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CurrentA Publication of the Missouri Water Environment Association

Spring 2010Vol. 51 No. 1

River Rats: Lucky 13

Watershed Management

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25 Years

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In this Issue

5 President’sMessage

7 WatershedManagementCommitteeReport

9 YoungProfessionalsCommitteeReport

11 HikingForWater

12 WEFOperatorChallengeTeamPlaces13th

15 StockholmJuniorWaterPrizeDonationForm

17 TheSmallStreamSaga

18 WebsiteNews

19 2009-2010MWEAExecutive

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19 MWEAWebsiteNews

20 2009-2010MWEA

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CurrentMissouri Water Environment Assoc.

Articles and information published in the MWEA Current are for your information only and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor or the Association.

For comments, inquiries, or other informa-tion concerning the MWEA Current, please contact the Editor:

Robert NeathCH2M HILL [email protected]

The Newsletter Committee is always look-ing for articles of interest to our members. If you have any suggestions or items of interest for future publications, please call any member of the committee, or fax the Editor at 314.421.3927 or email at [email protected]. Advertising inquiries should be directed to Bob Welsch at [email protected].

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President’s Message

(yes that means cash) to some worthy causes. This year Water For People, Scholarship Programs for AWWA and MWEA, and sponsorship of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize will all be competing for your attention and your support. Thank you for your past support. I am certain that you will help us reach our goals again this year.

My question for you, as I write this last column as your President, is what will your 2010 look like? As someone who has enjoyed many a self-help book, (some more successful than others) and the benefit of a few years of experience in this world, I know that our futures are what we make of them. Our destiny lies in our own hands. Whether that is professionally, in our personal lives, in our families or within our own hearts, we have the power to create what we will.

At work, do you set goals, trying to better previous performance? What does that mean for you? I would encourage each of you to find a niche, set a goal to improve, make a difference where you can, bloom where you are planted. Our employers expect a certain level of performance from us, but the feeling that you get inside; of achieving a goal, then setting another and reaching higher, is one that cannot be matched. In this time of economic uncertainty, raises are scarce, family members may be unemployed; children coming out of school are having a harder time finding employment. What really matters at the end of the day, is how do you feel about the things that you did today?

At the end of the year as President, I feel good about the direction of MWEA; we provide a great service, work with fabulous people, and have fun while we can. Not a bad recipe for success. Join in and help the tradition continue, you won’t regret it!

Until we meet again, stay happy and healthy!

Dear Members,

Happy New Year! It seems like just when you get comfortable with the old one, a new year pops up. Did you make any resolutions? Mine are varied, some left over from past years; the big one is to stop procrastinating. I’ll let you know how that is going soon…

You should have received your MWEA/AWWA Joint Meeting Registration booklet for the Conference to be held March 28-31 at Tan-Tar-A. Please give careful consideration to attending the conference. The agenda is chock-full of information that is critical to your business and useful the minute you get home. Prices have not changed, the location is beautiful, and there is always a chance of golf in the snow! Networking with your peers is probably the biggest benefit of the Conference; learning from the people who are “in the trenches” every day, sharing your common experience, figuring out answers and solutions to the problems that confront us all. Send in your registration, call and make your room reservation, and we will plan to see you there!

We have added a new committee to our lineup this year. Sean Deweese, City of St. Joseph, has agreed to chair our new Stormwater Committee. If you are interested in, or have responsibility for, stormwater activities in your community, sign up on the Committee sign up boards at the Conference. Since this is a new Committee, you will have a rare opportunity to help develop the mission and activities for the committee. This is a key area for emphasis for both the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the issues parallel wastewater frequently. If it is about water, we need to think about the issues globally, not just one small drop at a time.

We do have a need to fill; our resident Editor of the MWEA Current magazine will soon be moving on to other priorities. Robert Neath and his wife Leslie have done an outstanding job of improving the Current’s appearance. If you have the desire to take on this task, please let me or someone on the Executive Committee know.

