August 15, 2001 Summer Board Meeting - Central States Water ...

Industrial Waste – Randy Wirtz, Chair
Since the last Board meeting in May, the Industrial Waste Committee has accomplished the
following committee initiatives:
• Promotion of the annual Industrial Environmental Achievement Award
• Tracking of proposed rule developments
Each of these topics are discussed below.
Industrial Environmental Achievement Award
To promote this award, we have identified various publications that industrial members of
CSWEA would have regular exposure to, including the CSWEA website and WISILLMINN, the
WWOA website and The Clarifier, and the Federation of Environmental Technologists’
newsletter (ENVIRONOTES). Each of these professional organizations were contacted to
inquire about having the award summary and notice published. All three organizations
indicated that the notice and summary would be published on their websites and/or their
respective publications in summer or fall.
Rule Developments
The Industrial Waste Committee tracks proposed rules and regulations that could affect our
industrial members.
Proposed Metal Products and Machinery (MP&M) Rule
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register in early January, 2001, and comments
were originally due at EPA by May 3, 2001. The comment deadline was extended to July 2,
2001, because of the number and extent of comments made prior to the original deadline. An
August 2-3, 2001 meeting in Washington, D.C. was scheduled with EPA, AMSA representatives,
and industry representatives to discuss suggested changes to the rule. AMSA and the industrial
representatives are pushing to have the rule dropped completely. It appears likely that the final
rule, if promulgated, will be significantly different than the proposed rule. EPA has indicated
that they will release a notice of data availability in January 2002, which will include data and
comments from industry, as well as new data collected by EPA.
Please refer to the May 2001 Industrial Committee Report for details on the proposed MP&M
Rules. The rules can also be viewed on EPA’s website at
http://www.epa.gov/ost/guide/mpm/index.html.
Proposed Mercury Rule
This excerpt was downloaded from DNR’s website:
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/news/on/index.htm#art1