ANDROSCOGGIN
COUNTY
CHEMICAL
EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
ANDROSCOGGIN
UNIFIED EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER
45 OAK STREET, 2
COLLEGE STREET (mail)
LEWISTON,
ME 04240-7101
NOVEMBER
20, 2009
Meeting called to order by
Committee Chair, Phil Morgan at 0830 hours.
Committee members and guests present:
Joanne G. Potvin - Director, Androscoggin
Unified Emergency Management Agency
Kevin Oliveira St. Marys Health Systems
George Merrill Assistant Chief Lewiston Fire Department
Bob Daigle International Paper
Timothy Bubier Deputy Director, Androscoggin Unified
Emergency Management Agency
Stephen Brezinski Maine D.E.P.
Mike Minkowsky Assistant Chief Auburn Fire Department
David Chick Lewiston Police Department
Ray Lussier City of Auburn
Jessica Smith Pioneer Plastics/Pionite
Kendall C. Putnam Asst Plans, Training and Oops
Officer, Androscoggin Unified E.M.A.
Robert Papsis Proctor & Gamble
Philip Morgan At-Large member
There
was no quorum to conduct official
business of the Committee and the Committee agreed to function by consensus.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
The Secretary's report for the meeting of 25 September
was accepted, by consensus, without change. Meeting minutes are now posted on
the County EMA Website: http://www.androscogginema.org
A.
Committee Secretary reported that the request from
Lewiston Fire Department pertaining to chemicals at Pioneer Plastics was never
submitted in writing as information was provided to LFD by Auburn Fire Dept
B.
Committee Secretary provided the SERC and SERC Training
Reports SERC will be discussing future funding of hazmat response teams and
asked SERC members to begin to think about funding formulas and training
funding for next year; 4 EPCRA workshops are scheduled for January and February
but there are no dates or locations and will include in meeting minutes if
available; EMA Training Report: staff
will be conducting ICS 100/700 for County Commissioners on December 2 at 9 AM
and for Lew/Aub Water Pollution Control Authority on December 9 at 8 AM; County
EMA staff participated in phase two of the statewide 24-hour County EOCs
exercise on October 28-29 and received high praise from the FEMA exercise
evaluator; Joanne and Tim attended FEMAs two-day Bioterrorism Mass Prophylaxis
(Vaccination) Training in Oxford County on November 9-10; Tim and Ray Lussier
conducted ICS 300 at Auburn Hall in October and KC is currently conducted a CERT
Course at Auburn Police Dept on Monday evenings; Ray Lussier is conducting PPE
training for city staff
C.
Financial Report due to extremely limited time in the
office this week, Joanne was unable to prepare the financial report and will
provide next meetings report; purchases made since last meeting none;
purchases to recommend: $125 for the
required Annual LEPC Public Notice to appear in the Sun-Journal on
Mon-Tues-Wed, November 23-24-25, 2009
D.
Status of Homeland Security Grant 2009 - Where are we
now?
FY-09 HSGP awards
were made known to County EMAs late Wednesday and recipients will be advised
today
E.
COBRA Team status: completed Hazmat Technician
Refresher Training in September and will participate in an exercise on December
2
NEW BUSINESS
A. SERC
has scheduled EPCRA Workshops in January and February but dates and times have
not been listed will provide when available
B. Androscoggin EMA has been invited to
attend the FEMA Hazmat Preparedness and Response Course at the National
Emergency Training Center in Emmittsburg, MD on January 18-21, 2010 cost of
travel is $430 for R/T airfare which is fully reimbursed by FEMA and cost of
the weeks meal ticket is $95.00 Would LEPC be willing to advance travel
funds and pick up the cost of the meal ticket for the EMA Deputy Director to
attend this training? - total cost to
LEPC after travel cost reimbursement would be only $95.00 LEPc agreed to pick
up the cost of the meal ticket and advance travel funds
C. Safe Handling has been sold to a Utah
company Mr. David Chatfield is now at the helm as Brian Drexel has left the
company.
OTHER BUSINESS
A. Stephen
Brezinski of Maine DEP presented a video of a recent train derailment in Gilead
SCHEDULING OF NEXT MEETING
Next Meeting is DECEMBER 18 @ 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 9:28 a.m.
C:\LEPCMTG.MIN
LEPC
MEETING REMINDER
THE NEXT LEPC MEETING
WILL BE HELD
ON
FRIDAY
18 DECEMBER 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
|
MONTH
|
MEETING DATE
|
MINUTES SUBMITTED
|
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JANUARY
|
01/30/09
|
02/02/09
|
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FEBRUARY
|
02/27/09
|
03/24/09
|
|
MARCH
|
03/27/09
|
04/02/09
|
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APRIL
|
04/24/09
|
05/14/09
|
|
MAY
|
05/29/09
|
06/23/09
|
|
JUNE
|
06/26/09
|
07/17/09
|
|
JULY
|
NO MEETING
|
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|
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AUGUST
|
08/28/09
|
09/22/09
|
|
SEPTEMBER
|
09/25/09
|
11/03/09
|
|
OCTOBER
|
NO MEETING
|
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|
|
NOVEMBER
|
11/20/09
|
12/17/09
|
|
DECEMBER
|
12/18/09
|
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