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The Missouri Water Environment Association - Watershed Management Committee’s (WMC) mission is to recommend, develop, and conduct activities to advance the understanding and use of watershed management to more effectively preserve and enhance Missouri’s water environment. The WMC implements this mission through workshops, articles of interest, and cooperation with other groups and organizations.

In September WMC worked with the Springfield, Missouri region to sponsor a World Water Monitoring Day Event (WWMD) as reported in the last newsletter. Barbara J. Lucks, Materials Recovery/Education Coordinator at Springfield Public Works Department, coordinated the event with many sponsoring organizations. This was also their 25th Anniversary. Here are some pictures from that event.

As a result of this exciting adventure, Barbara joined MWEA and the WMC. She is now helping the committee develop other outreach programs, such as Earth Day events. We are planning to create a standard booth setup that can be customized to the situation. Of course the booth will promote WWMD. In additions, we will look at Stream Teams, local watershed associations and any suggestions from water professionals such as you. This is an opportunity for all MWEA members to get involved in their community by hosting a booth at a local event. So get involved.

WMC: Celebrating 25 Years of Community Service

Watershed Management Committee ReportChairperson:

Denise Burkett - [email protected]


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In 2009, the Young Professional Committee (YPC) was involved in over a dozen events across the state.

Since the annual conference, where over 30 students, young and seasoned professionals bowled and socialized with association members, the YPC has held tours, happy hours and increased exposure among other professional societies’ younger member chapters.

In April, the YPC committee sent young professionals Amanda Johnson (Kansas City) and Todd Bolte (St. Louis) to the YP Summit held April 23 in Las Vegas. Over 70 YP’s from 22 WEF and AWWA member associations were at the annual Summit held for the fifth consecutive year. Guest speaker topics included effective leadership; building, motivating, and managing teams; and characteristics of the different age generations in the workplace. Water for People talked about benefits of volunteering, and the Dale Carnegie Training of Nevada provided an introduction to their training programs. Young professionals from several member associations gave presentations about their YP committees.

On May 15, nine young and seasoned professionals toured Alberici’s environmentally friendly corporate headquarters in St. Louis. Over half of those present were attending their first YP event. Following the tour, there was a happy hour at Kilkenny’s Irish pub.

Over the summer, Kansas City hosted two happy hours, the first in June at Charlie Hooper’s Brookside Bar and the second in August at Waldo pizza. The St. Louis YPC co-hosted a happy hour with the younger member chapter of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME). Combining happy hours with other professional societies was an idea that originated from the YP Summit.

In October, St. Louis co-hosted another happy hour with SAME and also teamed-up with the Engineers’ Club. Many Club members work in the wastewater industry and are also members of MWEA. The same month, Kansas City toured the Little Blue Valley Sewer District’s Atherton treatment plant. An article was published about this event in the Winter 2009 issue of the Current.

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Young Professionals Committee ReportChairperson:

Rebecca Hoffmann - [email protected] Amanda Johnson - [email protected]

After the Fall Technical Conference November 5, the University of Missouri WET student chapter was invited to a happy hour at Buffalo Wild Wings in Columbia. Besides students, there was a great showing of MWEA Executive Committee members. This final YPC event of 2009 was a huge success and will probably be duplicated in 2010!

This year, one of the YPC goals is to increase attendance by both young and seasoned professionals. The YPC is planning to have more tours, WEF webcasts, lunch-and-learns and happy hours throughout the state. Please come out and enjoy our events and encourage your YP co-workers to attend!

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First and foremost, a belated but most important THANK YOU to all who support MWEA’s fundraising efforts toward the Water For People mission. Most especially to those who gave so generously during the last Annual Meeting at Tan Tar A in my effort to bolster our organization’s support through the donations gathered in my “Be the one to cut off Spydell’s ponytail” fund raiser. Congrats again to Dennis Hudson of Belton, MO for the “kind” job he did in winning the right to lop off the tail. How ironic that one with a bald head won!

