{"id":2319,"date":"2014-05-07T02:52:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T06:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sobac.com\/~stopthestink\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2014-05-31T00:42:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T04:42:15","slug":"notes-from-the-clc-meeting-on-6-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobac.com\/~stopthestink\/2014\/05\/notes-from-the-clc-meeting-on-6-may-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the CLC Meeting on 6 May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"new aside\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sobac.com\/~stopthestink\/documents\/bio-en-clc-documents\/bio-en-clc-meeting-minutes-6-may-2014\/\" title=\"Bio-en CLC Meeting Minutes, 6 May 2014 | Stop The Stink In Elmira\">The minutes of this meeting are now available<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bio-en Community Liaison meeting was a quick one tonight; we were done in less than an hour.  <\/p>\n<p>Although the minutes from the meeting on 1 April 2014 were not on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bio-en.ca\/minutes.html\" title=\"CLC Meeting Minutes at Bioen Elmira\">CLC Meeting Minutes at Bioen Elmira<\/a> web page at the time of the meeting, they had been distributed to the CLC members ahead of time. The first item on <a href=\"http:\/\/sobac.com\/~stopthestink\/2014\/04\/bio-en-clc-meeting-tuesday-6-may-2014-at-700pm-in-the-library\/\" title=\"Bio-en CLC Meeting, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 at 7:00pm in the Library | Stop The Stink In Elmira\">this meeting&#8217;s agenda<\/a> was acceptance of the minutes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minutes\n<ul>\n<li>Feedstock issue &#8211; additional available materials does not mean an increase in the amount of feedstock. Think of the list as a menu.<\/li>\n<li>Air samples &#8211; are they diluted, or concentrated? A: Clean air is smelled as a baseline, then sample air is added at various dilutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earl Brubacher believes the minutes are already online.<\/li>\n<li>Update\n<ul>\n<li>Receiving product every day.<\/li>\n<li>Fired the engine today for testing, run for a short period of time. Testing the engine for every possible fault. When the engine is running it&#8217;s feeding electricity into the grid.<\/li>\n<li>Waterloo Hydro says the substation (at Reid Woods Road?) is not ready. There will be a period from 14 May to 6 June when there will be no Hydro input, so any gas produced will be flared off.  The flare will cycle on and off as the gas pressure reaches a threshold and is released.<\/li>\n<li>More outside work is being done: grading, paving next week, planting some trees and grass.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/sobac.com\/~stopthestink\/documents%20%28other%29\/Bio-En%20Reports\/Operational%20Reports\/Material%20Receiving%20Report%20-April%202014%20-%20CLC.pdf\" title=\"&quot;Material Receiving Report -April 2014 - CLC.pdf&quot; (30.1 kBytes, .PDF)\">April 2014 Material Receiving Report<\/a> (30.1 kBytes, .PDF) was distributed. Items before 17 April were from filling the tanks, after 17 April were from regular operation.<\/li>\n<li>The plant is now basically operational.<\/li>\n<li>There were two truck movements outside of regular hours, at 6:00am. Truckers were encouraged to arrive during regular hours, 7:00am to 7:00pm.<\/li>\n<li>All access to the plant is through Martin&#8217;s Lane. There is no access through Kenning Place, and no access is planned for Kenning Place.<\/li>\n<li>The plant currently has 25% of the total tonnage. That does not mean an increase in trucks for the remainder.<\/li>\n<li>The plant is no longer receiving local manure (needed to start the digesting proces), but is now receiving regular feedstock.<\/li>\n<li>There are more doors and windows to be painted.<\/li>\n<li>Nothing else to report&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>There are two operators on site, not doing shift work. Staff hours are from 7:00am to 5:00pm, with remote monitors and alarms at other times.<\/li>\n<li>Other business\n<ul>\n<li>Letter of credit and incorporation\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Musselman checked out Service Ontario for information on registering as a not-for-profit corporation.<\/li>\n<li>Price is $155 plus $305 (so $460)<\/li>\n<li>Bank account &#8211; simple to set up; the bank needs an item in the minutes as official documentation. No need to set up an account ahead of time.<\/li>\n<li>Protection from lawsuits will cost $600-$700.<\/li>\n<li>There are new rules for not-for-profit corporations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appmybizaccount.gov.on.ca\/sodp\/portal\/osb\/!ut\/p\/b0\/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjCxLTU3My87Kt8ouT9Aryi0oSc_QKSpNyMpP18tIK9DLyc1P1C7IdFQGNW6-w\/\" title=\"Government of Ontario - ONe-Source for Business\">available online<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <abbr title=\"Community Liaison Committee\">CLC<\/abbr> Terms of Reference should be OK as by-laws for a corporation.<\/li>\n<li>It takes 5-7 business days to get registered, but with more money a 48 hours registration is possible.<\/li>\n<li>Bio-en will not provide matching funds for legal or accounting fees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was decided to take no action for now; the report will be tabled to be available when it becomes necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Next meeting: 3 June 2014, at the Elmira Public Library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The minutes of this meeting are now available The Bio-en Community Liaison meeting was a quick one tonight; we were done in less than an hour. 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