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VI. Industry partners reports – <br /> PGV – There was an incident with a plant energy trip in August 2013. <br />This was not related to the plant shut down during that time. They are <br />currently working on a new phone system to improve communications <br />especially during times of an emergency. PGV will be having an <br />outreach meeting on December 12, 2013 and invited the LEPC members <br />to attend. <br /> BEI – Geoff Lauer will be retiring in April 2014 so he brought his <br />replacement to the meeting, Lucas Parrish. <br /> Harbors – Russell Moore spoke about the pier 4 construction regarding a <br />new dock. Young Brothers will be putting in hydrants at this site. This <br />project is scheduled to be completed in about 1 year. John Peard stated <br />that there will be a barrier constructed around the harbor. <br /> HELCO – Henry stated that they recently had a drill to exercise their <br />emergency response plan. The drill consisted of a pipeline rupture with <br />booms deployed. There were multiple agencies who participated in this <br />drill such as Coast Guard, DOT, Harbors, and DOH. <br /> <br />VII. Department of Health HEER report – John Peard reported of Hakalau site <br />pesticide clean up, Arsenic was found. He also identified other sites around <br />the island such as Kohala and Hamakua that were pesticide mixing sites <br />containing Dioxins and Arsenic. They will be taking soil samples in Hilo <br />also, similar to the samples that they took in the Keaau area in the past. <br /> <br />VIII. Announcements – Henry announced his recommendation to have Vice-Chair <br />Gerald Kosaki attend the upcoming NASTTPO conference in April. He stated <br />that the HMEP grant covers the Chair but any additional attendees must be <br />funded by the LEPC. A motion was made and seconded. The vote was <br />unanimous to fund the Vice-Chair’s travel up to an amount of $5,000. Gerald <br />thanked the committee for their support. <br /> <br />IX. Next meeting - The next LEPC meeting will be held on February 6, 2014 at <br />the New China Restaurant. This will be a network meeting and refreshments <br />will be served. <br /> <br />X. Adjournment – the meeting was adjourned at 11:35 am. <br />