Protecting Missouri's Natural Resources Monthly Newsletter March 2007 Issue

CLEAN WATER COMMISSION APPROVES ADDING FIVE WATERS IN NEWTON, JASPER COUNTIES TO THE PROPOSED 2004/2006 303(d) LIST
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will add five waters in Newton and Jasper counties to the proposed 2004/2006 303(d) List.

The department presented proposed changes to the draft 2004/2006 303 (d) List to the Missouri Clean Water Commission during its March 7 meeting. These changes were in response to comments received during the public comment period. Following a review of the department’s proposal, the commission approved adding the following five waters to the proposed 2004/2006 303(d) List:

• Capps Creek in Newton County for Bacteria
• Hickory Creek in Newton County for Bacteria
• Indian Creek in Newton County for Bacteria
• Lost Creek in Newton
County for Bacteria
• Spring River in Jasper
County for Bacteria

Data used to place these waters on the proposed list can be viewed at the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/waterquality/303d/2006pn/proposed-2006-data.htm.

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 department will accept written comments on these five proposed additions to the list until 5 p.m. April 16, 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 65102-0176, by e-mail to john.ford@dnr.mo.gov or by fax to 573-522-9920.

For more information about the proposed 2004/2006 303(d) List, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/proposed-2006-303d-pn.htm or contact the department’s Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300.

DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEPT. OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES APPROVE USE OF TIRE CHIPS IN ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Health and Senior Services announced that contractors can now use tire chips in on-site wastewater treatment systems.

The announcement comes as a result of a joint effort between the two departments and consultation with the Missouri Clean Water Commission. Under law, the Department of Health and Senior Services has developed standards for the size and location of sewage tanks and soil absorption trenches. The Department of Natural Resources regulates all other sewage lagoons and discharging sewage treatment facilities.

Under the new standards, tire chips between one-half-inch and four inches may act as a replacement for gravel or crushed-stone aggregate in on-site wastewater treatment systems. The chips act as a kind of filter, allowing microbes to handle the potentially harmful chemicals and organisms found in residential wastewater.

“It’s great that we have found yet another beneficial reuse for tires,” said department Director Doyle Childers, “By creating end markets for these materials, it is far easier to make sure they are managed in a manner beneficial to the environment.” To date over 14.4 million tires from 655 dumpsites have been cleaned up.

When improperly disposed of, tires can present several threats to human health and the environment. Tires make ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes, which can carry diseases like West Nile virus and equine encephalitis. Fires from waste tires release hazardous substances into the air and often into groundwater sources and can burn for months or even years.

For questions concerning on-site wastewater treatment system installation and the substitution of tire chips for aggregate, please call your local health official or the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ On-site Sewage Program at 573-751-6095.

Several scrap tire processors, both inside and outside of Missouri, can supply tire chips to meet the required specification. Details for all the requirements are available in the Department of Natural Resources’ fact sheet Standards for the Use of Tire Chips in On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems. The fact sheet is available on the Web at www.dnr.mo.gov/pubs/pub2205.pdf.

For questions about tire chips or suppliers, or to request a hard copy of the fact sheet, contact the Missouri Department of Natural Resources at 573-526-3909 or toll-free at 800-361-4827.

ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER FAIR TO BE HELD APRIL 20 AT TRUMAN BUILDING IN JEFFERSON CITY
You have heard of job fairs and college recruitment fairs, but this Environmental Career Fair is a hybrid. It brings together representatives from a wide variety of career options in the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and other state agencies,
along with several college or university faculty or administrators to explain their environmental degree programs.

The Environmental Career Fair will be held from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, April 20 on the second floor atrium of the Truman State Office Building, located at High St. and Broadway in Jefferson City. A printed program describing the environmental career opportunities and the degrees and qualifications required to get into those careers will be available.

It’s a one-stop shop for anyone interested in an environmental career, especially for students in high school and college who are dealing with career decisions. The need for environmental literacy is on the rise in government, for-profit companies (such as cleanup, hauling, disposal), throughout higher education and in our K-12 schools.

Virtually everyone should have some basic understanding of our dependence on the environment. One course in high school or
college can go a long way to satisfy this need. For those who want to build a lifetime career related to environmental science or studies, environmental engineering, law, agriculture, or resource management it is likely that there is just the program out there somewhere that will meet their needs and expectations.

For more information about the Environmental Career Fair, contact Jim Lubbers at the Department of Natural Resources at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-3943.

DEPARTMENT ISSUES PERMIT TO OZBUN FARMS IN BARRY COUNTY
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued a construction permit to the Ozbun Farm’s chicken pullet operation in Barry County.

This permit will allow for construction of a Class IC Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation. A construction permit is required for a CAFO housing more than 60,000 chicken pullets. The permit issued to the Ozbun Farm allows for construction of four barns with a total capacity of 65,600 pullets.

The waste management system for this site has been designed and permitted as a no-discharge operation. No-discharge means the process wastes are contained and stored until proper land application can take place. Land application of wastes must be conducted using proper agronomic rates, proper application timing and proper setbacks from geologic features necessary to minimize nutrient run-off and infiltration into groundwater. Most of the process waste will be shipped and land applied at off-site locations due to the lack of adequate land available at the operation site.

The Department of Natural Resources reviewed the permit application to ensure it complied with Missouri law and that the operations will protect the water quality in the area of the operation. The department determined the permit application met all legal and regulatory requirements and demonstrated that the operation will protect waters of the state.

For more information, contact the department’s Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300. For a copy of the permit, visit the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/permits/index.html.

BROWNFIELDS/VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM OVERSEES SUCCESSFUL CLEANUPS
The Department of Natural Resources has issued certificates of completion for several new Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (BVCP) sites.

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

Habitat for Humanity St. Louis - Former St. Louis Ave. Garage
The Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program issued a Certificate of Completion for the Former St. Louis Ave. Garage site in St. Louis, for cleanup of soil contaminated with petroleum-related compounds. The 0.137-acre site was the former location of various auto body repair shops, which operated at the site from 1930 to 1985. Habitat for Humanity St. Louis applied to the BVCP to address the contamination so the property would be safe for residential use.

Excavation and appropriate off-site disposal of 1016.83 tons of contaminated soil was performed to remediate the chemicals of concern in accordance with a department-approved remedial action plan. The property is now safe for unrestricted use.

This property is part of the Habitat for Humanity St. Louis plan to build 20 new homes in the 2700 blocks of Bacon and Coleman and the 3200 block of St. Louis Avenue in the city’s JeffVanderLou neighborhood. The homes were constructed adjacent to 20 homes Habitat completed in the area in 2004. The homes are similar in size and design.

Bee Hat Building in St. Louis
The Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program issued a Certificate of Completion for the Bee Hat Building located at 1021 Washington Avenue in St. Louis for cleanup of asbestos-containing materials, lead-based paint and other miscellaneous materials.

