Solid Waste Advisory Board

AGENDA
Solid Waste District Planners Meeting
Bennett Springs Room
1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City, MO
Wednesday March 1, 2006
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 March Agenda Tim Smith

3. Approval of January 4, Meeting Summary Tim Smith

4. Statewide Recycling Information Campaign update from EPA Donna Utter, MORA

5. Rubberized Asphalt Presentation Scott Phillips
Modified Asphalt Solutions

6. Fluorescent Light bulb recycling Marie Steinwachs

7. Director’s Report Jim Hull
a. State Auditor’s Report
b. District Grant Rule Revision Workgroup
c. E-Waste Stakeholder discussion
d. DGLS’s Landfill Site Suitability
e. Scrap Tire Rule Revisions Rule

8. New Business

9. Old Business

10. Other Business

11. Upcoming Board Meetings
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, March 1, 2006
1:00 p.m.

SWAB Members/Designated Alternates

Terrance Nickle, Region A
Lisa Colson, Region B
Brenda Kennedy, Region D
Lisa Danbury, Region E
Harland Mieser, Region F
Charles Lansford, Region H
Lance Hutton, Region J
Scott Murrell, Region K
Robert Wagner, Region L
Mike Duvall, Region L
Ron Clow, 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
William Kennon, Region Q
Eric Boggs, Region Q
C. Timothy Morgan, Region R
Robert O’Keefe, Region T
Kevin O’Brien, Waste Corporation
Ken Reiss, Computer Recycling Center
Rachel Burkemper
Derrick Standley, Genesis Group, Inc.

SWAB Members Absent

Stan Salva, Region E
Pete Mayfield, Region C
Janna Cline, Region C
Jim Phillips, Region G
Drex Rothweiler, Region G
Michelle Scola, Region I
David Dirks, Region S
Thomas P. Dunne, Jr., Fred Weber, Inc.

DNR Staff

Kristin Allen, EIERA
Solid Waste Management Program (SWMP)
Kay Craig, SWMP
Katy D’Agostino, SWMP
Tom DeHaven, SWMP
Matt Easley, SWMP
Rachel L. Griffin, SWMP
Jim Hull, SWMP
Linda Jaegers, DEQ
Jim Lubbers, Field Services Division
Glenda Marshall-Griffin
Patrick Muck, SWMP
Ed Schneider, DNR Internal Audit
Leanne Tippett Mosby, DEQ
Kim Tschirgi, SWMP
Bruce Tylke, SWMP

Others

David Berger, St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
David Flora, USEPA
Angie Gehlert, MORA
Linda Glaus, Sonnys Solid Waste Services
Robert Hamilton, Region O
Matt Harline, Region H
Craig Jones, HSTCC, Region M SWMD
Barbara Lucks, City of Springfield
Theresa Marshall, Sonnys Solid Waste Services
Phyllis Mieser, Prairie Rose RCandD
Scott Phillips, MAS
Tom Rackers
Tammy Snodgrass, Region K
Marie Steinwachs, Univ. of Mo, Extension

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 March Agenda
A motion to amend and approve the March Agenda by adding the Planners report and comments by Region L was made by Mr. Lance Hutton, and seconded by
Mr. Timothy Morgan. The motion carried.

Approval of January Meeting Summary
A motion to approve the January Summary was made by Mr. Robert O’Keefe and seconded by Mr. Larry VanGilder. The motion carried.

Statewide Recycling Information Campaign update
Ms. Angie Gehlert updated the board on the Missouri Recycling Information Campaign (MORIC). Subcommittees have been established and funding is being sought through grants from districts and U. S. EPA. Budget details will be provided to the SWAB. Board representation was fairly good with 16 of the 24 districts participating.

Ms. Gehlert reminded the board of an upcoming MORA board meeting to be held
March 9 at the EIERA Conference Room and MORA’s annual conference, scheduled for
June 5-7, 2006 in St. Charles.

A legislative awareness day was held Feb. 9, 2006, at the Capitol. Poster contest winners were recognized for the Missouri Recycles state poster contest.

Rubberized Asphalt Presentation
Mr. Scott Phillips of Modified Asphalt Solutions, Inc., provided information on Ground Tire Rubber for modified asphalt. Mr. Phillips provided a handout and had samples for the board to view.

Michigan has four jobs that use the modified asphalt. So far Missouri has none, but Pace Construction may use the modified asphalt in a project in the St. Louis area starting in June.

