HomeMy WebLinkAboutLocal Emergency Planning Committee 12-16-98ST. 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:
TIME:
LOCATION:
Wednesday - December 16, 1998
1:00 P.M.
Community Room, Lower Level
Government Center -Hudson, WI 54016
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING February 17, 1999
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
OLD BUSINESS
1. Risk Management Planning
NEW BUSINESS
1. 1999 LEPC Conference
2. Training Held and Upcoming Classes for 1999
3. New and Updated Off -Site Facility Plans
4. Committee Membership
5. Public Comments
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
('Phis agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Jack Colvard, Emergency Government PHONE #3864719/3864718
DATE: December 3, 1998
Copies to: County Board Office Committee Members
County Clerk News Media/Notice Board
ST. CROIX COUNTY
LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE (LEPC)
MINUTES
December 16, '1998 Meeting
Those present included: Jack Colvard, Pam Benson, Emergency Government;
Chuck Mehls, John Mortensen, Arthur Jacobson, County Board; Bill Hawley,
Baldwin Bulletin; Dan Smith, Hudson Fire/Bay West; Brad McAbee, River
Falls Police; Lee M. Cooper, WITC; Bruce Brantner, Emergency
Communications; Doug Van Someren, KMT Refrigeration; and Rick Huston,
United Fire/Woodville Ambulance.
The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. by Chairman Smith. The
meeting agenda was adopted on a Mortensen/Van Someren MOTION. The
October 21, 1998 Minutes were approved on a Jacobson/Mortensen MOTION.
The next meeting will be held on February 17, 1999. Other tentative
meeting dates for 1999 are April 22, June 16, August 18, October 21 and
December 15.
OLD BUSINESS
1. Risk Management Planning (RMP)
Colvard reported on the RMP�Workshop he attended at the DNR in Eau
Claire on November 17. Public Service Announcements were sent tc
local newspapers regarding this workshop. Also, local businesses
that will be required to write a plan before June, 1999 under the
EPA's new legislation were contacted regarding this seminar. Two
local facilities did attend the training session. Companies who
have hazardous chemicals over specified threshhold amounts are
required to write a Risk Management Plan (RMP) . If they do not
have a RMP by June, 1999 they are subject to a $25,000 fine,
imposed by the EPA. Colvard will assist any companies that contact
him regarding RMP requirements.
Discussion next was held on containment areas required for above-
ground tanks and on recent natural gas incidents at St. Cloud and
in Michigan.
NEW BUSINESS
1. 1999 LEPC Conference
The biennial LEPC Conference will be held April 14 and 15, 1999.
No other information has been received. LEPC members will be
informed when details are obtained.
2. Training Held and Upcoming Classes for 1999
Colvard reported that a total of $15,602.85 was reimbursed to St.
Croix County in 1998 for hazardous material training. There were
657 students trained at 42 classes. All students are public
service employees or emergency response personnel. A survey has
been sent out to local agencies and departments for training
available in 1999.
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3. New and Updated Off -Site Facility Plans
Four off -site facility plans have been updated for this quarter.
They are:
1. Action Battery Wholesalers, Inc. - Somerset, Wisconsin
2. Somerset Wastewater Treatment Plant
3. Four Seasons FS - Hammond, Wisconsin
4. Four Seasons FS Tank Farm - Hammond, Wisconsin
A new off -site facility plan was written for the Precision Ag
Fertilizer Plant located north of Baldwin, near Cylon.
4. Committee Membership
After discussion, a Cooper/Mehls MOTION was approved that the
Committee follow the by-laws and remove members who miss three
meetings in a consecutive 12-month period. A letter will be sent
to those members who have not attended meetings. Mehls stated that
he will speak with the Public Protection Committee about a LEPC
representative from the Sheriff's Department. After discussion, a
Cooper/Smith MOTION was approved that a membership solicitation
letter be placed in local newspapers. Potential legislative
members for the LEPC were brought up. A letter will be sent to a
candidate in early 1999.
5. Public Comments
Per Colvard, seven training exercises are being planned for 1999.
The Exercise Sub -Committee will be meeting in early 1999 to work on
exercise plans. Barb Nelson has volunteered to be on the Exercise
Sub -Committee. New Richmond has requested a full-scale exercise,
which needs to be preceded by a tabletop and functional exercise.
Also, two additional public official exercises will be held in the
eastern part of the County. All of these exercises will be funded
through a Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning Grant.
In addition, tabletop and functional exercises involving a
potential spill/release at a planning facility need to be held, to
satisfy SARA (Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act) Grant
requirements. Possible locations for these SARA exercises were
next discussed.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 2:25 p.m. on a Smith/Jacobson MOTION.
Respectfully submitted,
Pamela R. Benson, Secretary
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