The Bee Hat Building, built in the early 1900s, is a seven-story building that was once part of the St. Louis garment district. Rothschild Brothers Hat Company, operated at the site before the Bee Hat Company moved into the building. The Bee Hat Company operated at the site from 1944 until 2000. The building was used for the sale and storage of hats; the hats were not manufactured on-site.

The building is on the National Register of Historic places for architectural and cultural significance. In accordance with a remedial action plan approved by BVCP, the asbestos containing materials, lead-based paint and other miscellaneous materials were successfully removed, with the exception of some limited lead-based paint in the basement and first floors, which was encapsulated. An Operations and Maintenance plan was approved for the remaining lead-based paint and filed in the property’s chain of title. Therefore, a Certificate of Completion was issued by BVCP on Feb.1, 2007.

The building will be developed for commercial/retail use on the first floor and residential loft apartments on the upper floors.

Ameren UE – Jefferson City Former Manufactured Gas Plant
The department issued a Certification of Completion to AmerenUE for the Jefferson City Former Manufactured Gas Plant (FMGP) site in Jefferson City. This one-acre site, two blocks from the Capitol building, was the location of a manufactured gas plant that operated from around 1875 to 1936.

Prior to the introduction of natural gas, many cities in the U.S. used manufactured gas for heating and lighting. Coal was heated with steam to produce a burnable gas which was then treated to remove water, light oils and tar before delivery to customers.
The relatively primitive production facilities led to constant releases of coal tar and other byproducts to the environment. When the plants were decommissioned, underground gas holders, many thousands of cubic feet in size, as well as underground tar separators, tar wells, and other structures, were abandoned in place by filling with demolition debris and soil, often with tar still inside.

Today, soil and groundwater at these sites is usually contaminated with carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene. While there are other environmental sources of these chemicals, such as creosote, gasoline, cigarette smoke and wood smoke, the high levels of contamination and uncontrolled conditions at FMGPs have led to the investigation and cleanup of many of these sites in the last several decades. Many of the sites are still owned by utilities, the corporate successors to the original gas producers through merger and acquisition.

In the late 1990s, the City of Jefferson City began planning to build a new wastewater pumping station to replace the one located next to the site. Since the city could not remove the old pumping station while it was running, it needed adjacent land to build a
new one. It turned to AmerenUE and the State of Missouri, which owned the adjacent parking lots. In a three-way deal, the City built its pumping station on State land, then acquired the AmerenUE site to replace the State parking lot. But, first, AmerenUE had to clean up the site.

AmerenUE enrolled the site in the Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program in 2001, and conducted a major removal of tar-contaminated soil and debris in 2002. Two underground concrete and brick gas-holders full of debris and coal tar residues were cleaned out along with tar-contaminated soil surrounding the holders.

Virtually all of the digging was conducted inside a large specialized tent in order to keep the heavy tar odors and volatile organic hydrocarbons from reaching a nearby school or the Capitol grounds.

The structure and its activated carbon air treatment were so effective that the odor of coal tar could barely be smelled on the sidewalk next to the site. Sophisticated real-time air monitoring instruments at the site perimeter ensured that operations could
be shut down if any air pollution problems occurred. Passing trains and stacks of fresh railroad ties on adjacent property set off the sensors far more often than the cleanup itself.

A total of 10,340 tons of debris and contaminated soil was removed and disposed of as special waste in a sanitary landfill. Heavily tar-saturated soil from inside the gas-holders, totaling 3,500 tons, was hauled to Peoria Disposal Company in Illinois. Small pockets of contaminated soil left in place due to structural concerns with the buildings and a high-voltage power pole will be managed in perpetuity through a soil management plan.

Groundwater monitoring before and after the cleanup detected traces of the heavier-than-water, liquid coal tar as deep as 60 feet below ground in sandy alluvial river sediments near the site, as well as a small amount of dissolved contamination.

The residues would have been nearly impossible to remove, but are not a significant environmental risk. Sampling and modeling showed the Missouri River would not be affected by the residues and there were no nearby wells. With the source removed, the residual contamination will dissipate over time without affecting the river or any water wells.

Express Scripts Headquarters Site
The department issued a Certification of Completion for the University Place/North Park Development/Express Scripts Headquarters site at Geiger and Old Florrisant Roads in Cool Valley. This 26-acre parcel of vacant property was the northernmost tip of the University of Missouri - St. Louis (UMSL) property along I-70. The property is bounded by the Metrolink on the west, I-70 on the north and Florissant Road on the east. North Park Partners, LLC. is redeveloping the property to become the headquarters of Express Scripts. A three-story office building with three wings on it, and two separate multi-story-parking garages are currently under construction.

Historical records showed the presence of an apartment complex and several houses, demolished and buried on the site. During initial grading activity, the debris was discovered and tested. Asbestos-containing material was confirmed along with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are commonly associated with asphalt pavement and roofing materials.

North Park Partners, LLC enrolled the site in the BVCP in January 2006 and obtained Brownfield Remediation Tax Credits from the Department of Economic Defense to offset the unexpected costs of the unsuitable and contaminated fill. Since the site had been University of Missouri- St. Louis’s property and was covered by the University’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit for hazardous waste storage, it could have been precluded by law from entering the BVCP. Since there was no hazardous waste activity on the subject parcel, the site was released from the permit requirements to facilitate the redevelopment. During the approval process, the BVCP continued to work with the applicants in order to expedite the site cleanup.

A total of 152,166 tons of special waste was removed from the site and disposed of in a permitted landfill during summer 2006.
The site is now suitable for unrestricted use.

The Embassy (former Maplewood Baptist Church)
The Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (BVCP) issued a Certificate of Completion to the former Maplewood Baptist Church located at 7303 Marietta in Maplewood.

Work done through the remedial action plan approved by the BVCP completely removed asbestos-containing materials, lead-based paint and potential polychlorinated biphenyls-containing florescent bulbs and ballasts, identified through site investigations.
The site, now known as The Embassy, consists of a two-story church sanctuary, built in approximately 1927, and an attached two-story education building, added in the 1950’s. The currently vacant church will be developed for commercial use as an office building.

This site is the 311th site cleaned up in the BVCP since 1994.

Brownfields are real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant.

Through the voluntary cleanup program, private parties agree to clean up a contaminated site and are offered some protection from future state and federal enforcement action at the site in the form of a “no further action” letter or “Certificate of Completion” from the state.

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

DEPARTMENT DISCUSSES REDEVELOPMENT ISSUES AT WOODS CHAPEL LANDFILL IN INDEPENDENCE
The Department of Natural Resources is working with The Links at Stone Canyon Inc. to redevelop the Woods Chapel Landfill in Independence.

Stone Canyon approached the department in 2006 to discuss redevelopment of the property into a golf course and housing development. The department supports redevelopment and reuse of formerly used properties and recognizes the many benefits of reuse. There will be regulatory requirements administered through the department as a result of the site still being under a solid waste landfill permit.

