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<br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />April 30, 2009 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br />777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br /> <br />2008 TOXICS DATA NOW AVAILABLE ON INTERNET <br />COUNTY CUTS ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG EVALUATION SERVICES (ADES) PROGRAM <br />COMPOSTING AWARENESS WEEK PUTS GARBAGE TO GOOD USE <br />CITY OF EUGENE PAVES WAY FOR WARM-MIX ASPHALT USE IN OREGON <br />EUGENE JOINS OTHER AGENCIES FOR SEISMIC BRIDGE INSPECTION EXERCISE <br />EVENT SHOWCASES HAND-CRAFTED GIFTS <br />CATCH THE CITY SINGERS AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY <br />EUGENE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTED IN STATE FILM MAGAZINE <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />2008 Toxics Data Now Available On Internet <br /> In accordance with City Charter Section 54, qualifying local manufacturers have submitted reports to the City <br />regarding their use of hazardous substances during 2008, and that information is available to the public on the <br />program's website, www.eugene-or.gov/toxics. Among many other features, the website has the ability to sort data <br />into categories, including certain groups of output types. An initial analysis of the <br />2008 reports produced some fascinating figures. For all reporting companies taken <br />together, environmental releases -- to the air, sanitary sewer system, surface <br />waters, or amounts disposed of on-site -- were down from 1.2 million pounds in <br />2007 to less than 570,000 pounds in 2008. This was due only in part to the 2008 <br />closure of the Hynix manufacturing facility in west Eugene. Other contributions to <br />the overall reduction came from Lanz Cabinet Shop, which reduced its air <br />emissions of acetone by more than 100,000 pounds and its air emissions of butyl <br />acetate by more than 25,000 pounds; Flakeboard America, which reduced its <br />formaldehyde air emissions by more than 16,000 pounds and its methanol <br />emissions by more than 25,000 pounds; and Emerald Forest Products, which reported nearly 150,000 pounds of <br />methanol air emissions for 2007, but less than 10,000 in the same category for 2008. The Hynix closure <br />accounted for most of the drop in releases to the sanitary sewer system. In 2007, it had reported in that category <br />65,000 pounds of sodium fluoride, 31,000 pounds of isopropyl alcohol, and 85,000 pounds of nitrate compounds. <br /> <br />Another category of releases tracked by the program are those away from the manufacturing facility to outside <br />destinations, whether for recycling, treatment, sale, or other disposition. These amounts include quantities shipped <br />in product and quantities transferred away as waste. For 2007, the aggregate total for reporting manufacturers <br />was more than 10.7 million pounds; for 2008, it was below 7.5 million pounds. While the great bulk of this <br />difference is attributable to the Hynix closure, Parker Hannifinn Corporation (Atlas Cylinder) reported a reduction of <br />approximately 350,000 of metals (chromium and copper) in its products, compared to 2007. <br /> <br />More information is available on the City's Toxics Right-to-Know website, and printed copies of the data may be <br />reviewed at the Eugene Public Library, in accordance with Charter requirements. Questions about the program <br />should be directed to Glen Potter of the City Fire Marshal's Office at 682-7118. <br /> <br />County Cuts Alcohol and other Drug Evaluation Services (ADES) Program <br />In early February, Lane County Mental Health informed all courts within the county that, due to budget reductions, <br />it would no longer provide Alcohol and other Drug Evaluation Services (ADES) for court DUII diversion and <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />April 30, 2009 <br />