Daniel Salzler No. 1248 EnviroInsight.org Five Items April 5, 2024
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1. Upper Agua Fria Watershed Partnership Meeting, 10 am MST. Monday, April 8, 2024
Kay Mine. 18800 Deep Canyon Trail, Black Canyon City, AZ 85324 Meet at yellow house just across Black Canyon Creek, gate at entrance to property will be propped open for the meeting and tour. Arizona Metals will have third party consultants working on the project present to answer questions regarding water well levels and other day to day operations about the project.
Please wear closed toe shoes if you would like to participate in the Kay Exploration Project tour after the meeting. The tour will consist of driving out on drill roads to see the drill rigs and operations. Approximate time of 1-1.5 hours for the tour. Bring your solar eclipse glasses too! Lunch follows at VFW at 12:45 as guests of UAFWP. Still time to RSVP. Thanks to Tillie for help with lunch details.
Draft Agenda
1. Introductions and Announcements: Thanks so much to our hosts!
2. Development updates: Candela Agua Fria Solar Farm.
Possible impacts from Prescott AMA Developments – Lakeshore 650 – Pat Reyes-Cappelli update; Gold Paradise Peak Mining Project near Potato Patch and Groom Creek drains to
Hassayampa
3. ADWR: Kevin Lane: Basin Study: updates
4. FAFNM – wet/dry mapping?
5. BCHP: updates, events
6. Organizational efforts for UAFWP; Website work with BCHP, Clean Water for All Grant
Issues: Flyer for Green Ribbon Intern attached. Thanks Ben Serpa for all your help!
7. Black Canyon City Water Issues: ADOT <improvingi17.com>. Water Sources for
Construction; updated Chandler Well Impact
Analysis? Arizona Metals Black Canyon City
Kay Mine: Background for tour.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 on line
2. “This innovative online training course marks a significant step forward in ADEQ’s commitment to supporting the automotive maintenance and repair industry in Arizona,” said ADEQ Waste Programs Division Director Julie Riemenschneider. “Our training portal is an important resource, educating shop staff of potential harms in their workplace and guiding them in the implementation of pollution prevention measures. Together, we’re encouraging environmental responsibility and helping shops make positive changes for their community.”
ADEQ’s comprehensive training covers a range of topics essential to P2, including:
- Introduction to P2 fundamentals
- Automotive maintenance best practices
- Detailing and car wash techniques
- Collision repair and refinishing protocols
- General P2 opportunities
- ADEQ’s training is designed for all levels of staff, empowering them to make informed decisions about environmentally friendly materials and best management practices:
- Access the P2 Automotive Training Portal >
- Completion of the program earns participants a certificate, and facilities that excel in P2 improvements may be eligible to receive recognition through ADEQ’s Voluntary Environmental Stewardship Program.
- The ADEQ P2 team conducted targeted outreach in Southern Tucson and Southern Phoenix to understand specific challenges faced by the automotive maintenance and repair industry. This feedback, coupled with collaboration with Salem Boys Auto Repair, helped ADEQ develop targeted training materials addressing common P2-related pitfalls and a case study demonstrating how buying car fluids in bulk can help the environment.
- “Dating back to 1979 when we first opened our auto repair shop, we were environmentally focused,” said Salem Boys Auto Repair’s Chief Executive Officer Andi Salem. “Over the years, we have implemented more processes like buying in large bulk for all our oil and fluids, LED lighting in our shop, and recycling all of our cardboard and metal. All of these steps have greatly reduced our waste. For us here at Salem Boys Auto, being environmentally conscious is the only way!”
- “I am excited to see how this grant, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will allow us to better safeguard Arizonans and automotive maintenance workers, including those in underserved communities, from pollution,” said ADEQ Environmental Justice Coordinator Joaquin Marruffo.
