Calendar

1/10/17 6-8 pm at the Bradford Academy

 

What and where are our Large Forest Blocks?

Why are they critical to the Region?

What can be done to protect them?

Come join staff from TRORC and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department for a discussion of the latest mapping of large forest blocks and wildlife habitat connectors and how we can use this new data in planning for their preservation.

For a copy of the agenda, please click here: executive-committee-agenda-1-11-17

1/11/17 6-8 pm at the Rochester Town Office

What and where are our Large Forest Blocks?

Why are they critical to the Region?

What can be done to protect them?

Come join staff from TRORC and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department for a discussion of the latest mapping of large forest blocks and wildlife habitat connectors and how we can use this new data in planning for their preservation.

Two Rivers-Ottauquechee RPC Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting
Thursday January 12, 2017
Norwich Town Office, 300 S Main Street, Norwich, VT 9:30AM – 11:00AM

Agenda

1. Approval of November 10 Minutes (draft attached).

2. Bethel Better Block – Kelly Stoddard-Poor, AARP Vermont

3. Better Roads Funding – Pete Fellows
a) Grant window: January 23 to March 17, 2017
b) Applications planned?
c) Assessment versus implementation grant requirements

4. Pre-Candidate Bridge Lists FY 2019 – Pete Fellows (lists attached)

5. Other business

6. Potential Webinar from 11:00am to noon following meeting
ACT 64 BROWN BAG LECTURE MUNICIPAL ROADS GENERAL PERMIT UPDATE
https://meet.lync.com/vermontgov-vermont/emily.bird/8SW3N4YV

Future meeting topics? Next meeting on Thursday March 9, 2017. Location TBD

Jim Ryan, the MRGP Program Coordinator for VT DEC’s Watershed Management Division, will be holding a Brown Bag presentation on the forthcoming MRGP. Here’s a link for information about the brown bag series:  https://dec.vermont.gov/sites/dec/files/wsm/erp/docs/2016-2017BrownBagFlyerRevised.pdf. RSVP and live stream links are found in the first section of the pdf.

 

As a reminder, this general permit is intended to achieve significant reductions in stormwater-related erosion from municipal roads, both paved and unpaved. Municipalities are required by statute to implement a customized, multi-year plan to stabilize their road drainage system. The plan will include bringing road drainage systems up to basic maintenance standards, and additional corrective measure to reduce erosion as necessary to meet a TMDL or other water quality restoration effort. The permit is required by H.35/Act 64, the Vermont Clean Water Act, and the Lake Champlain Phase I TMDL.

 

The development of the MRGP was one of several new Vermont Clean Water Act (Act 64) requirements.

 

Towns will begin applying for MRGP coverage in the summer of 2018. The presentation will include a discussion of the new draft MRGP Framework document, the latest MRGP practice standards and implementation triggers, MRGP timelines, road erosion inventory, the implementation plan and schedules spreadsheet template, and semi-annual compliance reporting. Jim will also provide information of resources available to assist municipalities such as trainings, workshops, grant funding, and technical assistance.

 

Webinar from 11:00am to noon
ACT 64 BROWN BAG LECTURE MUNICIPAL ROADS GENERAL PERMIT UPDATE
https://meet.lync.com/vermontgov-vermont/emily.bird/8SW3N4YV

What is Weatherize Upper Valley?

Weatherize Upper Valley are teams of local Energy Committees and Contractors working together to help homeowners save money and stay warm!  Attend the kick-off meetings and learn more!

Qualified Contractors – Our Weatherize partner contractors are experienced and certified by the Building Performance Institute.

Free and Easy – FREE professional home visits and energy improvement quotes. Typically, homeowners may pay $400 or more for a home energy audit before receiving a quote.

We’ve Got Your Back – Your local volunteer team will check in periodically to help you through the process and make sure you have what you need to make the right decision for your home. You can also contact them anytime with questions – see your team page for contact info.

Great Prizes – Sign a contract with a partner contractor by May 31 and be entered to win up to $2,500 toward the cost of your home energy project – in addition to rebates of up to $2,500 from Efficiency Vermont.

For a copy of the agenda, please click here: trorc-board-meeting-agenda-1-18-17

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the VT State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) invites you to a free half-day compliance assistance workshop on Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Clean Air Act, Section 112(r) Risk Management Program (RMP). These workshops are designed for environmental compliance managers. The workshop will cover threshold determinations, exemptions and other commonly asked questions. For compliance with EPCRA and RMP, there are various planning and reporting requirements on businesses and industries that store and/or use certain chemicals and materials.

 

EPCRA and RMP were designed to protect your business, your employees and your community should a chemical accident occur. The EPCRA data and Risk Management Plan better prepares emergency response personnel and the community to handle an incident should one occur.  The RMP program requires the submission of a RMP plan and coordination with the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) prior to the storage of RMP chemicals above the threshold quantities.

