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<br />LEPC MEETING MINUTES <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII PUNA CONFERENCE ROOM <br />November 21, 2014 10:00 am <br /> <br />Members Present: Henry Silva, Chairperson; Gerald Kosaki, Vice-Chairperson; Newton <br />Inouye, DOH; Clinton Baybayan, HFD Hazmat; G. Wells, PGV; John Peard, DOH; John <br />Bowen, Hazmat consultant. Non-Members: Sharon Leonida, DOH HEER; Orasa <br />Fernandez, DOE <br /> <br /> <br />I.Call to Order – 10:10 am by Chair Henry Silva <br /> <br /> <br />II.Approval of minutes from August 28, 2014 meeting – No objections to <br />minutes, accepted and approved <br /> <br /> <br />III.Tier II project report – John Peard gave a report as to the status and fees <br />associated with tier II submittal or non-compliance. Sharon stated that the <br />fees are low but was not sure who sets the fees. Sharon stated that the EPA <br />could levy fines for non-compliance. John Bowen inquired if there was an <br />amnesty program to relieve delinquent companies from paying back fees. We <br />discussed ways to increase compliance. Two avenues discussed were news <br />station public service announcements and getting more brochures out to <br />prospective companies. <br /> <br /> <br />IV.School labs and chemicals update – Orasa Fernandez from DOH was present <br />to discuss the status of the ongoing statewide clean-up. She stated that <br />contracted companies are currently taking out any unused or unwanted <br />chemicals. Per DOE, anything not used within one year is to be discarded. <br />Per Travis from DOE, some schools were up to 12 years delinquent. Henry <br />suggested having Senator Josh Green support getting more inspectors to <br />conduct these school inspections. There was a discussion as to the reason that <br />bulk chemicals are being procured. One reason is that educators purchase <br />bulk to be more cost efficient. <br /> <br /> <br />V.County reports: <br /> <br /> <br />Civil Defense – No report <br /> <br /> <br />Fire – No report <br /> <br /> <br />Police – No report <br /> <br /> <br />VI.Recent incidents – <br /> <br /> <br />Henry reported 2 incidents at HELCO <br /> <br /> <br />1 incident at Aloha Petroleum <br /> <br /> <br />VII.New Business – Henry brought up an amendment and motions that he wanted <br />to address by the LEPC (see attached). Current by-laws will be scanned and <br />sent to all LEPC members. <br /> <br /> <br />