“It is wonderful that individuals can come together and use their ingenuity to redevelop a closed landfill site that would otherwise sit unused,” said Department of Natural Resources Division of Environmental Quality Deputy Director Leanne Tippett Mosby. “The Stone Canyon project does, however, pose a number of significant technical and regulatory challenges that must be addressed.”

The new owners will need to provide financial and regulatory assurances that the closed landfill will be properly maintained to prevent risk to public health or the environment. The department has been working closely with Stone Canyon’s representatives to complete all of the necessary requirements for this project.

The biggest challenge to reusing a closed landfill is control of methane gas generated by the decomposing waste. Methane gas can move through the ground onto surrounding property and poses threats to human health including asphyxiation and explosion if not properly controlled. Any landfill redevelopment must fully define the risks and put adequate safeguards in place to address them.
The installation of gas control measures, while technically feasible in many cases, can be a difficult and technically tricky process.

Stone Canyon has also applied to the Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program to receive oversight and eventual certification of its plans. The Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program has approved the application in principle and will be sending a Letter of Agreement to Stone Canyon shortly. The program offers tools such as sophisticated land use controls that can assist in ensuring the safety of future development. The Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program will work cooperatively with the Solid Waste Management Program on the project and will address issues involving the redevelopment that are not covered by solid waste regulatory requirements for permitted landfills. The site’s entry into the program will not absolve the project of any of those regulatory requirements.

After a site is cleaned up to acceptable standards, the program issues a Certification of Completion to help developers with liability issues.

DEPARTMENT SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CONTINENTAL CEMENT VARIANCE PETITION, RECOMMENDATION
The Department of Natural Resources is inviting the public to review and offer written comments on a variance petition that would give Continental Cement Company in Hannibal more flexibility in unloading hazardous waste from railcars.

This variance petition is the same as the variance that the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission approved for Continental Cement in April 2006, which expires April 2007.

The department is also seeking comments on the department’s recommendation to the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission to approve the variance petition with conditions.

Anyone can request a formal public hearing or send written comments until 5 p.m. on March 30 by writing to Robert Clay, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Hazardous Waste Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176.

If no public hearing is requested, the Hazardous Waste Commission can decide on the matter no sooner than March 30.
Continental Cement Co. is located at 10107 Hwy. 79 in Hannibal and operates a “wet process” cement kiln. The kiln produces approximately 2,000 tons of clinker per day. Clinker is the primary ingredient in Portland cement. The company uses both coal and a variety of liquid and solid hazardous waste-derived fuels to heat its kiln. The company receives the hazardous waste by both truck and railcar. Green America Recycling, a joint venture between Continental Cement Co. and American Environmental Services Inc., operates the on-site liquid and solid hazardous waste fuel programs.

The department received Continental Cement’s petition for a variance from 10 CSR 25-7.264 (3)(B)2 on January 22. According to state regulations, “The owner/operator shall unload hazardous waste from an incoming railcar within 72 hours of receipt of the shipment.” Continental Cement is unable to control the scheduling and routing of incoming railcars from the railroad. This results in the railroad staging incoming railcars in various other, potentially less secure, locations off Continental Cement’s property until the company can accept them.

The department reviewed the variance petition and determined the request to be non-substantive. The department has recommended that the commission grant the variance petition with conditions. If the commission agrees with the department’s recommendations and approves the variance petition, Continental Cement would be allowed 10 days from receipt of the shipment to unload hazardous waste from incoming railcars.

As a result, Continental Cement would have the flexibility to stage more railcars on their property. Railcars staged at the Continental Cement’s facility are regularly inspected for leaks, spills or other problems or hazards. Continental Cement is also required to identify any newly discovered releases, such as a railcar leak or release, on its property and conduct an investigation under the corrective action portion of the hazardous waste permit.

The variance petition and the department’s recommendation is available on the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/notices.htm. The public can also review and copy the variance petition, department’s recommendation and supporting documents at the following locations:

Hannibal Free Public Library
200 South Fifth St.
Hannibal, MO

or by appointment only at

Missouri Department of Natural Resources
1738 E. Elm St. (lower level)
Jefferson City, MO
Phone: 573-522-3345

Anyone may call or write to the department at any time to request to have their name placed on Continental Cement’s mailing list. By doing this, they will receive notice from the department or the Continental Cement on any major permitting activities at the facility.

For more information, please contact Robert Clay at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-3553 or e-mail robert.clay@dnr.mo.gov. Hearing and speech-impaired people may reach Clay through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.

BACTERIA LEVELS STUDY IN EAST LOCUST CREEK IN SULLIVAN COUNTY RELEASED
The Department of Natural Resources conducted a study of bacteria levels in East Locust Creek and Locust Creek in Sullivan County. The study shows that wastewater from the City of Milan and Premium Standard Farms’ Milan Processing Plant
are not significant sources of bacteria in the creeks.“What we found doesn’t point to a major or immediate concern, “ said Ed Galbraith, director of the department’s Water Protection Program. “However, it is a situation that we need to look into more to understand the source of the bacteria.”

Throughout September 2006, the department collected water samples from five sites in Sullivan County, three sites on East Locust Creek and two sites on Locust Creek. The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of the two wastewater sources on bacteria levels in East Locust Creek.

E. coli is the bacteria measured to show compliance with the water quality standards. The report showed that levels of E. coli in East Locust Creek increased as water traveled downstream from Hwy. N. Locust Creek also showed lower levels of E. coli upstream of its confluence with East Locust. Several sites showed spikes in E. coli levels during the sampling period. The information is not sufficient to identify the specific cause for these spikes.

On Sept. 13, 2006, the department collected samples from the Milan Lagoon effluent and Elmwood Creek, which carries effluent from PSF’s processing plant. Additional samples from several sites were collected to be incubated and analyzed the next day. These incubated samples ruled out the possibility that bacteria treated by PSF’s treatment process may recover and cause a downstream increase in bacteria, according to Galbraith.

The results of this sampling showed low levels of bacteria in the Milan Lagoon effluent and Elmwood Creek. The incubated samples also showed no regrowth when analyzed 24 hours later. These results indicate that other sources, such as livestock within the area, might influence the bacteria levels in East Locust downstream of Highway N. The Department of Natural Resources plans future monitoring to better understand the bacteria levels and their sources.

East Locust runs for approximately 15 miles through rural agricultural areas before it reaches Elmwood Creek, just north of Milan. East Locust then flows down the eastern edge of Milan for approximately three miles before receiving effluent from the Milan Wastewater Treatment Facility. It flows for another 11 miles through rural, agricultural areas before entering Locust Creek, half a mile north of Browning.

Locust Creek originates in Iowa and runs south through rural, agricultural portions of Putnam and Sullivan counties. Approximately 45 miles south of the Iowa border, East Locust enters Locust Creek.