That activity alone raised over $700 donated in addition to the golf tournament and silent auction proceeds. I’m proud to have been able to provide such a valuable item….. but more proud of your generosity and support in recognizing the value of Water For People.

Water For People helps people in developing countries improve their quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene education programs. Around the world, 884 million people do not have access to safe drinking water and 2.5 billion are without adequate sanitation facilities.

This is a far cry from the “seriousness” that water professionals here in the U.S. face on a daily basis. We are well aware of our role in creating and maintaining a great standard of living by providing for the “invisible” benefit taken for granted each day….. a tap that turns on to safe drinking water and a toilet that flushes out of sight/out of mind. However, we get lost sometimes thinking our biggest concerns are the runoff from washing the car on a paved driveway and how it affects our compliance with a storm water permit. We forget that somewhere, each day almost 6,000 people die from water related illnesses, the vast majority of which are children.

And so it is that we are blessed. Yes, we work hard at attaining that which we enjoy, but just as we learn and benefit from our colleagues in other organizations, EPA Regions, operating utilities, engineering firms and educational institutions, so must we recognize our ability and need to share with emerging nations the knowledge, information, wealth and direction that has given us the power to provide a healthy, safe water supply and waste

treatment infrastructure. It is the empowerment over their current state, the lack of adequate sanitation that will go a long way toward dispelling the emergence of any need to attain by terror that which emerging nations are not able to avail themselves. And so, this is the politics of why I see WFP as being so important. Like that runoff from washing my car, support for WFP is a small but crucial step toward global healthy development of our water resources and the benefit such provides to all people.

So now I have a new plan on how I can yet again ask you to help me help MWEA support fundraising efforts for WFP. Next year, the weekend after the Annual Meeting, my son and I will be setting out to hike the entire Appalachian Trail (2,178 miles, from Georgia to Maine), non-stop between April and August of 2010. We will be carrying everything we need on our backs only to be re-supplied by mail drops or hikes to towns along the way. We will be calling it our “Hiking for Water” fundraiser. We will ask that you consider pledging toward our goal of raising $10,000 for WFP. Just think, for about 20 bucks (a penny a mile), you can be a part of our effort to heighten the bar toward WFP support. We’re gearing up now, and you can check out our endeavor at our web site: www.hikingforwater.org

Thanks – 2004 Past-President Steven Spydell


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Missouri River Rats: 13th Place Finish at WEFTEC 2009

Congratulations to Sean DeWeese, Josh Leathers, Brad Johnson and Darren Deachan


Missouri River Rats: 13th Place Finish at WEFTEC 2009

Congratulations to Sean DeWeese, Josh Leathers, Brad Johnson and Darren Deachan


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Please detach and return this form to:Missouri Water Environment AssociationC/O Danny RowattMunicipal Equipment Company2735 Mercantile DriveSaint Louis, MO 63144(314) 290-2977

Please send checks only. Checks should be made payable to:Missouri Water Environment AssociationNote: MWEA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Please check with your tax professional regarding possible tax deductions as a result of your donation. Funds raised will benefit the 2010 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition. Any remaining funds in the 2010 SJWP account after the event’s conclusion will be placed into the MWEA Scholarship Fund.

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Dear Member:

Hopefully you have heard by now that MWEA is sponsoring the 2010 U.S. National Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition. The event will be held June 17-20 in Saint Louis. The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) is the most prestigious international youth award for high school water science research. Its purpose is to increase students’ interest in water-related research as they seek to address our current and future global water issues. These bright students represent our scientists and leaders of tomorrow.

As the host of this national competition, MWEA will be coordinating local activities for approximately 50 students from across the nation along with their respective teachers and volunteers for the event. MWEA will be covering the majority of the costs associated with these local activities. Hence, the MWEA SJWP Committee is reaching out to our membership for their support. If you or your company shares our commitment in making this one-time prestigious event a true success, please consider making a donation. (See current list of contributors on page 14.)

