Minnesota P2 Program Updates

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Minnesota P2 Program Updates

• Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention
  Roundtable Summer Meeting
• August 27 - 28, 2002
• Ray Bissonnette
• raymond.bissonnette_at_pca.state.mn.us

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Activities

• Internal P2 Survey of staff and management
• Integration of P2 in Management Reports
• Minnesota Design Team - AIA
• P2 Toolkit
• http//www.pca.state.mn.us/programs/
  p2-s/toolkit/index.html

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MPCA Activities

• Promotion of P2 through Supplemental
  Environmental Projects (SEPs)
• Road Map to the Future
• Energy Choices
• Rural Water Quality
• Presentation Series and Field Trips

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MPCA Activities

• MPCA Waste Conference P2/Sustainability Track
• CD Landfills NPDES Permits, Phase II
• Water Quality P2 Outreach Package
• Environmental Management Systems

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Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
(MOEA) Activities

• DOE Industries of the Future Grant Program
• 185,000 awarded to Minnesota for Promoting
  energy efficiency in Mining and Forest Products
  industries
• P2 Loan Program
• 400,000 available during FY 02-03.
• Provides matching funds for purchase of P2
  technologies.
• Technology and SIC approval by MOEA.

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MOEA Activities

• Junk Mail Reduction Initiative - Web-based
  information for Business and Residential Mail
• http//www.moea.state.mn.us/campaign/
• junkmail/index.html

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Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP)
Activities

• 2002 Summer Internships
• 2002 Paint and Powder Coating Expo
• Future Activities

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MnTAP Activities

• 2002 Summer Internships
• Cortec Corporation - Scrap plastic reductions.
• Fairview Health Services - Packaging waste and
  waste toxicity reductions.
• Associated Finishing - Investigate stripping
  substitute, and identify reuse options for molten
  salt stripping waste.

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MnTAP Activities

• 2002 Summer Internships
• K-Bar Industries - Improve transfer efficiencies
  and powder coating quality.
• Lifecore Biomedical - Reduce water use and
  related costs.
• Technical Plating - Reduce water use in barrel
  plating and reduce drag out.

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MnTAP Activities

• 2002 Summer Internships
• HealthEast St. Paul - Operating Room infectious
  waste reductions, segregation of reuseables, and
  evaluate use of needleless technology.

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MnTAP Activities

• 2002 Paint Powder Coating Expo
• October 17, 2002
• Co-sponsored by MnTAP and the Minnesota Chapter
  of the Chemical Coaters Association
• FFI, contact John Speckhardt, MnTAP, at
  612-624-1300.

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MnTAP Activities

• Future Activities
• Training Business Assistance Providers in energy
  efficiency training (PPIS)
• Developing support for P2 in the Insurance
  Industry (Tellus Institute)
• Implementation of Hospitals for a Healthy
  Environment (H2E) in Minnesota (EPA)

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For Further Information, Contact

• MPCA - Ray Bissonnette, raymond.bissonnette_at_pca.st
  ate.mn.us,
• 651-297-8588
• MOEA - Ken Brown, kenneth.brown_at_moea.state.mn.us,
• 651-215-0241
• MnTAP - Cindy McComas, mccom003_at_umn.edu,
• 612-624-4678