NOTICE
Over the next three months, April, May, and June, 2012 the RCERB will coordinate
its meetings with the EPA/TVA Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) Workshops. The RCERB will meet at the workshop
location for a short business meeting and then will adjourn to attend the EPA/TVA presentations. The series of EE/CA workshops
are scheduled to provide information to the public as part of the process leading to the final decision for the residual ash.
The series of coordinated RCERB meetings and workshops are: April 5—Transport
Modeling of Residual Ash May 3—Wildlife Data Results June
7—Evaluation of Removal Alternatives Both the RCERB meetings and the EE/CA Workshops are
open to the public. Please visit TVA’s website for additional workshop information and
dates http://www.tva.gov/kingston/presentations/river-eeca/index.htm
Thank
you, Gail Okulczyk RCERB Recorder
posted
3-22-2012 The Roane County Environmental
Review Board (ERB) was established in 1989 by Resolution #1975 and Resolution #1975 was modified in September 1991 by Resolution #2271 to increase the membership to from five
(5) to seven (7).
After being
inactive for a number of years the ERB was re-activated in August 2007 by Resolution #08-07-04, increasing
the membership to eight (8) general members and one (1) student member. Finally, Resolution #03-11-12 was adopted in March,
2011 amending and clarifying the creation, purpose and membership of teh Environmental Review Board as follows:
- WHEREAS from
time to time activities are proposed in Roane County that need to be studied in some depth to estimate the likely environmental
consequences, and
- WHEREAS
the County Executive, the County Commission, and the Planning Commission have
extensive obligations that may limit their own investigations of such matters, and
- WHEREAS it is helpful to
have a committee of qualified individuals to serve as an advisory group to study matters referred to it by the County Executive
and the County Commission, having the power only to make recommendations to the County Executive and the
County Commission after studying said matters; and
- WHEREAS, the membership of the
Roane County Environmental Review Board shall consist of five (5) to seven (7) general members, and one
(1) to two (2) student member(s), which shall be appointed by the County Executive and confirmed by the County Commission;
and
- WHEREAS, the requirement for a quorum for committee business, and for making recommendations, shall be set
as a majority of the total membership of the Board; and
- WHEREAS, the general members shall serve overlapping
terms of three (3) years with all terms expiring on the 30th day of July of the respective
term-ending year; and
- WHEREAS, if a high school student he/she shall serve until the end of
his/her senior year, or a maximum two (2) year term, and
- WHEREAS, if a college student he/she shall serve until the end
of his/her senior year, or a maximum two (2) year term, and
- WHEREAS, should
the County Commission not confirm replacements for Environmental Review Board members whose terms are ending before such terms
end, the terms of said incumbent members shall be automatically extended until such time as appointments are confirmed; and
- WHEREAS, all meetings of the Environmental Review Board shall be announced and shall be open to the public,
and comments from non-members shall be allowed after recognition by the Chair, with the provision that the Chair may limit
such comments to permit the ERB time to deliberate; and
- WHEREAS, the Board shall elect its own Chair as well
as other needed officers; and
- WHEREAS, the Chair may call special meetings on his own, or after being
requested to do so by a majority of the members; and
- WHEREAS, minutes showing persons attending and any actions
of the Board shall be submitted to the County Executive for submission to the County Commission.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Roane County
Executive and the Roane County Commission will consider recommendations from the ERB in making their judgments.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the membership of the ERB as of the date this resolution is adopted is:
Hailey Caldwell
(student representative)
Riley Collins (student representative)
Mary Anne Koltowich
David Reichle
Frank Kornegay
Bruce Kimmel
Gail Okulczyk
Brian Niekerk
Robert W. Peelle (Member Emeritus)
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Meeting Minutes:
March 1, 2012 Minutes - RCERB
February 9, 2012 Minutes - RCERB
January 4, 2012 Minutes - RCERB
December 1, 2011 Minutes - RCREB
There was no meeting in November 2011
October 6, 2011 Minutes - RCERB
September 1, 2011 Minutes - RCERB
August 4, 2011 Minutes - RCERB
July 7, 2011 Minutes - RCERB
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