Protecting Missouri's Natural Resources Newsletter May 2008 Issue

RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS ATTEND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES’ EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
Photo of Doyle Childers and Riley Caminiti.
Department director Doyle Childers awards a $100 savings
bond to Riley Caminiti for submitting the winning Earth Day
slogan, "Gentle footprints today will ensure a path for tomorrow."
A record year for registration brought more than 1,300 students to the south lawn of the Capitol to help the Missouri Department of Natural Resources celebrate Earth Day. Members of the public also attended. This year marks the department’s 14th annual Earth Day celebration.

Tyler Adams, a student from South Callaway in Mokane, was excited to be at the event. “This is cool because we just learned about this stuff in science,” said Adams. “I also liked watching the first Survivor game because someone from my school won the bike.”

Local radio personality, Warren Kretch, hosted the Environmental Survivor and Environmental Deal or No Deal games throughout the day. Kretch, who works for News Radio 950 KWOS in Jefferson City, has been working the event for the past 14 years. “I love being involved with Earth Day because it’s fun, and it’s a hands-on event for the kids,” said Kretch. “It’s a great opportunity for kids to get out of the classroom and learn something new.”

While the Department of Natural Resources sponsors the event, other state and federal agencies were invited to set up booths, exhibits and educational displays on the lawn targeted toward students and the open to the public.

This year’s theme was Our Environmental Footprint. The department’s goal was for kids to realize that they have an impact on the environment and teach them ways to reduce that impact. In keeping with the theme, Riley Caminiti, a fifth-grader from Westphalia, won the Earth Day slogan contest with “Gentle footprints today will ensure a path for tomorrow.” Department of Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers presented Caminiti with a certificate for a $100 savings bond, donated by Central Bank in Jefferson City. Prizes and giveaways were donated by Central Bank, Central Dairy, Coca-Cola, Dunkle Distributing, Hawthorn Bank, Jefferson Bank, Premier Bank, Silver Dollar City, UMB Bank and Wal-Mart.

For more information on the Department of Natural Resources’ Earth Day Celebration, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/earthday or call Andrea Morrow at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-1837.

MISSOURI’S EARTH DAY HISTORY PARALLELS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR DOYLE CHILDERS’ DEVELOPMENT
As our nation celebrated the first Earth Day 38 years ago on April 22, 1970, I had just returned from working with the Peace Corps in rural Costa Rica, where I had helped to put together the community’s first public water system. Even at that time, people were growing concerned that the loss of rain forests was affecting soil and water quality, so we were eager to protect a fragile habitat. Nearby Panama was facing similar difficulties; loss of rain forests there had reduced stream flow in some areas.

After returning to the United States, I decided to go back to college at the College of the Ozarks. I found myself in a group of students that included Chuck Kroeger and Dan Leyland, who later worked for the Department of Natural Resources.

These interests led to a career as a science teacher until I was elected to my first term in the Missouri Legislature. I had the opportunity to serve on the Natural Resources Committee, which was a good orientation for 22 years in the House and Senate.

My experiences with the Peace Corps, as a science teacher, as a farmer and as a businessman gave me a broad appreciation of the environment and serving in the legislature taught me how to communicate effectively. These were some of the factors that brought me to where I am today.

The Department of Natural Resources, at 34 years old, is younger than Earth Day, but our main offices are now in the first platinum award LEED-certified state office building in the country. The use of recycled resources and energy savings in the Lewis and Clark State Office Building will serve as an example for years to come.

Although trying to develop effective procedures for protecting natural resources is often a contentious process, it is important to note that the federal government has delegated to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources limited authority to follow and enforce the federal laws over our environment. Without this authorization, the state would have to fit its environmental protection efforts to one nationwide pattern, rather than one that more closely fits the needs of our own citizens, farms and businesses.

Water quality has always been a major issue dominating many environmental discussions. In the decades ahead, depending on rainfall trends, Missouri may face a new challenge: Our focus may grow to include not only water quality, but water quantity as well. This is a growing worldwide concern. Businesses are investing in water resources like they once invested in oil wells. Missouri has traditionally had plentiful water, but we could soon face shortages similar to some of our neighboring states.

