Maine Association of Site Evaluators
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MASE
MAINE ASSOCIATION OF SITE EVALUATORS

2010 ANNUAL MEETING & TECHNICAL SEMINAR

February 23, 2010
Millenium Convention Center, 416 Oxbow Rd, Palmyra, ME

AGENDA

8:00 - 9:00   Registration, Coffee, and Vendor/Sponsors Displays
 
9:00 - 10:00   Advantages of Shallow Placed Soil Treatment Areas
David Kalen, New England Onsite Wastewater Training Program
David will discuss drip irrigation and low pressure pipe (shallow narrow drainfields, bottomless sand filters). He will discuss the differences between these applications with septic tank effluent and advanced treatment effluent. He will also show total nitrogen and phosphorous results from some of these applications.
 
10:00 - 10:15   DEP legislation updates – Darryl Brown, Main-Land Development Consultants
     
10:15 - 10:30   Break
 
10:30 - 11:00   Shoreland Zoning Changes – Richard Baker, Maine DEP
Rich will discuss changes in the Shoreland Zoning rules that will be adopted by all municipalities no later than July 1, 2009.
 
11:00 - 11:30   Div of Environmental Health Report – David Braley, Drinking Water Program
 
11:30 - 12:00   Subsurface Rules vs. NRPA – Mike Mullen, DEP Enforcement
     
12:00 - 1:30   Lunch and Vendor Displays – Beef tips, stuffed chicken breast, garlic mashed potato, rice pilaf, buttered corn, tossed salad, yeast rolls, & dessert.
 
1:30 - 2:30   “Soil Aeration”
David Potts, Geomatrix, LLC

David will discuss the principles of biomat formation/why systems fail, soil gas, system rejuvenation research - pilot scale and field projects, and general effect of soil aeration hydraulically and from a treatment perspective.

 
2:30 - END   Annual MASE Business Meeting: Report from the Board of Directors, Committee Reports, Election of New Board Members, Items from the Floor
     
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