 

Let us help you to make your business and community a safer place. EPCRA requires facilities having certain chemicals, with quantities as low as one pound, to submit annual chemical inventory (Tier 2) reports. For calendar year 2016, the reporting deadline is March 1, 2017. By attending a workshop, you could avoid an enforcement action under EPCRA resulting in penalties of up to $37,500 per chemical violation, per day. Likewise, the Risk Management Plan helps to ensure the safe storage, use and processing of chemicals at a facility. In the event of inclement weather, these workshops may be cancelled without notice.

 

EPCRA & RMP Workshop Agenda

 

8:00    Sign-in & Network
8:30     Welcome & Overview
8:45     What is and how do I report an Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS)
9:00     What must be reported on my Tier2 form

9:30   Reporting electronically via Tier2 Electronic Reporting Software

10:15   How do I use the “List of Lists”

10:30   Break
10:40   How does the new Global Harmonized SDS affect Tier2 Reporting
11:20   EPCRA State Program official

11:40   Who must comply with the CAA Risk Management Program?

Noon   Adjourn

 

Workshop Dates — Please put a check mark next to the workshop you plan on attending

 

_____         January 25, 2017 – 8:00 AM-Noon- Middlebury College; Axinn Center, Room 232, 15 Old Chapel

Road, Middlebury, VT. Parking in the Center for Performing Arts parking lot(Q-lot)

https://www.middlebury.edu/media/view/134401/original/Visitor.pdf

 

_____         January 26, 2017 – 8:00 AM- Noon- Lyndon Public Safety Building Conference Room;

316 Main St. (Route 5) Lyndonville, VT

Parking is on the side of the building or across the street.

 

 

To find out about other Tier 2 workshops in New England go to EPA’s web calendar at www.epa.gov/region01/cal.  For general EPCRA information, please call the EPCRA Hotline at (800) 424-9346. For information on Tier 2 reporting requirements visit www.epa.gov/emergencies/content/epcra/tier2.htm#tierii

 

Deadline: Please register No Later Than Three Days Prior to the applicable workshop date.

 

Name:__________________________________     Company:______________________________________

 

Address: _________________________________________________________________________________

 

Phone: __________________   Fax: __________________ E-Mail __________________________________

 

Please Email to: [email protected]

 

Please Note: You WILL  receive an email confirmation of your registration.

 

 

Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA)

 

Reporting examples — chemicals, items, substances, products and mixtures

 

 

Acids/Caustics

Ammonia (gas & solutions)

Antifreeze

Asphalt

Batteries (forklifts, generators)

Cement/Sand/ Flyash

Chlorine/Hypochlorite

Cleaners/Degreasers/Solvents

Compressed Gases (O2; H2; CO2; N2)

Fertilizers

Gasoline/Diesel Fuels

Heating Oil

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

Metals/Alloys

Paints

Pesticides

Propane

Refrigerants (ammonia; R22;R56)

Hydraulic fluid

Lubricants

 

 

Typical industry and business sectors that have EPCRA reporting requirements

 

 

Auto Body

Bioengineering

Bus Companies

Chemical Formulators

Camps

Cold Storage/Ice Manufacturing

Colleges/Universities

Construction

Concrete (ready-mix)

Electronics

Golf Courses

Hospitals

Ice Rinks

Chemical Distribution

Manufacturers

Metal Fabrication

Metal Plating

Oil/Gas/Propane

POTWs/Water Treatment Plants

Pharmaceuticals

Plastic Manufacturers & Processors

Recreational Facilities

Recyclers

Refrigeration/AC

Reformulators

Repair/Service

Schools (Private)

Scrap Yards

Waste/Disposal/Storage

Warehouses/Distributors

 

Reporting Examples

 

• Most pesticides contain extremely hazardous substances and have Tier 2 reporting thresholds from 1-10,000 lbs.
• If you store more than 1,562 gallons of Heating Oil, you have exceeded the reporting threshold.
• A walk-in cooler or refrigeration system with more than 500 lbs of ammonia requires reporting.
• A facility with 500 lbs of nitric or sulfuric acid must report.
• If you use 100 lbs. of Hydrofluoric Acid (Hydrogen Fluoride).
• If you alter (cut, weld, grind, braze) more than 10,000 lbs of metal stock, your facility must report.
• If you sell or service industrial batteries that contain sulfuric acid, you may have to report.
• Contractors may have a reporting responsibility for construction materials on site.
• Owners, operators, or renters of warehouses may have to report.
• Bleaching/cleaning solutions containing sodium hypochlorite are reportable.
• If you have a total of 10,000 lbs (2,500 gallons) of Propane for heating or distribution, you must report.

 

The EPCRA Hotline (800) 424-9346

For a copy of the agenda, please click here: TRORC Board Meeting Agenda 1-25-17