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LEPC MEETING MINUTES NEW CHINA RESTAURANT March 17, 2015 10:00 am Members Present: Henry Silva, Chairperson; Gerald Kosaki, Vice-Chairperson; John Bowen, Hazmat Consultant; Newton Inouye, DOH; Tracy Aruga, Hilo Medical Center; Michel Uchida, HFD Hazmat; John Peard, DOH HEER; Ron Quesada, PGV; Lucas Parrish, BEI Hawaii; Joseph Kashuba, Big Island Biodiesel. Non-Members: Liz Galvez, DOH HEER; Mike McVey, PGV; Cliff Townsend, PGV; George Wells, PGV; Reyn Cabarloc, Hilo Medical Center; Jarrett Enriquez, BEI Hawaii. I.Call to Order – 10:05 am by Chair Henry Silva II.Approval of minutes from November 21, 2014 meeting – No objections to minutes, accepted and approved III.Tier II project report – John Peard gave a report for our tier II submittal compliance. He stated that the tier II reports may be submitted via email. Mike Uchida stated that he had concerns that submitting these reports via email is not confidential. He stated that it should be sent via certified mail. We also discussed ways to get more compliance. We discussed getting more of the informational brochures out to the prospective companies. Gerald delivered more brochures to BEI since this is where many prospective companies get their chemicals from. John Peard stated that we need to write letters to the businesses who is not reporting but first we would need to try and get a list of who has reported thus far on a consolidated list. John Bowen stated that we can utilize businesses that do bulk mailing. IV.School labs and chemicals update – Henry stated that more schools were being cleaned up since more funds were allocated for this. However, Henry stated that this was only a band aid solution even though the DOE believes that the clean-up is being done. Henry will talk to Grace Simmons to see what further actions we can take. He stated that he will speak to Will Okabe again. V.County reports:  Civil Defense – No report  Fire – There were some CST drills on March 10-12 and there will be a full-scale Vigilant Guard exercise on June 3 involving a hazmat leak at BEI.  Police – No report VI.Industry Reports:  BEI - Lucas Parrish stated that BEI is participating in the upcoming Vigilant Guard exercise and the incident will entail a simulated release of Vikane (Sulfuryl Fluoride). Lucas also added that their company lease is good for 10 years more.  PGV – Cliff Townsend stated that he will be leaving and Mike McVey will be taking over for him. He also stated that they are in the process of drilling a new well.