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Solid Waste Advisory Board
Solid Waste Advisory Board
Bennett Springs Room
1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City, MO
Wednesday August 3, 2005
AGENDA
Solid Waste District Planners Meeting
11:00 a.m. -11:45 a.m.
1. Quarterly Report Form Pat Muck
2. General Discussion
AGENDA
Solid Waste Advisory Board Meeting
1:00 p.m.
1. District Roll Call Tim Smith
2. Approval of August Agenda Tim Smith
3. Approval of June 1, Meeting Summary Tim Smith
4. Director's Report Jim Hull
A. SB225 Implementation
B. District Grant Rule Revision
C. Statewide Waste Diversion Rate
D. Newspaper Recycle Content Report
E. Project Grants Update
5. New Business
A. Planners report Harry Rogers
B. School Chemical Clean-up Campaign (SCIII) Edwin G. Buckner, PE
U.S. EPA Region VII
C. Resource Conservation Challenge Glen Curtis
U.S. EPA Region VII
6. Old Business
A. Bylaws Committee Report
7. Other Business
A. Reports from Districts
8. Upcoming Board Meetings
September 7, LaCharrett Conference Room, Lewis and Clark
State Office Building
October 5, Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street
November 2, Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street
December 7, Elm Street Conference Center, 1738 East Elm Street
9. Adjourn
Summary
Solid Waste Advisory Board Meeting
Bennett Springs Room
1738 E. Elm St., Jefferson City, MO
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
1:00 P.M.
SWAB Members/Designated Alternates SWAB Members Absent |
DNR Staff Others |
1. District Roll Call
Chairman Tim Smith opened the meeting with roll call. A quorum was
present.
2. Approval of August Agenda
Chairman Smith moved to amend the agenda to add a photo session and
discussion of the upcoming Commission and Boards meeting (scheduled
for October 6) and to approve the agenda as amended. Ms. Lisa Danbury
seconded the motion. All approved.
3. Approval of June 1, 2005 Meeting Summary
Mr. Ray Beck moved to approve the summary. Mr. Lance Hutton seconded
the motion. All approved.
4. Director's Report
A. Board Vacancies
Several recommendations have been received for the vacant positions,
but the Board was encouraged to submit any additional nominations.
B. Staff Reductions
Due to SB225 implementation, the program and regions have reduced staff
working on solid waste issues. . However, with reinstatement of the
tire fees, staff previously working on tires before the fee expired
will be moved back to the tire program. Those in the program affected
by the staff reductions were Ms. Rachel Griffen and Mr. Bruce Tylke.
With the loss of project grants, Mr. Tylke was moved to tire work and
Ms. Griffen to enforcement work.
C. SB225 Implementation
The program will implement the portion of the legislation that addresses
funds unspent by DNR. Unobligated funds from previous fiscal years
will go back into the solid waste fund and be redistributed.
D. District Grant Rule Revision
A workgroup is being formed to work through changes that need to be
implemented to bring the District Grant Rules up to date. Members on
the workgroup will include
Mr. Bob Hamilton, Mr. Harry Rogers, Ms. Tammy Snodgrass, Mr. Matt Harline,
Ms. Lynda Roehl, and Ms. Lisa Danbury. The first meeting is to be
held in Jefferson City the beginning of September. [Update: first
meeting will be in October] Later meetings may be held by conference
calls. Mr. Hull reminded the Board that the rulemaking process could
take up to a year or more to complete, so this will be a long process.
Mr. Muck reminded the Board that before funds can be released, quarterly reports and assessment inventories must be submitted to the Department. There are approximately six districts that have not submitted their assessment inventories.
An addition to the special terms and conditions is that projects should only last up to two years, with the possibility of one six-month extension. Any carry-over funds should be rolled over to new projects. This is to address the concerns of the Interim Committee that funds weren't getting out on the streets for projects quickly enough.
E. Statewide Waste Diversion Rate
It is estimated that 47 percent of the 11.7 million tons of trash
generated during 2004 was diverted from landfills. Missouri disposed
of approximately 6.18 million tons: of that amount, 2.17 million tons
were exported out of state.
F. Newspaper Recycle Content Report
For calendar year 2004, the newsprint recycling content was 58 percent,
which is up from 52 percent in 2003.
G. Project Grant Update
Due to savings on previous grants and some projects that were not
utilized, the program is able to fund six additional grant applications.
5. New Business
A. Planners' Report
Questions regarding interest and unobligated interest on the quarterly
reports were resolved.
