HomeMy WebLinkAbout72-130NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Butte
approves the attached Grant Application and hereby authorizes the
Chairman of this Board to execute said Grant Application on
behalf of the County of Butte.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Super-
viso~s this ~~t day of August, 1972, by the fol~owing vote:
AYES: Supervisors Douthit, Ladd, Madigan, Maxon and Chairman Gilman
~OES : None
ABSENT: None
NOT VQT ING: None
ATTEST:
CLARK A. NELSQN, County Clerk and
ex-of£icio Clerk of the Board
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RESOLUTION APPROVING GRANT APPLICATION AND
AUTHORZZING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE
COUNTY OF BUTTE
NV~RONM~~~I`AL ~ROTECT~ON A E
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~~S~A~tCH, ~EVELOPh~~t~7', Al~tD DEfdOhl57RATfON GRA~1T
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PROGRAM ~O,
ACCOUN7 NO,
DATE REC~IV~D:
PART I, SECT[OH A, REQUESF AND CERT[FICATION
1, TYPE OF5 gGF7ANT CLA55 It - CLA55 lil • STORM & CLA55 IV - ADVANCEO CLASS V-
~ RESEARCH I~ DEhSONSTRATION ~ COMBIMEp SE'HEft ~ Y7AST~ 7REATMEi~1T i~ Ih1RU5TRlAL VlASTE
~~z, T! TL E OF PROJECT
BUTTE COUNTY GELLULOSE FTBER SOLTD G~TASTE UT~L~ZAT~4N RESEARCH PROGRAM
9. APPLYiNG ORGANlZAT10N FN6 I+IAILIhlG ADDR~Sy(ZIP Code) 8. TYP~ OF APPLtCATIPN ("X` epprOpriBtc bOx)
Coun~y of B~zt~e N Ww
~ Th~ Couxthot~se
REVISION ~TO~~ FWPCA GRANT NO:
prQVill.e, C~li.~ornia 9~965 .
4. PROJECT L'fl~C'ATI'OTt~Af~[D'M'A~L[NG~'AODRESS~~(7.lP~COdc)
Butte County, Califo~na.a
` Butte County Develapmen~ Comm.
~75 Cohasset Road
Chico, Ca~~.foxnia 95926
C~11.G0~ Ca~7-~OX'111c'3 APPLtCANT'SSHARE:
(916) 343-8236
. GRANT REQUFSTED:
G. Robert Nicholson, Exec. Da.~.
$L2'~'~~ County Developmen~ L'OI[UTl3-55~. GRANY PEf210b:
~75 Cohass~t Road .
95926 ~
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- fl. PRD.I~CT fINADiCING ~
f a. FOR 70'i'A~ AROJECT:
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TOTAL PROJEC7 ,
PERfOD: OC~.
5. GRANT DIRECTOR=~6IA~LING AO~RESS(ZIP C~e} nHO ~ TDTA~ PROJEGT COST:
TELEPHONE NO. --
APPROVEO PROJECT PERIOP
4• TELOEPHAN~ ~OTOtZ~MAI ENG433R~4~2~~CodC) AND
; a~
Donald E. Lenge , Presa~dent
In~ernationa~7l Syst~ms Enginaering
P• O• BO~ S17 C~~'~ FROM
Healdsbuxa, Ca. 95448 __
7. FINANCIAL OFF ICEFi 1To ReCC~vC Grsni Funds1, MAIt[TtG
AaDRE55(T•1P Cpdt) AND T~LEPHONE i~SO.
F. H. S~e3.y (9I6) 533-~230
Butt~ County A~ditor
The Cour~ho~se
OroviZZe, Cali~corni.a 95965
TOTAL:
(FROMJ {TH!?OUGH7
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$ 3 000
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APPROVED ESTIMATED PROJECT COST
APl~LICANT'S SHARE S
GRANT R~QUE57ED S
"fOZ'AL ~
10. TERMS AND CONDITlONS ' .
'I'he attached statements and exl3ibits are hereb~• made part of this npp3ication and the undersi~med represeutative
of ~he ,lpp3icant ccrtifies tl~at thc iuformation in tl~e applicalion .u~d in the attached siatemcuts and cxhibiis is
irue, coreect, and compEete lo the l~est oE ]iis knowledge aud belie~. 1!e further certi(fes tha[: ~ie lias ~ceu aut3tor-
ized lo file this applicatioia 6}• Eosrnal action of che garernin~, haiy oi tiic rlpplicant as is c~•idenced by tlic :1'1"1':IC13LD
CF:i~•r~~tc~ co~ti- ar• AU1'110Rf7,:1T30\ 1f.~DL Fi~~'j~HL•' .aPP1.IC~\Z''S G01'~fi\l\C: [30€31': the gorcrui~3g l~ocfy oE
Ihe Applicant a~rces that if a I'ederal ~ ant for t&e: Project is made or~ tlie 6asis oF tl~is applicatio~t or on tEic bc~sis
o[ any {xo~-ision or amendment thereof, it ~.ill comPly ~+~lih a]! of ~lic applicabEo requirei~ients and conditians oE the
rc~ulations go~~r.n~ing granas for ti.•aECr pollutioi~ crn~ero] ~utEiotizcd b~• lhr, lt'alcr Pollu[ion Conuol r'Ici, as amci~dcd
(33 U.S.C. 4GG ~'~• scq•} and criiEi such additiona! conditinns as Ehe Commissianr,r ma}' ~~»pose prior to or a[ tltc lime
ai die gza~u a~; ard. . .
