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ATributetoaTrueGentlemenItiswithsorrowthatweadviseofthepassingofoneofthetruegentlemenofthecementandashindustriesMrAlanForbes.AlanpassedawaypeacefullyonthenightofThursday3rdJune2010at70yearsofageaftera6-monthbattlewithcancer.AlancommencedhiscareerasacadetrailwayengineerinBrisbaneandspentsometimeworkinginanumberoflocationsacrossQLDinplacessuchasCharlevilleandHughenden.HealsooperatedhisowncivilengineeringbusinessintheGoldCoastbutisbestknownforhistimewithAdelaideBrightonCementwhereheworkedfor14yearsinthepositionsofGeneralManagerofSunstateCementGeneralManagerofSwanCementandGeneralManagerDevelopmentforAdelaideBrighton.Post-AdelaideBrightonAlanusedhisknowledgeandcontactsfromwithintheindustrytoactasabusinessbrokeramoveinstrumentaltotheformationofIndependentConcreteProducersPtyLtdandmorerecentlyIndependentFlyashBrokersPtyLtd.MuchofthesuccessenjoyedbythesebusinessescanbeattributedtoAlanx19spersistenceinthefaceofobstaclesandtheleveloftrustthatpeopleheldinhisintegrity.AfamilymanandcommittedCatholicAlanwasactivelyinvolvedwiththechurchthroughouthislife.SincecontractingcancerAlanwasneveronetoaskx18whymex19butpreferredtoseethepositivesinalifewell-livedtosaygoodbyetofamilyandfriendsandtakethetimeaffordedtohimtoensurehiswifePatandsevenchildrenwouldbewelltakencareof.TheAssociationremembersAlanforhisinvaluablecontributionstotheindustryandsendsitsdeepestcondolencestotheForbesfamily.ADAAOCT1007AlanForbesAustraliagivestheUSEPAits2centsworthTheUnitedStatesEnvironmentalProtectionAgencyUSEPAhasbeenconductingaseriesofconsultativewebinarforumstodiscussthefutureofthemanagementofcoalcombustionproductsCCPs.SinceitspublicationtheResourceConservationandRecoveryAct2000RCRAclassiedCCPsasx18non-hazardouswastesx19undersubtitleD.HoweverprecipitatedbytheeventsofDecember2008wheresurfaceimpoundmentashstoragepondnearKingstonTennesseeresultedinthereleaseofCCPsontonearbylandandintotheEmoryandClinchriverstheUSEPAcameundersignicantpressurefromlobbygroupsagainstcoalredpowerstations.AssuchtheUSEPAundertooktoreviewthemanagementofCCPsundertheRCRAandrespondedbyproposingtwoalternativeapproachestoitsclassication.TherstproposedthattheEPAclassCCPsasx18specialwastesx19subjecttoregulationundersubtitleCoftheActwhendestinedfordisposalinlandllsorsurfaceimpoundmentswhilstthesecondproposedthattheEPAregulateCCPsundersubtitleDoftheActthesectionforx18non-hazardousx19wastesi.e.maintainingthestatus-quo.RepresentingtheAssociationCraigHeidrichhasparticipatedinvariousmeetingsteleconferencecallswebinarstoofferaninternationalperspectiveonpossibleunintendedconsequencesinAustraliatoUSEPArepresentativesinparticularfocusingonpotentialharmtoindustryinvestmentandbenecialusebyreclassifyingCCPsundersubtitleC.