Technical Advisory Council
for
Onsite Wastewater Treatment
April 28, 2004
Meeting held, April 28, 2004 at Michigan State
University, Turfgrass Research Center.
Members and alternates present: Ted Loudon, Del
Mokma, Ric Falardeau, Larry Stephens, Chuck Cousino, Dan Wagner, Bryant Wilke,
and Regina Young.
Guests present:
Mark Hansell, Oakland County Health Department (Representing Tony
Drautz)
Meeting called to order by Chuck Cousino, Chairman.
Motion by Ted, support by Del Mokma, that the
minutes of the March 11, 2004 meeting be approved as distributed.
OLD
BUSINESS
Filter Fabric
Specifications for Use Over Drainfields--- Ben is not in attendance. After some further discussion on this
subject, it was decided to wait to hear from Ben before proceeding. A check with Ben determined that he is still
waiting for some addresses of fabric manufacturers to send his letter. TAC members are encouraged to get addresses
to Ben. Ted will begin to draft an advisory document on this subject.
Commercial
Flow Study ---
Ted discussed in some detail the preliminary information collected by a
student. A very detailed check of the
raw data will be necessary in order to make some sense out of the data. Work will continue on this effort.
Residential
Flow Study ---
Larry just received the electronic version of this flow study, and will send it
to Ben for posting on the MOWRA website.
With regard to the work Larry is doing on the application of this
information to clusters of homes of various sizes, he is having a difficult
time finding anyone that has flow data from individual homes for individual
days. T.A.C. members are encouraged to
feed any individual flow records, or ways to obtain them, to Larry for use in
this effort.
Site
Compaction Advisory --- Ted and Del passed out and the T.A.C. reviewed the final draft of the
advisory document on soil compaction. Motion by Del, support by Dan Wagner, to
adopt this document and approve it for distribution. Motion carried. Ted or Del will send Larry the electronic version of this
document and Larry will send it to Ben for posting on the MOWRA website. Signs are available for purchase through the
Training Center.
Link to
Wisconsin Website on Product Approvals --- Larry will ask Ben to put a link to the
Wisconsin website on the MOWRA website for those that want to access that
information.
Michigan
Concrete Tank Association --- Dan Wagner reported that the effort to establish
standards for tank manufacturing in Michigan is struggling with only a handful
of people involved at this point. It
seems we have a major effort ahead of us to convince the industry that the
status quo is no longer acceptable. We
must make a commitment to have watertight tanks.
Training
Center --- Ted
discussed further the need for updating the hands-on exhibits at the Training
Center.
Statewide Code
--- Ric,
Ted, Chuck and Larry - Those involved on the Statewide Code Taskgroup reported
on the results of the first round of meetings of the Taskgroup. At this point, DEQ staff is now writing a white
paper to summarize the results of the Taskgroup discussions. This is expected to lead to the draft of
some enabling legislation to start the code development process.
Revision of
Guidance Document for Cluster Systems --- This document was made obsolete by the
recent Court of Appeals decision, and has been removed from the MOWRA
website. DEQ has had some internal
meetings on this subject, but has not come to any decision in the matter.
NEW
BUSINESS
Community
Wastewater Treatment Systems --- Regina – Local Health Departments and others need
some type of written guidance with regard to the process and requirements for
the development of community systems.
Ric will investigate.
Next Meeting –
June 8, 2004
Location ---
MSU - location to be announced.
FUTURE
MEETING DATES
Future Meeting
Dates:
August 30, 2004
_________________________________
Larry
D. Stephens, P.E., Sec.