Mr. Hull added that there is approximately one scrap tire generated per year in Missouri per person. The main market for scrap tires in Missouri is tire-derived fuel or TDF. The emission requirements for utilities that are burning those now will be changing in a few years. There are concerns being expressed by those utilities that they won’t be able to continue burning tires. There is a need to look into other ways that scrap tires can be utilized.

When Senate Bill 530 was first passed, it included a provision that required MoDOT to do some pilot projects. They did those pilot projects but a lot of changes have been made in rubberized asphalt since then. There is also an issue of cost; rubberized asphalt is more expensive. A meeting held with MoDOT staff recently was very encouraging. They are currently revising their specifications to allow rubberized asphalt to be part of the bids for construction of roads in Missouri without it having to be approved on a case by case basis.

Program staff is also working with MoDOT to set up a rubberized asphalt forum. Major contractors will be invited to a seminar to discuss this issue.

Fluorescent Light Bulb recycling
Ms. Marie Steinwachs made a Power Point presentation and provided a binder; Promoting Mercury-Containing Lamp Recycling: A Guide for Waste Managers and a CD titled Lamp Recycling Outreach Project. This material is also available on line at www.almr.org. The target message is that fluorescent lamps contain mercury.

Planners Report
Ms. Tammy Snodgrass, Region K, updated the board on the Planners meeting. The planners will meet on the off months that the board doesn’t. The meetings will begin at 10:30 and last two to three hours.

Jim Lubbers reported on his project to survey educators around the state.

New reporting requirements for district grants were discussed. This will be discussed in more detail during the April Planners meeting.

Chairman Smith encouraged each district to have their planners at these meeting. The meetings will allow a greater length of time to discuss issues with DNR staff.

Director’s Report

a. State Auditor’s Report
The general public, the districts and the department needs to be assured that the program is managing funds correctly. These procedures are there for a reason and we need to work towards solving the issues in this report.

The department did not ask for this audit, nor did the department request specific districts to be audited. State Auditors were also housed in the program for several months. They asked questions, reviewed files and audited four districts. An exit audit was conducted and a draft audit was made available to the program for suggestions. The program recommended that the districts that were audited be offered an opportunity to review the draft report. The state auditor made the decision not to do this because they considered this an audit of Natural Resources and it was the department’s responsibility to follow up.

Letters have been sent to the districts audited asking for a response back on how they plan to address the finding.

Mr. Bob Wagner added that staff in Region L prepared a very detailed response to every charge made in the report about them. Mr. Wagner found this report as mostly good news with one item of bad news. The auditors spent two weeks reviewing records. When they were finished, the director asked for an exit interview to make sure they had their information correct, but they refused to do that since DNR was the client not the district. The auditors sited two instances of non-compliance with DNR regulations and those two were in error. It was a misinterpretation.

Mr. Wagner stated that Mr. Pat Muck does a good job of explaining procedures and his office staff has commented on the good job done; he is open to new ideas. Mr. Wagner invited Mr. Muck to visit Region L’s Office.

Chairman Smith encouraged all districts to read the State Auditor’s Report carefully and apply the comments to their district to make sure they are in compliance.

b. District Grant Rule Revision Workgroup
The workgroup meetings have been delayed, awaiting the release of the audit report. A list of members was provided to the board. The first meeting date was announced for
March 13.

c. E-Waste Stakeholder discussion
The initial framers group met to lie out the goal of the workgroup. A copy of the presentation from that meeting was provided to the board. The next scheduled meeting date was announced for April 19.

d. DGLS’s Landfill Site Suitability
Stakeholder discussions are over and the process has begun to propose an actual rule revision. The rule revision is out for interagency review. After the 60-day comment period ends on the Regulatory Impact Report, it will go to the Secretary of State for publication for a proposed rule revision and a public hearing will be scheduled, with a public comment period to follow.

The Solid Waste web page will include a link to this information

e. Scrap Tire Rule Revisions Rule
A large stakeholder group discussion about scrap tires and a small workgroup meeting was held to work on the proposed rule changes. We are at the stage of proposing the regulatory impact report for the changes and will soon enter into the proposed rule process.

f. Board Vacancy
A citizen member recommendation has been sent to the Directors Office to fill the vacancy.

New Business
None

Old Business
None

Other Business
None

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

Chairman Tim Smith adjourned the meeting at 2:55 p.m.