More information about the East Locust Creek E. coli Study PDF is available on the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/pub/documents/east-locust-creek-study.pdf PDF. For more information about water quality in general, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/index.html or call 573-751-1300 or 800-361-4827.

PROPOSED INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE RULES TO IMPLEMENT NEW EMISSIONS TESTING IN ST. LOUIS AREA HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED
Proposed rules to implement the new vehicle emissions inspection program were published in the February 15 issue of the Missouri Register.

The proposed rules address the changes that are proposed for the program effective September. 1. These changes will address the statutory requirements pursuant to Section 643.303, RSMo, which became effective August 28.

The first of these rules, 10 CSR 10-5.381, On-Board Diagnostics Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection, replaces the current St. Louis ozone nonattainment area centralized vehicle emissions program with a decentralized on-board diagnostics (OBD) vehicle emissions program starting September 1. This new rule establishes a program that will test 1996 and newer vehicles with the OBD test and eliminates emissions testing for 1995 and older vehicles.

The following highlights are being implemented with this rule as dictated by Section 643.303, RSMo:

Independently owned businesses in the St. Louis ozone nonattainment area will be licensed to conduct the OBD emissions testing, rather than a single, centralized contractor.
1996 and newer gasoline-powered vehicles registered in St. Louis City, St. Charles, St. Louis, Jefferson and Franklin counties will be tested using onboard-diagnostics, or OBD testing.
Tailpipe testing will no longer be performed.
1997 light duty diesel powered vehicles will also require testing.

This new rule will replace the two rules currently in place. The documents pertaining to this action will be available for review and comment in the Public Notices section at the Web site www.dnr.mo.gov/env/apcp/index.html and at the following locations:

Air Pollution Control Program
1659A E. Elm St., Jefferson City
573-751-4817

Kansas City Regional Office
500 NE Colbern Road., Lee’s Summit
816-622-7000

Northeast Regional Office
1709 Prospect Drive, Macon
660-385-2129

Southeast Regional Office
2155 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff,
573-840-9750

St. Louis Regional Office
7545 S. Lindbergh, Ste. 210, St. Louis
314-416-2960

Southwest Regional Office
2040 W. Woodland, Springfield
417-891-4300

Citizens and organizations wishing to comment on this matter can notify the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Air Pollution Control Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176, or telephone 573-526-4679. The department
will accept written comments for the record until 5 p.m. on April 5. Please send two copies of written comments to Chief, Operations Section, Air Pollution Control Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176.

There will also be a public hearing at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Missouri Air Conservation Commission on March 29 at Café 37 in the Walnut Room on 37 Court Square, in West Plains. The department is required to respond to all comments
in writing as part of the rulemaking process. Written comments and oral public hearing testimony are treated with equal consideration.

DEPARTMENT DENIES OPENING OF NEW CELL AT LEMONS SANITARY LANDFILL DUE TO SLOPE STABILITY CONCERNS
The department recently denied a request from Lemons Sanitary Landfill in Stoddard County to open a new cell for waste disposal.

The department could not approve the request because the applicant had not shown that it had adequately addressed a slope failure under the new cell’s liner.

Many modern landfills are constructed on a slope and lined with combination liner of a synthetic material and clay. This makes the collection of moisture that has seeped through the waste, known as leachate, easier to collect for treatment. The liner also protects the ground water.

The slope failure occurred because certain soil layers underneath the site were unstable. The company made attempts to correct the problem. However, information about the failures that was submitted along with the request to open the new cell raised serious doubts about the soil’s integrity. The company has been asked to confirm that no additional movement has occurred.

Movement could seriously damage the landfill’s liner.

As a result of the denial, Lemons has ceased accepting waste and has been diverting it to the Butler County Landfill.

"It is an inconvenience,” said Leanne Tippett Mosby, deputy director of the department’s Division of Environmental Quality. “But we cannot, in good conscience, allow waste to be placed in a landfill cell with a liner we are not certain can do its job and protect the groundwater.”

In order to approve the opening of the cell, the department required the landfill operators to remove portions of the synthetic liner to examine the clay underneath for evidence of stress cracks. No cracks were found and the liner will be repaired. The department is still waiting results of an engineering analysis to determine the stability of the landfill.

To learn more about landfills or other solid waste issues, visit the department’s Solid Waste Management Program’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp/index.html or contact the program by phone at 573-751-5401.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE VISITS COMPLETED AND DEBRIS MANAGEMENT FOLLOWING THE 2007 ICE STORM
Of the 34 counties designated as disaster areas following the January ice storm, 18 are within the department’s Southwest Region. The Southwest Regional Office (SWRO) has now conducted approximately 300 Environmental Assistance Visits (EAVs) with communities, subdivisions, and small businesses to discuss ice storm related impacts. Storm related visits ceased on Feb.28, 2007.

The SWRO offered EAVs to communities and other entities affected by the January 12 ice storm in order to evaluate negative impacts to wastewater and drinking water systems and to provide guidance on actions that could be taken to help place those systems back into proper working condition.

Areas of discussion focused on drinking water supplies, wastewater treatment facility impacts and debris management. Department staff visited municipal wastewater treatment facilities and gathered information on sewage bypasses resulting from power failures and used that information to alleviate an otherwise required report. In many cases the visits documented bypasses from wastewater lift stations or treatment plants and the information obtained served as the required 5-day notice, eliminating a small reporting requirement from some of the affected communities.

Craig Reichert, Environmental Specialist, SWRO, appreciated the ability of the water and wastewater operators in the area to rise to the challenges created by the ice storm.

“The innovation and resourcefulness of most of our communities kept the environmental impact to a minimum,” Reichert said. “By the efficient use of emergency generators, many communities kept the water pressure up and the lift stations pumped.”

Staff visited many communities, subdivisions and smaller public water supplies to discuss power losses and associated loss in water service to consumers. Staff also provided guidance to many public water systems on proper disinfection and flushing procedures to ensure that safe drinking water was restored to Missouri citizens in as timely manner as possible.

“The EAVs gave us an opportunity to learn from others’ mistakes and then share that information with other public drinking water systems,” said Bill Arnold, Environmental Specialist, SWRO. “On the whole, the systems were receptive to our assistance and appreciated our willingness to help them through this difficult situation.”

Additional assistance visits were made to communities that were organizing debris staging and burning grounds for management of the immense volume of vegetative waste generated from trees that were damaged by accumulations of ice. Staff provided clarification and guidance on the waivers issued from the department on the requirements to obtain permits to open burn vegetative wastes and stressed the necessity to coordinate safe burning locations with local fire jurisdictions.

Due in part to the EAVs, the agency only received a minimum number of air complaints following the ice storms. Paul Vitzthum, Air and Solid Waste Unit Chief, said that talking to the counties and cities about proper burn pile locations most likely decreased potential problems.

With any luck, we will not see another ice storm like the one of January 2007.

