1. SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION! – AT ASU, IN YOUR BUSINESS AND LIFE! June 13
REGISTER NOW at azgreenchamber.org
Arizona State University’s updated and new sustainability goals provide the framework for how ASU approaches the practice of sustainability in everyday operations.
Mick Dalrymple, Director of University Sustainability Practices at Arizona State University, will share these goals with the group and will give us some insight on how ASU is achieving them, along with ways to integrate the concepts into your business practices and personal life.
We’ll discuss Climate Positive, a Circular Resource System, Optimized Water, Personal Action, Collaborative Action, Social Equity, Food Reconnection and Resilience & Regeneration. You can find these goals at cfo.asu.edu/sustainability-goals-and-vision We look forward to sharing this important and exciting information with you at the June 13th Arizona Green Chamber Lunch and Learn!
See Mick Dalrymple’s full bio https://sustainability.asu.edu/person/mick-dalrymple/
Location: ASU SkySong Building 1, Scottsdale Innovation Center, Global Room 201 1475 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
2. ADEQ Waste Programs Division Workshops & Webinars
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s Waste Programs Division invites interested parties from businesses, government and communities to participate in our free June 2018 workshops and webinars. Don’t miss these opportunities to learn about the latest requirements, get resources for best practices and earn professional development hours.
Tuesday, June 19 | 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Solid/Hazardous Waste and Pollution Prevention
Workshop | Kingman, AZ
Waste Programs Division
Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste, & Pollution Prevention Workshop
June 19th 8:30-9:00 am 9:00-10:30 am 10:30-12:00 pm 12:00-12:30 pm
Location: Mohave County Public Works – Turquoise Room 3715 Sunshine Dr. Kingman, AZ
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Check-in….Preregistration is required
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. An overview of solid waste regulations
10:30 – 12:00 p.m. An overview of Hazardous Waste
12:00 – 12:30 Pollution Prevention (P2) program Overview
Seating is limited. Registration required.
Professional Development Hours (PDHs) are available for this workshop. You will be presented with a certificate confirming your attendance and PDHs earned on the day of the workshop. If you have questions about this workshop, or need to cancel your registration, please contact us at wastecompliance@azdeq.gov
Thursday, June 21 | 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
E-Manifests: Information on EPA’s New Hazardous Waste Manifest System Webinar
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To view all upcoming solid and hazardous waste and pollution prevention events, visit azdeq.gov/sw-events
For questions of more information, please contact: wastecompliance@azdeq.gov
3. Lake Pleasant – Fill Season Ends and Release Season Begins. Just ask those who showed up at the lake between 2 to 4 p.m. on Memorial Day, only to be turned away due to the excessive number of people in the park and on the lake!
But did you know that Lake Pleasant is not only a cool recreation spot, it’s also a reservoir for Central Arizona Project’s Colorado River water supply? And, on Memorial Day, the lake is at nearly its highest elevation as the “fill season” ends and the “release season” begins.
Lake Pleasant is just about the midpoint on the 336-mile Central Arizona Project aqueduct system and the segment of the canal leading off the main aqueduct to the lake is the only place in the system where water can flow two ways. During the winter months, Colorado River water is pumped into the lake, raising the elevation. Then, during the summer months – to be exact, this year it’s June 4 – water is released from Lake Pleasant to supplement water deliveries in central and southern Arizona, while generating electricity along the way.
This year those who frequent Lake Pleasant may notice it will be 7 to 10 feet lower than usual near the end of August, but that’s not a cause for alarm. The reason the lake will go a little lower than in recent years is a three-week outage at the Hassayampa Pumping Plant planned for August. During that time, more water will be drawn from Lake Pleasant to meet CAP water demands. Then, in September, CAP will transition deliveries from predominantly Lake Pleasant releases to 100% Colorado River water, so the lake is expected to remain at a relatively low level through the month of September. Significant pumping into Lake Pleasant will resume in October as the “fill season” begins again. Source: CAP-AZ.com
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ASBESTOS REGULATORY SEMINAR
Breakfast and Lunch included.
