This document is made available electronically by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library as part of an ongoing digital archiving project. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp Pollution Prevention Summary Report Consolidated from reports submitted by members of the Interagency Pollution Prevention Advisory Team for the fiscal year 2000 September 2001 For more information on pollution prevention activities in Minnesota state government, please contact: Emily Moore Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance 520 Lafayette Road North, Second Floor St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4100 651-215-0201 2 Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................1 Part I. Agency Descriptions ...................................................................2 Part II. Policy and Regulatory Activities .....................................................6 Part III. Pollution Prevention Activities during the Fiscal Year........................ 12 1. Absorbents................................................................................. 12 2. Adhesives .................................................................................. 14 3. Air Quality, CFCs.......................................................................... 14 4. Antifreeze ................................................................................. 17 5. Audits....................................................................................... 19 6. Automotive Fuels......................................................................... 20 7. Automotive Maintenance ................................................................ 22 8. Batteries ................................................................................... 24 9. Cleaning Supplies ......................................................................... 26 10. Commuting and Transportation ........................................................ 27 11. Education, Communications and Training ............................................ 30 12. Electronics ................................................................................ 37 13. Energy - Lighting ......................................................................... 40 14. Energy - Production...................................................................... 41 15. Groundwater Wells....................................................................... 44 16. Heavy Metals.............................................................................. 45 17. HVAC, Indoor Air Quality................................................................ 47 18. Ice Control, Sanding ..................................................................... 49 19. Laboratory................................................................................. 50 20. Landscaping ............................................................................... 53 21. Materials Exchange....................................................................... 54 22. Office Supplies............................................................................ 56 23. Oil, Oil Filters............................................................................. 59 24. Paints, Coatings, Stripping.............................................................. 60 25. Parts Cleaning ............................................................................ 63 26. Personal Care ............................................................................. 64 27. Pesticides, Fertilizers.................................................................... 64 28. Policy Statement ......................................................................... 66 29. Printing .................................................................................... 70 30. Procurement .............................................................................. 71 31. Remanufactured Parts................................................................... 75 32. Tanks....................................................................................... 76 33. Technical Support........................................................................ 78 34. Tires........................................................................................ 81 35. Water Treatment and Conservation ................................................... 82 36. Other....................................................................................... 84 Part IV. Matrix of Agencies and Categories ................................................ 85 IPPAT Agency Contacts Department of Administration Board of Water & Soil Resources 50 Sherburne Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55155 200 One West Water Street, St. Paul, MN 55107 Contact: Lynne Markus (651) 296-9084 Contact: Marybeth Block (651) 297-7965 Department of Agriculture 90 West Plato Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55107 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS — COLLEGES AND Contact: Ed Chromey (651) 297-8052 UNIVERSITIES Department of Commerce Anoka-Hennepin Technical College 121 7th Place E, St. Paul, MN 55101-2145 1355 West Highway 10, Anoka, MN 55303 Contact: Mike Taylor (651) 296-6830 Contact: Thomas Silvers (612) 576-4705 Department of Corrections Bemidji State University 1450 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN 55108 1500 Birchmont Drive NE, Box 10 Contact: Jim Weiler (651) 779-1449 Bemidji, MN 56601-2699 Contact: Richard Marsolek (218) 755-3988 Office of Environmental Assistance 520 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN 55155 Mankato State University Contact: Emily Moore (651) 215-0201 MSU Box 105, Mankato, MN 56003 Contact: Sheri Prosch (507) 389-5568 Department of Human Services 444 Lafayette Rd, St. Paul, MN 55155 Metropolitan State University Contact: Glenn Olson (651) 297-8742 700 East Seventh Street, St. Paul, MN 55106 Contact: Bruce Kamperschroer (651) 722-7608 Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board 1006 Highway 53 South, Eveleth, MN 55734 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MNSCU) Contact: Gordy Dormanen (800) 765-5043 550 Cedar Street, St. Paul, MN 55101 Contact: Allan Johnson (651) 282-5523 Metropolitan Airports Commission 6040 28th Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55450 Minnesota West Community and Technical College Contact:Wacek, Mark (612) 725-6428 1011 First Street W, Canby, MN 56220 Contact: Jeff Harms (507) 223-7252 Metropolitan Council - Environmental Services 230 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101-1633 Moorhead State University Contact: Mike Nevala (651) 602-1065 1104 7th Avenue S, Moorhead, MN 56563-2996 Contact: Alan Breuer (218) 236-2998 Metropolitan Council - Transit Operations 515 Cleveland Ave. North, St. Paul, MN 55114 North Hennepin Community College Contact: John Bryan (651) 349-5080 7411 85th Avenue N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445 Contact: Bob Alexander (612) 424-0702 Metropolitan Mosquito Control District 2099 University Avenue W, St. Paul, MN 55104 St. Cloud State University Contact: John Thompson (651) 645-9149 720 Fourth Avenue S., St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 Contact: Patrick Kempen (320) 255-2145 Military Affairs P.O. Box 348, Camp Ripley, Little Falls, MN 56345 Southeast Technical College Contact: David Hamernick (320) 632-7567 308 Pioneer Road, Red Wing, MN 55066 Contact: Greg Williams (507) 453-2770 Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP) 1313 Fifth Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 University of Minnesota Contact: Donna Peterson (612) 627-1910 501 23rd Ave. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-0447 Contact: Gene Christenson (612) 626-1590 Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Rd, St. Paul, MN 55155 Contact: Paula O’Keefe (651) 297-8330 Department of Transportation 3485 Hadley Avenue North, Oakdale, MN 55128 Contact: David Pehoski (651) 779-5113 2 Fiscal Year 2000 State Government Consolidated Pollution Prevention Summary Report Consolidated from reports submitted by members of the Interagency Pollution Prevention Advisory Team for the fiscal year 2000, fulfilling the requirements of Governor’s Executive Order 99-4 providing for the implementation of pollution prevention and resource conservation by state government Introduction The Pollution Prevention Summary Report is a consolidation of the summary reports on pollution prevention activities for the fiscal year 2000, submitted by participating Minnesota state agencies. Purpose of the report. Every year, state agencies are required to prepare a summary of their progress in preventing pollution. This report fulfills the requirements of Governor’s Executive Order 99-4 providing for the implementation of pollution prevention by state government. Agency contacts are listed on the opposite page. Organization of the report. The Pollution Prevention Summary Report is divided into four parts. Part I describes each agency, including the number of employees, locations of the agencies, and pollution prevention training held during the last year. Part II, which is a new section this year, summarizes each agency’s policy and regulatory activities that have incorporated pollution prevention in its broader sense. Part III summarizes each agency’s efforts toward pollution prevention within specific category headings. It is designed to facilitate greater use of the document by participating agencies and by others seeking information about pollution prevention opportunities. Part IV contains a matrix of the agencies providing activity summaries under the different categories. It allows the reader to identify all the categories in the report for which a particular agency has provided a summary of activities. Original signed copies of the report from