Tippecanoe Co. Local Environmental Finance Board

TIPPECANOE COUNTY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE FINANCING BOARD April 28, 2015 The Tippecanoe County Local Environmental Response Financing Board met on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of Lafayette City Hall. Present were: John Dennis, David Byers, Tony Roswarski, Zach Beasley and Kevin Underwood Absent: Lon Heide Tony Benton, Attorney from Stuart & Branigin, was also present. MINUTES Mr. Dennis moved to approve the minutes of the January 27, 2015 meeting as submitted. Mr. Beasley seconded. Motion carried. READING AND SIGNING OF CLAIMS The following Claims (all with attached documentation) were presented to the Board for payment:  A claim from Keramida Environmental for consulting services in the amount of $13,064.01. Mr. Beasley moved for approval. Mr. Underwood seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Keramida Environmental for consulting services in the amount of $10,715.10. Mr. Beasley moved for approval. Mr. Underwood seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Keramida Environmental for consulting services in the amount of $13,674.12. Mr. Beasley moved for approval. Mr. Underwood seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Keramida Environmental for consulting services in the amount of $19,988.91. Mr. Beasley moved for approval. Mr. Underwood seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Stuart & Branigin for services provided in the amount of $2,677.50. Mr. Beasley moved for approval. Mr. Underwood seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Stuart & Branigin for services provided in the amount of $1,957.50. Mr. Beasley moved for approval. Mr. Underwood seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Stuart & Branigin for services provided in the amount of $465.90 Mr. Beasley moved for approval. Mr. Underwood seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Waste Management for services provided in the amount of $7,000.00. Mr. Roswarski moved for approval. Mr. Dennis seconded. Motion carried. REPORTS Legal Counsel Mr. Benton stated that the contract for Keramida is up for renewal. Mr. Benton stated that the TERF Board acts through resolutions authorizing the extension of the Keramida Contract. The original contract started in 1998 and recommended approval of a contract extension dated July 1, 2014-June 30, 2016. The contract allows Keramida to do services that include coordination in O&M services. Mr. Benton stated that there is also an amendment to the contract that has the updated scope of services and employee charges. Mr. Dennis moved for approval of Resolution 2015-01as amended. Mr. Roswarski seconded. Motion Carried. OLD BUSINESS There was none. NEW BUSINESS Vicki Keramida stated that Keramida received a letter from the EPA approving the re-use plan for the landfill. Mrs. Keramida introduced Annie Hause as the new IDEM Project Manager that will be working with Keramida. Mrs. Keramida stated that they have been working very closely with IDEM and EPA over the last few months and thought that it would be very important development to have a standard day each month to have a conference call to continue to move things forward. The next step is for the EPA to do something to revise the portions of the Records of Decision (ROD’s) which was the legal document that was created when the site finished their investigation and was ready to go into the remediation. The ROD has language that will prevent Keramida from using the site as the Board would like. EPA has suggested that rather than doing an official ROD Amendment, which is a rather extensive and a time consuming process, the EPA has suggested to go through an Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) approach which is a much faster and simpler way to accomplish what the Board wants. Mrs. Keramida handed out serval documents that include a letter from the EPA, Re-Use development packet, the Final Risk Assessment from Keramida and the ROD with a summarization table. Mrs. Keramida went over the documents with the Board. Discussion ensued regarding the re-use options and possibilities of how and when to announce this to the community/public. Mrs. Keramida reported that the methane modifications from Oct 2014 are going well and haven’t had any exceedances. The annual groundwater monitoring report will be done in June. Mrs. Keramida stated that every five years there is a 5-year review prepared by IDEM in the past however, with a change of IDEM Project Manager, EPA has stepped in to do the next 5-year review that is due in August 2015. The 5-year review document will be good for the delisting in the Superfund List. Discussion ensued. PUBLIC COMMENT There was none. ADJOURN With no further business to come before the Board, Mr. Roswarski moved to adjourn. Mr. Underwood seconded. Motion carried. The time being 2:01 pm David Byers T.E.R.F. Board Chairman Minutes written by Mindy Miller, 1st Deputy Clerk, City of Lafayette A digital audio recording of this meeting is available in the Lafayette City Clerk’s Office.