ANDROSCOGGIN
COUNTY
CHEMICAL
EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
ANDROSCOGGIN
UNIFIED EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER
45 OAK STREET, 2
COLLEGE STREET (mail)
LEWISTON,
ME 04240-7101
FEBRUARY
27, 2009
In the absence of the
Committee Chair, the Committee Vice Chair, John Silvestri, called the meeting
to order at 0830 hours. Introductions
were done and the committee welcomed Patrick Williams of St. Marys Regional
Medical Center and Robert Daigle of International Paper (Auburn).
Committee members and guests present:
Joanne G. Potvin - Director, Androscoggin
Unified Emergency Management Agency
Patrick Williams St. Marys Regional Medical Center
Jessica Smith Pioneer Plastics
Ken Allen DCP Midstream
Wayne Cotterly Director Poland EMA
Patrick Coughlin St. Germain/Safe Handling, Inc.
Keith Ouellette Wal-Mart Distribution Center #7014
Timothy Bubier Deputy Director, Androscoggin Unified
Emergency Management Agency
David White United Ambulance Service
Robert Daigle International Paper
Keith Blais Wal-Mart Distribution Center # 7014
Joey Nadeau Safe Handling, Inc.
George Merrill Deputy Chief, Lewiston Fire Department
Kendall Putnam Asst Plans, Trng & Ops Officer,
Androscoggin Unified Emerg Mgmt Agency
Randall Berry Wausau Paper
John Silvestri Knight-Celotex
There
was a quorum to conduct official business of the Committee.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
The Secretary's report for the meeting of 30 January was
accepted without change. Meeting minutes are now posted on the County EMA
Website: http://www.androscogginema.org
A.
Committee Secretary reported there were no requests for
community right-to-know information since the last meeting
B.
Committee Secretary provided the SERC and SERC Training
Reports SERC meeting minutes not yet received; EMA Training Report - EMA Deputy Director, has been busy conducting
ICS training for Livermore and surrounding communities and conducted fit-testing
for Androscoggin County Sheriff Dept patrol officers on February 24; the Asst
Plans, Trng & Ops Officer attended the FEMA Resource Management Course on
February 10-11; training for CERT/CART is ongoing with day-long training session scheduled for
Saturday 28 February; MEMA/SERC have changed from the Annual Hazmat Conference to
the 1st Annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference
which is scheduled for April 30-May 1 at the Augusta Civic Center Conference
Registration brochure/form can be accessed by going to the MEMA web site www.state.me.us/mema - go to the
Spotlight box and click on the link for Maine Partners in Emergency
Preparedness Conference the page with conference info will open up and click
on the Adobe link that indicates can be
downloaded now in Adobeฎ .pdf format. .
If you have difficulty with this, call us and well forward it hard copy
for you.
C.
Financial Report: Funds received since last meeting: $2,655.50
for contract planner + $50.00 rebate for CERT/CART equipment + earned interest
of $8.54 for January for a total of $2,714.04; total expenditures $394,310.32; unencumbered
balance $26,376.57 and encumbered balance $10,150.60; purchases made since last
meeting none; purchases to recommend none; SPECIAL NOTE: LEPCs checking account with TD BankNorth has
been closed new account opened at Androscoggin Bank offering an interest rate
of 1.5% and NO FEES
D.
Status of Homeland Security Grant 2007 - Where are we
now?
No activity in
this area until the next round of grant dollars become available
E.
COBRA Team status: nothing to report since the
last meeting
F.
Reminder that 2008 Chemical Inventory Reports
(Tier II Reports) are due march 1 many reports have already been submitted
call the EMA office if you have questions please keep in mind that reports
are due ELECTRONICALLY
NEW BUSINESS
A. none
OTHER BUSINESS
A. Jessica Smith of Pioneer Plastics
discussed recent hearing conservation training recently conducted by 3M Company
she described the training as excellent and urged facilities that must
provide hearing protection for employees to avail themselves of this
training; contact information for this
training is:
David E. Webster, COHC
Peltor Communications and Hearing Conservation
Specialist
3M Occupational Health and Environmental Safety
Division
87 Hollytree Road
Stoughton, MA
02072
Tel:
617-513-2826
dewebster@mmm.com
SCHEDULING OF NEXT MEETING
Next Meeting is MARCH 27 April 24 May 29 June 26 July 31 August 28
September 25 October 30 November 20
December 18, 2009 @ 8:30 AM at the County EMA Office located at 45 Oak
Street beneath Lewiston Central Fire station please be sure to use the Oak
Street entrance
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting
adjourned at 8:51 A.M.
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LEPC
MEETING REMINDER
THE NEXT LEPC MEETING
WILL BE HELD
ON
FRIDAY
27 MARCH 2009
AT
COUNTY
EMA OFFICE
LOCATED
AT 45 OAK STREET, LEWISTON
(BENEATH
LEWISTON CENTRAL FIRE STATION)
AT
8:30
a.m
ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY
LEPC MEETING / MEETING MINUTES FORWARDED
YEAR 2009
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MONTH
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MEETING DATE
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MINUTES SUBMITTED
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JANUARY
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01/30/09
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02/02/09
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FEBRUARY
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02/27/09
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03/24/09
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MARCH
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03/27/09
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APRIL
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04/24/09
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MAY
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05/29/09
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JUNE
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06/26/09
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JULY
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07/31/09
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AUGUST
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08/28/09
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SEPTEMBER
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09/25/09
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OCTOBER
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10/30/09
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NOVEMBER
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11/20/09
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DECEMBER
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12/18/09
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