Dennis Winters commended the Department and the Governor for this action and said he feels it finally gives the citizens a foothold on the problem. Joanne Denworth handed out letters from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and urged the Department and the Committee to think more dramatically about what can be done with respect to the proliferation of disposal sites, such as promotion of new processing technologies, permit moratoriums, and diversion of certain types of wastes from landfills. After some discussion on Joanne's ideas, Paul Hess motioned to adjourn the meeting which was seconded by Peter Dalby. Gayle Leader gave the results of the bowling tournament and reminded the Committee that these scores will be in the Archives if anyone is interested in the future. Tom walked the Committee through preliminary data showing the continued trend of reduction in the demand for management capacity between 1989 and 1995.
Statistics show Pennsylvania is very close to being a net importer of hazardous waste.
General consensus is that the market driven approach seems to be working in the hazardous waste arena. Keith stated he will be back to the Committee in January with the 1995 data. Lawrence Holley, Program Development, covered the status of the Bureau's technical guidance documents and advised the Committee to let him know which documents the Committee would be interested in so he can keep them informed of the revisions. The Committee requested that Gayle and Lawrence come back to the Committee in November with a summary and schedule for each of the major revisions. For the interim, SWAC will be involved in all of the regulatory packages and the four policies relating to the Executive Order and flow control.