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5~GNA7URE OF PEFi50N AUTHOR~ZED 7A SIGN
TITLE:
DATE
FWPCA 2i1 (Rov 3•69) (Poge 1}
, FORM APPi10VF_D
~ . BUAGET 13URCA~1 AiO. 4i-~-•:`.~S'.'
b. ppR ~'~IS RE~UEST:
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~4R7 I, SECTlOh! B, 5UMhiARY DE,SCRIPI'EON ~F PRO.fEC7 •
GIVG A F3RIEF DESCRiPT]dF,~ QF Ti 1,.bJ~CT,SIJMMhFIZI`~G THE FR~J ~C7 OBJEG c5 ANO PLAN OF OPERATION DESCRfE3~D
iN THE ~~TAILED PROJECT PI.AN [PART II, S~C~IpN k1. ~l.e:nit tAc surunarp to the spacc providcdj
Tk~e main abjective of ~his p~oje~t ~.~ to e~imina~e ~he necessity of bu~ning
~ice straw and waad was.~es and the bux~ying o~ paper wastes and de~crelop a
useful product in ~he process. ~
The project consists of a research and development program and a technical
~easibi~.i~y study for a panex board plant to util,i~e sawdus~ ar~d rice straw
and athe~ c~Ilulose wastes ~~om ~he Butte Couz~~y area. This ~echnical,
feas.ib~.l~.~y p~og~am will in,crolve an investigation o~ ~he production methods
and plant design for the produetion of a composite building baard, using
rice stxaw ~.n ~he core and waod sawdust. waste paper or additional. rice
stra~,r on ~he ~ace. Resea~ch and develapm~nt to prov~ the technical..~easi-
bility af such a plant wau~d b~ requ~.~~d cspecially in the fo~lowing areas:
~The harv~s~ing, col~ect~ng and p~epar~.ng a~ the r~.ce s~raw; the amoun~s and
zr~e~hods o~ resin, wax and other chez€l~.cal add~.tians requi~ed ~or satisfactory
,bQar.d pr.op.erties,; the ,raQdi~a~cat~.ans _in ..boaxd ,.pr.a.ductian ..t.e~hniques as ra-
quired by the ~ice st~aw and waste papc:r raw ma~er~als. A rea~.i,stic prog~am
°wi~l also requixe the ~u~1 'sca~e t~s~.~.ng of various cri~ical product~.an
~nachin~s and the pxoduc~.ion initia~.~.y o~ .labora~o~y s'cale samp~es of pre-
pa~~d fibe~ and boards. ~
Fa1~ot,ri.ng the ~nitial labora~ory scale samples w iI~ be the production of
ftz~I scal.e sample boards at ~east 4' ~ 8` in size using x~aw matera.als which
had been prepa~ed in full sca~e production units. These ~u3.~ scale~boards,
wh~Gh wauld be made zn a nu~ex~ o~C sizes and densities and wi,th va~ying
, res~n, ~+„ax and other chemica~ addita.ons, •wi1~ bc: subjected to a coznple~e
series of standard board p~operty t~sts and i~ addition, wiJ.~. be ~ested
~ full scale in naxmal const~uction app~ica~ions such as sub-~~.aoxa~ng,
underlayment, and xoo~ and wa~l sh~athing. These ~atter ~tests would be
carried ou~ i~ con~ormance with ~he standards set ~orth by the bui~.ding
code autho~ities.
. Fiberboard producti.on tachniques based on woad raw material are faiacly we~.~
kr~awn even though ~he new medium densiLy ~~.be~board systems have only been
. in existence about ~ive years. This research and d~velopFnent prograzn is
r~:qtza.red ~o in~crestigate ~the appla.cati.on of thes~ ~aaod based systems f.o the
uti.~ization of rice straw and the ~nanu~ac~uxe of a co~nposi~e board. ~t
will be nec~ssary to investigate and deve3.op suitable ~nethods for har,cres~-
ing, col~~cting and storing the rice staraw as we~~ as ~a~ preparing it far
us~ ~a.~ the board. So~.utinns w.i~.1. have to b~ ~ound for such prob~.ems as
: seasonal variabiZity o~ the raw znaterial and ~he very high silica content
of the rice straw.
PART I, S~C"C1DN C, APPROVAL BY STATE WATER NO~~U7lON GONTROE. AG~NCY CI[applecable}
T[TL~ OF PRbJGCT ' ,
GRANT APPLICAN7
"rhe project dcscribed above, if carried ou! in accordante wilh the proposed plan of operation, is heee6y approved. .
NAN~ OF OFFICIAL STATE YlATER f°OLLUYlOt~! COhITROL AGENCY
SIGNATV(tE OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICER ~ I TITLE OF OFFIC[R
pAT E
FWPCA 23i (Rcv 3-69? iPdgc 2}
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1. ESTIMATED PR0IECT CaSTS DURIItG GRAtd-i I~RIOD
PROPDSED 8Y APPI.ICANT FWPCA USE OlFLY
ITE3+i -roYa~. Foz
GFtAP17 PERtO~
GF2AN'f REQU85TED
EL~GIBLE C05T5
F'WPCA OFFER
A. SAL.ARIES k1~ED WAGES _
B. Fi~1NG~ B~hl~~'l75 •
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L_ GON$"f'F2LlCTION - SUPERVI510{~!
