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Grant County LEPC
Local Emergency Planning Committee
1525 E WHEELER RD | MOSES LAKE WASHINGTON 98837
OFFICE 509.762.1462 FAX 509.762.1465 | gcem@co.grant.wa.us
MOSES LAKE CHAPTER
Members in The Moses Lake Chapter of the Grant County LEPC held their monthly
Attendance: meeting at the Grant County Public Utility District #2 office located on
3 rd Street in Moses Lake at 11:00 am on May 12, 2011.
REC Silicon
Steve Millspaugh I. Introductions
Duane Kling
The meeting was called to order by Steve and introductions were made.
Yellowstone
Pipeline II. Approval of Minutes
Mike Sharpe
Brett DeVries The minutes were reviewed and a motion was made by Lind to accept the
minutes as written, motion was seconded by Rick, motion passed.
Grant PUD
Dave Moore III. Hazardous Materials Spills
Moses Lake May 11 th , REC experienced an event inside the Silane IV waste treatment
Industries plant, there were no injuries to people. The small detonation broke the
Michael Kertzman vent stack, maintenance was completed the day before, the situation is
under investigation. Currently the plant is running at a reduced
Grant County production rate. The event occurred at approximately 3:30 am.
BOCC
Cindy Carter IV. Old Business
Grant County Technical Search & Rescue Update, Leonard was not present to update
Solid Waste the committee.
Joan Melvin
Western V. New Business
Polymer
Don Sell Yellowstone Pipeline held their annual Boom Deployment Exercise on
Luis Guerrero April 27 th and 28 th . ICS training was conducted on the morning of the 27 th
with a table top exercise in the afternoon. On April 28 th the deployment
American of the boom was completed, between 25-30 people were in attendance.
Red Cross A total of 250 feet of boom was deployed as well as skimmers and set
Nadie Southwick up of the portable tank. Yellowstone has purchased a larger trailer for
their equipment which made the deployment process easier.
Air Liquide TRANSCAER training, Lind is surveying the LEPC’s to see if there is an
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John Guerra interest in having the railcar and training brought into Grant County. The time
Dave O’Leary frame in which TRANSCAER is considering would be June of 2012. If you have
Jake Gendron any questions or are interested in training please contact Lind Bingham
at lind.bingham@eka.com .
General
Dynamics VI. Presentation
Pete Wicks
Joan Melvin with Grant County Solid Waste gave a presentation about
TK Holdings Recycling opportunities and the Solid Waste collection day. If you have
Rick Trenbeath any questions for Joan she can be reached at joanmelvin@co.grant.wa.us .
Eka Thank You Joan for an EXCELLENT presentation!
Lind Bingham
Bill Gilmour with Simplot was unavailable for the presentation, perhaps
Helena he can rescheduled for June.
Chemical Co
Ron Miller VII. Future Agenda Items
Grant County • Re-education/overview of TNS (Telephone Notification System)
DEM
Sam Lorenz
Sandi Duffey
Respectfully submitted,
Sandi Duffey,
Grant County LEPC Secretary
Next meeting:
June 9, 2011 at 11:00am
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