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HI County LEPC Meeting Minutes Aunty Sally's (CD) and via Zoom February 2, 2022, 9:00 am Members Present: Gerald Kosaki, Chair; Darwin Okinaka, HFD Fire; Bill Hansen, CD; David Cummings, Hamakua Energy; Jordan Hara, PGV; Reed Mahuna, HPD; Ha Chi, Hilo Medical Center; Phil Carper, BEI; Eric Honda, DOH; Matt Ho, HFD Hazmat. Non-members: Sharon Leonida, DOH; Terry Corpuz, DOH HEER; Liz Galvez, DOH HEER; Orasa Fernandez, DOE. I. CALL TO ORDER - Meeting called to order at 9:05 am by Chair Gerald Kosaki. Introduction of all attendees. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — November 2, 2022 meeting, Newton moved to approve and Chief Okinaka seconded III. COUNTY REPORTS Civil Defense — Bill reported that the AAR for the Mauna Loa eruption was completed and are collecting all the documents. He also stated that they are working on the evacuation plan for extreme incidents including, Tsunamis generated by earthquakes and for earthquakes in general. HFD Chief Okinaka stated that there were no specific significant incidents that they responded to in regards to hazmat incidents. He stated that there is a hazmat technician class, funded by the HMEP grant, that is currently going on now with 16 personnel attending. Also, coming up is training for response to lithium battery emergencies on February 14-16. Also, they just had a meeting with the CST for training that will be scheduled in June this year due to the Merrie Monarch that happens in March. Chair Gerald discussed a report of a Glycol leak in the chiller. Leak began on January I Oh but was well below the reportable quantity. They notified DOH HEER OSC, Adam Teekel. Gerald also inquired about the reports from the HFD personnel who attended the Chemical Safety Day training back in July 2022. Chief Okinaka stated that he is still missing one report and will follow up on this. • HFD — Reed stated that they have nothing to report at this time. IV. INDUSTRY PARTNERS Hamakua Energy — David reported they are in phase 2 that has started up in January replacing the lines for their Naptha fuel. Looking at going away from Anhydrous Ammonia and using urea to reduce their NOx emissions. BEI — Phil Carper stated that they have been having a higher turnover at the Hilo office so working on their personnel. Looking for someone here locally. They will know in a month or two in regards to a branch manager and also getting their personnel trained in hazmat that Matson is doing. Gerald inquired as to the level of training and Phil stated that it is probably in the ops level. PGV — Jordan reported that they are drilling KS21 which in an injection well and KS 19 which is a standby production well that would be ready in March. They also had a community meeting to discuss any concerns and updates. Jordan stated that