Thanks to citizen involvement, after 38 years of Earth Days, we have moved a long way from the conditions that existed then. The air is much cleaner. I recall seeing the fairly new Gateway Arch in St. Louis when only the top stood gleaming in the sun. The bottom was shrouded in a yellowish, tan smog cloud. Since that first Earth Day, in addition to water issues, hazardous waste sites have been cleaned up, nuclear wastes left from the World War II Manhattan Project are being addressed, and lead and coal mine sites are being cleaned up. Likewise, in terms of tons of soil lost to erosion, we have moved down the list quite a bit from being the second worst in the nation.

During that first Earth Day, my classmates and I promoted cleanup activities on Table Rock Lake and along the White River, as well as participating in campus events. It was the great environmental awakening of its time that strongly influenced our lives. This April, I hope you’ll take an opportunity to participate in a community cleanup, visit an Earth Day fair or even just take a few moments to discuss the celebration with your family. Help someone else experience the environmental awakening that so many of us shared on the first Earth Day.

DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES JOINT VENTURE TO RID SCHOOLS OF UNSAFE CHEMICALS
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is partnering with the Center for Safe Schools and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to remove dangerous chemicals from Missouri schools.

The School Chemical Cleanout Project will remove and safely dispose of outdated, dangerous and unstable laboratory and instructional use chemicals from science and chemistry labs, storerooms and other classrooms in elementary, middle, and senior high or vocational schools. These chemicals can pose a significant public health and safety threat to students and faculty.

The department has a limited amount of one-time funding available to use in assisting Missouri schools to properly dispose of these chemicals. The department intends to use this funding to pay the disposal cost for schools that apply and are accepted into the program. The project will be conducted in two phases. The Center for Safe Schools will conduct the first phase.

The center has already completed a chemical inventory of nearly 100 schools participating in the first phase of the project. Next, the
Department of Natural Resources will pay for contractors to properly dispose of the dangerous chemicals inventoried.

The Department of Natural Resources will conduct the second phase of the project with an open application process, and will also fund the disposal costs for the selected schools. All Missouri public school districts, public schools, and private schools at the elementary, middle, and vocational or high school level may apply. Grant applications must be postmarked by May 16, 2008.

This program is not intended to remove other wastes, such as industrial cleaners, floor waxes, paint and paint waste, thinners, road salt, pesticides, or batteries, waste oil or other wastes from shop or agricultural classes.

For more information on the School Chemical Cleanout Project, contact the department’s Environmental Services Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-526-3315, or visit the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/schoolcleanout.htm.

DEPARTMENT SEEKS COMMENTS ON LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is inviting the public to review and offer written comments on proposed closure and post-closure plans for Lake City Army Ammunition Plant until May 27.

Comments on the proposed closure and post-closure plans are effective if they point out legal or technical issues. During the 30-day public comment period, anyone can request a public hearing on the proposed plans. Please send written comments or request for hearing to George Fletcher, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Hazardous Waste Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176; by e-mail to george.fletcher@dnr.mo.gov; or by fax to 573-526-5268. The hearing request must state what issues are to be brought up during the hearing.

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is located at the intersection of Missouri highways 78 and 7 in Independence and has an inactive landfill. The landfill was used to dispose of wastewater treatment sludge and dewatered oil residue from an industrial wastewater treatment plant. Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is required to close the landfill. The closure and post-closure plans describe the steps Lake City Army Ammunition Plant will take to close its landfill.

The proposed closure plan recommends a final cap system. The proposed post-closure plan is the facility’s plan for monitoring the landfill after closure is completed.

The Department of Natural Resources will review the proposed closure and post-closure plans to make sure they follow state and federal regulations and fully protect human health and the environment during and after closure. The department will approve, change or deny the proposed closure and post-closure plans after the completion of the comment period.

