immediate efficiencies and cost savings but also the ability to explore additional technologies.

Other states, private companies, and vendors are closely watching Missouri’s efforts to see if this project will set a new standard in government IT consolidation.

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RECEIVES APPLICATION FOR INFECTIOUS WASTE TRANSFER STATION IN COOPER COUNTY
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has received an application from Enserv and Jerome Quinlan to operate the Enserv Midwest LLC Boonville Transfer Station in Cooper County.

The proposed site located at 680 Al Berstead Drive in Boonville would be used to receive infectious waste and transfer the waste from collection trucks to larger vehicles. The larger vehicles would then transfer the waste to a permitted treatment facility.
The Department of Natural Resources reviews all applications submitted by cities, counties and private owners to ensure that waste facilities are properly designed and constructed. Other technical factors that protect Missouri’s environment are also examined.
The department has placed a copy of the permit application package in the Boonslick Regional Library, 618 Main St., Boonville for public review.

Questions and comments regarding the proposed transfer station or the department’s role in regulating transfer stations may be sent to the Department of Natural Resources, Solid Waste Management Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO
65102-0176, or by phone at 573-751-5401. For more information on solid waste issues, visit the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp.

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO HOST PUBLIC AWARENESS SESSION NOV. 16 ON LANDFILL PERMITTING PROCESS IN CAMDENTON
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will hold a public session from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Oak Ridge Elementary School Commons, located at 526 Dare Blvd. in Camdenton.

The department will explain the permitting process for landfills during the session. Representatives from the department’s Solid Waste Management Program, Division of Geology and Land Survey, and Southwest Regional Office will be available to
answer questions.

The department has received an application from Mid-Missouri Landfill LLC to construct the Mid-Missouri Landfill in Camden County. The proposed landfill would be used to receive municipal solid waste. The proposed site is located just south of the Camden/Miller county line and about one-quarter mile west of the Camden/Pulaski county line.

The Department of Natural Resources reviews all applications submitted by cities, counties and private owners to ensure that solid waste landfills are properly designed and constructed. The department also examines other technical factors that protect
Missouri’s environment.

People requiring special services or accommodations to attend the meeting can make arrangements by calling 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5401. Hearing-impaired individuals may contact the program through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.

Questions and comments regarding the proposed landfill or the department’s role in regulating solid waste landfills may be sent to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Solid Waste Management Program at P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 or phone Charlene Fitch at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5401. For more information on solid waste issues, visit the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp.

EPA ISSUES ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO DOE RUN FOR CLEANUP AT LEADWOOD MINE TAILINGS SITE, LEADWOOD, MO.
This news release is reprinted from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Web site.
EPA has issued an Administrative Order to the Doe Run Co. of St. Louis, compelling the company to perform cleanup activities at the Leadwood MineTailings Site in Leadwood, Mo.

Contaminated mine waste, commonly referred to as tailings or chat, has been carried off site by wind and storm-water runoff for many years. As a result, residential properties have become contaminated with lead and zinc. The site consists of approximately 560 acres, the majority of which is owned by Doe Run.

Exposure of young children to lead can cause irreversible damage to the brain and central nervous system, resulting in impaired growth development, lower IQ levels, and behavioral problems. EPA Regional Administrator, John Askew, stated, “This action is being taken to protect the health of children and families who live and play near the site.”

Doe Run is required by the order to stabilize the mine waste within two years of EPA’s approval of their work plans and design specifications. EPA issued the order to Doe Run after determining that a settlement could not be reached between the parties.

All information about this site can be found at the following information repositories:

EPA Records Center, 901 North 5th St., Kansas City, Kan.
St. Francois County Health Dept., 1025 West Main St., Park Hills, Mo.
Desloge Public Library, 300 North Lincoln St., Desloge, Mo.

LEARN THE ABC’S OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
This news release is reprinted from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Web site.
Children’s Health Month is every October, and this year’s theme is: “Promoting Healthy School Environments.” EPA programs for schools can help improve the health, productivity and performance of 53 million children and 6 million staff in the nation’s 120,000 public and private schools, as well as save energy and money.

In celebration of Children’s Health Month, EPA is offering Web casts throughout October to raise awareness about protecting children from environmental risks, such as indoor air pollution, while they are in school.

Beginning Oct. 5, the Web casts will be available for parents, educators, facility managers, school administrators, architects, design engineers, school nurses, teachers, staff and healthcare practitioners.

“What better place to teach children the importance of a healthy environment than the place they do most of their learning, at school,” said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. “Working with our school partners, EPA is providing our future leaders a healthy, cleaner environment in which to learn and play.”

