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EQC Meeting Agenda

Thursday, February 21 and Friday, February 22, 2008

DEQ Headquarters, Room EQC-A

811 SW 6th

Portland, Oregon

 

Thursday, February 21--Regular Meeting

Time

Item

Topic

Presenter/Status

Background

8:30

15 min

A

Preliminary Commission Business: Adoption of Minutes of the December 13 - 14, 2007 Meeting

 

Routine

8:45

30 min

B

Informational Item: Update on the Status of the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF)

Joni Hammond and Rich Duval

 

 

Routine

9:15

30 min

C

Informational Item: Director’s Dialogue

Dick Pedersen

Klamath settlement agreement (?), benzene strategies, ESCO and steel mills (Andy)

9:45

15 min

D

Action item: Director’s Transactions for Commission Review

Kerri Nelson and Judy Hatton

Oregon Accounting Policy and DEQ policy require that the EQC review and approve certain financial transactions of the DEQ Director annually.

10:00

15 min

E

Action Item: Align Tank Rules with Federal Regulations, Improve Existing Rules

Wendy Wiles and Mitch Scheel

Adopt rule

10:15

15 min

 

Break

  

10:30

45 min

F

Informational Item: Recycled water re-use rules

Neil Mullane and Judy Johndohl

Informational item in preparation for June rulemaking.

11:15

30 min

G

Public Forum

  

11:45

75 min

 

Working Lunch – Executive Session

  

1:00

30 min

H

Action Item: Clean water state revolving fund program rules

Neil Mullane and Larry McAllister

Adopt rule

1:30

30 min

I

Action Item: Division 11 “Disclosure of rule relationship to federal requirements” rule

Larry McAllister and AQ manager TBD

Adopt rule

2:00

30 min

J

Informational Item: Update on EQC’s own Performance Measures

Wendy S or Joanie S-S and Karen Whisler

In response to 2005 Legislative directive. First report due Sept. 2008. EQC’s performance measure = percent of total best practices met by Commission.

2:00

120 min

K

New director selection

Commissioners Blosser and Williamson, Twyla Lawson, DAS, Kerri Nelson

 

4:00

 

End of First Day

  

 

 

 

Friday, February 22--Regular Meeting

Time

Item

Topic

Presenter/Status

Background

8:30

30 min

L

Action Item: Amend Plant Site Emission Applicability Rule

Andy Ginsburg and Gregg Dahmen

Adopt rule

9:00

30 min

M

Informational Item: Field burning

Andy Ginsburg

DEQ promised to report back to Commission after discussion in December.

9:30

60 min

N

Informational Item: Preliminary 2009 Legislative Agenda

Greg Aldrich and Program Administrators

 

Update for the EQCabout preliminary legislative concepts and policy packages.

10:30

15 min

O

Informational Item: Commissioner Reports

Commission members

 

10:45

 

 

Adjourn