M. CON$'C'RUCTION - CpNTRAG75
t+l. GONS7RUG710h! - MATERIALS
TO7A1. C~HSTRUGTIOhI fK th~v ~!)
~ O. QPFIZA'T'IQt~ - SALAF2EE5 & WAGES
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R. OPERATION - UT1LItI~S •
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TOTl+1. FACILITIES (K Ihru 5)
TDTAL PRDJECT COSTS {A ~hru S} (~ ~ ~Q~ rJ'] ~ QOO
FW?CA 213 (Rcv. 3-k9y (Pagc 3~
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R7 !, 5EC'i'1~N Q-], FIh[AhlC1AL 5Uh{MARY nfinved)
9_ PRf1P[~SFh FI]Nfllh[(:
PROPOSED BY APPLICAN7 FWPCA U5[ bNLY
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PERC'EN7
F'UNDS
A.APPLICAI~T'SSHAR~ .rj~ 5 ~,oaa S
8. GRAN'i' FtEQU~S7ED g5~ ~~] ~ Qa~ .
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C. REV~NWE •BON.IaS OFt CE~RT.lF..1.CAT.ES •.~ . ~
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3. SUPPORT TO flE USED FOR 7
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~ e„i CONSULTANT {ilRrtO[VR) SERVICES TO SE PERFORMED
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~ Internati.onal Systems Prajec~ Techni:Cal Direction $
~ ~ Engineexi.ng Carp. and Opexation. Ca~rying out o~ 36,(3fl0
~ Hudson and Front Stree~s al1 technical funct~ons
" Hea~dsburg, Cali~o~nia
v 95448 • $°~~',`000
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HOW OBTAINED (pvrshase, renlal, furrtished 6y npplieant)
~ ~ Rice S~raw Minor items to b~ purchased; ~ -
. Haxvesting and Hand~ing aJ.most a~.~. ather items tQ ba
~ Equipment rented. . .
~ a Fiber P~eparati.on Equipmen~ . 12, flOt3
~~ 0. Laboratory and PXant Sca~.e '
' ~ Board Production Equi.pme t
~p Board Testing Equipment Some specia~. mil~a.ng heads or jigs
.. wi~.I a~.so be purchased.
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Rice Straw uan ities
Waste Paper Puxchased Ba~.ed ust e
Various Resins and Waxes esta lished~ 4,000
. n for Board Production " .
Q Cutt~ng H~ads and Knives ~ .
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SEG'~30t! D-2. FI' ' 4C1AL ~ETA1L - RES~ARCH/DEVELO}'AhE!`" `D~AiONSTRA'~ION STUDI=S [Conf.)
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Inte~natianal during program. 22 ' 50.00 ~.,~00
~ Sys~ems En.ginee~~.ng V~~yts to various equipment
~ manufacturers ~or f.est runs 5 400.Op
- 2,000
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- test runs 3 30~.00 900
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„ of p~oject, personn~3. e~penses, ~e~c. 2,000
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FWPCA 211 (Rev 3•54) ( Pugc B)
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PAR7 !, S~GTIaN E, P~ROJECT SCH~~ E
1. DATA Qt~ C4NTRACT5 .
A. FiAVE A!~!Y COh["fRACTS BEEN AWAR~Eb7 ~ YES
B. IF YES, L15T 7NOSE AWARDED (Givc purpose of contract, mm~o af contractor, ers~d d~to asvarded)
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2. APPLICANT ES PREPARED TO MAINTAIN TFiE FOLL4WING SCHEDUL~ ~
• (!~'at applicabic to C1uss f Gran~s)
' NUMBER OF
17£M GALEN QAR
6A
A. i7AYS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE PF2ELkM[NARY STUOIE5, AFTER GF2AN"C
.O~•F'E•RkS •ACC°~P`E`~E•D: . -
F3. DAYS REQUIRED 7d GOIY}'L~TE ~NGl1~fEER1~'G FtEPORT FOR 1~ROPOS~D •
PF20JECt, AFTER GRAN7 OFFER IS AGGEP7~D:
C. ^AYS REQUkFicD FAR P~ANS Ahl~ SPECIFiGAT103J5 TO dE REAdY FOR
ADVEFtT1SING ~OR BkD, A~TEF2 GRAN~ OFFEFt tS ACGEPTED: •
U. DAYS REQUIF2E~ 70 LET CO~iTRACT FOR CON5TRl1CTION,
AF7~R GRA3`IT O~'FEFi 15 ACC~P"fEp: ~
E. ES~EMA7ED TIM~ TO COivlPL~T~ CONSTRUGZ'10~ AND !NI'S'IATE POST-CONS'CRUCTIO~! STUDI~S:
F. ESTENfA7ED TfivSE REQUIRE~ FQR P057-GONSTRUC~"ION 5713DIES:
G. ESTIIvSATED "ClME REQUIRED A~'7ER POST-CONSTRUCTIOi~[ S7lIDtES FOR
Pi2~PAFtA'C14Iv OF A FI~~lAL TECWNICAL. REPORT TO EVALUA'rE FtNDINGS:
PART II, DETAELED PROJ~C7 DESGRlPTION
{Par1 !! of the ap~lica~ion shal! pravide Q detailed descsiplion of tbe ~7rpleC! plRn, supporring in/ormalion, a~:d miscellaneor~s rnfonna-
tioir. The rlcscription s6a1! be (~repe~ed in accordm~ce with the lnstruciions /or complelin~ Parr !1 to assist ir: the .evre:u o/ lfiis
applicalion. Be~rn hese irnd use conrinuation pages as necessary.}
Section A, PROJ~GT PLAA1 .