- The online P2 training platform is now accessible to all automotive shops. ADEQ is hosting webinars providing an overview of the training materials, with opportunities for engagement and questions. Webinars will be conducted in both English and Spanish. Use the following links to register:
- Wed., April 24, 2024 1 – 1:45 PM (MST) | GoToWebinar (English): Register >
- 2:30 – 3:15 PM (MST) | GoToWebinar (Spanish): Register >
- Contact | ADEQ Public Information Officer 602-540-807
ADEQ’s training is designed for all levels of staff, empowering them to make informed decisions about environmentally friendly materials and best management practices:
Access the P2 Automotive Training Portal >
Completion of the program earns participants a certificate, and facilities that excel in P2 improvements may be eligible to receive recognition through ADEQ’s Voluntary Environmental Stewardship Program.
The ADEQ P2 team conducted targeted outreach in Southern Tucson and Southern Phoenix to understand specific challenges faced by the automotive maintenance and repair industry. This feedback, coupled with collaboration with Salem Boys Auto Repair, helped ADEQ develop targeted training materials addressing common P2-related pitfalls and a case study demonstrating how buying car fluids in bulk can help the environment.
“Dating back to 1979 when we first opened our auto repair shop, we were environmentally focused,” said Salem Boys Auto Repair’s Chief Executive Officer Andi Salem. “Over the years, we have implemented more processes like buying in large bulk for all our oil and fluids, LED lighting in our shop, and recycling all of our cardboard and metal. All of these steps have greatly reduced our waste. For us here at Salem Boys Auto, being environmentally conscious is the only way!”
“I am excited to see how this grant, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will allow us to better safeguard Arizonans and automotive maintenance workers, including those in underserved communities, from pollution,” said ADEQ Environmental Justice Coordinator Joaquin Marruffo.
The online P2 training platform is now accessible to all automotive shops. ADEQ is hosting webinars providing an overview of the training materials, with opportunities for engagement and questions. Webinars will be conducted in both English and Spanish. Use the following links to register:
Wed., April 24, 2024 1 – 1:45 PM (MST) | GoToWebinar (English): Register >
2:30 – 3:15 PM (MST) | GoToWebinar (Spanish): Register >
Contact | ADEQ Public Information Officer 602-540-807
3. Best Washer Sheets. You may have seen the commercials on television telling you that liquid laundry detergent is mostly water and when you are finished, you have to toss the plastic container into the landfill. And then they tell you that ‘Earth Breeze” is a better choice. No added water, no plastic container that will end up in a landfill. And then comes the pitch:”So buy Earth Breeze – It’s better for the environment.”
We all have to think about our daily consumption of water but we have to get/have clean clothes. How good are these dry washer sheets?
I love Clean People Laundry Sheets! Plastic free, plant based laundry detergent that ACTUALLY WORKS!
It earned our #1 Ranking because it’s (1) it performs the best at cleaning in our testing, (2) is cheaper than Tru Earth and (3) made in Canada and not China. They even have a BOGO promo going if you buy right now.
Clean People has the same cleaning power as brands like Tide but none of the toxic ingredients (NO synthetic dyes, NO 1,4 dioxane, NO optical brighteners, NO phosphates).
I love that Clean People has tons of 5 Star Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, FREE shipping, an amazing return policy (if you’re unhappy with the laundry detergent, they will give you a full refund and pay for the cost of return shipping, this makes it a no brainer to try). The reviews are people raving about how they’ve reordered multiple times, feel good to be using clean ingredients on their families, fast shipping speed, and how happy they are to be reducing plastic use.
I recommend the Fresh Scent which leaves a nice, clean light scent on clothing.
✅ Best performing Laundry Sheet in our tests
✅ All Washing Machines (Front & Top Loaders, High Efficiency)
✅ Vegan & Cruelty Free
✅Lots of 5 star reviews
✅BOGO Buy 1 Get 1 Promo right now
EDIT: Clean People is having a BUY ONE, GET ONE FREEfor New Customers promo if you buy right now, use code: BOGO
2. Tru Earth
Tru Earth earned our #2 spot. It’s Made in Canada like Clean People. It cleans well like our #1 Winner. So mostly have good things to say about these laundry sheets. More expensive than Clean People and they twist your arm into subscribing.
