ANDROSCOGGIN
COUNTY
CHEMICAL
EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
ANDROSCOGGIN
UNIFIED EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER
45 OAK STREET, 2
COLLEGE STREET (mail)
LEWISTON,
ME 04240-7101
DECEMBER
18, 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. Mary’s Health Systems
Paul LeClair – Chief Lewiston Fire Department
Timothy Bubier – Deputy Director, Androscoggin Unified
Emergency Management Agency
Mike Minkowsky – Assistant Chief Auburn Fire Department
Jessica Smith – Pioneer Plastics/Pionite
Philip Morgan – At-Large member
Gordon Riordon – PanAm Railways
Tom Thibeault – The Maine Wood Treaters
Jim Lawlor – Auburn Police Department
Ray Potter – Bates College
Calvin C. Reuling, Jr. – DCP Midstream
Wayne Cotterly – Poland EMA Director/Local Government
Representative
Marc West – Paris Farmers Union
There
was no quorum (one missing) 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 20 November 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 there were no public
requests for chemical right-to-know information.
B.
Committee Secretary provided the SERC and SERC Training
Reports – SERC will not be having a meeting until January 12 so there is
nothing to report but Committee Secretary repeated news about methods that SERC
will attempt to utilize to reduce amount of funds being doled out, i.e., more
self-sufficient for training, lass support to hazmat and decon teams, etc….;
EMA Training Report: staff conducted ICS
100/700 for County Commissioners on December 2 and for Lew/Aub Water Pollution
Control Authority on December 9; there is no other training commitment for EMA
until the New Year; EMA Deputy Director will attend a week-long Hazmat
Preparedness and Response Training program at the Emergency Management
Institute in Emmittsburg, MD from January 17-22, 2010; Pioneer Plastics reports
they are planning a 40-hour Industrial Fire Brigade Course this coming spring
C.
Financial Report – funds received since the last
meeting (financial report includes November and December combined): $2,745.34 for qtrly stipend + $2,898.59 for
HSGP invoices + $10,199.12 for contract planners + $75.56 for Octobere earned
interest + $86.07 for November earned interest for a total of $16,004.68; total
cost incurred to date: $447,322.13;
unencumbered balance: $29,014.17; encumbered
balance: $20,484.20; purchases made
since last meeting – $125 for the required Annual LEPC Public Notice to appear
in the Sun-Journal on Mon-Tues-Wed, November 23-24-25, 2009; purchases to
recommend: None
D.
Status of Homeland Security Grant 2009 - Where are we
now?
FY-09 HSGP – grant
recipients waiting receipt of MOUs from MEMA before they can make their
purchases – advised after today’s meeting that MOU’s have been sent to all
grant awardees
E.
COBRA Team status: responded to a “white powder”
incident at TD Bank on Tuesday 15 December – no report yet received
NEW BUSINESS
A. Reminder
that “Annual Submissions” which will include facility registration and chemical
inventory fees will now be due on March 1- EMA has revised paperwork packages
if needed but REMEMBER: ALL SUBMISSIONS
ARE DUE ELECTRONICALLY TO THE LEPC, FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE JURISDICTION IN
WHICH YOU DO BUSINESS AND TO THE STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION (SERC);
Tim advised companies that the Tier II Submit software is in the process of
being updated; call the EMA office (Tim) if you need assistance with electronic
submission process
OTHER BUSINESS
A. Received
e-mail from Ken Allen, of DCP Midstream (formerly Duke Energy) informing us
that he regrets not being here for the November meeting and will not be here
for the next several meetings as he had to have surgery to remove a malignant
mass from his neck and that he is scheduled to begin radiation treatments this
week. His temporary replacement, CJ
(Calvin) Rueling, indicated he had received his first treatment and that Ken is
doing well. The LEPC approved sending
Ken a “get well” arrangement and if anyone would like to send ken a cheery
note, his address is: Kenneth R. Allen –
107 Upper Marginal Way – Gray, ME 04039.
B.
Knight-Celotex has been sold and is now Blue Ridge Fiberboard – John
Silvestri, Committee Vice chair, is still employed by the new company
C.
Jessica Smith, of Pioneer Plastics, reported that H1N1 is a recordable
illness on companies’ OSHA Reporting Log – the information is included with
these minutes; Jessica also mentioned (after the meeting) that proposed Toxic
Use Reduction Act (TURA) will have some serious implications for facilities if
passed as proposed – Joanne will attempt to get additional information (or a presenter)
on this topic at a future meeting
SCHEDULING OF NEXT MEETING
Next Meeting is JANUARY 29- February 26 – March 26 – April 30 – may 28 – June 25 – July 30 – August
27 – September 24 – October 29 – November 19 – December 17, 2010 @ 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 9:15 a.m.
C:\LEPCMTG.MIN
LEPC
MEETING REMINDER
THE NEXT LEPC MEETING WILL
BE HELD
ON
FRIDAY
29 JANUARY 2010
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
|
|
FEBRUARY
|
02/27/09
|
03/24/09
|
|
MARCH
|
03/27/09
|
04/02/09
|
|
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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|
|
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
|
12/18/09
|