3. P~oj~ct Objective_s .
Esse~t~.a~ly, the project is designed to ob~ain the
~ necessary ~echnical data to pro~cre the technical
~easibi~i.~y o~ and to provide the basis for ~he
, desa.gn o~ a building board plant ~o utilize a
combination of the following c~1~.u~osic waste
mater~als in Bzxtte Courity, Cali~a~nia; rice straw;
~ wood ~raste; mun~c~.pa~ rubbish. ~~ .
~ See continuat,~on sheets "Need for ~roject."
FN'PCA 211 (Rcv 3-b4}(Pogo qy
¢ U. S. GOVF:RNAIE[`'T PHL\'71\G OFFIC~: : 19G9 O- J19-TB{
PART TI, DETATLED PRO~~~^.T DESCRIPTTON -
5ecti,pn A, PROJECT PLc. ~,:ont~n,~ation Sh~et ,~}
2. Need far Pro'ect
The air po~lution au~hori~ties o~ the state of Ca~.i~a~nia have
been severely restxicting agr~.cu~~ura.~ burning. The crop
that ~s perha.ps mo~t a~~ec~ed by these restrictzans is r~,ce.•
After the grain has been removed, it ha,s been the practice to
burn the fie~ds to dispose o~ the ~.arg~ quan-~it.ies o~ rice straw
remaix~~.ng. The burning has two .~mpo~tant e~fects . The fixs~.
is the removal. a~' large quan~ities of ccllu~.osic materia.l that
would no~ d~cay fas~ enough ~to a11.ow ~ull util.izatioz~ o~ the
~ields. Second, ~he burning not an~.y des~roys the ce~.l~.losic
materia~, wh~ch could ~.ater beco~te a breed~.ng ground for
,har~n=fu-~ ~~znicr,o-ox~g~a~~.isms, bu~ ,a~~so .t`kie ~h~ea°t o~' ~~t~e bu'rning
sanitizes the fi.eld at the tzme of burning.
Sev~ra~ othe~ methods of d~.sposal or u~i.~ization of rice s~raw
axe being a~nvestiga~ed includa~ng its use as anima~ feed, a~
,~aw material. for paper and hardboarc! and as an ene~gy produc.ing
fue~. However, these uses are uneconomic or re~.at~.vely xe-
stric~ed at ~h~s tizr~e, and the p~ob~ems these proc~sses w~1~
~ac~, principal~y from the si~ica conten~ o~ tha r~.ce s~raw,
have ~ot yet been ~u3.1y inves~.a.ga~ed or x~esolved. The use o~
1arg~ amourz~s of rzce ~-tra.w in a const~ucta.on panel board
wou~d be an excel~.en~ solution provided the~e are no insur-
mountab~e praduction problems and p~ovided ~hat the end product
.~s suztable ~ar constxuction use.
The fibcr type board production sys~em tha~ wou~,d be inves~z~-
gated for u~i~.ization could a].so be used, wi~h only mznor
modi~a.catians, to ut~.~ize a portion of the C~Z~1~~pS1.C frac~.ion
of municipal rubbish and/or mixed wood was~c such as sawdust_
The municipal waste o~ Butte Coun~.y is now going inta landfills
wi.th only relatively mina~ recavery of resou~c~s. The
cellulosic ~'iber frac~ion, which would be znostly paper but
wouZd also include the plastic~ pa~~ion a~ the rubbish, could
be used in combination wi~h the rice s~raw ~iber in a
;,~ homogen~ous boa~d or could be used s~parate~y as a~ace layer
• on the board. •
The same holds true fo~ the m~xed wood waste. Mas~ o~ the
wood waste in Butte County and sur~ounding ar~as is now be~ng
ut~~.ized or soon wil~ be. However, ~he szaaZl rema~ning ama~znts
o~ wood waste excluding bark ~,,;i].1 be increasingly di~~icu~t ~o,
ut,ilize since they will only be available ~~om reZativexy small
separate saurces and ~h~y wil~. be very vara.able in natuxe. The
~iber type baard production sys~em being znvestigated is the
best known rnethod ~o~ ut.~lizing such variab~e mixed was~es.
The pr~posed program w i~.l demonstrat~ the technica~ ~easibi~.i~y
of preparing and uti~izing these various wastes in a suitabZe
constructio~ boax~d prod~c~.
PART ~~, DETAILED PROJ~~~~ D~SCRTPTZON
Section A, PROJECT PLAN (Continuation Shee~ 2}
3. P1an o~ Operation
~he p~an o~ operation ~or this research and d~velopme~t pro~ect
is bxoken down into five sections. Same a~ this work may be
carx~ed out on a concu~rent basi~. How~v~~, most af it must
be carried out sequen~ially in ~h~ order given.
