LEPC Minutes, 31 July 2007
The Oxford County Local
Emergency Planning Committee met at 4:00pm Tuesday July 31, 2007 at NewPage
in Rumford. The following were in attendance:
| Allyson Chase |
Oxford County EMA |
| Teresa Inman |
Oxford County EMA |
| Rich Hatch |
Decon Strike Team |
| Brad Frost |
Paris Fire Dept |
| John Woulfe |
Rumford Fire Chief |
| William Hussey |
NewPage ERT |
| Shane Dwyer |
Rumford Power |
| Dick Knight |
Oxford County ARES |
| Kara Walker |
DEP |
| Michael Hatch |
Stephens Memorial Hospital |
I. Call to Order
The meeting was
called to order by Brad Frost at 4:05pm.
II. Approval of Minutes
Brad Frost moved to accept the minutes of the May 29, 2007 meeting and was
seconded by Bill Hussey. Vote: approved.
III. Old Business
For 2008 we requested $1950 per quarter totaling $7800 for the year. The SERC
voted to fund Oxford County LEPC $1683.23 per quarter, totaling $6732.92 for the
year. This amount comes from the funding formula devised by the SERC earlier
this year. Rich Hatch is putting together the DST training budget for the next
fiscal year as well as a training plan for September, October and November. In
addition to the DST training budget, we are putting together requests for 2008
funding for CERT, IMAT, CART and our ARES team.
IV. New Business
Allyson introduced Teresa Inman, the
new EMA Administrative Assistant who will focus on LEPC facilities, planning and
exercises.
a. Treasurers Report
Mike Hatch moved to accept
the report and Bill Hussey seconded the motion. Vote: approved.
b. Chemical Spill Report
On June 18th the
Police Chief reported that ChemSafe determined that an old container of Ethylene
Oxide was found and ChemSafe was not comfortable removing it. Scott called the
DEP who dispatched John Woodard to the Dirigo Middle School in Dixfield. John
determined that the State Bomb team should be called in to dispose of the
materials. The State Bomb team arrived and took care of the situation.
One spill was received via
the RCC, however Kara Walker from the DEP had a list of five spills in the
county reported to her office in the same reporting period. Efforts to get all
spills reported to all offices were discussed.
Brad Frost spoke of the
Keiser Homes propane leak on July 20. All departments responded and reacted
quickly and efficiently and the incident was “handled by the book”.
c. Training Scheduled
for July / August / September
Mike Hatch mentioned
another class that may happen in Casco.
d. Exercise Programs -
Rumford River Valley Drill
Scott sent word that the
drill on June 3rd had gone well.
e. Exercise Programs -
OHCHS Drill
The tabletop for the
Shooter Drill will be held on August 8th.
f. Exercise Programs -
Tri-County 2008 Exercise
The event will be held in
Canton and will be a WMD mass casualty drill. Members were provided with a flyer
with lists of groups from the different counties that will participate.
g. Half-time Position-FD
/ Spillman support
The RCC has taken
responsibility for the Spillman project.
h. EHF Tabletop Exercise
planning
Scott is hoping that
sometime over the next 12 months we can organize some type of drill or exercise,
preferably a tabletop with each of the extremely hazardous facilities within
Oxford County. Scott will happily facilitate each of these exercises.
i. State of Disaster in
Bethel
Governor Baldacci has asked
for a disaster declaration and is still waiting for word from the federal
government. Under the current circumstances a treatment facility will have to be
built in Bethel. Thankfully the town has already done the research and planning
involved and if there is a declaration the work can begin immediately
Brad Frost mentioned that
Oxford Fire has a Suburban and Scott Parker is working to get three radios to
help make this vehicle a Central County IMAT vehicle.
Mike Hatch informed us of
rewritten guidelines for hospital drills which appear to require full scale
drills every year.
Michael Hughes from Hebron
Academy was unable to attend, but sent an update on the construction via email.
The lot is in the process of being cleared. The clearing involves 40 blasting
days of which there have been 8. In addition, Michael offered to host the next
LEPC meeting at Hebron Academy.
j. Location and Timing
of Next Meeting
The next meeting will be at
Hebron Academy on September 25th at 4pm.
k. Adjournment
Mike Hatch moved to adjourn
and Bill Hussey seconded the motion. Vote: approved.
Respectfully submitted,
Dick Knight
LEPC Secretary
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Oxford County
