Carolina Household Hazardous Waste Council Meeting

June 20, 2001, 10:00am

Cabarrus County Government Offices

Concord, NC

 

 

Attendees

Keith Anderson, Safety  Kleen

Denese Ballew, Buncombe County

Royce Batts, NCDA & CS

Derrick Bell, NCDA & CS

Eileen Benson, Cabarrus County

Sherri Coghill, NC Solid Waste Section

Chuck Cormack, Safety Kleen

Ivan Dickey, Wake County

Carol Maxwell, City of Gastonia

Ray Maxwell, Gaston County

Debbie Meurs, City of Greensboro

Michele Sakwa, 3RC

Steve Swaim, Davidson County

Bob Wohlust, Safety Kleen

Minutes

Introductions and up-dates:

Debbie Meurs:              RFP for City of Greensboro HHW is out

Royce Batts:                NCDA pesticide collection Fall Schedule being set.

Ivan Dickey:                RFP for Wake Co HHW (also RFP for electronics)

Ray Maxwell:              Gaston Co current HHW program for 2 yrs (Hertitage) Working towards           agreement with NCDA&CS for pesticides

Carol Maxwell:            City of Gastonia moving towards agreement w/ NCDA&CS. City and Co work closely together for HHW program

Eileen Benson:            Facility still in a holding pattern, waiting on erosion control approval to begin building.  Expect mid –September opening.

US Filter (formerly Energy Recovery Resources) tour was cancelled on their request – Future date not yet available.  (Hopefully, the 3rd time will be the charm.)

 

Review of Goals and Objectives

Budget seems to be in line with other councils of CRA per Debbie

(If you would like an e-copy of Budget/Goals, contact Eileen, Derrick or Debbie)

Every attempt should be made for each council to be self-sufficient and the HHW council has our budget set to make that possible.

 

Technical Guide Review Committee

 -Contact Debbie or Michele for e-copy of committee’s handout.

-Lots of work still to be done, but we are off and running!

-Each section needs a summary paragraph(s) introducing the section in the Guide

-Items such as the white goods memo to be added as an update.

-Need to revisit the resource list and possibly include a vendor list in addition to the contractor list, etc.

-COPYRIGHT the publication discussed.

-Glue-binding system available per generous donation from Keith at Safety-Kleen

(SEE THIS SYSTEM AT OUR NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED FOR WED 7-11-01 @ THE SAFETY-KLEEN FACILITY IN REIDSVILLE)

-To advertise on binder or not advertise or binder?

-Keith will also make his ppt presentation available to the website

-Example RFPs still needed (Cumberland and Wake coming, but still need others)

-Discussion on brochures on website – maybe shrink and have brochure cover shown on website with link to ordering info

-Debbie/Michele will send out an email to your group about the summary letter for the section your group worked on

 

 Advertising and Outreach

-Website advertising annually.  TechGuide advertising updated every 3 yrs when Guide is revised and reprinted

-Eileen brought in used oil recycling bucket with advertising capabilities on the item (each kit is approx $20.00 retail) Maybe used for prizes, raffle, give-aways, etc.  Maybe get grant $ for buying these? Storm water monies? DPPEA grant?

 

 Debbie’s CRA update

-Kim Henley has resigned

-CRA rent on office space too high ($2K/ mo), currently looking for new office space

-CRA Conference attendance was down (thought is due to state/co/city budget crunches partial reason)

-Everyone needs to keep their eyes and ears open to solicit exhibitors to next Conference in Asheville

-Continue to solicit membership in the CRA

-Still searching for Webmaster assistance with CRA

-Discussion held pertaining to council members profiting financially from information the council would otherwise provide free-of-charge.  (Stems from situation with a council member requesting copies of old RFPs from HHW council for the purpose of profiting personally – See Debbie for further info)

 

TechGuide Open Discussion

-Debbie stated that the copyright issue for the TechGuide has been discussed with Dick Sloan of CRA and further discussion with a lawyer to be held prior to publication

-Question of CD version to be made available or website download after $ and registration

-Suggestion by Debbie to release the TechGuide at the CRA Conference!  This would reduce the cost to our council in providing a workshop about the guide in addition to giving it a well-rounded kick-off.

-Thought was still that the general public (if they did not buy/participate in workshop at the conference in March) could only purchase the Guide 3 months after the conference (coincides with new fiscal year in July)

-Suggestion to put order sheet in manual for multiple copies and/ or mailing list for addendums

-Dick Sloan is first contact for publishing the document

-Keith Anderson @ Safety-Kleen is first contact if it is decided to glue-bind

 

 Speakers/Officials for future meetings

-RBRC Representative from Conference or anyone affiliated with their organization

-Forsyth Co Air Quality info

-Electronics recycling (problem with NJ prison option so alternative would be good)

Steve Swaim – 8-10 gaylords/mo electronics

Lori Swaim difficulty with NJ receiving collected electronics

(contact Steve or Lori)

Eileen Benson had successful collection working with company in Charlotte, Computel. Davidson County, Rowan County, Mecklenburg County and many other now working with this company.

-Wood waste from Florida (contact Ivan)

Suggestions always welcome and appreciated – the conference isn’t that far off!

 

Future Locations for Monthly Mtgs

July 11th                        Safety-Kleen                  Reidsville, NC                  Keith Anderson

August 8th                    Davidson Co                Lexington, NC                 Steve Swaim

Sept 19th (3rd Wed)      Buncombe Co              Asheville, NC                  Denese Ballew

Oct 10th                         HHW collection            Hickory, NC                    HHW Council

Nov  14th                        NC State                      Raleigh, NC                     Royce Batts

Dec 12th (X-mas party)       Shelton Vineyard          Surry Co                         Eileen Benson

Locations are subject to change – info will be sent ASAP

Every attempt will be made to retain meeting times for 2nd Wed each month

 

Other info

Denese Ballew invited all of those individuals interested and available to come participate in their annual HHW collection in Buncombe Co on July 13, 2001

Concept of council buddies discussed – each person present at the meeting will be given a name or list of people in the HHW Council who did not make the meeting.  They will then call up to say ‘Hi’ and give a general update of what is going on, where we may be next month, etc., a personal follow-up.

Contact Debbie Meurs for info on a LEPC convention at the Greensboro Coliseum on Sept 26, 2001  - Many speakers and simultaneous tracks during conference.

 

Next Meeting:

July 11, 2001             Safety-Kleen               Reidsville, NC             Details forthcoming

 

Thanks to Eileen for the meeting location and arranging the exquisite buffet luncheon at the Speedway Club at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.  A good time was had by all during this out-of-the-ordinary dining experience.  Not only was the driving school in session, but celebrities were seen also including Humpy Wheeler and Jackie O.  (They were not seated together however.)

Thanks to all of those who attended and please contact those missing. 

Hope to see you in Reidsville on July 11.