'I'ha timing of th~ projec~ is importan~ sinc~ the rice is
harvest~d in Butt~ Coun~y from Sept~mber 15 ~o November ~5 and
most o~ the straw has in th~ past been removed by b~rning in
the we~ks .~o.IZ.owi~g th.e barv.e~t..p.e.ri.o.d .or .dur.ing the .~irst dry
spe1.~ in ~he sp~ing. zf project appx~oval is forthcoming before
Oetober Z, 1372, .it shou~.d be possible ~o carry out the program
as ou~.lined using the 1972 crop as a basis. "
Due ta ~he quan~ities of waste ma~eria~.s avai~ab~e, as deta3.led
in the ~nternatz.ona~. Sys~ezns Eng.~n:eeri.ng Corporation repo~t,
"Eca~,ogica]. and Ec~raozn~.c Ut~.li.zati.ax,. of the Ce3.3.u~osa.c Ra~a
Materia~s Ava~~.ab~.e in Butte Cour~~y. " it is proposed to u~i~.ize
approximately two-thirds by waight af r~.ce stxaw ~iber, which
is to be ~.ncluded a.n the core of the panel board, alang w~.th
one-th~.rd by we~.ght of one of ~hree a~tex~nate ~ace ~ibex
materia].s ax combznat:i.vns thexeo~, ~he ~ace fiber matexzals
being additipna~ x~ce stx~aw, w~od waste or ce~lulasi.c f~.brous
mater~a~. (znostly paper) froz~ munica~pa~. xubbish.
A. Hax~vasting, Collec~ion and Acauisitzon
The methods far col~:ecting and handling wood wastes are ~airly .
well established and w~l~. no~ need further research. Several
methods are available for cQllection of fibrous raw ma~erial
from municipa~, rubb~sh, and these wi~l be in~crestiga~ed and large
sample ~.o~s wil.l be obtained a~ the variaus products. However,
in the cas~ af both the wood and rubbish raw materials, methods
to integrate the flow o~ these ~naterials wi~h the rice st~aw
will ~equire investigation.
Th~ major effor~ in this s~ction o~ ~he p~oj~ct w~.1~. concern
the investigation of various harves~ing, collecting and handling
methods for use wit1~ rice straw; the test~ng of these various
methods and ~heir e~~ects; and the~col~.ec~ion o~ pi~.ot s~ale
samples o~ straw for samp~e board tests to fo~.~.o~r. Factars to
}~e conside~ed wil~. inc~.ude methods and tinning o~ harvesting;
the advantages and d~sadvantages of preli~ninary mi~~.ing in the
fi~ld; invcs~igation of inethods ~or disposing of ~he remaining
stubb~e aZong with any reject ma~eria~ developzng from prelimina~y
milling operations. A~so ~nc~.uded will be in~crestigation of
p~op~r fuel quantities as r~quired for smokeless field incin-
ez~ation and sani~izing syst~ms such as that being developed by
~regon State Un~.versity. •
PART ~I, DETA~LED ~RO~ .:T D~SCR~~TSON
Se~tion A, PROJECT PLAN (Con~znuation Sheet 3}
Anoth~r important factor to be investigated is th~ me~hod of
compacting th~ raw ma~~rial, whsther by baling or otherwisa,
~o ease hand~~ng and txanspoxt. ~nc~uded w~~1 be investiqat~an
o~ recant developments in bulk hand~ing o~ g~ass~s and straws
such as ~he "S~ak-hand" s~l~~loading and unloading fi~Id
~ra~spor~ unit.
Also inc~uded in this section of•the p~ogram would be m~thods
o~ hand~ing the bales ar s~acks ~n ox at the bo~ndary of th~
fi~~ds.
As ~he~~ various factors ar~ investigated, test run~ wa~l be
made ut~lizing rented equipment, and 5ufficient mate~ia~s w~~l
be pr~pared to supply the t~st prog~am to ~ollow,
B. Stora e
The starage of the seasona~ly produced straw will be one o£ the
most impor~ant factor5 of ~he ~nti~e program. Starage af the
wood raw ma~e~za~ and ~he wood rubbish wi11 a~so be investiga~ed.
However, since the~e raw mate~ia~s a~e produced es5en~ially
y~a~~round, they do no~ present ~he prab~ems that the rice s~raw
does.
Tn the straw storage program, ~xad~~ionaZ ba~ing methods wi1l
be compa~ed to bu~k storage methods. A~sa to be znvestigated
dur~ng this phase will be tha methods o~ handling ~he fiber into
and out of ~he storage pi~es. Tes~s wi~l be mada of ~evera~
chemica~ and micro-bio~agica~ pxeservat~on systems. Su~ficient
s~raw w z1~ ba s~ored in each case ~a adequately supply ~he board
~est program to ~o~~ow. Again, ~he equ~pment ~or ~his sec~ion
of th~ program wi~~ be ~eased or rented.
C. Fiber P~epara~ion.Equipment
• Cancu~rent wi~h ~he co~~ection and s~orage phases, investigation
~_ will begin o~ me~hods of prepari~g the various raw materials far
use in panel boards. The use af ~oad wastas in a~ibraus type
panel boa~d is a relatively well advanced science. There are
a~so severa~ pane~ baaxd plants using percentages of waste paper
in th~ir manufac~ure.
~~~e~nat~anal Systems Engineexing has a~~eady ca~ried out some
initia~ test xu~s on the de~iberizing o~ r~ce straw in p~~ssurized
re~iners. Fu~ther ~nvestiga~ions of non-pressurized or hammermill
type sy~~~ms is now requi~ed ta det'ermine the ef ~ects on the
~iber preparat~on. An ~mportant ~actor in this ~egard is the
very h~gh si~~ca conten~ (15/ ~0 20/) ~n the rice straw which
wi11 be ve~y ab~asive and wi1~ thus cause wear p~oblems in the
fiber p~epara~ion equipm~nt.
