Peninsula Biofuels Consortium Minutes
Monday, March 6, 2006
Vern Burton Community Center

Present: Chris Holloway (Zion Biodiesel), Mishele Smith (American Made Fuel), Sarah Wadley and Doug Monk (ECOIL), Sam Bryant (Sound Oil), Bill Eaton (PC), Andy Anderson (PASD), Linda Rotmark (Clallam netWorks EDC), Ed Tolan (Nippon), John Calhoun (UW), Betsy Wharton (PA City Council), Bob Lawrence (PC), Nathan West (City of PA), Randall McCoy (Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe), John Miller (LEKT), Jim Williams (Jim Williams Consulting), Jackie Jardine-Moore (PC), Kevin Gallacci (Clallam Transit), Dave Eckenberg (PASD), Paul Woodson (PC), Curtis Beus (WSU-Extension), Tony Ingersoll (USDA RC&D), Mark Madsen (City of PA)

New Business:

Immediate Action Items:


Action

Resources

When

Notes

Business plan assistance for local producers
  • Jim Williams
  • Score Counselors
  • Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

On-going
  • 683-4651
  • 457-7793
  • Kathleen Purdy – 417-5657

Permitting processes

Nathan West – PA

On-going

417-4751

ASTM testing locally

PC – grant funding

ASAP

Grant meeting 3/14 with Bill Eaton - PC

Marketing

  • Jim Williams
  • Score Counselors
  • SBDA

On-going

Basic product
By-products

Production Increases

  • Bulk Oil/Seed/Press
  • Storage/Containment
  • Water/BOD testing
  • Insurance
  • Chemical storage
  • Fire issues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nathan West - PA

On-going

417-4751

ASTM – NBB membership

Website

ASAP

Sam Bryant will forward info to Bob

Exhaust testing – Clallam Transit Buses

PC Auto Tech Program – Mike Hansen –

ASAP

Mike (417-6540) and Kevin Gallacci will coordinate

Horsepower testing

Chassis Dynamometer – grant funding?

On-going

Grant meeting 3/14 with Bill Eaton at PC

 

Mid-Range Action Items:


Action

Resources

When

Notes

Create website for biofuels information

Peninsula College

ASAP

Bob and Dwight will work on this for the Center of Excellence Website

Clallam Transit – Using B20 in March 2006

PC – to test exhaust before and after conversion

ASAP

Mike (417-6540) and Kevin Gallacci will coordinate

Warranties on power trains, catalytic converters, emissions

PC – test exhaust (see above) and research warranty issues (Mike H. and Paul W.?)

On-going

PC will host website containing research information

HB1645

Website

ASAP

Bob will attach websites to email

Long-Range Action Items:


Action

Resources

When

Notes

Alternate biofuel oil sources:

  • Synthesis Gas
  • Biomass
  • Local Algae

Paul Woodson

On-going

Research on black soldier flies

City of Forks

On-going

Biomass generator

Jeff Young – Waste Water Treatment Plant Superintendent

On-going

City of Port Angeles WWTP – algae growth

Eco-Industrial Park

City of Port Angeles

On-going – in the dreaming stage

Possibility of converting Rayonier site to eco-industrial park?

 

Meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

Next meeting:                        To be announced – as needed