– Proposed ordinance to develop a jointly owned and operated industrial park in conjunction with Edgefield County, pursuant to Sec.
4-1-170 of the Code Of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended; to provide for a written agreement to provide for the expenses of the park, the percentage of revenue allocations, and the distribution of fees in lieu of ad valorem taxation; and to provide for other matters related thereto (Aiken County/Edgefield County Park-BAE Systems Land & Armaments, L.P./Project Apollo).
(To allow BAE Systems Land & Armaments, L.P. to use land in Aiken and Edgefield for business purposes that will have a positive economic impact for the County – Project Apollo) – Proposed ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of a fee agreement by and between Aiken County, South Carolina and BAE Systems Land & Armaments, L.P., formerly known as Project Apollo, providing for a payment of a fee in lieu of taxes and other matters related thereto.
4-1-170 of the Code Of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended; to provide for a written agreement to provide for the expenses of the park, the percentage of revenue allocations, and the distribution of fees in lieu of ad valorem taxation; and to provide for other matters related thereto (Aiken County/Edgefield County Park-BAE Systems Land & Armaments, L.P./Project Apollo) (Third Reading) (To allow BAE Systems Land & Armaments, L.P. to use land in Aiken and Edgefield for business purposes that will have a positive economic impact for the County – Project Apollo) – Proposed ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of a fee agreement by and between Aiken County, South Carolina and BAE Systems Land & Armaments, L.P., formerly known as Project Apollo, providing for a payment of a fee in lieu of taxes and other matters related thereto (Third Reading) – An ordinance amending the fifth supplemental ordinance titled "A fifth supplemental ordinance making provision for the terms and conditions of a sewer system revenue borrowing of Aiken County, South Carolina, authorized by Ordinance No.
90-6-32 of Aiken County adopted June 19, 1990 ("bond ordinance"); approving the financing of sewer system improvements in Aiken County, South Carolina, through the borrowing of not exceeding $50,000,000 plus capitalized interest, if any, from the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, by agreement with the South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority pursuant to Title 48, Chapter 5, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended; providing for the agreement to make and to accept a loan, the execution and delivery of a loan agreement between Aiken County and the South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority, the execution and delivery of a promissory note from Aiken County to the South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority; amending the bond ordinance; and other matters relating thereto" (the "fifth supplemental ordinance"); and other matters relating thereto (Third Reading) (Amending Sewer System Revenue Ordinance to extend the time under which Aiken County can borrow the money.)
as sponsor affiliates under the fee agreement between Aiken County, South Carolina, and ESA Solar SC, LLC., as sponsor dated as of February 7, 2017; and other related matters.
(Clay Killian, county administrator) – Proposed ordinance to establish operating, capital and debt service budgets for Aiken County, South Carolina for the fiscal year July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018; to provide for the levy revenues and for the appropriation thereof; and to provide for other matters related thereto.
(County Council) (First Reading) (To adopt the County operating budget for the next fiscal year)
– Fiscal Year 2017 Aiken County Contingency Report as of April 19, 2017.
Such motions also may be made at other times during the meeting.)

Information meeting scheduled for proposed reconstruction of Beach Street and First Avenue in West Haven.
WEST HAVEN >> The city will hold a public information meeting next week on the proposed reconstruction of a section of Beach Street and First Avenue that was 5 feet underwater during Superstorm Sandy, officials said Monday in a news release.
Members of the public are invited to review and discuss the project’s preliminary design plans with officials from the city and its engineering consultant, DTC of Hamden, at 7 p.m. May 11 in the Harriet C. North Community Room on the second floor of City Hall, 355 Main St., the release said.
The $8.5 million project calls for the city to raise a 4,000-foot stretch of First Avenue and Beach Street from Monahan Place, near the wastewater treatment plant, to Morse Avenue, near the former Chick’s Drive-in restaurant, Quadir said.
“The raising of Beach Street will ensure that the road is fully accessible throughout an extreme storm, such as Superstorm Sandy,” said Mayor Ed O’Brien.
The coastal resiliency project is part of West Haven’s recovery efforts in the aftermath of Sandy to better protect the Beach Street area from flooding events.
On Oct. 29, 2012, during Sandy, the Water Pollution Control Plant at 2 Beach St. was inaccessible to staff and emergency vehicles for nearly 12 hours because of extensive flooding.
In the storm’s wake, the city has taken steps to make it more resilient to tidal flooding and coastal storms, including dredging the Old Field Creek salt marsh off Beach Street, thanks to federal funding to help Connecticut municipalities like West Haven make such improvements.
The Beach Street project, which kicked off in 2015, is being financed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.
The project also will include the construction of new concrete sidewalks and a two-way bike lane for future connection to a regional shoreline bikeway system, said Assistant City Planner David Killeen.