PART IT, DETA~LED PROJ~v~ DESCRTPTION
Section A, PROJEC~ PLAN (Cont~nuation 5heet 4)
Test runs on the vax~ous ~ypes of equ~pment will take p~ace at
the var~nus man~~acturers such as the Bauer Bros.; at the
~abaxatory facilities at t~~ University o~ California, Richmond
Fi~Id Station; and ~n th~ laboratari~s o~ Columbia Research and
Testing Corporation, which is the labora~ary associated ~~th
International Systems Engineering Co~po~ation in Hea~dsburg,
Cali~ornia. Ess~n~ialXy, al~ the equipment will be ~eased.
D. Laborator ScaZe Sam Zes
~+tiYh~n ~he f~ber preparation ~nvestigatzon has been well initiated,
th~ ~~nex-t._s.~ep~.-wi.~..~.b.e -.t.o ,pxo.ducc .,2' ..x .2' .ox 4' .x 4 ` .laborato~y
sca~.e panel boards ~n arder to eval,~ate the various fiber pre-
para-tion sys~.ezns as wc1~. as th~ ~~~ects o~ ~a.eld milling and
starage. V~~'ious typ~s of both urea--fornlaldehyde and phenol-
~ormaldehyde bonding ~eszns wil~ be tested in the samp~e board
program. Thc~ samp].e boa~ds w~l~ be pxoduced in the Co~umbia
R~search and Testing Zaboratory at Hea~.dsburg. The physical,
mechanz.cal and chemical praperties o~ the sample baaxds wil~
a~.so be mcasured tY~ere.
Laboxatory equipment components, such as the labora-~oxy press,
wi~.l be Icased ~~om Columbi.a Resea~ch and Testing. Hawev'er,
sorne minor amounts af sp~cia~.i,zed t~st equipment vai7.1. be
purchased o~ constructed ~a~ ~his se~ies o~ tests. Th is wauZd,
~or exannple, include p~.1ot scal~ ma~. ~arming equipment.
E. Fu~.~ SCale Sam ~.es
B~sed on ~.he in~ormation derived fro~n ~.he ~aboratory scale
saanple program, ~ul~ 4` x 8' board ~ampl.es wi~1 be pxoduced
~i.thex ir~ leased product~.ox~ facil~.tzes or in large scal.e pilot
plan~ ~ac~litiES. Physica~. anaChan~.cal and chemica~. properti~s
t~sts wi.l~. be ca~~ied out on these samp~.es, and they wil~. then
~e tested in ~ypica~ ~ons~~uct~.on applications using standard
building code pe~~ormance tes~ing procedures so as to assurc:
theix suitabi~i~y and acceptability as code-approved cons~ruction
board products. This work will be: cax~ied out in Healdsburg a~.
tl~e Columb.ia Research and Tes~ing laboratory us~.ng,procedures
s~t ~orth by the Faderal Housing Autho~ities and the ~nter-
nat~.ona]. Conference o~ Building O~f~cials.
PART IT, DETAILED PROJECT DESCR~P~ION
Section A, PROJECT PLAN {Conti.nua-~~.on Sheet 5}
4. Pro~ect Facilities
Almast all equipment to be used ir~ t~e p~oject will~ be ~eased
or rented. Most o~ the equipanent manufacturers have laboratarzes
o~ facilita.es ~or making t~s~ runs at no charg~ or at very
nom~.nal cos~s. Some spec~alized equipment at the Universi~.y of
Ca~ifornia, Richmond Field 5~ation, wil~. be avai~.able for use ~f
~e.gui.~..ed .Qn a .,,nc~zna.x~.a1 .c.os,t _,basis.. Tk~.~ C.o~..~mb~a ,Res.e.arch .and
Tes~ing ~.aborato~y in Hea~dsburg, C~1i~ornia, a.s very well
equipped to ca~~y au~ sampl~ board production and board testing
p~ograms. The cha~g~s ~or its various pi~ces of equipment ha~cre
been in e~fect ~o~ some time, ~nd ~hese estab~ish~d rat~s will
be charged £or any equipmexz~ u~ilized.
Since this is a research and development pragram, a~l equipment
naeds car~not be out~.ir~ed at this timc. However, at this tinne,
it is di~ficul~ to concei.ve af any speci.a~ized eq~ipment which
wou7.d cost in exc~ss of $2,500. ~
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PART IT, SECTZON B, SU' )RTTNG ~NFORMATXON P~ge 1
~. Project Personne~
The proj~ct i~s to be ca~ried ou~ by znternational Sys~ems
Engineering Co~po~ation und~~ the direction of i~s p~esident,
Donald E. Lenge~, who will ac~ as project director. Assi~ting
him will b~ NI~. Kenneth Marr, who is ~he chie~ technician w i~h
Intexnational Sys~ems Engineering. Much o~ the work w~11 be
carried out by Columbia Research and Tes~ing Co~porat~o~,
wh~ch is a Iaboratory sharing the same add~~ss wi~h Internationa~
5ystems Engineering and wo~k~ng ~n close associatzon with
InternatianaZ Systems Enginee~ing. In charge a~ the Columbia
Research and Tes~ing port~on o~ the prog~am w i1~ be Mr. Ba~ton
A, Ecklund, P~~sident.