Come meet, share a meal and learn the basics from EIA Board Members, ADEQ Inspectors and instructors from The Asbestos Institute.
Show Low, AZ June 14, 2018 8:00am – 3:30pm Location: Show Low City Hall Deuce of Clubs Meeting Room 180 N. 9th Street, Show Low., AZ 85901 (928) 532-4000 8:00 am Registration – Continental Breakfast / 8:30 am Seminar Start / 3:30 pm Seminar End So that we can arrange for food, please register on-line at www.eia-az.org or call 602-864-6564
5. Hazardous Waste Rulemaking – Time For The Public To Speak Up.
ADEQ will be conducting a hazardous waste rulemaking, as recently approved by the Governor’s Office, in which the agency plans to adopt EPA’s e-manifest and generator improvement rules, and other rules finalized by July 1, 2017. We will also include EPA’s recently finalized Definition of Solid Waste rule as a topic.
We would like your feedback in two stakeholder conversations via WebEx. Based on discussions in the first meeting, we may add an in-person meeting location for the second date.
Please help us plan by providing your RSVP for the meeting you expect to attend, and whether you would prefer attending the latter meeting in-person.
June 14 (online or by phone) | Meeting Info >
- Register via WebEx
June 29 (online or by phone) | Meeting Info >
- Register via WebEx
- I would like to attend a Phoenix meeting
Feel free to forward this information to others who you think may be interested in hearing about ADEQ’s adoption of EPA’s e-manifest and hazardous waste generator improvement rules.
For questions regarding meeting and rulemaking content, please contact Terry Baer, ADEQ Hazardous Waste Unit Manager: baer.terry@azdeq.gov
For questions regarding meeting registration and technical issues, please contact: wastecompliance@azdeq.gov
6. Astroshed – What’s Going On up There? Thurssday, June 7th To June 10th.
Thursday, June 7
Jupiter reached opposition and peak visibility about a month ago, and it remains a stunning sight nearly all night. It appears some 30° high in the south-southeast during evening twilight and climbs highest in the south shortly before 11 p.m. local daylight time. Shining at magnitude –2.4, the giant planet is the night sky’s brightest point of light once Venus sets around 11 p.m. Jupiter resides among the background stars of Libra the Scales, 1° north of Zubenelgenubi (Alpha [α] Librae). If you view the gas giant through a telescope tonight, its disk spans 44″ and displays spectacular cloud-top detail. You’ll also see its bright moons put on a nice show. Ganymede lies in Jupiter’s shadow in early evening, but it gradually returns to view between Io and Callisto. At 12:40 a.m. EDT, Io and Callisto appear 25″ apart southeast of the planet. If you watch the space between these moons, you’ll see Ganymede emerge into sunlight starting at 12:43 a.m. It return to full visibility by 1:02 a.m.
A diagram showing the phases of Venus, printed in Popular Science Monthly in 1909. Popular Science Monthly Volume 75
Friday, June 8
Venus passes 5° due south (lower left) of 1st-magnitude Pollux this evening. The planet has brightened slightly (to magnitude –4.0) since early in the week, and shines 100 times brighter than the star.
Saturday, June 9
Another comet in the growing crowd of such objects discovered by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii makes its appearance in June’s morning sky. Comet PANSTARRS (C/2016 M1) currently glows around 9th magnitude within the Teapot asterism of the constellation Sagittarius, and you’ll need a telescope to spot its subtle glow. As a bonus both today and tomorrow, the comet slides about 40′ from the 8th-magnitude globular star cluster M54. Your best views will come from under a dark sky when Sagittarius climbs highest between 2 and 3 a.m. local daylight time.
Sunday, June 10
The conspicuous Summer Triangle asterism dominates the eastern sky in late evening. Vega, the triangle’s brightest member, shines at magnitude 0.0 and stands highest of the three stars. To its lower left lies Deneb; at magnitude 1.3, it is the faintest of the trio. Magnitude 0.8 Altair resides at the bottom right and completes the bright asterism.