The proposed closure and post-closure plans and a fact sheet are available on the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/notices.htm. Supporting documents are not available on the department’s Web site due to their size. The public can review and copy the work plan and supporting documents at the Mid-Continent Public Library, Blue Springs North Branch, during normal business hours or by appointment at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Hazardous Waste Program, 1730 E. Elm St., Jefferson City.

any time to request to have their name placed on Lake City Army Ammunition Plant’s mailing list. By doing this, they will receive notice from the department or Lake City Army Ammunition Plant on any major permitting activities at the facility.

For more information, or to obtain a written copy of the documents for review, please contact Fletcher by telephone at 573-751-3553 or 800-361-4827 or by e-mail at george.fletcher@dnr.mo.gov. Hearing-impaired people may reach Fletcher through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.

MISSOURI GASOLINE AND DIESEL PRICES SOAR TO NEW RECORD HIGHS
Missouri gasoline and diesel fuel prices soared to new all-time record highs, as national records were also set for gasoline and diesel fuel prices, according to a survey of fuel prices by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Energy Center.

On April 21, the retail price paid at Missouri gasoline pumps averaged $3.37, a new state record average. The Missouri average is 13 cents lower than the U.S. average of nearly $3.51 per gallon, another all-time high. Missouri gasoline is selling for an average of more than 40 cents per gallon more than a month ago, and 67 cents more than at the same time last year.

The previous state record average for gasoline of more than $3.22 was set last spring, on May 21, 2007. Previous record national averages for gasoline and diesel were set earlier in April.

“With fuel prices at the highest ever, many commuters are wondering if they have choices for how to save transportation costs,” said Anita Randolph. Director of the department’s Energy Center. “Energy efficient options of carpooling, public transit and the many ways to improve vehicle fuel economy are becoming more and more valuable as costs increase.”

The Energy Center’s “Saving Green on Gasoline” brochure and Web page are excellent resources for Missourians looking for ways to save on fuel costs. They feature fuel economy tips and Internet links to resources on carpooling, mass transit, vehicle
maintenance, driving techniques, trip planning, and choosing energy efficient cars. For the complete collection of “Saving Green on Gasoline”

information and tips, visit the department’s Web page at www.dnr.mo.gov/energy/savinggreen.htm.

The average retail price for Missouri diesel fuel increased 51 cents in the last month to $4.05 per gallon. The average is nearly $1.21 higher than for the same period in April 2007. The national average for diesel fuel reached a new record high of more than $4.14 per gallon.

The department’s Energy Center collects fuel prices from retail providers located throughout Missouri. The prices are published twice a month in the department’s Missouri Energy Bulletin. The new Missouri Energy Bulletin is online, at www.dnr.mo.gov/energy/transportation/fb.htm.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES WILL SEE COST OF PERMITTING INCREASE WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW STANDARDS
Because of the implementation of federal water quality standards, wastewater treatment facilities throughout Missouri will begin seeing tougher requirements when seeking to renew their operating permits. These standards may require costly facility upgrades.
Wastewater treatment facilities, which operate under permits issued by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, must renew their permits every five years. In a facility’s next permit cycle, its permit may contain new or revised limits and a timeline for meeting those new limits. These new requirements include limits for bacteria, ammonia and metals. New or expanding facilities will also have to conduct an antidegradation review.

In 2005, the Clean Water Commission adopted a rule change that added bacterial standards to protect swimming uses for about 16,000 miles of Missouri streams and 300 lakes, in addition to those already protected. At the next permit renewal for many of these facilities, a deadline will be provided for when the facilities must begin disinfecting to meet the new bacterial standards. Facilities may be given up to five years after their renewed permit is issued to begin disinfecting or until Dec. 31, 2013, whichever date comes first.

A facility’s next permit may also include either ammonia limits or monitoring requirements. If there is ammonia data available for the department to determine limits, the permit will include ammonia limitations, and a facility will have up to three years to meet the new limits. If there is not enough data, the permit may require in-stream monitoring to gather the data to determine ammonia limits in the following permit cycle.

Also, in 2005, the commission adopted the federal requirements for metals. Therefore, if a facility’s permit has metals limits, it most likely will receive lower limits in its next permit. If a facility’s permit does not have metals limits, but there are industries that are likely to discharge metals to the facility, the new permit may include metals limits. The facility will have up to three years to meet the new limits.

