IA DNR: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Commission to Meet May 12 and 13

DES MOINES - The Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Commission will have a joint meeting from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. May 12 at the Raccoon River Park Nature Lodge, 2500 Grand Ave. in West Des Moines.

The meeting will be followed by a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the Iowa Machine Shed, 11151 Hickman Road in Urbandale.

The Environmental Protection Commission will hold its regular meeting starting at 10:00 a.m. May 13 in the DNR Air Quality Building, 7900 Hickman Road, in Urbandale. The meeting is open to the public and public comments will start at 10:30 a.m.

Highlights of the meeting will include decisions on the intended use plan for the Clean Water State Revolving Loan fund and proposed rules on landfill liners.

Appointments are scheduled for Greene County at 1:00 p.m. demanding a hearing on a permit for a Prestage Farms swine confinement and at 2:00 p.m. with Hawkeye Renewables.

Commissioners will also be discussing manure application on frozen ground and the status of the anti-degradation proposal.

The complete agenda follows:

Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes
Director's Remarks
Election of Officers
Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund - FY 2008 Intended Use Plan
Air Quality - Title V Fee SFY 2009 Budget
Referrals to the Attorney General
Todd Kay (Buena Vista County) - Animal Feeding Operation
Hawkeye Renewables, LLC (Iowa Falls) - Wastewater
Notice of Intended Action - Chapters 20, 21, 22, 23 25, and 33, Air Quality Program Rules - Updates, Revisions and Additions
Notice of Intended Action - Chapter 113.2(8) "Sanitary Landfills for Municipal Solid Waste: Groundwater Protection Systems for the Disposal of Non-Hazardous Wastes"
Proposed Rule - Chapter 101.14(2)"a" - "Solid Waste Comprehensive Planning Requirements"
Proposed Rule - Amendments to Wastewater Rules, including Chapters 60, 62, 63, and 64
Monthly Reports
General Discussion
Regulation of application or placement of manure on frozen ground.
Anti-Degradation Update
Items for Next Month's Meeting
June 10 - Urbandale
July 7-8 - Storm Lake - King's Pointe Resort
August 12 - Urbandale

Look for more information about the agenda items on the DNR Web site under Commissions and Boards at www.iowadnr.gov.

The members of the commission are David Petty, chair, Eldora; Charlotte Hubbell, vice chair, Des Moines; Suzanne Morrow, secretary, Storm Lake; Henry Marquard, Muscatine; Ralph Klemme, LeMars; Susan Heathcote, Des Moines; and Paul Johnson, Decorah. The director of the DNR is Richard Leopold.