Following is a brief biographica~ descr~ption o~ each a~ these
three principal pe~sanne~: •
DONALD E. LENGEL has had broad experience in the wood and ~iber
p~aducts and ca~s~ruction fields. He graduated in 1948 with a
Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Enginearing ~rom the Universi~y
of Cali~o~n~a a~ Berkeley. Fo~estry was his minor subject_
H~s ~nit~al experience ~anged ~~om home, sa~~ill and planing
mi~Z construction to lum)~er sal~s and mi~~ management. Since
1955, Mr. Lenge~ has been engaged in consu~ting e~gineering in
th~ ganeral waod products and waste u~il~zation ~ields and
particula~~y in ~~e particleboard ~nd dry process hardboard
indus~xy ~n the United Sta~~s and ab~aad.
Mr. Lenge~ is a registe~ed m~chanical enginee~ ~n the State o~
Califo~nia, is a m~mber of the Ame~ican Society fox Testing
and Materials a~d is a mern]~er and past chairman af t~e ~aca~
section o~ ~he Forest P~oduc~s Research Saciety. He is a~so a
m~mb~r of the Techn~cal Associa~ion o£ the Pulp and Paper
Ind~st~y (TAPP~) , and i.s a.me~nber of the TAAFI commi.~~ees on
non-woad fibers and seco3n.daxy fibers. H~ is also chaa.x~man af
a non-wood fibe~s subcomzn~.ttae. He is a anem)ae~ and t1~e
vice--chairmar~ af th~ Technical Advisory Council., University
~, of Cali~ornia Fo~est Products Labarato~y. Nlr. Lenge]. has given
~~ papers and acted as a madex~ator in many o~ the Washa.n.gton Stat e
Una~versity Particleboard Sysnposa~uins gi~cren each year.
His e~perience also includes five years as a partner in
Columbia Engineering Company dur~ng which time he car~ied out
~easibility studies, plant l.ayout and design, and res~a~ch
and deve~opr3nen~ p~og~ams in ~.he ~iber and partic~eboard ~ields.
~nC~uded was ~he deve~.opment of a successful sugar cane bagasse
dep~.~hing system in Venezue~a. He designed and supe~v~sed
constrt~ct~on of ~he bagasse ~iber coFnbination particl~board,
dry process hardboa~d and so~tboard plant ir~sta~.led t1~er~ based
an that system. Since that ~~.me, he has carried out oth~r
enginee~ing projec~s in.the bagasse board fi~ld.
pART SI, SECTZON B, SU. ~RTING INFORM~'~SON
~ag~ 2
He a~so carx~ied aut init3.al feasib~lity studies ~or a d~y process
ha~dboard plant at Oakridge, Oregoxz, and des~.gned and ~onsul.~ed
an the ope~ata.on of ~he dry process hardbaard pi.lot plant there.
Later he design~d, eonstructed and ape~a~ed the ~irs~ partic~e-
board p3.ant to utilize in total a11 the various wood waste
~nate~ial~ f~om an integrated ].umber opexation.
His work in waod waste uti~izat~.on has 3.ed i.nto th~ gen~ra~.
waste u~i.].i.za~tion f~ield including d~sposa~, o~ rubbish and in-
dustrial, waste produc~s and also into the area o~ a~.~ and water
po~.lutian can~~o~.
~'Mr. Lenge~. has carr~ed. out ~tu.clies for ~he U. S. Ageney ~or
~n~ernatianal. Deve~.apz3nen~. in B~i~ish Guian~ and fax a Damanican
Republic gove~nmen~ developrcier~~ corporatio~, •
He ~s also active in research, dev~lopm~nt and producti,on of
phc:nolic and urea res~.z~s and wa~ eznuls~.ons as well as their
app~~cations in wood speci'alty products such as glued laminated
tim}ae~ and board produc~s. Recent3~y, his knowledge in can-
stri~ction and g~.ued systems has been. appl.~ed to d~ve~opment ~nd
testing o~ modul.ar cons~truction sys~ems.
(Socia~. Security No. 569-20-4820}
KENNETH MARR a~tended California Poly~echnic and th~ University
of Ca~iforna.a for five y~ars.
His early expe~icnce was as a chemist and qua~ity control
ananag~r in a pha~maceutica~. company.
He ~hen sp~nt three years i~ thermosetting resin development
and production with the Shell ~hemica~. Corr~pany.
F~1lowing th~.s, he was plant chem.~st and was also a.n charge o~
.•~ produc~.ion control at the Loam~te Corpoxatz.on, a Santa Rosa,
~ Ga~ifornia, fertiliz~~ and sai~. amenc3~nent plan~ uta.lizing waod
wastes as a ~aw material.
As laboratoxy manager and ch.ief technician ~or ~he past six
y~ars, he has been respansi.ble for directing varzous resea~ch,
dev~lopment and ~esting programs inc~ud.~ng bui~.di.ng componen~s
and systems, g~.ues and g~.uing practices, microbioZogical ~~f~cts
on cellulQSe, bu~.k ~zber stoxag~ sys~ems, wood preservat~ve.
az~a~ysis, bark ut.i~ization and gene~al strength testing o~
ma~~rials and sys~ems. He has also carried dut s~veral ~~st~ng
pragrams ~.eadi.ng to buzld~ng code approval o~ compon~nts by the
~nternational Con~e~en.c~ of Building Offic.ia~s (~CBO) and other
code promulgating org~nizations.
