SAJB Meeting 6/27/02

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SPOKANE AQUIFER JOINT BOARD AGENDA 

June 27, 2002  –   1:30 PM

Vera Water & Power 601 North Evergreen Road

 1.  CALL TO ORDER

2.  FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT – Steve Skipworth, Treasurer – Kim Beal, Accountant

  • Approve Bills

3.  OLD BUSINESS

  • Potential Contaminant Source Inventory Verification
  • Aquifer quantity study by Spokane/Coeur d’ Alene Chambers
  • SAJB Committee Participation by SAJB members
  • Aqua Duck Contract
  • Robinson Research Survey

4.  NEW BUSINESS

  • Ecology Intern Contract

5.  WELLHEAD PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

  • Committee Reports
    • ProActive Business – Ecology internship program will focus on automotive and auto body shops; they will also complete IGC (Increased Generator Contact) visits to Dry Cleaners and Dentists; estimate 40 businesses visited per month in Spokane County through the end of August
    • Potential Contaminant Source Inventory – one last District to complete data scrubbing; letter and disposal guide to be mailed by first week of July
    • Household Contaminant Disposal –waiting on data from Regional Solid Waste to determine if increase in contaminants turned in as a result of HCD event.
    • Education & Awareness – public survey nearly underway to gauge awareness and change in behavior re: contaminant disposal; Aqua Duck contractor too busy to proceed; investigating substitutes referred by contractor
    • Emergency Planning – development of a rough draft ‘Water Quality Emergency Coordination Plan’ with the purpose of ensuring a continued level of quality service during a contamination or emergency event with cooperating entities
  •  Program Leader Report – Julia McHugh

a) DOT road signs ordered; delivery expected June 26th.  Request sent to Idaho Department of Transportation to post same or similar sign on Westbound I-90 at the stateline.

b) Watershed Resource Inventory Analysis WRIA – additional review of decision making process; proceeding with contract for Step A of Little Spokane River Instream flow work

c) Wastewater Treatment Plant Site Selection – June 13th meeting to review2-3 short-listed sites; Stockyards, Playfair Race Track, Spokane Industrial Park

d) Ecology public workshop, Wednesday June 26th, 9 to 3:30 p.m., Spokane Falls Community College on developing Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) on water quality model developed for dissolved oxygen in the Spokane River and Long Lake.  Website for details:  www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/tmdl/watershed/spokaneriver/index.html

e) Ecology proposed rule for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)– public comment period and hearings on draft rule held during August 2002.  Storing or ‘banking’ water underground for use in drier seasons.  This rule will establish standards for review of ASR projects.  Website for details: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/asr/asr-home.htm

f) Washington Citizens Advisory Committee – incorporated as a non-profit, with board membership and officers; has received 2-year grant funding ($50,000), have hired a facilitator, purpose is “to facilitate public participation and education”…regarding metals in the Spokane River resulting from upstream mining activities

g) Spokane Aquifer Joint Board, Wellhead Protection Program selected to be part of $200,000 AWWA Research Foundation study, conducted by Williams Environmental in Madison, WI, to measure/demonstrate benefits of wellhead programs.

h)  State of Idaho denies both power plant applications to draw a total of 17 million gallons per day from the Aquifer.

 6.  ADJOURN