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HI County LEPC Meeting Minutes County of Hawaii Civil Defense 920 Ululani Street, Hilo, HI February 28, 10:00 am Members Present: Gerald Kosaki, Chair; John Bowen, Hazmat Consultant; David Cummings, Hamakua Energy; Andrew Burian, HPD; Jordan Hara, PGV; Eric Honda, DOH Hawaii District Health Office; Talmadge Magno, Civil Defense; Jason DeKemper, Pacific Biodiesel; Jarrett Enriques, BEI Hawaii; Cal Westergard, Dept. of Ag. Non -voting members: Alfred Leung, Pacific Biodiesel; Kapono Gaughen, Dept. of Ag. L Call to Order Meeting called to order at 10:04 am by Chair Gerald Kosaki. II. Minutes Approval of the November 27, 2018 meeting minutes. Minutes was approved as circulated. III. County Reports Civil Defense — Talmadge — weather and surf, when Bayfront closed, increased traffic load tough situation. DPW and highways have to clear drains. Trash collector in Hilo bay. Reports of gas from fissure 8, nothing going on. Being monitored daily with minimal S02 output from Kilauea eruption. Thickest section of lava off Ahalanui. Dealing with recovery options. Will wait 6 months before clearing roads. Fire/Hazmat/EMS • Police — Andrew stated gearing up for TMT incident. IV. Industry Partners Report • PGV — Jordan reported Cleared access road. Vendors coming in, water supplied, drilled water wells for higher volume. Will assess wells. Looking at fall to begin operations again. Video documentary. • Hamakua Energy — Dave reported still awaiting approval for use of biodiesel. • BEI — Jarrett no new information. Discussion on past chlorine incident and ensuing lawsuit • Pacific Biodiesel — no report V. Training • E-waste training by HMC — no status report given • Discussion was held on the upcoming Continuing Challenge held in September on sending 2 attendees from the HFD. No action was taken at this time. • NASTTPO conference in May.