Welcome The Contra Costa County, Community Development Department, 651 Pine Street, Northwing, 4th Flr., Martinez, California has joined RPA as an AFFILIATE member. Contra Costa County is among the early users of Asphalt-Rubber Paving materials in California and has some Chip Seals that are 20 years old. The County representatives Lorna Thomson, Recycling Market Development Zone Administrator. Lorna can be reached by phone at 925-335-1231 and fax 925-335-1299. Her email address is lthom@cd.co.contra-costa.ca.us. Website: www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/deprt/cd/recycle/rmdz. Affliliate Membership Pending ASOCIACION MEXICANA DEL ASFALTO Camino a Sta. Teresa 187 Tlalpan, Mexico, D.F. 14010 Tel: (55) 5606 7962 Fax (55) 5528 6737 The General Director for the Asociacion is Ing. Jorge Cardenas Garcia. His e-mail address is amaac2@aol.com or amaac@prodigy.net.mx Members on the Move Michael Hoag, Asphalt-Rubber Engineer Granite Construction Company 38000 Monroe Street Indio, California 92203 Phone: 760-775-7500 Fax: 760-775-8229 E-Mail: mike.hoag@gcinc.com  Mike Hoag of the Indio, CA office has replaced Cathy Cooke as the Alternate member on the RPA Board of Directors. Michael graduated with a degree in Environmental Engineering from Montana Tech in 2001. After graduating, he started working for Granite Construction Company as a project engineer in Granite's Southern California Branch in Palm Springs. He worked on several road reconstruction and maintenance projects including three major paving projects with Asphalt-Rubber. In January of 2003, Michael was promoted to the position of Asphalt-Rubber Engineer for Granite. He is responsible for bidding all Asphalt-Rubber work, scheduling the projects, managing quality control, crews, and equipment for each of Granite's four mobile Asphalt-Rubber plants. Affiliate Member Clemson University, Asphalt Rubber Technology Service (ARTS) under the leadership of Dr. Serji Amirkhanian has a new educational Video available. The video entitled "Where the Rubber Meets the Road" details the mission of the ARTS program and how it utilizes crumb rubber in hot mix asphalt to make more durable roads and reduce waste in South Carolina. Copies make be purchased by sending a check or money order for $9.95 to ARTS, 2002 Hugo Drive, Clemson, S.C. 29634. Please include your name, address and phone number and your choice of VHS or CD.  To date, ARTS, funded by a $6 million dollar grant from DHEC, has completed 11 paving and 2 playground projects incounties, cities and colleges in South Carolina.   Research underway at the Clemson ARTS includes: Life Cycle Cost Analysis; PG Grading of Rubber Modified Asphalt Binder; Study of Effect of Particle Size; Study of Effect of Rubber Content and Study of Effect of Rubber Processing Type (Ambient or Cryogenic). For information contact: ARTS Director, Serji Amirkhanian, Ph.D Phone-(864) 656-6799 or e-mail arts@ces.clemson.edu. Dr. Barry Takallou, RPA Executive Committee Member and President of Crumb Rubber Manufacturing (CRM) purchased the former Landstar/Polytech tire recycling facility in Queen Creek, Arizona from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on September 19, 2003. CRM was awarded the contract for the Maricopa County, Arizona tires last spring. Maricopa County generates the majority of scrap tires in the state. The capacity of the newly acquired Arizona plant, which is incorporated as Crumb Rubber Manufacturing of America, is 50,000,000 lbs per year. CRM also operates a plant in Rancho Dominguez, California. The contacts for the two plants are:  CRM California 15800 S. Avalon Blvd. Rancho Dominquez, CA Ph: 310-538-2222 Fx: 310-538-2227  CRMA, Arizona 11400 E. Pecos Road Queen Creek, AZ Ph: 480-987-3006 Fx: 480-987-0965  The Rubber Pavements Association is a nonprofit organization committed to increased awareness and advancement of Asphalt-Rubber technology through seminars, research and publications. The association only supports proven paving processes which meet the ASTM definition D8-88 and standard specification D-6114-97 or public processes which are routinely used by two or more states. The RPA is governed by a Board of Directors from member companies throughout the world. For membership, library or meeting information, visit the RPA website at www.rubberpavements.org.

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