Solid Waste Advisory Board

Bennett Springs Room
1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City, MO
Wednesday January 4, 2006

AGENDA
Solid Waste District Planners Meeting
11:00 a.m. –11:45 a.m.


1. General Discussion

AGENDA
Solid Waste Advisory Board Meeting
1:00 p.m.

1. District Roll Call, Tim Smith

2. Approval of November Agenda, Tim Smith

3. Approval of October 6 Meeting Summary, Tim Smith

4. Statewide Recycling Information Campaign update from EPA David Flora, U.S. EPA

5. E-Waste Initiative, Mike Menneke HWP

6. District Grant Rule Update, Pat Muck

7. Director’s Report, Jim Hull

8. New Business

9. Old Business

10. Other Business

11. Upcoming Board Meetings

March 1, 2006 - Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street
May 3, 2006 - Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street
July 5, 2006 - Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street
September 6, 2006 - LaCharrett Conference Room, Lewis and Clark State Office Building
November 1, 2006 - Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street

12. Adjourn

SUMMARY
Solid Waste Advisory Board Meeting
Bennett Springs Room
1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City, MO
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
1:00 p.m.

SWAB Members/Designated Alternates
Terrance Nickle, Region A
Lisa Colson, Region B
Brenda Kennedy, Region D
Stan Salva, Region E
Lisa Danbury, Region E
Harland Mieser, Region F
Drex Rothweiler, Region G
Charles Lansford, Region H
Gary Hoette, Region I
Lance Hutton, Region J
Scott Murrell, Region K
Robert Wagner, Region L
Mike Duvall, Region L
Lynn Calton, Region M
Harry Rogers, Region M
Larry VanGilder, Region N
Joyce Stroud, Region N
Tim Smith, Region O
Gary Collins, Region P
Lynda Roehl, Region P
Eric Boggs, Region Q
C. Timothy Morgan, Region R
David Dirks, Region S
Robert O’Keefe, Region T
Kevin O’Brien, Waste Corporation
Ken Reiss, Computer Recycling Center
Rachel Burkemper
Thomas P. Dunne, Jr., Fred Weber, Inc.
Derrick Standley, Genesis Group, Inc.

SWAB Members Absent
Pete Mayfield, Region C
Janna Cline, Region C
Mary West

 DNR Staff

Kristin Allen, EIERA
Toby Barnes, Solid Waste Management Program (SWMP)
Michelle Constable, SWMP
Kay Craig, SWMP
Katy D’Agostino, SWMP
Tom DeHaven, SWMP
Rachel L. Griffin, SWMP
Dennis Hansen, SWMP
Jim Hull, SWMP
Jim Lubbers, Field Services Division
Mike Menne, HWP
Patrick Muck, SWMP
Leanne Tippett Mosby, DEQ
Kim Tschirgi, SWMP
Bruce Tylke, SWMP

Others

Dave Berger, St. Louis – Jefferson SWMD
Steve Fishman, U.S. EPA
David Flora, U.S. EPA
Bob Hamilton, Region O
Matt Harline, Region H
Joe Hreha, Hollister, MO
Craig Jones, Harry S Truman COG
Tom Rackers, Genesis
Rick Roberts, Gredell Eng. Res.
Tim Roehl, Region P
Bryan Rogers, Region K
Donna Utter, Abitibi Recycling

District Roll Call
Chairman Tim Smith called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. Roll was called, there was a quorum.

Approval of January Agenda
A motion to amend the January Agenda to add Donna Utter under item 4 was made by Chairman Smith, and seconded by Mr. O’Keefe. The motion carried as amended.

Approval of November Meeting Summary
A motion to approve the November Summary was made by Mr. Murrell and seconded by Mr. Hoette. The motion carried.

Statewide Recycling Information Campaign update from EPA
Mr. David Flora, U.S. EPA provided a handout, Missouri Recycling Information Campaign. This is still in the development stages. The group is most clear on the goal, which is to increase awareness, support and participation for recycling at the city, county, and state levels. This will get information out to the audiences that are most critical to support both recycling by government agencies and private business’ in the state of Missouri. MORA, DNR and U.S. EPA are all lending support and coordination.

There is not a definite timeline, but expect that something, some materials, should be together within the next 6 months. These are the results of three separate committee’s efforts.

An application for funding from one of the solid waste districts has been submitted. EPA will provide staff time and funding for conference displays, CD’s, DVD’s, brochures or printed material. Additional support is needed in terms of resources. For example, EPA would like to get a team together to pull information from two-three projects that are happening in some of the districts. The team would provide a format. The districts and DNR would then be able to provide the information using this format.

The initial participants were; Lisa Danbury, Kristin Allen, Tim Roehl, Lynda Roehl, Matt Harline, Donna Utter, Lee Fox, Drex Rothweiler, Pat Muck, David Berger, Michelle Scolla, Jackie Wilson, Brenda Kennedy, Katy D’Agostino, Dennis Hansen, Richard Winman, Chet McClaughlin, Neil Rosenbloom, Deana Rosenbloom, Shawn Maitra, Craig Jones, and Bob Hamilton.