Starting in August, all permit applications for new or expanded discharges will be required to follow the new Missouri Antidegradation Rule and Implementation Procedure. All waters of the state are categorized into three tiers. Tier III waters are the Outstanding National and State Resource Waters; Tier II waters have water quality significantly better than water quality standards; and Tier I streams are near or at the minimum standards for water quality.

An antidegradation review is required when a new and expanded facility discharges to a Tier II water, and significant degradation of the water quality is proposed for a pollutant of concern. The department will require an alternatives analysis of less-degrading and non-degrading alternatives to the selected treatment process. These alternatives must be evaluated for practicability and economic efficiency and may also be evaluated for affordability. Some lowering of water quality may be deemed necessary to accommodate important economic or social development. However, the water quality can not go below the national water quality standard.

“To meet the requirements of the federal clean water law, many facilities are going to have to take additional steps and make plant improvements that have not been required for past permits,” Department of Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers said. “Unfortunately, additional costs are required to ensure water entering our streams, rivers and lakes achieve current standards to protect public health and the environment.”

While most of the costs will ultimately be born by the facilities and their customers, the department strives to provide financial assistance to help communities through the State Revolving Loan Fund. Through the State Revolving Fund, the department provides low-interest loans to municipalities, water and sewer districts saving them 60 to 70 percent of the interest cost of a conventional loan.

In addition, to alleviate the strain of meeting the new standards, Gov. Matt Blunt approved the sale of $50 million in Water Pollution Control Bonds in 2007 for public drinking water and wastewater infrastructure grants statewide. These funds are intended to help cover the cost to upgrade these facilities.

For more information on what services the department provides, visit our community assistance Web page at www.dnr.mo.gov/assistance.

GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS MAY 4 THROUGH MAY 10 DRINKING WATER WEEK
Gov. Matt Blunt has proclaimed May 4 through May 10 as Drinking Water Week in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources, which oversees public water suppliers, expressed its appreciation for the men and women who work to provide safe drinking water to residents and visitors of Missouri.

“Most of us turn on our faucets and expect a plentiful supply of clean, safe water to come out,” said Department of Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers. “Water is one of our most precious natural resources, yet too often it is taken for granted.
Drinking Water Week recognizes Missouri’s public drinking water systems for the work they do in providing Missourians with safe drinking water. A safe, reliable water supply is critical to the success of any community. It creates jobs, attracts industry and investment and provides for the health and welfare of citizens in ways ranging from disease prevention to fire suppression.

In celebration of the upcoming Drinking Water Week, the department, in conjunction with the American Water Works Association, held a poster contest. The first place winner, Jason Ingram, a fifth grade student from Lee’s Summit, was on hand to present the Governor with a copy of the winning poster.

Childers pointed out public water systems in Missouri face increasingly complex challenges, and, overall, public water systems in Missouri have an extraordinary compliance record. The most recent drinking water compliance report shows the percent of Missouri’s population served by community water systems that meet all health-based standards is at 95 percent, the target set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Each water system is responsible for monitoring conditions at individual water plants and is required to employ trained certified operators. Water systems in Missouri are required to regularly sample water for many different contaminants following federal and state limits. A state-approved laboratory must analyze these samples and report the results to the
department. The majority of testing is done at the Department of Natural Resources’ and the Department of Health and Senior Services’ labs at no cost to the systems.

STATE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPOINTED
Missouri Department of Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers announced the formation of a nine-member council that will advise the department regarding geologic support to the industrial minerals producers in the state.

The members from across the state were appointed by Childers to provide guidance to the department to more effectively meet the industry’s technical information needs. “The Industrial Minerals Advisory Council is made up of leaders in our state’s industrial minerals industry along with one representative from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Discussing issues and challenges with these leaders clearly puts us on a path to better cooperation with the industrial minerals producers in Missouri, while at the same time, helping to protect the environment,” said Childers.