You may download a Partnership Opportunities Brochure from the MWEA website (www.MWEA.org) which describes the SJWP event in more detail. You may also visit www.StockholmJuniorWaterPrize.org for more information.

In order to make a donation, please detach and return the form below, or download a brochure from the MWEA website. If you have any questions or need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. On behalf of the MWEA Stockholm Junior Water Prize Committee, we thank you in advance for your generous assistance in making the 2010 U.S. SJWP a world-class event that MWEA can be proud of!

Sincerely,

Danny RowattMWEA Stockholm Junior Water Prize Committee

P.S. Volunteers are also needed for the event. If you are interested, please contact our committee chairperson, Pam Schweitzer, at [email protected] or (636) 561-9486.

Open Letter to MWEA Members


Keen on Green


As you may know by now, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (‘Department’) has been working over the past several years to address a number of Water Quality Standards (WQS) issues previously raised by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VII (EPA). The Department is set to resolve one of these issues by assigning ‘fishable & swimmable’ uses and criteria to streams that are currently unclassified in Missouri’s regulations. Unclassified streams are generally considered to be small streams and creeks that provide flow and aquatic habitat for a relatively short period in response to rain events. The Department is currently planning to designate ‘fishable & swimmable’ uses for these waters as part of the WQS Triennial Review scheduled for 2012. However, several technical and scientific implementation questions remain unanswered. Enacting these regulations may prove to be socially and economically burdensome for some members of the regulated community.

BackgroundIn September 2000, EPA notified the Department of the need to evaluate whether provisions within Missouri’s WQS were consistent with the ‘fishable & swimmable’ goal of the Federal Clean Water Act of 1972. EPA regulations (40 CFR 131) require state WQS to provide for this goal unless a structured, scientific assessment of a waterbody indicates the goal is not attainable. This default ‘fishable & swimmable’ goal is also known as a “rebuttable

presumption”.

Of particular concern to EPA is that unclassified streams are not currently assigned any designated use in Missouri’s WQS. As a result, EPA believes it is not clear whether unclassified streams adequately protect aquatic life and therefore may not fully support ‘fishable & swimmable’ uses. Because EPA requires these uses to be applied to all waters by default, they suggested that the Department consider revising use-designation language found in 10 CSR 20-7.

Current Status and Potential WQS ChangesIn response to EPA’s comments, the Department formed two stakeholder workgroups who met periodically to assess the need for greater protection of unclassified streams. The larger “Stream Classification Workgroup” helped to identify regulatory challenges and solutions associated with developing default use designations while a smaller, technical workgroup discussed the scientific challenges. The larger workgroup is still meeting (the technical workgroup has temporarily disbanded) and participants appear to have reached a consensus on some

Pictures of unclassified Ozark-border stream during spring runoff conditions (large image) and a small northern Missouri stream during summer conditions (inset) provide a sample of the waterbodies under review.

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The Small Stream Saga Big Changes (and Challenges) Are On The Way!

By David Carani & Chris Zell Geosyntec Consultants


difficult issues. Collectively, the workgroup has agreed that many of Missouri’s currently unclassified waters do support aquatic life on a seasonal basis and should be afforded some increased level of protection - how much protection, on the other hand, is not entirely clear.

Currently, the Department appears to be taking a conservative approach to protecting unclassified waters. In their latest “straw man” document showing potential changes to the WQS, the Department has indicated that all waters of the state will now be considered to support a “General Warm-Water Aquatic Community” and must be protected by chronic water quality criteria (10 CSR 20-7.031, Table A). Recognizing that blanket application of chronic criteria to all waters will inevitably be over-protective (and quite expensive!) for some small streams, the workgroup has acknowledged the need to develop a set of procedures to rebut inappropriate presumptive use designations. Without these procedures, permittees will be required to meet Table A chronic criteria ‘end-of-pipe’ in headwater streams and ditches. Upcoming chronic criteria changes to ammonia, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus will compound the challenge, making ‘end-of-pipe’ limits difficult to meet!