EPA is also releasing its annual Children’s Environmental Health Report that highlights the agency’s recent efforts to protect the health of children by addressing threats in the environments where they develop, grow and thrive. Improving school environments, addressing indoor and outdoor air quality, and reducing exposures to chemicals and pesticides are a few of the activities described in the report, Children’s Environmental Health: 2006 Report; Environment, Health and a Focus on Children.

The report also highlights the Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (HealthySEAT), a software program that was developed by EPA, to ensure a safe and healthy environment in schools. HealthySEAT provides a healthy environment by monitoring all of the school’s environmental health and safety issues.

Children are more susceptible to risks, because they are still developing; consume more air, water, and food in proportion to their body weight than adults; and increase their exposures during normal playing and learning activities.

Sign up for one or more of the Web casts and view the 2006 Children’s Environmental Health Report by visiting http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/chm.htm.

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.

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK RELEASE IN UNION
On the evening of Sept. 22, 2006, the department’s Environmental Emergency Response (EER) Section was contacted by the Union Fire Protection District who reported gasoline vapors in a subsurface culvert underneath a Motomart convenience store
in Union.

The fire department discovered a lateral drain entering the subsurface culvert approximately 170 feet from the entrance of the culvert. A small amount of a water/gasoline mixture was discharging from the lateral drain.

The fire department placed absorbent pads at the lateral drain and constructed an underflow dam in the waterway downstream of the discharge area. The fire department explained that approximately one week earlier there had been an underground collapse near the subsurface culvert underneath the Motomart property. The collapsed area had been repaired and filled soon after the
collapse occurred.
The department’s EER Duty Officer contacted Motomart and relayed concerns that the underground collapse and repair work may have affected the underground storage tank system and directed Motomart to mobilize a contractor to test the underground storage tank system for any leaks. Motomart made arrangements to have a contractor at the site check the system.

On Sept. 23, 2006, the EER Section arrived at the site and placed additional absorbent booms and pads in the waterway to contain any gasoline material released to the area. Motomart’s contractor discovered a leak in a subsurface unleaded gasoline pipe near the gas pumps. The leaking line was shut off and all the gasoline in the pipe was pumped back into the underground storage tank.

On Sept. 25, 2006, the EER Section returned to the site to oversee Motomart’s contractor’s subsurface investigation. The leak was discovered in a subsurface line near the pump island and in the area where the repair work was conducted the week before. The leaking line was repaired and the contaminated soil and rock around the line was removed.

The response actions by the department’s EER Section, the Union Fire Department and Motomart helped reduce the impact to public safety and the environment.

GRANTS AND LOANS
DEPARTMENT AWARDS GRANT TO CLARENCE CANNON WHOLESALE WATER COMMISSION
The Department of Natural Resources awarded a $100,000 grant to the Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission in Monroe County that will allow the commission to double the size of its drinking water plant.

The commission will use the grant, as well as other funds, to add five million gallons per day of capacity to the drinking water plant. These additional five million gallons would double the plant’s capacity.

In addition to this grant, the department also awarded a $10.29 million State Revolving Fund loan to the Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission for this project. The loan was awarded in two parts, $9.7 million in November 2005 and $590,000 in
April 2006.

"This grant, in conjunction with the State Revolving Fund Loan, will allow the commission to serve the growing need for safe drinking water,” said Department Director Doyle Childers, “By doubling its capacity, the commission will serve more than 28,000 people in 12 counties.”

Funding for the grant comes from a bond issue approved by Missouri voters in 1998 for improvements to wastewater treatment and public drinking water systems. Other funds for this project include $1.68 million in state and tribal infrastructure grants and $1.25 million in local funds.

The commission expects to complete the project in spring 2007. The project is estimated to cost $13.6 million.

The loan and grant will be administered by the Department of Natural Resources’ Water Protection Program. For more information, contact the program at P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102 or by phone at 573-751-1300.

DEPARTMENT AWARDS GRANTS FOR BROWNFIELDS
The Department of Natural Resources dispersed a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to eligible entities to perform environmental site assessments of brownfields properties. The department’s Hazardous Waste Program administers the grant funds. Subgrants were provided to Knob Noster, Independence and Pagedale.

Pagedale
The department presented the city of Pagedale with $75,700 to assess potential environmental issues at several sites being considered for redevelopment.

The city will use the subgrant to pay for Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments at 17 sites where known or suspected contamination may hamper redevelopment and reuse.

The city will enroll the Hill Bean Lumber property and the property located at 1290 Kingsland Ave (also known as 6698 Page Ave.) into the department’s Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program. The city will use the funds to pay for technical oversight during the Phase II assessments for these two sites.

“Successful completion of the assessment will provide the city with valuable information on the extent of contamination and assist with the cleanup and redevelopment of the property,” said Department of Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers. “The department’s brownfields program helps put property back into productive use, encourage redevelopment and increase economic development in distressed areas.”