The council is composed of the following members (one member from the limestone industry has yet to be appointed):

Representing the limestone industry: Scott Lacy, Lafarge North America, St. Charles and Chris Upp, Conco Quarries Inc., Willard.
Representing the granite industry: Cherie Summa, Fred Weber Inc., Maryland Heights.
Representing the clay industry: David Keller, Harbison Walker Refractories, Fulton.
Representing the sand and gravel industry: Victor Nahlik, Winter Brothers Materials, St. Louis.
Representing the sandstone industry: Dan Rowe, Unimin Corporation, Pevely.
Representing the Missouri Department of Transportation: David Alhvers, state construction and materials engineer, Jefferson City.

Mimi Garstang, the department’s director of the Division of Geology and Land Survey and state geologist, will serve as chairperson of the council. Garstang said, “The Division of Geology and Land Survey looks forward to this new challenge. The state is dependent upon this industry for so much of our future economic development, and we want to assist them in enhancing production in an efficient and environmentally safe manner.”

The Missouri legislature created the council and enacted legislation last year, establishing the Geologic Resources Fund. The legislation will allow the department to collect, process, manage and distribute information pertaining to mineral resource potential to provide high quality, geologic and hydrologic information to the mineral industry to make sound environmental and economic decisions.

The limestone industry alone contributes $1 billion annually to Missouri’s economy. The diverse uses of limestone are numerous, and limestone-derived products allow people to maintain a high standard of living. Limestone has numerous uses that range from agricultural applications to building materials to medicines.

Additionally, the department’s Division of Geology and Land Survey manages the McCracken Core Library in Rolla, which is a repository for more than 2.5 million linear feet of rock core that has been donated to the state by a wide variety of sources. Core research and examination preserves geological history, leads to a better understanding of Missouri geology and hydrology, yields data useful in solving environmental, industrial and engineering problems and saves millions of dollars in exploration costs. Rock core available for study comes from oil, gas, mineral and waste disposal site exploration drilling, as well as from highway department construction in Missouri.

DEPARTMENT SEEKS COMMENTS ON DRAFT 2009 DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND PLAN
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is seeking comments on the 2009 Draft Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Intended Use Plan and the Draft Readiness to Proceed Criteria.

The department will hold a public meeting to discuss and take comments on the draft intended use plan and draft criteria. The meeting is at 1:30 p.m., May 5, in the Nightingale Creek Conference Room, Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Dr., Jefferson City.

Each year, the department prepares a plan describing how it intends to use federal and state funds for the drinking water state revolving fund. The department uses this money to make low-interest loans to drinking water systems. These loans help systems improve infrastructure, comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act and protect public health.

The state anticipates there will be approximately $63 million available this year for low-interest loans to drinking water systems and approximately $3.3 million available for other authorized activities. The interest rate on the available loan funds this year will be approximately 30 percent of the interest rate offered on a market rate loan. The department uses a smaller amount of the available funds for program administration and technical assistance.

The department is also soliciting comments on both the draft Priority Point Criteria and the draft Readiness to Proceed Criteria. The department will use the criteria to rank new applications received for state fiscal year 2010. This information is included in the proposed loan application package attached to the draft intended use plan for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Leveraged Loan Program for funds that will be available in state fiscal year 2009. Except for minor updates that do not affect the basic criteria, the department is proposing no changes to either of the criterion approved last year. The department’s goal is to set an application submittal deadline of Nov. 17.

The department will accept comment on these drafts until May 13. Comments can be submitted to by mail to the department’s Water Protection Program, Attention Jerry Smith, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176; by e-mail with the subject line “Intended Use Plan Comments” directed to jerry.smith@dnr.mo.gov or hand delivered to the Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Dr., Jefferson City. Make comments attention to Jerry Smith, Water Protection Program.

A copy of the Draft Drinking Water Intended Use Plan and draft criteria is available on the department’s Web site www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/srf/index.html. You may also obtain a copy by written request to:

Department of Natural Resources
Water Protection Program
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176

or by calling the Water Protection Program’s Financial Assistance Center at 573-751-1192.