WET WINTER PUTS END TO DROUGHT IN MISSOURI
Precipitation this winter in Missouri - snow, ice and freezing rain - has been blamed for power outages, downed trees, traffic accidents and even sinking boats. Now it has one more accomplishment to add to its list - breaking the drought that has affected parts of the state for nearly two years.

From the ice and snow storm that hit the state November 30 to the February snows that fell across much of Missouri, the state has received enough precipitation to officially declare an end to the drought that gripped the state for much of 2005 and 2006, according to the state’s Drought Assessment Committee.

“While we’re still concerned about some hydrological effects of nearly two years of drought, such as stock ponds and groundwater aquifer levels, we’re in a significantly better condition than we were just three months ago,” said Mike Wells, deputy director of the Department of Natural Resources and chairman of the Drought Assessment Committee.

As recently as November 28, 49 Missouri counties were designated by the sub-committee as being in conservation phase - or Phase 3 - level drought and 37 were considered to be in a drought alert - or Phase 2 - level drought. While 76 counties remain in an advisory phase, no Missouri counties remain in Phase 2 or Phase 3 drought, technically signaling an end to the dry spell. The remaining 38 counties were removed from any sort of drought category.

The drought had been ongoing - with only brief interruptions - since May 2005.

For more information, including the current drought map, the Missouri Drought Plan and information on the Drought Assessment Committee see the drought Web page at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/droughtupdate.htm.

EPA AND DOE RUN REACH AGREEMENT ABOUT LEAD HANDLING AND TRUCKING PRACTICES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
The Doe Run Resources Corp. of St. Louis has agreed to implement specific work practices that will reduce the release of lead onto public roads.

The work practices, according to an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will apply to trucks that transport lead ore and concentrate from Doe Run facilities in southeast Missouri.

Exposure of young children to lead can cause irreversible brain and central nervous system damage, causing impaired growth development, lower IQ levels, and behavioral problems.

"The dangers of lead exposure to young children are well-known,” said Regional Administrator John Askew. “This agreement will help protect children who live along roads to the Herculaneum smelter and the port near Cape Girardeau. EPA looks forward to working with Doe Run as the company takes these new steps and others in the future to provide greater protection for Missouri children.”

Doe Run produces lead and other metals from the New Mine Belt or the Viburnum Trend in southeast Missouri. Production began there in the mid-1960s and continues today. The company operates smelters, mines, mills and concentrators in this area.

Ore from the mines is crushed, milled and processed to form lead and other metal concentrates. Lead concentrate is trucked over public roads to the Herculaneum smelter for processing, or it is trucked to the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority near Cape Girardeau for shipment overseas.

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act order requires Doe Run to

Install truck wash stations at each of its facilities.
Clean streets or roads leading from the facilities.
Ensure that lead-bearing materials are not leaking or spilling from trucks during transportation.
Use dedicated vehicles for transportation of lead-bearing materials.
Develop spill response planning.
Comply with monitoring, sampling and reporting requirements.

EPA will enforce and monitor Doe Run in its efforts to comply with the order.

EPA has scheduled meetings to provide the public with more information about this agreement. The meetings, both at 7 p.m., will be Monday, March 26, at Herculaneum High School and Tuesday, March 27, at Viburnum City Hall.

EPA will receive public comments on the administrative order from March 1 to 30. EPA will consider any comments submitted during the public comment period and determine whether it is appropriate for the Agency to sign the order.

An administrative record, which includes the order and other relevant documents, has been compiled and is available for review at Herculaneum City Hall and Viburnum City Hall and at EPA’s record center in Kansas City, Kan.

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENERGY CENTER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION LOANS
Saving energy means saving money, and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Energy Center wants to help local Missouri municipalities, school districts, and public colleges and universities do both by providing between $5 million and $7 million in loans for energy conservation projects.

The Energy Center is now taking applications for the department’s Energy Loan Program, which makes lower-interest loans for qualifying energy conservation projects. Loan recipients then repay the loans from the energy savings they experience. Past energy loans have funded heating and air conditioning upgrades, lighting improvement, insulation and window replacement.

Loan applications will be judged based on competitive basis, with those with the quickest payback time, based on project cost versus anticipated energy cost savings, receiving first consideration.

Applications and additional information are available on the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/energy/financial/loan.htm. Applications are due by April 30, with funding announcements to be made by June 30.

Half of the available loan funds will be allocated to K-12 public schools. Local governments and public higher education facilities will each receive 25 percent of the loan funds.

Since its inception in 1989, the program has made more than 440 loans with a total value of more than $78 million. The cumulative energy savings resulting from energy loan-financed projects are estimated at more than $83 million.

Environmental Job Profiles
Dawn Froning Finds Weather An Interesting Factor in Permit Modeling

Dawn Froning is an environmental
specialist in the department's
Air Pollution Control Program.Imagine that you are standing on your front porch. You hear a low rumble and look up to see storm clouds gathering in the sky above. You shiver as the once calm breeze grows cooler and gathers speed. You are experiencing a weather pattern. Weather patterns affect us in many ways.

Dawn Froning, an Environmental Specialist with the Department of Natural Resources’ Air Pollution Control Program knows that weather can affect the results of air monitoring across the state. “I have always found the changing weather patterns fascinating,” said Froning. “My interests prompted me to pursue a degree in Atmospheric Science at Mizzou.”

Froning, a 12-year veteran of the department, currently uses that degree in the Air Quality Monitoring Unit where she performs air permit modeling. Using computer simulation programs she predicts how a source will emit air pollutants.

As a modeler, Froning takes many weather patterns into consideration. Combining meteorological data with stack heights, she constructs a theoretical model of an operation. The model data is then entered into a computer program that predicts the frequency and the amount of pollutants released. This information is paramount in determining whether an operation will receive their desired air permit.

“It’s a tough job,” said Froning. “We’ve had some pretty controversial permits come through here and approving or denying a permit application can affect the lives and the livelihood of many different people.”

Determining whether or not a permit can be approved depends on many factors, including how the model reacts. The results of the model are compared to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These work as a guide in deciding whether the emissions levels of a certain source are protective of air quality. If the results of the model show that the emissions will be below the standard, then the permit can be issued if all other applicable requirements are met. If, however, the data shows that the source will exceed the standard, the applicant must reevaluate their permit and
add additional controls.

Froning advises anyone interested in this line of work to “pay attention in math class.” It will mean the difference between waiting for the computer to come up with the answer or actually understanding how the models will react when you enter the data.

For Froning getting the results of a model is both an interesting and time-consuming process: “I have spent anywhere from a day to several weeks on modeling for a certain permit based on the release points and size of the facility. The larger the facility, the more complex the permit modeling process becomes.”

If you are interested in environmental careers with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, job listings link 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.