Regulatory SolutionsAs mentioned earlier, federal regulations (40 CFR 131.10) allow states, permittees, or other affected parties to conduct a structured, scientific assessment of a waterbody to justify deviation from default ‘fishable & swimmable’ goals of the Clean Water Act. This study is called a Use Attainability Analysis (UAA). An aquatic life UAA in small streams would include collection of physical, chemical, biological,

and economic data which may affect the attainability of default ‘fishable & swimmable’ uses. According to EPA, a UAA must provide sufficient data to answer the following questions:

1) What use(s) are currently being achieved in the water body?2) What are the causes of any use impairments?3) What use(s) can be attained in the water body? Several characteristics of small streams will make these questions difficult to address in a UAA study. Small streams are seasonal; often flowing only in response to rain events. As a result, they may only sustain aquatic life during certain wet periods of the year. During dry periods, they support organisms like certain salamanders and insects which can live or breed in the dry streambed. Because these types of aquatic life are not currently measured in the Department’s biological monitoring program, little is known about their distribution or occurrence in Missouri. Few states have been able to successfully monitor aquatic life in small streams. Ohio has the most sophisticated program and after 10 years of monitoring is only now assigning uses to headwater streams.

Although there is widespread agreement that a UAA methodology is needed to address small stream issues in Missouri, unique characteristics of these streams make developing a repeatable framework difficult. The Department recognizes these challenges and eventually hopes to craft EPA-approvable UAA procedures. Is hope enough?

The MWEA website, located at www.mwea.org, is the place to find upcoming association events, announcements, workshop flyers, committee pages and contact information. There are pages on the history of the organization, constitution, bylaws and an archive of award recipients and past officers. The MWEA Current newsletter, workshop flyers, award nomination forms and Annual Conference information are posted weeks before being sent to members. There are also links to

important water quality industry web pages.

Have announcements or content and would like to reach all members? Use the MWEA website. Contact Todd Bolte at (636) 861-6702 or [email protected].

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MWEA Executive Committee 2009 – 2010

Position Name Address Phone/Fax/e-mail President Mary West Jacobs

501 N Broadway St. Louis, MO 63102-2121

314/335-4511, cell 314/954-9351 [email protected]

President Elect Richard Johannes URS Corporation 8300 College Blvd Suite 200 Overland Park, KS 66210

913/344-1079 913/344-1011 [email protected]

Vice President Jeff Clarke Hydro-Kinetics 5741 Manchester Ave Saint Louis, MO 63110-1903

314-647-6104 314-645-1861 [email protected]

Secretary Clara Haenchen City of Jefferson 320 East McCarty Jefferson City, MO 65101

573/634-6566 573/634-6561 [email protected]

Treasurer Robert J. Januska RJN Group, Inc. 727 N. First Street, Suite 240 St. Louis, MO 63102-2541

314/ 588-9764 ext. 311

[email protected]

PWODRepresentative

Dave Erwin City of Jefferson 320 East McCarty Jefferson City, MO 65101

573/634-6444 573/634-6561 [email protected]

Delegate Keith Arbuckle Duckett Creek Sanitary District 3550 Highway K O’Fallon, MO 63368

636/441-1244 636/498-8150 [email protected]

Delegate Ken Gambaro Metro St Louis Sewer District 3455 Creve Coeur Mill Rd Saint Louis, MO 63146-2121

314/646-2431 314/741-6106 [email protected]

Past President Phil Burns 816-229-7041

Past Past President Jeffrey Gratzer Jacobs 501 N Broadway 4th Floor Saint Louis, MO 63102-2121

314/335-4602 314/335-5141 [email protected]

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Committee Chair Address Phone/Fax/E-mail 2010 SJWP (Ad hoc) Pam Schweitzer Environmental Management Corp