MISSOURI HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION APPROVES CONTINENTAL CEMENT COMPANY HAZARDOUS WASTE VARIANCE
The Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission approved Continental Cement Company’s Dec. 12, 2007, variance petition, with conditions. The approved variance order gives Continental Cement more flexibility in unloading hazardous waste from railcars. The variance is in effect until March 17, 2009. The variance provides greater security and safety of these hazardous
waste fuels.

Continental Cement is located at 10107 Highway 79 South in Hannibal and operates an active wet process cement kiln. The kiln produces 2,000 tons of clinker per day. Clinker is the primary ingredient in Portland cement. Continental Cement uses both coal and a variety of liquid and solid hazardous waste-derived fuel to heat its kiln. The company receives the hazardous waste by both truck and railcar.

Green America Recycling, a joint venture between Continental Cement and American Environmental Services Inc., operates the on-site liquid and solid hazardous waste fuel programs.

Continental Cement petitioned for a variance from 10 CSR 25-7.264(3)(B)2 on Dec. 12. 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 Missouri Department of Natural Resources reviewed the variance petition and determined the request to be nonsubstantive. The department recommended the commission grant the variance petition with conditions. The variance order allows Continental Cement 10 days from receipt of the shipment to unload hazardous waste from incoming railcars.

The variance order is available on the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/notices.htm. Supporting documents are not available on the department’s Web site due to their size. The public can also review and copy the variance order and supporting documents at the Hannibal Free Public Library in Hannibal, during their normal business hours, or by appointment at the Department of Natural Resources’ Hazardous Waste Program at 1730 E. Elm St. in Jefferson City.

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

For more information, or to obtain a written copy of the variance order, please contact:

Robert Clay
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Hazardous Waste Program
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176

You can also reach Clay by telephone at 573-751-3553 or 800-361-4827, or by e-mail at robert.clay@dnr.mo.gov. Hearing-impaired
people may reach Clay through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.

DEPARTMENT DENIES APPLICATION FOR LEMONS LANDFILL HORIZONTAL EXPANSION IN STODDARD COUNTY
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has denied an application for a construction permit for a horizontal expansion of the Lemons Landfill in Stoddard County.

The department denied the application after the company failed to identify a source of soil for construction of the landfill’s liner, in addition to several other less critical issues with the permit application. The applicant has the option of revising the application to address the deficiencies and resubmitting.

Please send questions and comments regarding this denial, or the department’s role in regulating solid waste disposal areas, to:

Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Solid Waste Management Program
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176

or call 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5401.

GOV. BLUNT APPOINTS MEMBERS TO STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Gov. Matt Blunt announced appointments of members who will serve on several boards, commissions and councils that work with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Clean Water Commission
Dr. Samuel M. Hunter (D), 61 of Sikeston, is a veterinarian at North Ridge Veterinary Hospital, Charleston Veterinary Hospital, and New Madrid Veterinary Hospital. Dr. Hunter holds a doctor of veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Veterinary Medicine. His reappointment is subject to Senate confirmation for a term ending on April 12, 2012.

Ben A. “Todd” Parnell (D), 60 of Springfield, is the interim president at Drury University. Parnell holds a bachelor’s degree from Drury University and a master’s degree in business from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University. His reappointment is subject to Senate confirmation for a term ending on April 12, 2012.

Hazardous Waste Management Commission
Dr. James T. Frakes (R), 40 of Portageville, is the director of the division of business and technology for the Tennessee Small Business Development Center. Dr. Frakes holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arkansas State University, a Master of Science degree from Southeast Missouri State University and a doctor of education from the University of Memphis. His appointment is subject to Senate confirmation for a term ending on April 3, 2012.

Land Reclamation Commission
Dr. Gregory D. Haddock (R), 39 of Maryville, is an associate professor of geography and the chair of the department of geology/geography at Northwest Missouri State University. Dr. Haddock holds a bachelor’s degree in music/geography from Mary Washington College, a master’s degree in geography and a doctorate in geography from the University of Idaho. His reappointment is subject to Senate confirmation for a term ending on Sept. 28, 2011.

