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street sweeping efforts and educational programs. Once the LMC guidebook comes together, he will plan on calling together all the cities. Water Quality Impact of Car Washing Jen Oknich, District Intern, was assigned the task of doing a literature search in order to present the range of scientific information on domestic car washing. The Board requested this information following the Stormwater magazine article that was received on May 1. She was present to discuss her report entitled "The Perceived Environmental Impact of Car Washing" dated 9/4/02. Her report includes information collected on: • Aniotic surfactants, the common ingredient in soap, which are very slow to biodegrade and have carcinogenic and reproductively toxic by-products. • Toxicity levels contained in the pollutants that are washed off of vehicles. ® Though many see it as a non-point source of pollution, the EPA has no restrictions on domestic car washing and it is excluded from regulation due to a lack of funding. At the same time, they ha~~e placed a number of car washes on the Superfund Site list, they have a wealth of information on vehicle washing BMPs, and NPDES permits are required for commercial car washes. • A summary table lists the actions taken by organizations and governmental units throughout the United States and Canada, ranging from studies to public education programs to soap prohibition by city code. ~ Organizations who had enacted regulations were contacted but many could not substantiate the reasons behind the regulation. Paul Ellefson asked Jen if she thinks the District should be interested in the car washing issue. She believes there is a definite impact to fish, and the District should stay abreast of the issue by doing more research. Perhaps a small environmental education pamphlet could be developed, similar to a broad base educational program known as "River Safe." 9. TREASURERS REPORT AND BILL LIST Motion: Bob Johnson moved, Roger Lake seconded, to approve the Bill List and also the Supplemental Bill List for October 2, 2002. Motion carried. 10. SPECIAL ORDERS Well Sealing Resolution No. 02-11 Motion: Roger Lake moved, Bob Johnson seconded, to adopt Resolution No. 02-11 to approve cost share funding for four well sealing program applications. Motion carried. Proposed MAWD Annual Meeting Resolution The Board considered a draft resolution entitled "Minnesota Watershed Research Program" in response to the need for objective and scientifically sound research to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-benefit of existing and new BMPs for water quality improvement and non-point source pollution reduction. The resolution would call for MAWD to actively work towards the establishment of a Minnesota based research group, organization, or collaboration, the establishment of an administrative structure and procedure for identifying priority research needs, and development of an ongoing funding method. Motion: Jack Frost moved, Bob Johnson seconded, to approve the Minnesota Watershed Research Program resolution as presented and to forward it to the MAWD Policy/Resolutions Committee. Motion carried. 11. ADJOURNMENT Motion: Jack Frost moved, seconded by Pam Skinner, to adjourn the meeting at 10:00 p.m. The motion carried. Respectfully submitted: Robert Johnson, Secretary Page 4 October 2, 2002 RWMWD Minutes