Board of Certification



State of Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Division of Water Resources

Surface Water Discharges Section

Board of Certification for Wastewater Operators

89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901

Phone (302) 739-9946 * Fax (302) 739-8369

Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

City of Lewes Wastewater Treatment Plant

BOC Members Div. Of Water Resources

Brian Blackburn Glenn Davis

Jerry Esposito Katie Wirick

Peder Hansen Chris Cleaver

Public

Jerry Williams Bob King John Kuhn Jack Armstrong

Kyle Betts Carol Murphy Tom Herholdt Linda Lewis

Steve Hudson Jeff Deats Dave Weed Christine Mondock

Connie Dobrowalski Donise Harrison Reinhold Betschel Keith Powell

Ken Cross Gary Jackson Al Miller Vicki Zinn

Clarence Quillen Charles Simpson Lori Brown Walter Baumer

Bill Carpenter Tera Taylor Marlin Frisby Donald Jacobs

Guy Wiggins Ann Hobbs Bryan Blake Patrick Rankin

Christina Leyden John Arnold Keith Hudson Sarah Smith

CALL TO ORDER

Determination of Quorum

• A quorum is present

Approval of Agenda

• Agenda approved by the Board

Minutes of Previous Meeting

• Meeting Minutes from September 2, 2009 approved by the Board.

OLD BUSINESS

• No items on agenda

NEW BUSINESS

Operator License Renewals/Certifications/Expirations (September)

• Reviewed, no comments or issues received

Paperwork Submittal Time Frames

• Reviewed the “Renewal Process” document.

• Received questions regarding turn around time, processing of renewals and maintaining licenses.

Continuing Education Training

• Reviewed the “Approved Courses” and “Denied Courses” reports.

• Discussed the importance of safety training and that the Board approves up to 10 hours of “indirectly” related training.

• Jerry Williams from Delaware Technical & Community College discussed training opportunities and employment services offered.

BOC Website

• Discussed the website and what information is contained on it.

• Glenn discussed the newsletter.

BOC Announcement

• Peder Hansen is stepping down from the Board of Certification and the Surface Water Discharges Section to take a position with the Public Service Commission.

Open Forum

• Jerry Esposito polled all in attendance their feelings/perception of approved/denied courses.

o The 10 hours of direct & indirect training is now a policy and fully enforced.

o The BOC policy is more lenient than the actual regulation regarding CETs.

o Discussed Delaware’s license classifications versus New Jersey and Maryland.

• Lori Brown provided an overview of the tour.

• For those in attendance will receive one (1) hour for the meeting and one (1) hour for the tour.

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