Nick L. Matherly (R), 65 of Cabool, is retired after owning and operating Matherly Concrete/Sand and Gravel Co. for 37 years. Matherly served in the United States Navy and works with the Cabool Development Corporation. His reappointment is subject to Senate confirmation for a term ending on Sept. 28, 2009.

Missouri Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects
Kevin C. Skibiski, 54 of Ozark, is a civil associate at Heideman/Associates Inc. Skibiski holds a bachelor’s degree in structural civil engineering and a master’s degree in construction management civil engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
His appointment is subject to Senate confirmation for a term ending on Sept.30, 2011.

Well Installation Board
Robert F. Lawrence, 69 of Steele, is the vice president of Ark-Mo Drilling Company Inc., the president of Lawrence Welding & Supply Co. Lawrence is also currently the chairman of the Missouri Well Installation Board and has previously worked for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources on the Arkansas Water Well Construction Commission. His reappointment is subject to Senate confirmation for a term ending on Feb. 24, 2012.

For more information about Missouri’s boards and commissions visit www.gov.mo.gov/boards/boards.htm.

ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE

The department's Environmental Emergency Response provides daily support and protection for the citizens of Missouri. On-scene coordinators are located throughout the state and available 24-hours a day, seven days a week to respond to hazardous substance spills. Some of the protection and services the department provides are:

emergency response training and planning;
advice on hazardous chemicals and technical expertise used to provide spill cleanup advice and oversight;
coordinate private contractors to clean up hazardous material spills;
ensure a proper environmental cleanup is completed;
drug lab seizure assistance;
Chemical Accident Prevention Program for businesses that use hazardous chemicals;
Homeland security issues.

Environmental Emergency Response staff use specially designed vehicles that contain protective gear, air monitoring instruments, sampling equipment and spill cleanup equipment. The department's Environmental Emergency Response Team is funded from a hazardous waste generator fee. To report a hazardous substance spill call 573-634-2436.

VANDALISM BY SCRAP METAL THIEVES RESULTS IN PETROLEUM RELEASE TO ST. LOUIS COUNTY CREEK
The theft of scrap metal from an abandoned home in south St. Louis County resulted in the release of an undetermined amount of home heating fuel to a neighborhood creek, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

The department’s Environmental Emergency Response section was contacted by a resident of south St. Louis County, who said he and his neighbors had noticed gasoline or oil in a creek behind their homes along Gravois Road. The man reported that many residents had smelled petroleum products the Monday night.

Units from the Mehlville Fire Department confirmed the presence of petroleum in the creek, and the Department of Natural Resources dispatched a state on-scene coordinator from the department’s environmental emergency station in Eureka to
the area to determine a possible source and the proper cleanup.

A search of the creek revealed an abandoned home approximately one mile upstream of where the contamination was first reported. The on-scene coordinator discovered a leaking 500-gallon fuel oil tank in the basement and contacted the owner. Vandals had broken into the home last week and severed the copper supply line to the furnace. Oil leaked out onto the basement floor and entered a floor drain that discharges into the creek.

The owner has removed the tank and will maintain oil absorbent booms in the creek until the fuel is abated. The department will be working with the owner of the property on a plan to clean areas of the creek that were affected.

From July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, petroleum products accounted for 43 percent of materials released during environmental emergencies.

The department’s Environmental Emergency Response section is called to the scene of more than 300 emergencies each year, including fires, traffic accidents, leaking storage tanks and other incidents that could have a negative environmental impact. The department’s 24-hour spill line receives more than 1,600 incident reports annually.

DEPARTMENT CREDITS KENNETT FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH QUICK ENVIRONMENTAL THINKING
Firefighters prevent spread of diesel fuel after truck accident
Quick action by the Kennett Fire Department prevented the flow of an estimated 100 gallons of diesel fuel into a Pemiscot County creek, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

The department’s Environmental Emergency Response section was contacted shortly after noon on Tuesday April 22 by the fire department concerning a tractor-trailer that had jackknifed on Highway 412, five miles east of Kennett. The truck, owned by Wild Weasel Express, Paragould, Ark., lost an estimated 100 gallons of diesel fuel into the highway median ditch, which was full of running water from recent rains in the area. Firefighters’ quick action in constructing an underflow dam on the ditch stopped the fuel from making its way into a nearby unnamed creek.