(Social, Secux~z~y No. ~63-42--6647)
FART T~, SECT~ON B, SUPruRTTNG ~NFORMI~TION
page 3
BAR~ON A. ECKLUND has had vari~d experience i~ the wood p~oducts
~~eld. A~ter rec~ivi~g a Mast~rs Degree ~n Wood Technology ~~am
the University of Ca~ifarnia in 1961, ~~ concentrated on timber
physics ~esearch at ~ha Un~versity at Cali~ornza For~st Products
Labora~ory ~or three years.
Fo~Zowing thi5, he spent ~ive years with ~he Union Lumbe~
C ompany where h~ worked an hardwood d~ying p~oblems, feasib~lity
studies, plan~ layout and design, and ~esea~ch and development
projects. B~~o~e joining Columbia Research and Testing, he was
Su,per_in.~.:ez~d~n~ .o.~ :Re.s.eazch and ,S;pec.ia~. P~'oduc~s at Union Lu~aer
and was ~esponsible ~or the ove~all research prog~am and. all
special produc~s production inc~.uding a bark processing plant
where redwood bark is converted into a varie~y af produc~s in-
cluding packing pads, insulatian ~ibcr, gl.ue extender, 1.ost
circu~ation mater~.al and various products fo~ agricultuxe; A
~.aminafi.i.x~:g plant where la~nina~~d bea~ns and deck~.ng are produced
us~ng radio frequency presses, as we~.l as tradi~t~on~l clamp
methods; A r~odu~.ar home producti.or~ plan~, and a lumb~~ pre-
~inzshing plant.
He is a me~nber and section of ticex of the ~ocal section o~ the
Forest Produc~s Research Society and is a member and chapter
se~retary-treasurer o~ the Sociaty of Wood Science and Techno~.ogy.
(Sacial Security No. 328-20-3856}
2. Othe~ Pro'ect Activit
At this t~.me, neither 3nternational Sys~ems Engineer~.ng Cor-
poration nor Co~.umbia Research and Tes~.i.ng Corporation ar any
' o~ th~ir personnel are working on ac~ive research, d~velopment
~'` or demanstxation proj~:cts which are supported by the U, S.
Gavernment or any othex~ government body. This app7.icati.on has
not been submitted to any other agency or organizatian.
~ART ~~, SECTZON B, St~i )RTING ~NFORM,~T~ON
3. Publ~cations and Re~erences
Page 4
Mr. Dona~d E. Lenge~, pr~jec~ di~~cto~; has made th~ following
pub~.icata.ons or repor~s which relate ta this projec~;
~.. "Ecolog~cal and Ec~nomic Uti2ization o~ the
Ce~lulosic Raw Matexia~.s Available in Butte
Caunty." Prep~red for the Sutt~ Caunty
D~velopment Comraa.ssi.on, June, 1971.
2. "~hat's Ahead in Partic].eboard." ~resented at
the Northern C~lifornia Secti.an o~ the Forest
Pxoducts Research .Society m~et.ing:, p.cto}~er.,
1958, and at the Northwest Wood Products Clinic,
Apxi.l, 1969.
3. "Some New Techn~.cal and Economic Aspects of
Bagasse Fiber Utilization." Presented at a
world ~uga~ technicians ca~fex~ence, November,
~968.
4. "The Rietz Dryer." P~ese:nted at the First
Symposiu~n on Partic~.~boa~d~, Washing~ton Sta~.e
Un.~versity, March, 1967.
5. "Z'nvestzgations to Determ~ne Opt~.z~nu~n Methods
~f Producing Bagass~-F.ibre Boards ~xz ~.h~
Softboard, Particle Board and Hardboa~d Density
~t~nges." Prasented a~ thc El~venth Congr~5s of
the xnternatiana~. Socie~y of Sugar Cane Tech-
nolagists, October, ~.962.
Mr. LengeZ has aZso made numerous p1.an~. feasibil,ity reports,
such as "A Report on the Engine~ring and Economic Feasibi7.i~y
of Producing Board Prvduc~.s From B~gasse ~n Northern Mexico,"
prapared for Gulf ~nvestFn~nts, Limited, a.n JuJ.y, 1968.
~~ Mx~. Kenneth Marr, laborat~ry ~nanager and Chie~ ~.echnician, has
supervised many test pxagarams which were to be subnnitt~d to
various bui~.ding code organizations, such as ~h~ ~ollowing:
1. "E~ter~ar Particlebaard Tests for Na~~.ona~
. partic~.eboa~d Association.." Prepa~ed ~o~ the
National ~articlebnard Association, Octobe~r,
~958.
2. "Wa1~. Sec~i.an PaneZ Tests for Manu~actured
Hoanes of Californ~a." prepared for Manufactured
Homes Qf Ca~.ifornia, March, Z968.
PART TT, SECT~ON B, SUa~JRTTNG TNFORM.~TSQN
Page ~
A~. Ba~ton A. Ecklund, Pres~de~t o~ Co~umbia Research and
Tes~ing Carpora~ion, has made t~e ~o~lawing pub~ica~ions or
reports which re~ate to th~s projec~:
~. "Boise Cascade Housing Development
Task 14 - Phase I~ Quality Gontro~."
~repared ~ox ~he Boise Cascade Housing
Deve~opment, November, 1970.
2. t`Redwood Bark - Sources, Products,
Research." Prepa~ed fox the California ~
R~dwooa Associat~on, August, ~'970.
3. "Bac~eria~ Attack of Pine Logs in Pon~
Starage." Farest Products Journax~
September, 1959.