Knob Noster

(left to right) Rep. David Pearce; Doyle Childers, Dept. of
Natural Resources Director; Stanley Hall, Knob Noster
Mayor; Debbie Hurr, Community Development Coordinator;
and Doug Kermick, City Administator.

The department presented the city of Knob Noster with $11,690 to assess potential environmental issues with property being considered as part of a downtown park expansion.

The city will use the money to pay for a Phase II environmental site assessment at the What-Not Shop brownfields property located at 101 E. McPherson in Knob Noster. The city will enroll the property into the department’s Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program and use the grant funds to pay for technical oversight during the Phase II assessment.

Independence
The department presented Independence with $32,000 to assess potential environmental issues with property the city plans to use to enhance its historic district.

(left to right) Don B. Reimal, Independence Mayor
and Doyle Childers, Director of the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources.

The city will use the money to expand the Phase II site assessment at 315 Main Street located in the heart of the city’s tourism corridor. The property includes a former automobile dealership and empty lots were houses once stood. The site is across the street from the city hall and just a few blocks from President Harry S Truman’s home. The city is considering future plans for the site including a museum or hotel. The city will enroll the property into the department’s Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program and use the grant funds to pay for technical oversight during the Phase II assessment.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program can help resolve these issues so redevelopment and reuse can proceed. For more information on these projects, contact the department’s Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-8913.

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.

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION TO MEET OCT. 24
The Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m., Oct. 24 at the Department of Natural Resources’ conference center, 1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City.

For more information, call Judith Clark of the department’s Hazardous Waste Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-2747.

TWO PUBLIC AVAILABILITY SESSIONS ON PROPOSED DOE RUN WASHINGTON COUNTY REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN TO BE HELD OCT. 24 and 25
A public availability session on the proposed Doe Run Washington County Remedial Action Plans is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 24 at the Trojan Intermediate School Gym in Potosi. A second meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 25 at Richwoods
R-VII Elementary School at 10788 State Hwy A in Richwoods, Mo.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 7 and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources invite the public to attend one of two public availability sessions about the proposal to issue a Remedial Action Plan (RAP) permit to Doe Run Co. in Washington County. If issued, the RAP would allow EPA to 1) transport to and temporarily stage lead-contaminated soils removed from residential yards during Superfund cleanups at the Doe Run Indian Creek tailings pile and 2) treat any soils staged at the Indian Creek facility that are deemed hazardous because they have the potential to leach lead.

For more information contact EPA’s Shawntell Martin at (913) 551-7003 or send an e-mail to martin.shawntell@epa.gov.

For more information, call Joe Gassner with the department’s Hazardous Waste Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-8962 or send an e-mail to joe.gassner@dnr.mo.gov.

AIR CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO MEET OCT 26
The Missouri Air Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m., Oct. 26 at the Department of Natural Resources’s conference center at 1738 E. Elm St. in Jefferson City.

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

SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD TO MEET NOV. 1
The Missouri Solid Waste Advisory Board will hold a public meeting at 1 p.m., Nov. 1 at the Department of Natural Resources’ Conference Center at 1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City.

For more information, call Kay Craig of the department’s Solid Waste Management Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-3900.

MISSOURI CLEAN WATER COMMISSION TO MEET NOV. 1
The Missouri Clean Water Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m., Nov. 1 at the Grand Plaza Hotel, 245 N. Wildwood Dr., Branson.

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

WELL INSTALLATION BOARD TO MEET NOV. 3
The Missouri Well Installation Board will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m., Nov. 3 at the Department of Natural Resources’ Rolla Office at 111 Fairgrounds Road.

For more information, call Sheri Fry of the Department of Natural Resources’ Wellhead Protection Section at 573-368-2115.

NUTRIENT CRITERIA DEVELOPMENT WORKGROUP TO MEET NOV. 21
The Nutrient Criteria Development Workgroup will hold a public meeting at 1 p.m., Nov. 21 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 573-751-1300.

INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS ON DRAFT 303(d) LIST TO BE HELD THROUGHOUT STATE
The Department of Natural Resources’ Water Protection Program will hold public meetings for the public to view the proposed list of waters to be included in the 2006 303(d) list.

Oct 26, 2006 - 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the department’s Kansas City Regional Office, 500 NE Colbern Rd., Lee’s Summit, MO64086
Nov. 2, 2006 - 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the department’s Southwest Regional Office, 2040 W. Woodland, Springfield, MO 65807
Nov. 8, 2006 - 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Powder Valley Nature Conservation Center, Room A, 11715 Cragwood Rd, Kirkwood, MO 63122
Nov. 16, 2006 - 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the department’s Southeast Regional Office, 2155 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
Nov. 30, 2006 - 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the department’s Northeast Regional Office, 1709 Prospect Dr., Macon, MO 63552

For more information, call the department’s Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300, or visit www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/proposed-2006-303d-pn.htm.