DALLAS COUNTY RECOGNIZED BY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR FOR WORK IN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
Sediment, nutrients, pesticides and other chemicals entering Lindley Creek have been reduced due to the efforts of Dallas County Soil and Water Conservation District.

Department of Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers recognized Dallas County SWCD for its outstanding progress in an Agricultural Nonpoint Source Special Area Land Treatment project.

AgNPS SALT projects are locally led projects that focus on reducing agricultural nonpoint source pollution and are sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Bill Foster, director of the department’s Soil and Water Conservation Program, presented Dallas County SWCD with the Director’s Award for Outstanding Progress of an Agricultural Nonpoint Source Special Area Land Treatment Project at the district’s monthly board meeting on March 5 at the Dallas County soil and water conservation district office in Buffalo.

“Soil and water conservation districts are essential to the state of Missouri. Through their conservation practices and their information and education efforts, soil and water conservation districts provide Missouri citizens with more productive fields and higher quality water for our generation as well as for future generations,” Childers said.

The seven-year Lindley Creek AgNPS SALT Project began in 2001. In fiscal year 2006, Dallas County SWCD worked with agricultural landowners in the Lindley Creek area to implement erosion control practices, implement pasture and nutrient management programs, protect groundwater and stream corridors, and provide information and education programs. “Dallas County SWCD is well on its way to successfully accomplishing the goals of its Lindley Creek AgNPS SALT Project due to the hard work of the district’s supervisors and staff,” said Childers.

Other districts recognized for their outstanding work in soil and water conservation are Monroe County SWCD for treatment of gully erosion, Dent County SWCD for implementation of Best Management Practices on grasslands, Atchison County SWCD for treatment of sheet and rill erosion and Jackson SWCD for informational and educational efforts.

Missouri’s 114 soil and water conservation districts work with agricultural landowners and the public to conserve the state’s soil and water resources. The districts are funded by the one-tenth-of-one-percent parks, soils and water sales tax.

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

ROCK HILL GIRL PENS WINNING EARTH DAY SLOGAN
"Be the Shield, Protect the Earth,” is the winning slogan in the Missouri Department of Natural Resources 2007 Earth Day slogan contest. Hundreds of fifth graders across the state participated in the contest. Katie Griffith, daughter of Neill and Mary Ann Griffith of Rock Hill, Missouri submitted the winning words. Katie is a fifth grade student in Donna Williamson’s class at Hudson Elementary School in Webster Groves school district.

Katie will receive a certificate of appreciation and a $100 savings bond donated by Central Bank in Jefferson City. Her creative ontribution will also be recognized during the Earth Day ceremonies to be held on the south lawn of the Capitol from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, April 20, 2007.

"Katie’s slogan is very appropriate, in that it reminds us that everyone can be an environmental hero,” said Missouri Department of Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers.

The Jefferson City event is free and will feature entertainment, interactive environmental displays, games and more. Students will be able to participate in the Environmental Survivor game hosted by Survivor: Vanatu’s Twila Tanner and Environmental Deal or No Deal. Many Missouri businesses have donated prizes that will be given out during the day. For more information, please contact Larry Archer, Earth Day Chairperson at 573-751-3807 or visit the department’s Earth Day web page at www.dnr.mo.gov/earthday/.

STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS PROVIDE NEW GUIDE TO EATING FISH IN MISSOURI
Updated Guidelines Include Mercury, Lead, PCBs and Chlordane
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has issued the 2007 Fish Consumption Advisory, an annual report summarizing fish species that should be avoided or eaten in limited quantities due to concerns about environmental contaminants. The advisory provides consumption advice for locally caught fish, updates to the health effects of key contaminants and guidance on fish preparation to reduce contaminants prior to consumption.

This year DHSS added consumption advisories for Channel Catfish, Carp, Buffalo, White Bass and Smallmouth Bass within specific water bodies. DHSS added an advisory for Carp species to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers advisory.

The department each year evaluates the level of contaminants in fish to make sure they are safe to eat. Chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and persistent pesticides such as chlordane have been in fish tissue for many years, though Missouri has seen a slow decrease in their concentrations. However, levels of these and other contaminants, especially lead and mercury, occur at levels in certain fish species that could pose a health risk, so consumption advisories are required. Because DHSS uses the latest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) risk-based methodology and local fish tissue information, Missourians may see changes to the advisory from year to year. The 2007 advisories are based on the most recent information available.

“Fish are a good source of high quality protein that is low in cholesterol and harmful fats,” said Todd Blanc, an environmental specialist who coordinates the report. “To ensure that Missourians are getting those healthful effects from eating fish, the State
of Missouri will continue to monitor fish tissue and advise Missourians when there is a concern,” Blanc added.

Blanc said that because not all waters in the Missouri are monitored, the noncommercial fish consumption advice is a baseline of protection. This advice balances risks from contamination with the benefits of eating fish.

Following is a brief summary of the DHSS 2007 Fish Consumption Advisory. The full advisory is available on the Web at www.dhss.mo.gov/NewsAndPublicNotices/07FishAdvisory.pdf PDF.

At the end of the advisory is a guide to cleaning and cooking fish in a manner designed to reduce some chemical contaminants. Special cleaning or cooking methods cannot reduce levels of metals such as mercury and lead.

DHSS 2007 Fish Summary
DHSS recommends that all consumers be aware of the positive benefits of eating fish and the potential for adverse effects from mercury in fish to the central nervous and cardiovascular systems (www.epa.gov/mercury/effects.htm). Eating smaller fish is safer because these fish have not lived long enough to accumulate mercury in their bodies.

Statewide mercury advisory for all water bodies in Missouri
Because of the potential risk mercury poses to the developing nervous system of fetuses and young children, DHSS is continuing to advise sensitive, high-risk groups, including women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant; nursing mothers;
and children under 13 years of age, to limit fish consumption. (Note: One meal is 11 ounces for adults and 3 ounces for children under 13 years).

The above sensitive groups are advised to eat no more than:

One meal per month of Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, and Smallmouth Bass greater than 12 inches in length
One meal per week of Carp greater than 21 inches in length.
One meal per week of all other sport fish, per EPA’s recommendation, because all fish have various levels of mercury. In absence of local advisories, consumers are advised to restrict fish consumption of locally caught fish to one meal per week. For more information, go to www.epa.gov/waterscience/fishadvice/1-meal-per-week.pdf PDF

For sensitive groups, the following water bodies have limited-consumption advisories due to mercury:

Clearwater Lake (Reynolds County)

One meal per month: White Bass greater than 15 inches in length.

While fish tissue contaminant concentrations have declined, PCBs and chlordane remain at levels of health concern for certain water bodies. DHSS recommends limited consumption of specified fish from the following locations for the reasons stated:

Missouri and Mississippi rivers

One meal per month: Shovelnose
Sturgeon fish tissue (excluding eggs) due to PCBs and chlordane.
Do not eat: Sturgeon eggs collected from these waters due to PCBs and chlordane.
One meal per week: Flathead, Channel and Blue Catfish greater than 17 inches due to PCBs, chlordane, and mercury.
One meal per week: Carp species greater than 21 inches due to PCBs, chlordane, and mercury.

