Monday, February 24, 2014
Journal 12: September 1, 1997 to ??? notes from O.P.S. class in Fall 1998.
September 1, 1997.
Delaware River - Smithfield Beach Access.
End of a canoe trip with Gary, Darcy, George, Hershey (Darcy and George's dog), Bo and I. We hordes are ascending the slope to whre vans and buses pick us up. Middle America on Labor Day weekend. Canoes of plastic garbage bags - some filled with the usual contents.
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Notes from O.P.S. Class (Don't remember what O.P.S stands for right now...)
ReplyDeleteThe class looked like at an issue happening in a nearby marine ecosystem and was broken into teams to look at different aspects of the issue then reported their findings to the community. My team was looking at sediment:
OBJECTIVE:
To categorize the sediments adjacent to the end of the Mobil Oil pier and at a site in a proposed channel from the pier to the existing channel with respect to their "pollution potential."
APPROACH:
The heavy metals: lead, copper, and zinc will be measured since concentrations of these elements are expected to be elevated due to the past uses of the site as a shipyard and oil storage facility. The analysis of heavy metals in addition to sediment composition and water content data will be coupled to subjectively evaluate the "pollution potential" of sediments dredged from this site.
Class I Sediments:
Coarser grained, high solids content, low concentrations of pollutants.
Class II Sediments:
Fine-grained, moderate solids content, moderate concentrations of pollutants.
Class III Sediemnts:
Fine-grained, low solids content, high concentrations of pollutants.
Of these three classes the disposal of Class III sediment is the most difficult and therefore the most expensive.
INTRO:
If dredging is needed to berth the "Oumst" at the Mobil pier and/or to allow navigation from the pier to the existing channel, then disposal of dredged materials produced from these activities is an important consideration.
In New York and Connecticut, parameters used to subjectively evaluate the "pollution potential" of dredged sediments include:
Percent water
Percent silt-clay
Pollutants: percent oil and grease, percent volatile solids, concentrations of heavy metals.
Dredged sediments are then grouped into three classes:
On very last page:
Union Wants: 5%, 15 steps - 2% between each step.
Town Board Wants: 25% increase in health insurance.
$10 copay for generic prescription drugs
$20 copay name brand prescription drugs
50% deductible prescription
$500 deductible for individual for out of network group.
$1500 deductible for family for out of network group.
Next meeting May 13th.
Negotiating committee.
2% Rumor brough about meeting.
Taylor Law Class:
Collective bargaining
no management interference w/ union meetings.
5% raise.