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<br />HI County LEPC Meeting Minutes <br />County Building Puna Conference Room <br />March 8, 2018 10:00am <br /> <br />Members Present: Gerald Kosaki, Chair; John Peard, DOH HEER; Ron Quesada, PGV; Newton <br />Inouye, Civilian Representative; Tracy Aruga, Hilo Medical Center; David Cummings, Hamakua <br />Energy; Eric Honda, DOH Environmental Health. Non-Members: Sharon Leonida, <br />DOH-HEER <br />I. Call to Order <br />Meeting called to order at 10:06 am by Chair Gerald Kosaki. No quorum present. <br />II. Minutes <br />Approval of the December 5, 2017 meeting minutes. Minutes was approved as circulated. <br />Chair Kosaki to post minutes of the meeting on the county website. <br />III. Budget Review <br /> <br />A. Budget as of 1/31/2018. Balance sheet of assets and liabilities circulated for review. <br />Discussion of budget and informed that money collected is allocated after 2 years from the <br />State. <br /> <br />B. Washington state created a brochure to inform businesses of Tier 2 submittals. Hawaii’s <br />brochures have been updated and a template will be forwarded to chair from Oahu HEER <br />office. Tracey Arruga feels that the LEPC should not be seen as a source for purchasing <br />equipment for HFD in the long term. HFD should use their own budget to purchase <br />equipment. <br /> <br />IV. County Reports <br /> <br />A. Civil Defense-Nobody present <br />B. Fire/Hazmat-Upcoming CST training in April. 4/9 tabletop, 4/12 full scale exercise. <br />Submitted AFG grant for $ 240,000 to update IED equipment. Also put in for Rahman <br />detector. Award has been given for new Hazmat suits. Level A and Level B suits being <br />purchased and 1 free pressure tester will also be given from manufaturer. Hazmat technician <br />class will be a 160 Hr. class and 12 firefighters will be attending. <br />C. Police- Major O’ Connor has been promoted to Assistant Chief so a new LEPC <br />representative is needed. <br /> <br />V. Industry Partners Report <br /> <br />A. Hamakua Energy LLC- Name change <br />B. PGV-Ron is the EHS Manager since Muriel has left. Did a tour for HFD, <br /> Kaumana hazmat Unit. Outage scheduled for the last week of March <br /> <br /> <br />