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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Thomas Dorsey, Chairman
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Dan Smith, Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
DATE OF MEETING: Friday, April 6, 2001
TIME: 1:00 P.M.
LOCATION: Community Room, Lower Level
Government Center
Hudson, WI 54016
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING OPEN
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None at this time
NEW BUSINESS
1. Off -Site Facility Plans updated 2 " quarter
2. Full scale exercise planned for 05/12/01 in River Falls
3. Precision Ag. Services exercise being planned
4. Update on training courses available for funding
5. Williams Pipeline Presentation -Gary R
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(This agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Jack Colvard, Emergency Management -PHONE #3864719/386 -4718
DATE:
Copies to: County Board Office Committee Members
County Clerk News Media /Notice Board
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► ST. CROIX COUNTY
LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE (LEPC)
MINUTES
April 6,2001 Meeting
Present: Jack Colvard, Mary Souter - Emergency Management; John Mortensen,
Charles Mehls, Art Jacobson - County Board; Dan Smith - Hudson Fire /Bay
West; Leonard Laskow - United Gear; Kitty Rhoades - State
Representative; Craig Olson - River Falls; Tim Ramberg - Highway Dept.;
Jeff Rixmann - River Falls EMS; Jon Aubart - River Falls Police Dept.;
Rick Huston - United Fire; Gregory Palmer - Hulcher Professional
Services; Barbara Nelson, Public Health.
Others present: Phil Hermann, Williams Pipeline
The meeting was called -to -order at 1:04 p.m. by Chairman Smith. The agenda
was adopted on a Mortensen /Huston MOTION. The January 19, 2001 minutes were
approved on a Laskow /Mortensen MOTION.
The next meeting Date: To be determined
OLD BUSINESS
1. Off -Site Fa cility Plans updated- Second Quarter
Colvard reported Fairest Made Foods - Baldwin, Precision Ag Services -New
Richmond, Somerset Waste Water Treatment Plant and Action Batteries - Somerset,
were updated during this past quarter.
NEW BUSINESS
2. Full Scale Exercise planned for 5 -12 -01 in River Falls
Aubart told the committee the exercise is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. on
Saturday May 12th at the corners of 6 th and Cascade in River Falls. He,
Rixmann and Colvard are in the process of putting together the evaluation
materials for the exercise. Committee members were invited to attend the
exercise.
3. Precision Ag Services exercise being planned:
Palmer stated the exercise is still in the planning stages. It is
tentatively planned for Saturday, August 18th at 8:00 A.M. Palmer, Overby and
Colvard have visited the site. Mehls passed out maps with the Worst Case
Vulnerability Zones for the Chemicals that Precision AG stores. Wisconsin
Central Rail Road would like to participate in the exercise. During the
exercise the Red Cross and Mutual Aid may be used. A similar exercise maybe
used at United Gear next year.
4. Update on Training Courses available for funding:
Colvard reported 19 courses can be funded through W.I.T.C. along with many
mini courses. To date, St. Croix County has presented more courses than most
of the counties in the state.
Colvard presented 4 Hazmat classes, this past quarter, 2 of them had
Clandestine Drug Labs included with them, which Sheriff's officers presented.
5. Williams Pipeline Presentation:
Phil Hermann has worked for Williams for 13 years
Operations Department. Williams has 12,000 miles
it is in Wisconsin. The pipeline is generally an
approximately 36 inches deep. The line is checked
and is in the Field
of pipeline, 176 miles of
8 inch pipe buried
for leaks every 10 days.
Aermann showed the committee a 15 minute video called Responding to a
pipeline emergency. He also passed out two pamphlets and pictures of various
spills.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE:
None
AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. on a Nelson /Jacobson Motion.
Respectfully submitted:
Mary sq,4ter, Secretary