EPA hopes that all of the districts with the addition of others will comprise the team. Additional participation from business, academic, city and county governments is being sought.

Mr. Flora was asked how EPA planned to get this information out to smaller rural communities. Mr. Flora indicated that this is what he envisioned districts working out, possibly during a conference call.

Mr. Flora indicated that the end result would be the materials that would enable SWAB members to make the case for recycling to constituents. This could be in the form of draft articles to insert in newsletters, displays, power point presentations, or a short professional quality DVD/CD that can be given out for people to take to share. These need to include engaging stories that people can connect to.

On a previous conference call someone pointed out that the end result was to build support for the Solid Waste Program and show the results of the grant activities. To show legislators how it impacts the economy, communities, and the environment and how the tipping fee is supporting the state agency and funding districts.

Mr. Flora indicated this campaign hasn’t been tried in other states but he saw this as a model for other states and suggested there may be some surprise benefits come out of this initiative.

Mr. Flora asked the board to review the handout and provide feedback.

Ms. Donna Utter, Abitibi Recycling, spoke to the board about the Missouri Recycling Association (MORA). Ms. Utter explained that MORA would be a good organization to spread the information for the campaign. She announced that MORA now has full time staff and that Angie Gelhart has been hired as the director. MORA has submitted an application to Region L to begin the process of gathering the information from the campaign committee and making it available to SWAB.

Chairman Smith asked what was needed from the board. Mr. Flora stated just a consensus from the board that this is a worthwhile project and for members to take the handout back to the district boards for their support, both for staff time and funding.

Chairman Smith stated the concept looks good, but lacks detail. Mr. Flora is looking for volunteers to participate and come up with the details. Most issues, timeline, budget, etc., should be worked out by the March 1 board meeting.

A motion was made to accept the concept by Mr. Bob Wagner and seconded by
Mr. Terrance Nickel. The motion carried.

E-Waste Initiative
Mr. Mike Menneke, Hazardous Waste Program, provided a handout on the creation of an E-waste Stakeholders Workgroup. This is to address electronic waste in Missouri. A framers committee was formed and met in December. A list of invitees is being prepared for the stakeholders meeting. Members would include representatives from manufacturers, retailers, downstream (demanufacturing) facilities, legislators, local government representatives, Hazardous Waste Commission members, Solid Waste Advisory Board, department staff and any other interested parties. Approximately 200 invitations were sent. The morning is set aside for educational purposes, to create background for the afternoon’s activities. The afternoon will have breakout sessions for smaller groups to deal with specific interests such as collection, transportation, processing and disposition.

The goal is to know by the end of the year how the state of Missouri will manage
E-waste. The initial meeting is scheduled for Feb. 24, 2006, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Elm Street Conference Center.

District Grant Rule Update
Mr. Pat Muck updated the board on the status of the District Grant Rule Revisions workgroup. A handout was provided that included information on the makeup of the workgroup. A meeting was tentatively scheduled for Jan. 26, 2006(meeting was postponed due to the delay in receiving State Auditors Report).

Mr. Hull restated that the program has been waiting to schedule the workgroup meetings so that recommendations from the State Auditors Report can be included in the rulemakings.

Director’s Report
Tires
On Jan.1, the program and regions were able to begin staff switched solid waste to tire work. Regional Office staff are now able to investigate sites that may have been unknown and include these sites in future cleanup efforts.

The Office of Administration just released a proposal of bids for the Bishop tire site in Cass County. This is one of the last remaining large tire dumps in the state.

Landfill Issues
Southwest Regional Landfill, a landfill site northwest of Joplin, received a permit in 1995. The current owner is Allied Waste. A divestiture order from the Federal Trade Commission was issued to Allied so they are unable to operate the site. They were ordered to sell the landfill, but there has never been a buyer. Advantage Waste has approached the program about a possible purchase of the landfill permit. A citizens group that was concerned about the landfill site in the early ‘90’s has concerns now about the potential opening of this landfill.

Busch Stadium
The arches on the old stadium were covered with very high quality lead based paint. The Cardinals wanted to beneficially use the concrete in the area of the old playing field in order to bring it up to grade. The program was able to work with them to provide a beneficial use approval so they could stay on schedule with demolition of the old stadium.

New Business
None

Old Business
Mr. Bob O’Keefe announced that Biospan Technologies is open for business. They collect approximately 3,000 cubic yards of Styrofoam at the Linn Creek facility, 2,300 cubic yards has been processed and the rest is being stored until it can be processed. At 2.3 cubic yards per ton, this represents 1,300 tons of waste diverted from the waste stream.

The end product is mixed with asphalt shingles. The product called Replay, is being used on roadways in other states.

Other Business
None

Upcoming Board Meetings
March 1, 2006 - Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street, Bennett Springs Room
May 3, 2006 - Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street, Bennett Springs Room
July 5, 2006 - Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street, Bennett Springs Room
Sept. 6, 2006 - LaCharrett Conference Room, Lewis and Clark State Office Building
Nov. 1, 2006 - Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street, Bennett Springs Room

Chairman Tim Smith adjourned the meeting at 1:55 p.m.