2004 MEETING MINUTES

Meeting called to order at 11:30AM

Michael Lannan (Chair), Martha O'Brien (Vice-Chair) and Mike McGinley (Secretary) were all present at the meeting.

A sign-in sheet was passed around the room. An attendance list is included with these minutes.

1. Committee Chair, Mike Lannan, called a moment of reflection for the passing of influential committee member Alex Gnyp who passed away June 14th of this year.

The following Obituary ran in the Windsor, Ontario Windsor Star on June 16, 2004.

(06/16/04) GNYP, Alexander William Ph.D, P.Eng. At Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital on June 14, 2004 after a brief illness at 73 years of age. Beloved husband of Iris and father of Dina and Greg, all of Windsor. Dear brother of Terry of Kenora, ON. and brother-in-law of Leda and Gordon Law and Rita and Karl Fetter. Uncle of Christine, Neely, Aaron and Dan. Alex was a retired Professor of Engineering and former member of the Board of Governors of the University of Windsor. He was a former President of the Faculty Association and one of the founding members of the Department of Environmental Engineering at the University. Alex was a man loved and respected by his family and friends. Family will receive friends at The Morris Sutton Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 68 Giles Blvd. E. on Thursday, June 17, 2004 from 2-4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. until time of Funeral Service at 7 p.m. Fr. Edmond Bourque officiating. Cremation to follow at Greenlawn Crematorium. In lieu of flowers memorial donations made to the Canadian Diabetes Association would be greatly appreciated. A tree will be planted in memory of Alexander Gnyp in the Morris Sutton Heritage Forest. A dedication service will be held on September 26, 2004. All are welcome. Windsor Star, Area Code 519

 

2. The 2003 minutes from the meeting in San Diego were reviewed.

3. Session Proposal Forms. Four sessions were proposed for the 2005 annual conference in Minneapolis.

a. Economic and Air Emission Issues of Ethanol Production. Session Chairs: Charles McGinley, St. Croix Sensory and Mike Valentine, EarthTech. This will be a panel session of invited speakers.

b. Community Odor Monitoring, Nuisance Assessments, and Odor Modeling. Session Chairs: David Restaino, Fox Rothschild and Vladimir Kogan, Orange County Sanitation Districts.

c. Odor Quantification and Control. Session Chairs: Dick Pope, Malcolm Pirnie & Anna Bokowa, Canadian ORTECH Environmental.

d. Chemical Detection Sensors and Electronic Noses. Session Chairs: Martha O'Brien, Odor Science & Engineering and Mike McGinley, St. Croix Sensory.


Two other sessions were proposed for 2005 with EE-6 as a co-sponsor. These two sessions were submitted by a new Inter-Technical Committee Task Force on Agricultural Environmental Issues (ITF-10).

a. Air Emissions from Poultry and Livestock Buildings. Session Chairs: Larry Jacobson, University of Minnesota & Al Heber, Purdue University. This will be a panel session of invited speakers.

b. Air Emissions from Poultry and Livestock Facilities. Session Chairs: Steve Patrick, Tyson Foods and Jacek Koziel, W. Texas A&M University.

Note that EE-6's own, Mike McGinley, is the Technical Program Vice-Chair for the 2005 conference in Minneapolis.

4. ASTM International: Mike McGinley currently is a member of the ASTM International E18 Sensory Evaluation committee. ASTM completed a review of the threshold standard E679 as part of its scheduled required 5 year review. Official voting was completed in April 2004. The standard was approved with some minor revisions, including the addition of one new odor testing example and an example of the threshold of a taint in beer.

The Intensity Standard, E544-99, is now up for its five year review. The plan is for this standard to be balloted for reapproval as is. Voting is expected to take place in July 2004.

Michael Rix and Anna Bokowa expressed their concerns for health issues related to the sniffing of the n-butanol standards. There was further discussion the use of this standard in practice. Rix, Bokowa, and several others present felt that some attention should be given to this standard to consider how it is currently used and what alternative methods exist for determination of odor intensity.

5. Olfactometry Standards: Mike Lannan presented his plan for EE-6 to take the lead in reviewing the 2003 European olfactometry standard (EN13725) and comparing it to the current ASTM standard (E679-04) and the EE-6 Guidance Document. The goal would be to arrive at a final consensus for moving forward with a North American standard which would address more of the issues presented in the European olfactometry standard. Mike Lannan will lead a committee to carry out this objective. It was decided to handle this with a two step process.

Step 1. Martha O'Brien will lead a subcommittee of lab personnel who will review the standards and provide information about the clear differences between the two standards.

Step 2. The rest of the EE-6 committee, and others in the industry (WEF Air Quality Committee) will review the product of step 1 along with the specific standards. This group will then work to draft recommendations for a new North American standard or direction for discussion of a global standard.


6. Future AWMA Conferences: Future AWMA annual conferences include: 2005 in Minneapolis, 2006 in New Orleans, and 2007 in Pittsburgh for celebration of the 100th Annual Conference.

The meeting adjourned at 12:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

Michael McGinley

2004
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