“This is a good example of how important local fire departments and other first responders are to environmental protection,” said the department’s On-Scene Coordinator Art Goodin, who was dispatched to oversee the cleanup. “Because we can’t be everywhere, it’s important that they recognize environmental hazards and know how to contain them.”

An underflow dam allows water to pass while trapping the petroleum product that is floating on top of the water. Firefighters also placed absorbent booms and pads at the site of the dam to soak up the trapped fuel.

Goodin, who had been dispatched from the department’s Southeast Regional Office in Poplar Bluff, remained on-site to oversee the cleanup, which was conducted by SEMO Environmental, an environmental cleanup company hired by the trucking company.
From July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, vehicle accidents accounted for 15 percent of the environmental emergency incidents reported to the department, and petroleum products accounted for 43 percent of materials released during environmental emergencies.

To report an environmental emergency, including fuel spills, please contact the spill line at 573-634-2436.

For more information, contact the Department of Natural Resources at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-3443, or visit the department’s Web page at www.dnr.mo.gov.

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

WATER QUALITY COORDINATING COMMITTEE TO MEET MAY 20
The Missouri Water Quality Coordinating Committee will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m., May 20 at the Missouri Department of Conservation Auditorium, 2901 W. Truman Blvd., in Jefferson City.

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

MISSOURI AIR CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO MEET MAY 29
The next rounds of Magruder Quarry hearings will be held on May 23, June 4 and June 6 in the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Conference Center located at 1730 E. Elm in Jefferson City. The hearings are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources’ Land Reclamation Program at 800-361-4827 or (573) 751-4041.

MISSOURI AIR CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO MEET MAY 29
The Missouri Air Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m., May 29 at the Millennium Hotel, 200 South 4th St., in St. Louis.

For more information, call the Department of Natural Resources’ Air Pollution Control Program at 800-361-4827 or (573) 751-5331.

REGISTER NOW FOR MISSOURI EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AUG. 12-14
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Geology and Land Survey is partnering with the U.S. Geological Survey Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center, the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency, the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly the University of Missouri - Rolla) and the Society of American Engineers to host an earthquake
preparedness workshop focused on the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

The workshop is scheduled for Aug. 12 through 14, 2008, on the campus of the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. The goal of this workshop is to provide a regional forum for the presentation, exchange of ideas and potential solutions involved with preparing for a significant central U.S. earthquake. Early registration costs $100.

After May 31, registration costs $125. For more information and to register for the conference visit www.dnr.mo.gov/geology.

RULES UPDATE

The Rules in Development Web pages contain all rule actions in progress and rule actions effective within the last three months within the Department of Natural Resources.

For more information, contact Keith Bertels in the Department of Natural Resources' Division of Environmental Quality at 800-361-4827. For the latest updates visit the Rules in Development Web page at www.dnr.mo.gov/regs/index.html.

Air Pollution Control Program	Definitions and Common Reference Tables
Rule Number 10 CSR 010-06.020 - The proposed rule amendment is in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s removal of methyl ethyl ketone from the list of hazardous air pollutants and EPA’s addition of HFE-7300 to the list of compounds excluded from the definition of volatile organic compounds. Also, the rule amendment removes unused definitions, adds definitions, and makes typographical corrections.
Public comment endED: May 1, 2008	Public hearing: April 24, 2008
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

Air Pollution Control Program	Restriction of Emission of Visible Air Contaminants
Rule Number 10 CSR 010-06.220 - The proposed rule amendment will remove redundant definitions, remove an outdated exemption for outstate incinerators, clarify that all sources have the opacity of visible emissions determined by one of the methods in section (5) of the rule, and update test method for continuous opacity monitoring systems to the latest test method reference.
Public comment ended: May 1, 2008	Public hearing: April 24, 2008
Missouri Register Citation: Filed, not yet published	Department contact: 573-751-4817

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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