KCC: Dow water pollution will not affect sports complex construction.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Commission says West Virginia State University’s lawsuit against Dow Chemical in connection with alleged groundwater contamination will not stop the commission’s exploration of a multi-sports complex at nearby Shawnee Park.
“There’s no health risk to those who are actually playing at the golf course located next door in Institute and there doesn’t appear to be any reason to delay the project for the sports complex,” Commissioner Ben Salango told MetroNews Monday afternoon.
The commission and Kanawha County Parks released a joint statement Monday.
Salango said they remain committed to the Institute community to provide recreational opportunities.
It’s also important for the youth in Kanawha County to be able to play there — baseball, lacrosse, football, soccer, those types of sports — so we want to move forward with the project,” he said.
Salango said while “it’s not a surprise there are chemicals in the chemical valley,” he believes WVSU did what it had to do to take protective measures.
The lawsuit, he said, has not created an issue between Dow and the county.
“I don’t think the county’s relationship with Dow has been damaged,” he said.
“This is an issue between West Virginia State and Dow.” A Dow spokesperson previously said in a statement, “It is unfortunate the university chose this path, given our partnership with them over many years.” The county has contacted the state DEP to obtain additional information and studies regarding underground water issues at the school’s campus.

Six feet – that’s the length of the longest lake sturgeon tagged by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and there’s a chance a Rainy River angler could catch that 6-foot fish or others out of the 8,959 sturgeon tagged to date as part of a long-term study.
“As if catching a lunker sturgeon isn’t enough, catching a tagged fish and reporting it gives anglers and the DNR an added bonus.
Cooperation from anglers is an essential part of this long-term tagging and recapture study.” Anglers who report the tag number on a sturgeon receive an email back from the Baudette office thanking them, along with maps and information collected on their tagged fish and its history since tagged.
The information tells a story of the sturgeon’s travels from when it was captured until it was caught and reported.
Of the 8,959 lake sturgeon tagged so far, 5,484 were longer than 45 inches at the time they were tagged.
“Besides understanding sturgeon movement and reproduction cycles, the tagging effort also allows us to make population estimates.” Population estimates of the number of sturgeon longer than 40 inches in the Lake of the Woods-Rainy River system were made in 1990, 2004 and again in 2014.
“This has been accomplished though improving water and habitat quality, stocking to reintroduce the species and improving fish passage through dam removal and modifications.” Intense commercial exploitation during the late 1800s and early 1900s decimated the once abundant sturgeon population in Lake of the Woods and Rainy River.
After the decline of the commercial fishery, the sturgeon population was unable to rebound due to water pollution and degraded habitat in the Rainy River, the primary spawning area and nursery habitat for young sturgeon.
In the Minnesota waters of Lake of the Woods and Rainy River, anglers can catch-and-release sturgeon Oct. 1 through May 15 and July 1 through Sept. 30.
To report a tagged fish visit http://www.mndnr.gov/taggedfish?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">mndnr.gov/taggedfish or to report it directly to the Baudette office, find contact information and other management information at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/baudette/index.html?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">mndnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/baudette.

AACC supports green college.
AACC’S Arnold campus is home to dozens of environmentally friendly features.
The cultivation of rain gardens around major storm drains on campus reduces water pollution, Dawson said.
“[They’re} a great opportunity for students to participate in the green efforts.” AACC students, under the supervision of Dr. Susan Lamont, maintain the rain gardens around campus.
In addition, AACC reduced its water user by 42 percent in the library by installing low-flushing toilets, motion-activated sinks and a rooftop rain garden.
Dawson said the 75,000-square-foot Andrew G. Truxal Library has reduced its energy use by 50 percent since AACC remodeled it according to LEED standards.
Devin Valcich, an environmental science major, said the library is “cool … because of all the efforts we are taking to make it green.
The school I transferred from didn’t have that, so I appreciate it.” Outdoors, solar panels cover Parking Lot B as part of Project Sunburst.
AACC encourages students and staff to be mindful of the impact each person can have on the environment.
Additionally, the campus features multiple bike racks; charging stations for electric cars; and recycling bins around campus.

