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Show 8 Hilltop Times October 20, 2005 Hill senior enlisted observe season's last retreat BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASS JENNY CHONG Hilltop Times staff It was five in the afternoon and 32 senior noncommissioned officers in uniform were standing in formation in front of the flag pole. As retreat Courtesy photo Members of the Chiefs Group, Hill Top 3 and the First Sergeants Association lower the flag during the season's last retreat ceremony. sounded off, the flag was slowly lowered while those around saluted the mark of our nation's freedom. The Chiefs Group, Hill Top 3 and the First Sergeants Association were part of the detail team Sept. 28 that performed the last retreat ceremony of the year. Master Sgt. Teresa Wheeler and Master Sgt. (select) Julie McQueen, both Top 3 members, were tasked to find volunteers for the retreat ceremony. "It wasn't difficult at all to get the volunteers," Sergeant Wheeler said. "I received lots of participation from the different organizations. It was great to have all the senior NCOs together." Retreat ceremonies are held every Wednesday from April to September. Different squadrons or organizations can volunteer to perform retreat every week throughout the season. 75th Air Base Wing Command Master Chief Franklin Smith stressed the importance of retreat ceremonies and respecting the flag. "It's important to take the time to have a formation and an official retirement ceremony," Chief Smith said. "We show respect to our flag and our nation. We also show recognition to our brothers and sisters in arms who are enduring hardships every day in foreign countries." "I don't think there's any better feeling in the world than to be a part of a team like that," Chief Smith said. "It gives you a hair-raising experience," Sergeant Wheeler said. "It gives me that same feeling every time." A schedule will be sent out by the first sergeants next year with available slots for different squadrons and organizations to volunteer for the retreat ceremonies. Unit first sergeants can provide more information. The retreat ceremony, which is believed to date back to the crusades, honors our nation's flag at the end of the day. PIKE BACHMAN (PLUMBING "We Show Your Home The : Same Respect We Show Ours. We Wear Shoe Covers." The Utah Drinking Water Board is considering an application made by the Air Force requesting an exemption to delay treating the base's water supply for the contaminant arsenic for a time period not to exceed three years (running from Feb. 1, 2006 to Jan. 31, 2009). The Air Force request is a result of a recent change the Environmental Protection Agency made to the national drinking water standard for arsenic. The EPA lowered the allowable level of arsenic in the drinking water from 50 parts per billion down to 10 ppb. National water systems are expected to be in compliance with this new standard by Jan. 26, 2006. The Utah Drinking Water Board has established seven options to help water systems meet this new federal standard: 1) Abandon the source of the water that is high in arsenic, 2) sample averaging, 3) blending water with other sources, 4) a combination of blend and averaging, 5) install point of use devices, 6) develop alternate sources, and 7) provide central treatment. The Utah Drinking Water Board is an 11-member body appointed by Utah Governor Jon Huntsman and charged by statute with implementing and enforcing drinking water standards. The Utah Drinking Water Board is in the process of finalizing state-based rules relative to the revised EPA drinking water standards. Consequently, some of the options listed above are not legally available to water systems until the state rule is finalized. For this reason and other compelling reasons, the Utah Drinking Water Board has indicated its intent to issue an exemption for Hill's water system. An exemption is a term defined by rule, which gives a water utility up to three years to come in compliance with the revised standard. It is not a mechanism to totally avoid complying with the new federal standard. Along with allowing three years of additional time to come into compliance with the new standard, the board has to also determine that Hill water users are not being subjected to an unreasonable risk to public health. Currently, only one well on Hill has tested above the new arsenic standard. This well is currently not in use, and will not be placed in use, until an approved compliance option is implemented. Before making a final decision on Hill's application, the board wishes to receive comments regarding its intent to issue this exemption. Comments may be received in written form, if postmarked by Nov. 10, and sent to the board's executive secretary, at the address below. Because the board is considering exemptions for many systems, please be sure to identify that the comments provided are on the Hill water system. Kevin W. Brown, PE. Executive Secretary Utah Drinking Water Board P.O. Box 144830 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830 Oral comments may be received at the board meeting scheduled for 1 p.m., Nov. 18 at the Department of Environmental Quality Offices, 168 North 1950 West (Room 101), Salt Lake City. The Utah Drinking Water Board, following consideration of all comments, will make a final decision on the matter at their Board meeting Nov. 18. Loofyng forSpace for a JfoRday (Party? 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