February 5, 2008 Meeting Min

QUARTERLY MEETING, February 5, 2008

About 60 people in attendance

Lunch: Complements of E.T. MacKenzie Companies

Old Business:
CPESC training and testing and recognition of newly certified professionals,

Congradulations to the following people who successfully completed the certification requirements for C.P.E.S.C.

Last Summers Field Day for Rolled Erosion Control

Wednesday, June 27, our group organized our first field demonstration day. We had 35 people from 15 different organizations in attendance. Spartan Motors was very cooperative and allowed us to utilize their site to demonstrate proper installation methods for a few temporary stabilization methods.
(Slides of the site were viewed while we ate)

New Business:
Future Continuing Education Opportunities

Nobody had any ideas, if you come up with some make sure to let Kevin Kalmbach know.

Discussion of forming a Non-Profit Organization

Contact Kevin Kalmbach if you wish to help organize the group into a Non-Profit entity.

Topics for next meeting(s) - Suggestions

Interest was expressed for better Construction Entrances and controling tracking and traffic problems.

Speaker: Steve Irwinski, APS - Silt Stop http://www.siltstop.com/

In addition to his company link above, Steve suggested going to http://www.stormwater.ucf.edu/ to get some very up to date and valuable information. One of the items found there is the State of Florida Erosion & Sediment Control Designer & Reviewer Manual a very good manual even for us here in Michigan.

Steve demonstrated how PAM's work and stressed the need for the designer to get the EPA Certified Toxicity Reports for the chemical before using or specifying it. This is not the MSDS sheets! Make sure to ask questions.

Specify the product by name, dont just specify PAM's, who knows what the contractor will get. Do the research, read the Certified Toxicity Reports and specify the exact product to use. Unfortunately, this isn't one of thoes thing we can just keep a bag of in the truck incase we need to use it. Soil testing is imperitave (and getting the EPA Cerified Toxicity Reports).

He also demonstrated what happens if you do not test the soil before choosing the correct polymer. Collecting a soil sample is easy, and testing is quick. The testing basicaly determines which polymers work and which do not work for that particular soil.