1001 Boardwalk Springs Place Suite 100 O’Fallon, MO 63368

636/561-9486636/[email protected]

Audit Bobby Lyerla Municipal Equipment Company 2735 Mercantile Dr. St. Louis, MO 63144-2807


Awards Al Callier Donohue & Associates 745 Craig Road Suite 305 Creve Coeur, MO 63141


Biosolids Tom Holst Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant3301 S. FF Hwy Springfield, MO 65807

417/ 891-1600 ext 123417/[email protected]

Collection System Cliff Cate TREKK Design Group, LLC 1441 East 104th Street Suite 105 Kansas City Missouri 64131-4521

(816) 874-4659 (816) 874-4675 [email protected]

Education / Public Relations

Nicole Tompkins Young CDM100 N. Tucker, Suite 550 St. Louis, MO 63101

314/241-8510

[email protected] O & M Ernest West Southwest Regional Office

2040 W. Woodland Springfield, MO 65807-5912

417/ 891-4339 417/ 891-4399 [email protected]

Government Affairs Jim Ross Bartlett & West Eng. 250 NE Tudor Rd. Lees Summit, MO 64086


Government Affairs Waldo Margheim George Butler Assoc.,Inc. 9801 Renner Blvd. Lenexa, KS 66219-9745


Historian Pam Schweitzer Environmental Management Corp 1001 Boardwalk Springs Place Suite 100 O’Fallon, MO 63368


Industrial Waste Bill McAllister Project Manager Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, Missouri 64114

(816) 822-3031 (816) 822-3414 [email protected]

Laboratory Practices Jane Hood City of St. Joseph 3500 State Route 759 St. Joseph, MO 64504-1014


Local Arrangements Rebecca Hoffmann Horner & Shifrin, Inc. 5200 Oakland Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110


Membership Bently Green Black & Veatch 15450 S.Outer 40 #200 Chesterfield, MO 63017-2062

636/532-7940

[email protected] Robert Neath CH2M HILL

1034 S. Brentwood Blvd. Suite 2300 St. Louis, MO 63117-1223



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Nominating Phil Burns 816-229-7041

Operator Assistance Jane Hood City of St. Joseph 3500 State Route 759 St. Joseph, MO 64504-1014


Plant Managers Mark Pearson AECOM 2405 Grand Blvd. Suite 1000 Kansas City, MO 64108


Plant Managers Jeff Shook Little Blue Valley Sewer Dist. 21101 East 78 Highway Independence, MO 64057

816/[email protected]

Program Philip Walsack MPUA 1808 I-70 Drive SW Columbia, MO 65203

573/445-3279

[email protected] Registration Wayne Humes MSD

3455 Creve Coeur Mill Rd St. Louis, MO 63146


Safety, Security & Occupational Health

Craig Rippey City of St. Joseph 3500 State Route 759 St. Joseph, MO 64504-1014


Small Flows Dennis Stith Shafer Kline & Warren Inc PO Box366 Macon, MO 63552-0366


Small Flows Tom Caraker, Jr. Flo-Systems 905 Cherry Ln. Troy, IL 62294


SSSSS Danny Rowatt Municipal Equipment Company 2735 Mercantile Dr. St. Louis, MO 63144-2807

[email protected]

Student Activities Tom Ratzki Black & Veatch 15450 S. Outer 40 Drive - Ste 200 Chesterfield, MO 63017

636/532-1051 x102 636/[email protected]

Tellers Steven Spydell City Of Independence Sewer Maintenance Division - WPC PO Box 1019 14909 East Truman Rd Independence, MO 64051


WatershedManagement

Denise Burkett KCMO Water Services 2 NE 32rd Avenue Kansas City, MO 64106

816-513-7012 Office

[email protected] Website Todd Bolte MSD Grand Glaize WWTP

1000 Grand Glaize Parkway Valley Park, MO 63088

[email protected]

Young Professionals Rebecca Hoffmann Horner & Shifrin, Inc. 5200 Oakland Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110


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