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Welcome to the ACHMM-NSC web site.
ACHMM-NSC News Ticker
The Academy of Hazardous Materials Management (ACHMM) is a membership organization dedicated
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CHMMunity brings ACHMM-NSC Award Recognition
ACHMM-NSC as a group has recently received 2 awards, as follows:
- Take Pride in America Secretarial Award. The ACHMM-NSC has 3,406 volunteer hours to date as
of 3-28-2006. See www.takepride.gov for more information.
- Harztog Regional Award. The ACHMM-NSC was nominated by Chris Holbeck of Voyageurs National Park and "competed" with 55 other parks
to receive the regional award. We then "competed" with 7 other regions, approximately 390 parks, for the national award. ACHMM won the
regional award.
Read more on the CHMMunity Awards >>
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to fostering professional development through continuing education, peer group interaction, the exchange of ideas and
information relating to hazardous materials management. ACHMM is comprised of 54 Chapters with over 7,000 members in 34
States, the District of Columbia and Guam.
The ACHMM also is the membership organization for individuals who have successfully completed
the education, experience, and testing requirements necessary to become a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM).
The CHMM program is administered by the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management (IHMM).
Mission Statement - The North Star Chapter of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials
Managers was established to provide a forum for the advancement of the environmental profession. Objectives are to
provide for continuing education and to exchange ideas and information regarding the administration of hazardous
materials/waste management programs.
Announcements & Notices
Next General Chapter Meeting
Date: July 23rd, 2009
Time: 3:30 Tour followed by business meeting.
Location: Excel Energy High Bridge Plant, Downtown St. Paul.
High Bridge is a combined cycle generating facility which produces electricity from two sources of energy: 1) Natural gas is used as a fuel in a combustion turbine, similar to a jet engine; 2) Exhaust from the combustion turbine also is used to make steam in a heat recovery steam generator.
2009 CHMMunity UPDATE
Plans for the North Star Chapter’s 2009 CHMMunity work are beginning to develop and we are looking for members who might be interested in participating. This year we will have more opportunities for members who only may be able to help on a project for only 1-2 days, and more opportunities that do not necessarily mean traveling to Voyageurs National Park (VNP), such as basic research or data management.
2009 CHMMunity Project – Rat Root River Restoration
VNP has asked if the North Star Chapter (NSC) would be interested in providing technical support on a project to reestablish the spring walleye spawning runs on the Rat Root River, which flows through the National Park into Rainy Lake. The project is being supported by VNP and the Rainy Lake Sport Fishing Club (RLSFC), with help from MPCA and MDNR. As background, the Rat Root River historically had large runs of spawning walleyes each spring, however, in recent years these runs stopped. The Park along with the RLSFC is starting to plan investigations to determine what caused the change and to conduct watershed improvement projects to restore the river.
Our Chapter is being asked to provide technical resources for water quality surveys and other special projects. Work would begin in 2009, and would likely be a continuing effort for a few years as the project develops.
Project Planning Opportunity
Interested in participating on planning team? VNP is trying to get an initial planning meeting organized in the next several weeks between the VNP, RLSFC, CHMMunity, MPCA and MDNR to discuss this overall project. If interested contact Loren Larson.
Looking for Project Participants
If you might be interested in participating in this project, please contact Linda Daniels.
Reminder - - participation is not limited to NSC members; if you have coworkers, family or friends that might be interested, please let them know.
2009 Membership Renewal
Please renew your membership for 2009 today! You may renew with paypal online, or send a check and renewal information to Mark Schwarze (PO Box 111, Minneapolis, MN 55440). Registration information can be found at: http://www.achmm-nsc.org/member_application.htm
2009 National Conference
San Diego, California
August 30th - Sept 2nd, 2009
http://www.achmm.org/sandiego2009/index.php
Information regarding application for Stipend Funding and Prioritization schedule is available at http://www.achmm-nsc.org/docs/conference_stipend_info.pdf.
Job Postings
In addition to postings on our website, check out http://teamapproach.org/jobsadmin.htm
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