February 16-17, 2012
Paver Installer (Level 1) Certification Course
8:00 AM to 5:00 Pm
Ewing Irrigation
3441 E. Harbour Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85034
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Submit your project of the month and qualify for the Director's Choice Award at the 2011 ICPI Arizona Chapter Hardscapes Awards Banquet
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TECHNICAL COMMITTEE UPDATE
November 21, 2008
Yesterday was the "Dust Control" presentation by Maricopa County Department of Air Quality. While the meeting was not well attended, the information provided and the interaction between members and the representatives of MCDAQ was very good.
A brief description of some of what we learned is:
- Our jobs over 4300 square feet (including staging and parking areas) require a permit.
- Working on any permitted job for a general (home builder, etc) requires a sub-contractor registration number.
- Almost any dust generated that is visible (20% opacity) is a violation.
- Fines are calculated based on the length of and degree of violation - and can be as much as $10,000.00 per day, per violation.
If you were not present at the meeting and you are doing any grading without dust control, any dry cutting of pavers or even compacting of pavers without dust control, it is strongly recommended that you obtain additional information on what you need to do to avoid receiving a "Notice of Violation". There are currently 52 "inspectors" for MCDAQ in the field.
Your chapter is organizing a group to make a presentation to attempt to change the regulations regarding generating dust during our compaction process. At this time, the amount of dust generated while compacting with sand on the pavers technically qualifies as a violation. We will attempt to convince the regulators that there is no viable option at this time to mitigate the dust for this operation. We will keep you informed of our progress.
For most all other dust generating processes we use, they feel there is a reasonable means of stopping the dust (i.e. cutting pavers with either a wet block saw or a water attachment on a cut-off saw, etc).
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