Ms. Kim Tschirgi will check to see what kind of alpha/numeric sequence the database will allow for numbering of grants.
A request was made for looking into solid waste ordinances or service contracts within cities. Some cities have very highly developed ordinances and contracts. Planners would like to compile this information to help cities and counties moving into these types of activities. There was also discussion of the two-year publication.
Clarification of the FAA's was requested. Ms. Tschirgi will help with this at the next planners' meeting. Guidance was also requested for prevailing wages so that a portion of the law is not violated if applicable to the funds being distributed.
The planners discussed how the bimonthly Board meetings would affect them, since the planners need to meet monthly.
B. School Chemical Clean-up Campaign (SCIII)
Mr. Edwin Buckner, P.E., US EPA made a presentation on the cleanup
of chemicals from high school laboratories, art studios, photographic
labs, automotive shop and maintenance facilities within the schools.
Issues presented were as follows: the age of chemicals in storage,
storage containers, locations of storage areas, and damage done due
to improper handling and storage.
Statistics from 2003 indicate there were 35,000-36,000 chemical exposures in schools. Superfund emergency response at schools indicated 198 removals between 1988 and 2005. SCIII's aim is to clean out the chemicals before Superfund or fire departments have to become involved to control a problem.
Three goals for the cleanup are 1) Get dangerous chemicals out of the school and minimize the risk, 2) educate to make sure they don't restock, and 3) national awareness of the problem.
For a copy of the presentation, you can contact Mr. Buckner by e-mail at buckner.edwin@epa.gov or by telephone (913) 551-7621.
C. Resource Conservation Challenge
Mr. David Flora, US EPA, provided information on the Resource Conservation
Challenge Strategic Plan. A copy of the five-year plan was handed
out to the Board.
US EPA is issuing several challenges to a variety of groups: They are asking businesses and manufacturers to dramatically reduce the use of toxic chemicals or to eliminate waste when possible, to go beyond the basic requirements of environmental laws and make fundamental changes in advancing the speed with which some of these environmental problems can be dealt with. Individual consumers are asked to make more informed purchasing decisions and more environmentally friendly waste and materials management decisions, and challenges to government to lead by example as well as challenging business'. Mr. Flora asked Board members to add U.S. EPA to their newsletter mailing list. If there are projects that should be publicized, that others could learn from, forward that information to him so EPA can help get the information out.
For a copy of the handout, please contact Mr. Flora at flora.david@epa.gov or by telephone at (913) 551-7523.
6. Old Business
A. By-Laws Committee
Mr. Bob Wagner presented the following proposed changes to the by-laws.
Recommended changes will be voted on at the September SWAB Meeting.
1. Article V Sec 5
? Change SWAB to bi-monthly meetings
? First meeting in January
? Election month changed from June to July
2. Article V Sec 2
? Specify one member shall be appointed represent waste composting or
recycling interests
? Two other citizen members shall be appointed who have "no economic
interest or activity with any solid waste facility or operation."
3. Article VI Sec 2
? SWAB officers may be re-elected to subsequent terms, not to exceed
three consecutive terms
4. Article VII Sec 1
? Move "Invited Informational Presentations" to earlier in meeting
agenda
5. Article V Sec 1
? Change to not require an alternate District member of SWAB to be a
member of the District's Executive Board.
? Rationale is that some Districts have large Councils but smaller
Boards of Directors. In some Districts, the Chairman sometimes can't
attend any SWAB meetings.
6. Article IX
? Revises the rule for the By Laws Amendment process. Change to require
3/4 members attend the Amendment meeting, and 2/3 of attendees vote
for approval.
? Subcommittee recommends that By Laws Amendments should not be a trivial
matter. Present rule allows as few as 1/3 of SWAB members to approve
amendments. New rule would take a minimum of members to approve amendments.
Example of By Laws Amendment Process:
Old Rule. 2/3 X 1/2 = 1/3
Attend Vote Total members
New Rule. 3/4 X 2/3 = 1/2
Attend Vote Total members
An additional recommended change was to have term limits for District Board members as well as appointed citizen members.
7. Other Business
A. Reports from Districts
None
8. Next Board Meeting - September 7, 2005
LaCharrett Conference Room
Lewis and Clark State Office Building
1101 Riverside Drive
Jefferson City, MO
A Commission and Boards Training Session is tentatively scheduled for October 5, 2005.
9. Adjourn
Chairman Smith adjourned the meeting at 2:55.