Turkey Creek (near Hwy. P in Jasper County)

One meal per week: Buffalo species greater than 21" due to PCBs and chlordane.

Statewide lead advisory for all water bodies in Missouri

Big River (St. Francois and Jefferson counties) and Flat River (St Francois County from Hwy. B to six miles downstream to where it enters Big River)

Do not eat: Carp, Sunfish, Redhorse or other Suckers.

Big Creek (Iron County near Glover)

Do not eat: Sunfish.

Middle Fork of the Black River (Reynolds County)

Do not eat: Smallmouth Bass.

EPA and Food and Drug Administration’s consumer advisory for mercury in commercial fish recommends that women who are pregnant, women of child-bearing age who might become pregnant, nursing mothers, and young children not eat any Shark, Swordfish, King Mackerel, or Tilefish. This group also can safely consume up to 12 ounces a week of Shrimp, canned light Tuna, Salmon, Pollock, or Catfish. Albacore (“white”) Tuna has more mercury than canned light Tuna, thus this group should eat no more than six ounces a week of white Tuna.

For more information go to www.epa.gov/waterscience/fishadvice/advice.html.

For more information on the benefits of eating fish and mercury’s health effects, go to www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/MethylmercuryBrochure.pdf. PDF

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.

CHEMCENTRAL DISTRIBUTION FACILITY EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN KANSASS CITY

The department responded to the fire at the
Chemcentral distribution facility in Kansas City.
(EPA photo)On the afternoon of Feb. 7, 2007, the department’s Environmental Emergency Response (EER) Section was contacted by Chemcentral officials regarding an explosion at the Chemcentral distribution facility in Kansas City. The explosion, which occurred around 2:30 pm, had started in the facilities Above Ground Storage Tank (AST) farm. The smoke plume from the facility could be seen for miles around the Kansas City Metro area. Kansas City Fire Department and Police Departments along with the KCFD Hazmat team had been mobilized to the site and had set up their respective mobile command units. The Kansas City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) had also been activated. Evacuation orders had been given for a mandatory half mile and recommended one mile radius.

State on-scene coordinator Randall Willoughby arrived at the site and assisted the EPA on-scene coordinator with air monitoring operations. Reports of chemicals and fire suppression water impacting the Missouri River were investigated by EER.

Visual inspection revealed that the river had not been impacted and that the storm water drainage system was combined with the sanitary sewer ultimately taking runoff from the site to treatment. EPA had also ordered air monitoring of the downtown area where the smoke plume was migrating. Preliminary results indicated that no contaminant was above any level of concern.

Due to secondary explosions, it was determined that the fires would be allowed to burn down over the evening and attempts for suppression would resume the following day. Willoughby remained at the KCPD mobile command unit for most of the night. The EOC remained open for the duration of the evacuation orders. On Feb. 8, Willoughby was relieved by state on-scene coordinator Roarke Holzschuh. EER maintained a presence on-site and continued with off-site monitoring for run-off.

By Friday, Feb. 9, all fires had been suppressed and the site was returned to Chemcentral officials. EER focused cleanup contractors on an adjacent residential property, which had been impacted by an unknown chemical. Weather broadcasts had called for several periods of rain and snow, which prompted EER to focus work on stabilizing the site for runoff. All vessels that could potentially overfill with rain resulting in more chemical runoff were secured.

Chemcentral officials and the cleanup crews took every action necessary and in a timely manner to insure compliance with the Hazardous Substance Emergency Declaration issued by the department. Impacts off-site appear to be limited to the adjacent residential property. Cleanup activities are still ongoing at the site.

LEWISTOWN EVACUATED DUE TO LEAKING PROPANE TANK, EER RESPONDS
On the evening of Superbowl Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, EER duty officer Hugh Murrell received a call on the EER spill line from the Lewis County sheriff regarding a leaking propane tank. The tank suffered a cracked valve near the bottom of the tank due to the freezing ground pushing up on the valve and stressing it to its breaking point. This particular tank was an 18,000-gallon pressure vessel that was sitting next to another 18,000-gallon vessel. The sheriff was acting as the incident commander on the scene and requested EER assistance.

State on-scene coordinator Alan Cortvrient was immediately dispatched to the scene. Upon his arrival, Cortvrient discovered that the tank was leaking liquid propane, which was not vaporizing.

The propane remained in its liquid form trapped under the ice around the tank. This situation created an explosive atmosphere that any static spark could have ignited into a fire or explosion of both tanks. Soon after responders discovered what they were dealing with, the town of nearly 600 people was evacuated. All electric power was shut down in town and all potential ignition sources (wood
burning stoves, fireplaces, etc.) were put out.

Cortvrient conducted air monitoring at the site for explosive vapors while two propane specialists worked on trying to off-load the propane left in the tank. A Missouri Department of Agriculture representative from their propane unit was on-site to assist. Off loading the tank proved to be ineffective in abating the emergency and the tank had to be vented off manually until it was empty. Cortvrient used a new tool the EER Section has called an “Area Rae System.” This system allows a responder to set up remote sensors and monitor them from a single stationary location.

Once the tank was declared empty, Cortvrient and state on-scene coordinator Cory Jorgensen conducted air monitoring in homes and crawl spaces to ensure they were safe for residents to return to. Close coordination between local officials, the Department of Agriculture, the EER Section, and everyone else involved helped to abate this emergency with no injuries and minor inconvenience.

GRANTS
DEPARTMENT AWARDS $269,946 TO THE GREENE COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
The Department of Natural Resources awarded a $269,946 grant to the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District for the Fellows/McDaniel/Fulbright Watershed Project.

One of the main objectives of the project is to reduce the nutrient load deposited into the Fellows/McDaniel/Fulbright watershed and to ultimately remove the watershed from the 303(d) list. To achieve this, the district will address the septic issue by rehabilitating failing systems, pumping out neglected tanks and distributing informational materials about proper septic maintenance.

Another objective is to reduce the sediment and nutrient load deposited into the watershed. This can be achieved by implementing a cost-share program to install best management practices. BMPs offered will include filter strips, use exclusion, riparian buffers and planned grazing systems. The project will offer 100 percent cost incentive for urban lawn soil testing and the development of urban lawn nutrient management plans.

The project will also develop a comprehensive Watershed Management Plan. This plan will address both point and nonpoint sources of pollution within the watershed. Additional information will be distributed to local landowners in the form of newsletters, post cards, signs, flyers, a septic maintenance demonstration site, field days or similar project activities.