SAFE DRINKING WATER COMMISSION TO MEET NOV. 14
The Missouri Safe Drinking Water Commission will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m., Nov. 14 at the Department of Natural Resources’ Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Dr., Jefferson City.

For more information, call the department’s Public Drinking Water Branch at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5331.

LAND RECLAMATION COMMISSION TO MEET NOV. 15
The Missouri Land Reclamation Commission will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m., Nov. 15 at the Department of Natural Resources’ Conference Center, 1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City.

For more information, call the department’s Land Reclamation Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-4041.

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	Clean Air Interstate Rule Annual Nox Trading Program
Rule Number 010-06.362 – Establishes emissions banking and trading program for nitrogen oxides.
Public comment ends: Dec. 14, 2006	Public hearing: Dec. 7, 2006
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Air Pollution Control Program	Clean Air Interstate Rule Seasonal NOx Trading Program
Rule Number 010-06.364 – Establishes emissions banking and trading program for nitrogen oxides.
Public comment ends: Dec. 14, 2006	Public hearing: Dec. 7, 2006
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Air Pollution Control Program	Clean Air Interstate Rule SO2 Trading Program
Rule Number 010-06.366 – Establishes emissions banking and trading program for nitrogen oxides.
Public comment ends: Dec. 14, 2006	Public hearing: Dec. 7, 2006
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Air Pollution Control Program	Control of Mercury Emissions From Electric Generating Units
Rule Number 010-06.368 – Control of mercury emissions from electric generating units.
Public comment ends: Dec. 14, 2006	Public hearing: Dec. 7, 2006
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Air Pollution Control Program	Emissions Limitations and Emissions Trading of Oxides of Nitrogen
Rule Number 010-06.350 – Emissions limitations and emissions trading of oxides of nitrogen.
Public comment ends: Dec. 14, 2006	Public hearing: Dec. 7, 2006
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Air Pollution Control Program	Control of NOx Emissions From Electric Generating Units and Non-Electric Generating Boilers
Rule Number 010-06.360 –Control of NOx emissions from electric generating units and non-electric generating boilers.
Public comment ends: Dec. 14, 2006	Public hearing: Dec. 7, 2006
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Water Protection Program - Wellhead Protection	Disciplinary Action and Appeals Procedure
Rule Number 023-01.075 - This rule amendment contains procedural regulations for contested cases heard by the commission or assigned to a hearing officer by the commission.
Public comment ends: Nov. 15, 2006	Public hearing:
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-368-2115

Water Protection Program - Wellhead Protection	Application for Permit to Drill, Deepen, Plug-back or Inject
Rule Number 050-02.030 - This rule would allow submission of oil and gas well locations as determined by utilization of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver.
Public comment ends: Nov. 15, 2006	Public hearing:
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-368-2115

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Public service announcements may be downloaded for use by any newspaper, magazine, newsletter, radio stations, etc. The department will continue to add new announcements to the Web each month. If you would like to receive new announcements by e-mail as they are made available, please contact kathy.deters@dnr.mo.gov and provide your publication name and e-mail address.

REGIONAL OFFICE MAP

Department of Natural Resources' Regional Offices provide field inspections, complaint investigation and front-line troubleshooting, problem solving and technical assistance on environmental and emergencies for the following programs:

Air Pollution
Drinking Water
Hazardous Waste
Solid Waste
Technical Assistance
Water Pollution

INTERNET ADDRESSES

Missouri Department of Natural Resources at www.dnr.mo.gov

Division of Environmental Quality at www.dnr.mo.gov/env

Air Pollution Control Program at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/apcp

Division of Geology and Land Survey at www.dnr.mo.gov/geology/

Energy Center at www.dnr.mo.gov/energy

Environmental Services Program at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/esp

Gateway Clean Air Program at www.gatewaycleanair.com

Hazardous Waste Program at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp

Historic Preservation at www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/index.html

Land Reclamation Program at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/lrp

Soil and Water Conservation Program at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swcp

Solid Waste Management Program at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp

State Parks, Division of at www.mostateparks.com

Water Protection Program - Drinking Water Branch at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp

Water Protection Program - Water Pollution Branch at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp

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Inside This Issue

Clean Air Interstate Rule Annual Nox Trading Program

Clean Air Interstate Rule Seasonal NOx Trading Program

Clean Air Interstate Rule SO2 Trading Program

Control of Mercury Emissions From Electric Generating Units

Emissions Limitations and Emissions Trading of Oxides of Nitrogen

Control of NOx Emissions From Electric Generating Units and Non-Electric Generating Boilers

Disciplinary Action and Appeals Procedure

Application for Permit to Drill, Deepen, Plug-back or Inject

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

REGIONAL OFFICE MAP

INTERNET ADDRESSES

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