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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLEPC minutes 082814 LEPC MEETING MINUTES STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONFERENCE ROOM August 28, 2014 10:00am Members Present: Henry Silva, Chairperson; Gerald Kosaki, Vice-Chairperson; Newton Inouye, DOH; David Cummings, Hamakua Energy; Lucas Parrish, BEI; James O’Connor, HPD; Michel Uchida, HFD Hazmat. Non-Members: Sharon Leonida, DOH HEER; Keith Kawaoka, DOH HEER; Orasa Fernandez, DOE; Jarrett Enriquez, BEI; Michael Hirae, HFD Hazmat. I.Call to Order – 10:05 am by Chair Henry Silva; introduction of Keith Kawaoka, DOH HEER II.Approval of minutes from May 21, 2014 meeting – No objections to minutes, accepted and adopted III.Tier II project report – John Peard was excused being off island. However, he did mention that he was still receiving changes for compliancy IV.School labs and chemicals update – Orasa Fernandez from DOH was present to discuss the statewide clean up of chemicals in the schools. She stated that she was working with Grace Simmons on Oahu. A memo will be generated shortly outlining their plan of action. Orasa said that she will meet with the vendor to identify specific chemicals. So far, Keaau and Kealakehe schools were inspected with more schools to follow. Henry Silva gave an overview of the last HSERC meeting. He stated that he met with Senator Josh Green regarding issues with the school labs and that he is in support. Gerald inquired about introducing some type of legislation regarding this. Henry stated that this was possible and stated that seven schools were initially inspected but not follow up was done. Keith Kawaoka inquired about the inspection of intermediate schools. V.County reports:  Civil Defense – No report  Fire – Mike Uchida stated that HFD Hazmat did an Area Rae deployment drill on June 26 to identify specific locations to deploy the Area Rae monitors in the event of a chemical release incident at PGV. They identified guidelines and a contingency plan utilizing Area Raes, Multi Raes, and Q Raes.  Police – no report given VI.Industry partners reports –  BEI – Lucas Parrish gave a follow up report of the recent incident at BEI when there was a Sulfuric Acid spill from a tote container. He stated that they got an inquiry from DPW regarding possible contamination to drinking water. He stated that they closed the drain immediately. They test the water clarity intermittently as a general practice. He also stated that they have modified their procedure for prevent further incidents.  Hamakua Energy – no report  HELCO – reported the there was a transformer oil release due to the recent storm. Over sixty were affected but there was no PCB present. VII.Committee reports – Planning HMEP grant funds are being used to review the ERP/EOP Hazmat section. Tetra Tech was contracted to complete this review. Henry stated that per EPCRA law, the LEPC is required to review the county’s ERP. VIII.Announcements – Henry stated that the LEPC budget is currently at $52,544.59. A meeting was held with the HFD fiscal accountant Melanio Lorenzo with Gerald Kosaki and Henry Silva. We discussed the LEPC budget and identified how the expenditures were accounted for. Gerald requested the LEPC annual statement that was prepared for this meeting. This report had not been completed for the past 2 years. IX.Next meeting - The next LEPC meeting will be held on November 21, 2014 at the County of Hawaii Puna conference room. The date and venue was changed due to the recent incidents requiring civil defense involvement. X.Adjournment – the meeting was adjourned at 11:10am.