Minutes
Regular Meeting
of the
Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control Board

February 16, 2005

The regular meeting of the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control Board was called to order February 16, 2005, at 2:07 p.m. in the Board Room of the Air Pollution Control District, 850 Barret Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, by Chair Karen Cassidy.  Lee Howard, Lewis Hammond, Barbara Sexton Smith, Dr. Nadir Al-Shami, Sandra Withers, and Carolyn Embry were also present.  A quorum was present.

The following Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (District) staff members were present: Art Williams, Jon Trout, Lauren Anderson, Scott Wegenast, Terri Phelps, Eva Addison, Phyllis Fitzgerald, Martha Gammons, Stacy Fritze, Tom Pinto, Doug Spillman, Matt King, Chris Cunningham, Sara Patterson, Jenny Rhodes, and Irene Stephenson.

The following guests were present: Paige Mosser Theriac, Theriac Environmental Consultants, Inc.; Michael Shirey, Kevin Spangler, and T. Kent Lindsey, Oxy Vinyls, LP; David L. Runge, Citizen; Sandra Grangier, Gerald Clark, Larry Beach, and Tim Karnes, UFCW - Local 720; Ralph Rice, AST; Dr. Robert Powell, Medical Community; Wilma Subra, Subra Company and Rubbertown Emergency ACTion (REACT); Tim Duncan, Charles Pope, Dorothy Roberts, Reverend Fred Withers, Alice Wade, Gracie Lewis, Steve Samuels, Eboni Cochran, Ruben Pulliam, and Cyd Tyun, REACT; Reverend Louis Coleman, Justice Resource Center; Eleanor Self, Kate Cunningham, Joan Lindop, Steve Henry, Joe Bina, and Barbara Berman, Sierra Club; Stanley Wolff, Citizen; William T. Minor, Citizen; Jerry Davenport, Citizen; Winnie Hepler, REACT and Justice Resource Center; Jim Wade, Engelhard; Jonathan D. Miller and Clarence Dykstra, DuPont Dow Elastomers LLC; Bill Hodapp, Smurfit Stone Container; Dennis Conniff, Frost Brown Todd/Greater Louisville Inc. (GLI); Matt Evans, Students United for Peace and Justice; Cheryl Fisher, E. I. DuPont; Leslie Barras, Citizen; Heidi McKenzie and Dennis Karl, Ford; Arami Bloom, Citizen; Susan Logsdon, Caldwell Tanks; Sarah Lynn Cunningham, The Earth and Its Inhabitants; Jim Weber, Shorewood Packaging; Phil Baldyga, Citizen; Regina Henry, Cemex-Kosmos Cement; Carolyn Brown, Louisville Chemistry Partnership Inc.; Paige Chenevay and Ben Hoene, Marathon Ashland Petroleum; Frank Kennedy, American Synthetic Rubber Company; Shannon Graves, Smith Management Group; Mike DeBusschere, Kentuckiana Engineering Company and GLI; Jodie Goldberg, Citizen; Rose Marie Cummens, Dominican Earth Center; Jana Zigrye, Steve Gahafer, Jane Bowen, and Don Neman, Rohm & Haas Company; John Riley, Stop The VET; Tom Herman, Zeon Chemicals; Nick Parrino, Metro Council; Cheryl L. Farr and Rich Raider, Arkema Inc.; Rachael Hamilton, Frost Brown Todd LLC; Corinne Greenberg, Linebach Funkhouser Inc. (LFI); Mike Zanone, Citizen/Sierra Club; Ray Pierce, Flowervale Leemont Pierce Neighborhood; Julie Driscoll, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth; Charles Huff, C.R. Huff Environmental, Inc.; Mark J. Klan, Environmental Toxicology O.R.A.; Attica Scott, Kentucky Jobs with Justice; Alice Simpson and Susan Clark, Noveon; Rusty Cress, Associated Industries of Kentucky; Bill Gawarecki, Citizen; Robert Bottom, Citizen; G.H. Bretschneider, Citizen; Jill Harmer, Citizen and Clean Air for All; Frank Wimber Jr., Citizen and Westover Subdivision; Julia Ferknes, Damra Lace, and Sean Sellers, Coalition of Immokalee Workers; Chris Lewis, Office of US Representative Anne M. Northup; Carole Bretschneider, Sierra Club, CART, FFEA and BRAC; Shauntrice Lanice Martin, Student National Coordinating Committee, Louisville Debate; Steve Gahafer, PACE; Diane Shott, Bonnie Avery, and Sam Avery, Louisville Audubon Society; Michael Stansbury, Claremore Acres Subdivision; Sharon Dodson, Louisville Gas & Electric Company; Rick Poynter, Carbide Industries; Councilmen Ron Weston and Rick Blackwell, Metro Council; Tim Helson, Golden Foods, LLC; Greg Brotzge, Kentucky Paint Council; Tom FitzGerald, Kentucky Resources Council; K.A. Owens, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth; Paul Smith, Trinity Consultants; Dorothy Finley, Sierra Club & NPP; Greg Lowman, Steve Sparks, and Dan Minns, DuPont Workers Local 5002; Edward Dusch, Louisville Medical Center; and George Edwards, Citizen.

Approval of Minutes

The minutes of the January 19, 2005, Public Hearing and Board meeting were approved as distributed.

Committee Reports

1. Presentation on Toxics Air Modeling

   Mr. Trout said that two presentations were made at the February 3, 2005, modeling informational meeting. Mr. Trout made a presentation on Tier 1 - Table 1: Simple factor for determining maximum ambient concentration and Tier 2 - Table 2: Annual factor for determining maximum ambient concentrations. He also explained how the de minimis levels for toxic air contaminants are derived. Dwayne Kincaide, Kentuckiana Engineering, made a presentation on Tier 3 - SCREEN3 and TSCREEN Models and Tier 4 - EPA-approved dispersion model.

Staff Reports

1. Director

   Mr. Williams said that the District received approximately 4,000 postcards and 80 letters from citizens, delivered by REACT, expressing support for the STAR Program, 180 postcards from Zeon employees or their families, expressing general concern about the STAR Program, 55 letters from citizens and public health and environmental organizations expressing either general support for or concern about the STAR Program, 37 sets of technical comments on the proposed regulations, 80 postcards supporting the Greater Louisville, Inc. (GLI) recommendations, and a large submittal by GLI. The District estimates it will take a few weeks to give full and careful consideration and response to these comments. The District will then develop three primary documents for the Board’s consideration: a response to comments document that summarizes and responds to all the comments, revisions to the regulations deemed appropriate by the District, and any revisions to the regulatory impact assessment. The District has not reviewed all the comments at this point. The District anticipates posting electronic versions of these comments on the District’s web site.

2. Lawn Care for Cleaner Air Awards

   The list of this month’s Lawn Care for Cleaner Air Award recipients was submitted for filing. A copy is attached to the original minutes.

3. Air Quality Data

   The air quality monitoring reports were submitted for filing. A copy of each report is attached to the original minutes.

4. Enforcement Status

   The APCD Enforcement Status 02/10/2005  report was submitted for filing. A copy is attached to the original minutes.

5. Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction, and Emergency Report

   The Malfunctions, Emergencies, Startups and Shutdowns received 01/10/2005 through 02/07/2005  report was submitted for filing. A copy is attached to the original minutes.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 2:10 p.m.  The next regular Board Meeting is Wednesday, March 16, 2005, at 9:00 a.m.