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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> August 7, 2008 <br /> Approved September 4, 2008 <br /> Attendance : Jan Sassaman, Bonnie Norwood, BJ Tipton, Linda Bowerman, Al Vickers, <br /> and Remus Smith <br /> Staff: Gayle Wilson, Blair Pollock, Paul Spire, Wanda McCain, and Hary Howard <br /> Guest: Bob Sallach, Louis Watts, Harvey Gershman <br /> 1 . Adoption of Minutes from June 5 SWAB meeting Vickers moves to accept. <br /> Norwood 2nd . Passes unanimously <br /> 2 . Board Member Comments Norwood states that I thought I knew what was going on <br /> at the Eubanks Rd . site but I rode by yesterday and all the trees were gone . <br /> Wilson states that it was to improve safety by the entrance because it is hard for big <br /> trucks to get in and out and there was a lot of congestion . In the future we' d like to <br /> put asphalt down there . <br /> 3 . Alternative Waste Processing Technologies Study - Harvey Gershman, GBB Inc . <br /> (Q &A) Puts out handouts for the presentation and gives a Bio . <br /> Gershman states that there are two categories [of waste processing technologies] : <br /> those that you would be interested to buy if you were so inclined and those you are <br /> not interested to buy, even if you are inclined [to build some type of waste conversion <br /> plant] . <br /> There are three types of wasteAo-energy : Mass Burn where you don ' t process the <br /> stuff before you burn it, Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) where you process the stuff before <br /> you burn it, and Modular, which is a smaller scale mass burn. It is called " Modular" <br /> because you can bring pieces in on a truck and put it together . Where with a mass <br /> burn water wall system, you have to do field erection, more like a power plant than <br /> like a big coal plant. (Shows pictures of different plants that are larger scale mostly <br /> 1500 tpd in Broward Co . FL . in, 975tpd in Alexandria VA, Springfield MA 420 TPD) . <br /> Plants are right in urban commercial areas . All three from mid-late ' 80' s . Points out <br /> architectural details that makes plants look more blended into area, e . g . sleeve over steel <br /> smokestack, panels on upper areas to simulate zvindozvs . <br /> Norwood asks how high is the stack and how far away is the plant from other <br /> operations . <br /> Gershman states that it' s generally 11/2 times building height which means it could be <br /> 250 to 275 feet. You can build these things on small sites, you have to isolate them <br /> with physical barriers, for sound or visual aesthetics and you have to make them look <br /> nice, if they' re in view of the City . <br /> 1 <br />