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<br /> - i <br /> I ~ <br /> PRESS RELEASE <br /> i <br /> I October 28, 2001 <br /> Contact for more information: <br /> Brian McCarthy, Cameron McCarthy Gilbert Scheibe Landscape <br /> Architects 485-7385, or <br /> Monica Anderson, Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers <br /> 686-8478 <br /> ~ For Immediate Release <br /> Smoke Testing of Storm Water Drains at Lane County <br /> Fairgrounds scheduled for Nov. 5-7 or Nov. 12-14 <br /> Smoke testing of storm drains at the Lane County Fairgrounds is <br /> planned for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 5 <br /> through 7 between 7:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. In case of inclement <br /> weather or if the storm drains are full, the testing will be <br /> conducted the following week, November 12 through 14. <br /> Surveyors from Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers and SPEC <br /> Industries will be conducting the smoke testing and survey work <br /> to complete a mapping system of storm water and sewer <br /> drainage for the fairgrounds. <br /> According to Brian McCarthy, a consultant overseeing the <br /> project, residents and people in the vicinity of the fairgrounds <br /> should not become alarmed if they see smoke coming from <br /> surface drainage systems at the fairgrounds. Surveyors will use a <br /> nontoxic smoke that is harmless to plants and animals and <br /> leaves no stains or residues. The methods and materials for the <br /> testing are industry standards and are similar to those being used <br /> by the City of Eugene for its own investigations of the sanitary <br /> sewers in nearby neighborhoods, he said. <br /> The fairgrounds management commissioned the testing and <br /> survey work as part of the City of Eugene's requirement for the <br /> fairgrounds Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan. The plan <br /> outlines `best management practices' to prevent contamination <br /> of storm water that could drain into the Amazon Canal, a <br /> waterway protected by the Clean Water Act. <br /> -more- <br /> i <br /> <br />