Funding for the grant is provided by a Section 319 Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, through the department. The Section 319 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant Program focuses funding on water quality information and education, innovative pollution prevention practices, or remediation of an existing water quality problem or site. Partners for the
project include Springfield-Greene County Health Department, Greene County Commission Resource Management Department, Greene County Natural Resources Conservation Service, University of Missouri Greene County Extension Office, Watershed Committee of the Ozarks, City Utilities of Springfield and Blackman Laboratories.

The grant will be administered by the Department of Natural Resources’ Water Protection Program.

For more information, contact the department’s Water Protection Program at P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102 or by calling at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300.

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.

HERCULANEUM LEAD SMELTER PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 26
EPA will hold a meeting for the public to make comments on the RCRA 7003 Administrative Order on Consent. The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., March 26, at Herculaneum High School, One Blackcat Drive, Herculaneum, MO.

This order, signed by EPA and The Doe Run Co., lays out the plans for wash stations for trucks hauling lead concentrate and ore, and other transportation and handling practices.

For more information, contact Bruce Morrison at (913) 551-7755 or e-mail to morrison.bruce@epa.gov.

VIBURNUM LEAD SMELTER PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 27
EPA will hold a meeting for the public to make comments on the RCRA 7003 Administrative Order on Consent. The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., March 27, at Viburnum City Hall, Viburnum, MO.

This order, signed by EPA and The Doe Run Co., lays out the plans for wash stations for trucks hauling lead concentrate and ore, and other transportation and handling practices.

For more information, contact Bruce Morrison at (913) 551-7755 or e-mail to morrison.bruce@epa.gov.

MISSOURI AIR CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO MEET MARCH 29
The Missouri Air Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m., March 29 at Café 37, 37 Court Square in West Plains. A subsequent meeting will be held April 26 in Jefferson City.

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

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION TO MEET APRIL 5
The Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m., April 5 at the Department of Natural Resources’ Conference Center, 1738 E. Elm St., in Jefferson City.

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

CLEAN WATER COMMISSION TO MEET APRIL 20
The Missouri Clean Water Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a..m., April 20 at the Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City.

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

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	Control of Petroleum Liquid Storage, Loading and Transfer
Rule Number 010-05.220 – To amend rule to exempt initial fueling of motor vehicles at automobile assembly, clarify the MO/PEPT requirements in Gasoline Transfer section and incorporate other minor rule text clarifications.
Public comment ends: April 5, 2007	Public hearing: March 29, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Air Pollution Control Program	New Source Perfomance Regulations
Rule Number 010-06.070 – Adopts by reference updates to previously adopted 40 CFR Part 60 subparts finalized between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005.
Public comment ends: April 5, 2007	Public hearing: March 29, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Air Pollution Control Program	Maximum Achievable Control Technology Regulations
Rule Number 010-06.075 – Adopts by reference updates to previously adopted 40 CFR Part 63 subparts finalized between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005.
Public comment ends: April 5, 2007	Public hearing: March 29, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Air Pollution Control Program	Maximum Achievable Control Technology Regulations
Rule Number 010-06.080 – Adopts by reference updates to previously adopted 40 CFR Part 61 subparts finalized between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005.
Public comment ends: April 5, 2007	Public hearing: March 29, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Water Protection Program	Methodology for Development of Impaired Waters List
Rule Number 020-07.050 – This amendment will incorporate by reference the detailed methodology for listing impaired waters.
Public comment ends: March 15, 2007	Public hearing: March 7, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-1300

Solid Waste Management Program	Waste Tire Collection Centers
Rule Number 080-08.020 – The purpose of this amendment is to update the rule to reflect revised statutory language in SB 225. The modifications will replace references to “waste tire” with “scrap tire,” correct typo/grammatical errors and update materials referenced in rule.
Public comment ends: April 6, 2007	Public hearing: March 6, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-526-3932

Solid Waste Management Program	Waste Tire Hauler Permits
Rule Number 080-08.030 – The purpose of this amendment is to update portions of the rule to comply with Executive Order 02-03, which required waste tire hauling permit issuance to be transferred to the Motor Carrier Services Unit with the Department of Transportation.
Public comment ends: April 6, 2007	Public hearing: March 6, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-526-3932

Solid Waste Management Program	Waste Tire Site Permits
Rule Number 080-08.040 – The purpose of this rulemaking is to rescind this rule because waste tire sites are no longer allowed by statute, unless they are also a processing facility.
Public comment ends: April 6, 2007	Public hearing: March 6, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-5401

Solid Waste Management Program	Waste Tire Processing Facility Permits
Rule Number 080-08.050 – This amendment will incorporate needed portions of 10 CSR 80-8.040, particularly Financial Assurance Instrument requirements.
Public comment ends: April 6, 2007	Public hearing: March 6, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-526-3932

Solid Waste Management Program	Waste Tire End-User Facility Registrations
Rule Number 080-08.060 – The purpose of this amendment is to update portions of the rule to reflect revised statutory language in Senate Bill 225 that requires performance bonds or other forms of financial assurance for scrap tire end-user facilities.
Public comment ends: April 6, 2007	Public hearing: March 6, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-526-3932

Solid Waste Management Program	Waste Tire Grants
Rule Number 080-09.030 – The purpose of this amendment is to require a match amount for the scrap tire grants.
Public comment ends: April 6, 2007	Public hearing: March 6, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-526-751-5401

Solid Waste Management Program	Waste Tire Cleanup Contracts
Rule Number 080-09.035 – The purpose of this amendment is to provide reference to Missouri vendors bidding on scrap tire cleanup contracts lead by the department for the removal or cleanup of scrap tires.
Public comment ends: April 6, 2007	Public hearing: March 6, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-5401

Solid Waste Management Program	Solid Waste Management Fund-District Grants
Rule Number 080-09.050 – The department is amending portions of the rule that are in conflict with Senate Bill 225 and to address findings in the February 2006 State Auditor’s Report of the Solid Waste Management Program audit. The amendment will also add annual reporting.
Public comment ends: May 3, 2007	Public hearing: April 3, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-526-5401

Solid Waste Management Program	Solid Waste Management Fund-Planning/Organizational Grants
Rule Number 080-09.010 – The department proposes to rescind this rule. Senate Bill 225, passed during the 2005 legislative session, eliminated district administration grants.
Public comment ends: May 3, 2007	Public hearing: April 3, 2007
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-526-5401

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

Control of Petroleum Liquid Storage, Loading and Transfer

New Source Perfomance Regulations

Maximum Achievable Control Technology Regulations

Maximum Achievable Control Technology Regulations

Methodology for Development of Impaired Waters List

Waste Tire Collection Centers

Waste Tire Hauler Permits

Waste Tire Site Permits

Waste Tire Processing Facility Permits

Waste Tire End-User Facility Registrations

Waste Tire Grants

Waste Tire Cleanup Contracts

Solid Waste Management Fund-District Grants

Solid Waste Management Fund-Planning/Organizational Grants

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

REGIONAL OFFICE MAP

INTERNET ADDRESSES

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