Two teams from the University of Akron hope to make a splash at this week’s Erie Hack, a hackathon-style event, where engineers, scientists, researchers, coders and data and water experts try to solve Lake Erie’s challenges.
And win or lose, both say they plan to pursue their projects.
The hack is sponsored by the Cleveland Water Alliance, and teams from several Great Lakes cities have spent weeks coming up with ways to use technology and data to look at Lake Erie’s problems, such as algae blooms and water pollution.
Both UA teams are concentrating on collecting data about algae blooms, but in different ways.
Their idea: use citizen scientists, many of whom would be students, to help gather information on phosphorus and nitrogen levels in the water, which can contribute to dangerous algae blooms, and collect that information in a central, open-source database.
Siman said the team estimates the kits will cost about $40 each, making it affordable for schools and other organizations.
Several schools, companies and informal learning centers have gotten wind of the Warriors’ idea through Erie Hack, the University of Akron and the team members’ networks, and there is a lot of interest already, Siman said.
"We’ve developed a prototype that is robust enough to pursue," she said.
Hydrosense is the other team with University of Akron ties.
Like the Water Warriors, Hydrosense plans to move forward even if the team don’t come out on top at Erie Hack.

No problems found, but Air Force to test MacDill water for pollution.
But the inspection will test ground water at the base in areas where Aqueous Film Forming Foam was used, according to Laura McAndrews, an Air Force spokeswoman.
So far, more than 200 installations have been tested and the Air Force is taking some form of cleanup action at about 20 of them.
"It is our priority to ensure there is safe drinking water sources for our service members," said Senior Airman Tori Long, a spokeswoman for the 6th Air Mobility Wing, the base’s host unit.
Studies on animals show the chemicals disrupt normal endocrine activity, reduce immune function, damage organs including the liver and pancreas, and cause developmental problems in offspring, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Data from some human studies suggests the chemicals may also damage human health, according to the institute, while other studies found no conclusive links.
If the chemicals are detectable but fall below the health advisory level, the Air Force may conduct well monitoring to track changes and determine if further action is needed.
The Air Force, McAndrews said, has awarded a $6.2 million contract to replace firefighting foam used in fire vehicles to reduce the risk of possible contamination of soil and groundwater.
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Govt.
funding deal requires Pentagon to report water contamination at bases.
Under the resolution, the Pentagon must give Congress a list of affected sites within 120 days and include its plans for telling communities about the contamination and when it was detected.
A review by the Inquirer and Daily News found last month that 395 military bases need to be tested for the chemicals, according to numbers from the Air Force, Army and Navy — about 90 more than originally listed by the Defense Department in March 2016.
The rest of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation has also been pushing for action.
"I am pleased that the spending deal includes the language I secured to require greater transparency from Department of Defense on the issue of water contamination in Bucks and Montgomery Counties," Casey said.
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If you’re doing these things, you’re polluting Galveston Bay.
When you mop your floor, do you dump the bucket outside in your yard?
If you do, you are likely harming Galveston Bay.
The Galveston Bay Foundation wants the general public to think about the ways pollution gets into Houston’s waterways, and take steps to prevent the contamination.
If you see pollution in your neighborhood, the GBF’s Galveston Bay Action Network now offers an easy way to report it, via a new smartphone app that immediately sends reports to the correct authority, depending on the type of pollution.
There’s also a browser-based reporting tool that has been live for several years.
But what should you report?
Water pollution can come from trash and debris, sediment runoff from poorly maintained construction sites, overflowing sewers or even pet waste.
Sarah Gossett, water quality volunteer coordinator for the Galveston Bay Foundation, recommends that members of the public include a call back number when reporting pollution.
Often, authorities will call the reporting person back after an investigation is complete.

Wyoming County property owners accuses surface mining operators of degrading wells.
PINEVILLE — Fourteen Wyoming County property owners are suing surface mining operators, alleging nuisance, trespassing and insufficient measures taken to prevent damages.
Jennifer L. Chambers, Tammy Cline, Justine Cline, Gary Sparks et al filed a complaint April 7 in Wyoming Circuit Court against Dynamic Energy Ic.
and Mechel Bluestone Inc.,alleging failure to comply with the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act.
According to the complaint, due to the the defendants’ mining activities, the plaintiffs have suffered degradation in the quality of water coming from their wells.
The suit says they notice discoloration and foul odor emanating from their water.
The plaintiffs say they have suffered personal injuries, real and personal property damages, annoyance and inconvenience.
The plaintiffs seek trial by jury, a replacement of their water supply, compensatory and punitive damages, interest and all other appropriate relief.
They are represented by attorneys Kevin W. Thompson and David R. Barney Jr. of Thompson Barney in Charleston.
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