In general I am just loving all laundry detergent sheets! Plastic free laundry detergent is so much better than using those big orange plastic jugs.
✅ Made in Canada (like our #1)
✅ Performs Well
🚫 More expensive than #1
🚫 Hard push into subscribing
3. Kind Laundry
Kind Laundry is made of 4 simple ingredients. That is a huge selling point for me. I really liked them but I had to use multiple sheets to get the same cleaning power as my other choices.
🚫 Made in China – don’t trust the ingredients
🚫 Good cleaning performance but not the best
✅ Like the scent
✅ 4 ingredients
4. Sheets Laundry
Sheets Laundry Club is a popular laundry sheet. But I don’t get why! It’s made in China which means I don’t trust the quality of the ingredients. It didn’t perform well in our cleaning tests. And I didn’t like the fragrance. So I’m putting this as #4 in our list.
If you are concerned about ingredients or like scents, I would pass on this one.
🚫 Made in China – don’t trust the ingredients
🚫 Doesn’t clean as well
🚫 Didn’t like the fragrance.
Grove is an online marketplace where you have to be a member to join. I was excited when I saw they launched their own brand of laundry sheets too. I liked I could get it in my monthly box and really liked the aroma. They didn’t dissolve as well as other sheets I used and I had to be be careful to only use them with smaller loads.
🚫 Made in China – don’t trust the ingredients
🚫 Have to be a member to purchase
✅ Like the scent
4. Arizona Names Pluto As Its Official State Planet — except it’s technically not a planet.Arizona names Pluto as its official state planet — except it’s technically not a planet.
Arizona has a new state emblem — and it’s one that has been a source of controversy among scientists for years. Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill on Friday designating Pluto — once considered the ninth planet of our solar system and since downgraded to a lesser status — the “official state planet” of Arizona. The only thing is, Pluto technically isn’t a planet.
Though long considered to be the small, lonely outlier of the solar system, the International Astronomical Union, a nongovernmental organization, downgraded that categorization in 2006. Pluto is now classified one of five “dwarf planets” in our solar system.
To be considered a planet, objects must meet certain criteria: It must orbit its host star, be large enough to be mostly round and “must have an important influence on the orbital stability” of other objects around it. A dwarf planet is an object that meets those first two rules, but “has not been able to clear its orbit of debris,” the IAU says.
“Pluto now falls into the dwarf planet category because it resides within a zone of other objects that might cross its orbital path, known as the Trans-Neptunian region,” the group says. “Pluto is additionally recognised as an important prototype of a new class of Trans-Neptunian Objects: plutoids.”
In 1894, Percival Lowell founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff as part of his search for a potential ninth planet, which at the time he deemed as “Planet X.” According to the Library of Congress, he and his astronomer colleague William H. Pickering found several potential ninth planets, which they investigated until Lowell’s death in 1916.
After a years-long hiatus, the search for Planet X resumed in 1929, this time with 23-year-old Clyde Tombaugh at the helm. He discovered Pluto a year later, with an 11-year-old girl from Oxford, England, suggesting the newly-recognized object’s name. Source: CBS News, April 1, 2024
5. EPA Warns Farmworkers About Risks Of Dacthal. Agency developing next steps to address risks WASHINGTON — Today, April 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing its next steps to protect people from the herbicide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA, or Dacthal). EPA is warning people of the significant health risks to pregnant individuals and their developing babies exposed to DCPA and will be pursuing action to address the serious, permanent, and irreversible health risks associated with the pesticide as quickly as possible. EPA has also issued a letter to AMVAC, the sole manufacturer of DCPA, restating the risks the agency found and stating that due to the serious risks posed by DCPA, the agency is pursuing further action to protect workers and others who could be exposed. EPA is taking this rare step of warning farmworkers about these concerns while it works on action to protect workers because of the significant risks the agency has identified.
“DCPA exposure represents a serious risk to pregnant workers and their children, so it’s imperative that we warn people about those risks now. DCPA is an herbicide registered to control weeds in both agricultural and non-agricultural settings, but is primarily used on crops such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and onions.
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