A1FO7 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
SUMMER MEETING 2001
KEY WEST, FLORIDA
Opening
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Chair Bob Tatman called the meeting to order and
welcomed the members to Key West
TRB
Staff Report
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Jon Williams of TRB presented an update for the
committee membership.
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Look for the Proceedings of last summers
meeting in Pittsburgh celebrating the millennium
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The TRB Annual Meeting in 2002 be on January 13th through the 17th Most of the environmental sessions will be
held in the Hilton Hotel, similar to years past. The hard deadline for peerreviewed papers is
August 1st.
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TRB is sponsoring another Environmental Needs
Conference in Washington, D.C. in March of 2002.
Subcommittee
Reports
Steering Subcommittee
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Scott Springer presented an update on the
Steering Subcommittee activities
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Request for assistance: there needs to be
fresh/new input on the Committee Activity Plan for 2002.
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The Committee membership needs to continue to
involve (and promote the involvement of) Friends of the Committee.
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is one slot open on the Committee. B.
Tatman and J. Berry are working to obtain someone from the U.S. EPA to join the
Committee.
Research Needs Subcommittee
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B. Tatman presented an update on the Research
Needs Subcommittee activities
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Encouraged the committee membership to work to
update the Research Circular Update on environmental research needs. Viewed as the most important short-term
effort for the Committee.
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This committees track record was solid as one
of our topics included in the circular was funded
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We should be looking at cutting edge/emerging
topics such as the use of recycled materials
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We have multiple references to guide our efforts
in defining research needs such as:
o List
of existing research
o List
of research needs
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One idea worthy of consideration: Water quality of
runoff off of recycled materials in transportation infrastructure
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Schedule: Forward list of research needs ideas
to B. Tatman by September 1, 2001
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Michael Fitch will send preliminary research
needs ideas to the Committee membership and will post on our web site.
Newsletter Subcommittee
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The last newsletter was very difficult to
assemble due to nominal responsiveness.
We need to take a fresh look at how we produce the newsletter
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B. Tatman presented these
thoughts/recommendations:
o Set
dates for future newsletters for August 1st and February 1st
of each year, corresponding to the month immediately following our Committee
meetings
o Prepare
and send a letter to the Friends of the Committee for their input
o Request
input from other organizations (e.g., U.S. EPA, FHWA) that should have interest
in communicating with the transportation sector
o Look
at Comparative Technologies web site as it could be a good source of technical
articles for the Newsletter
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B. Tatman will issue a general request for input
on Newsletter per his recommendations and will explore available support for
using our web page in lieu of our hardcopy approach
Annual Meeting Subcommittee
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Call for papers is
out. Forward to others as
appropriate. Deadline for papers is
August 1, 2001.
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The theme for this year is Waste Management
Challenges in the Transportation Industry
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There have been no responses from the Committee
membership yet a call went out to transportation agencies.
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We are sponsoring a poster session this
year. The theme is How can we more
effectively recycle materials? Need 8
to 10 posters to make this work.
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Papers can be either peer-reviewed or non
peer-reviewed.
Summer Meeting 2002 Subcommittee
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Cora Helm has bids for 2 potential meeting
places in Helena
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A field trip is being arranged at a Superfund
site
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Dates for the Summer Workshop are July 15-18,
2002
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ASHTTO has a meeting in the middle of July, 2002
and this may prove to be a problem regarding attendance at our workshop. Need to focus on getting people from the west
to attend our workshop
Discussions
Committee Specialist Matrix
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The Committee membership needs to fill out the
matrix presenting our individual technical and management expertise
Sponsorship of HazMat Training
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FHWA is sponsoring a 1 to 3 day training session
for hazardous materials management
