Complete Minutes for the 2013 Year

TO:
Deer Park CAER/ LEPC Team
SUBJECT:
Minutes
of
January
22, 2013 -
13- 078
Hosted by the City of Deer Park
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Stokes called the meeting to order at 11: 00 a.m.
INTRODUCTIONS
Malcolm Swinney, Deer Park Emergency Services Director, introduced Robert Hemminger, Pasadena
Emergency Services Director; and self-introductions were given by Mike Macha of Texas Department
of Homeland Security.
PRESENTATION
Jennifer Hawes of the Texas Department of Emergency Management gave an overview of the
programs and processes performed by TDEM which included risks ( hurricanes, earthquakes, floods
and tornadoes)
highlighting historical storms and declarations. She explained that local jurisdiction
cannot be superseded by state government, but to qualify for state resources an entity must be qualified
by the President
as a
disaster
area. (
Power Point Presentation is Exhibit A)
Discussion followed relating to topics pertaining to having mutual aide agreements in place;
notification information and additional agreements in place with state agencies; an awareness of recent
legislature covering local declarations; proper documentation for after action reports and audits; and
after action plans for recovery.
MINUTES
Motion was made by Danny Rouen and seconded by Ron Brown to approve the November 27, 2012
minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Motion was made by Buddy Rice and seconded by Danny Rouen to accept the financial report for the
month of December, 2012. Motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Jay Stokes, Executive Committee Chair, reported:
Wally Wise Guy Trademark — "As
mentioned at the November meeting, the Deer Park LEPC is
being challenged by the Boston Red Socks on the Wally Wise Guy Trademark which will require legal
representation
Edmonds &
for the
opposition.
The Executive Committee would like to recommend the law firm of
Nolte, and Robb Edwards as the attorney, be retained at a cost of$ 1 0,000 to represent the
DP LEPC. Motion was made by Danny Rouen and seconded by Ray Cook to retain Robb Edmonds of
Edmonds& Nolte. Motion
carried
unanimously.
Page 2, Minutes, Regular
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Meeting
Deer Park LEPC, January 22, 2013
Malcolm Swinney, Communications Subcommittee Chair, reported:
REVIEW OF LEVEL II
and
LEVEL III Incidents —Mr.
Swinney advised the LEPC there were a
number of events over the past couple of months and he had requested the plant managers give a
presentation to the LEPC relating to the incidents.
Johan Zaayman, Shell,
chemical
side
of
the
commented, "
plant
which
We had a Level Zero incident on January 10, 2013 on the
involved Butadiene.
After
all
notifications
were
made,
the
calculations indicated a low amount of product and further assessments indicated the product to be in
the higher atmosphere.
LEPC.
Last week, updates were made to TCEQ, Harris County and the Deer Park
There were 57 employees medically screened and the results were no employee was impacted.
We had five air monitors along the fence line and there were no indications of community impact. We
were able to assess that the proper protocols for workers and the community were in place and
followed. One aspect of the incident was formed through e- mails and text messaging, and while these
two forms of communication were not necessarily accurate, they did convey information. "
David Wade
questioned
Mr. Zaayman
indicated that is Shell terminology.
on
the
terminology " Level Zero" to which Mr. Zaayman
Mr. Swinney advised Mr. Zaayman the proper protocols used by
the Deer Park LEPC are Level I, Level II, and Level III.
Kevin Machemehl, Oxy Vinlys, reported there was a transformer fire in the capacitor at OxyVinyls on
December 21, 2012 that was originally reported as a Level II and then downgraded to a Level I
CAER LINE — "
The
EHCMA Public Affairs Division continues to work on developing the
educational process for rolling out the new CAER Line number with anticipation of a June 1, 2013
rollout."
Sandra Watkins reported for Tracie Copeland, Community Awareness Subcommittee Chair:
CITIZEN SURVEY— Ms. Watkins called upon Dr. Robert Heath for a presentation.
Dr. Heath reviewed the 2012 Citizen Survey highlighting some of the weaknesses which included the
530 AM Radio as a communication device rather than new technology through text and e- mail
messages; establishing incentives so citizens pay better attention to messages on health and safety
which seemed to be their most concern; the demographics of the city being on the younger end than the
survey conducted ten years ago; concerns, but not worries, relating to odors being problematic; more
information on industry having positive impact on the community as a partner with the city, and school
district; parents needing more assurance the schools are taking care of their children; outside sirens
being taken for granted; and better use of telephone calling system.
Most residents placed a high importance on Wally Wise Guy and his campaign for educating everyone
about shelter-in-place, and a need to restore new knowledge through Responsible Care like the
programs the LEPC presented in the early 2000' s
A full copy of the report is available from the LEPC Secretary/ Treasurer, Sandra Watkins, at
281. 478. 7248
or skwatkins cr, deeiparktx. org
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Page 3, Minutes, Regular
Meeting
Deer Park LEPC, January 22, 2013
2013 LEPC CALENDAR — "The final proof has been presented to the printers with a schedule for
delivery the last week of December."
Angie Stack, Emergency Response/ Transportation Subcommittee Chair, reported:
DRILL 2013 —"The drill has been scheduled for October 2, 2013 and will be held at the Deer Park
ISD Educational Center.
The 2013 drill will be the communication phase of the three year drill
process involving multijurisdictional players and will continue with the tornado scenario began in
The plans are moving forward and we believe this will be a good communications process test
2012.
for all involved."
NEXT MEETING
The
next
meeting
will
be February 26, 2013 (
ATTEST:
ism.
Sans
4:
a
Watkins, TRMC, CMC
Secretary
4th
Tuesday) at Deer Park City Hall.
APPROVED:
60
7)
Jay Stokes
Chairman
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"-
TO:
Deer Park CAER/ LEPC Team
SUBJECT:
Minutes
of
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February 26, 2013 - Hosted by the City of Deer Park
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Stokes called the meeting to order at 11: 00 a.m.
MINUTES
Motion was made by Chief Grigg and seconded by Ron Brown to approve the minutes of the January
22, 2013 meeting
with
to the
a correction
spelling
of
the word ` Sox',
under the Wally Wise Guy
Trademark update. Motion carried unanimously.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Chief
Grigg verified that the $ 10,000 that was taken out of the contingency fund was for the legal
representation on the Wally Wise Trademark.
Motion was made by Chief Grigg and seconded by Jesse Hicks to accept the financial report for the
January 2013. Motion carried unanimously.
month of
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Jay Stokes, Executive Committee Chair, reported:
Wally Wise Guy Trademark — " We
Edmonds &
have some good news from Rob Edmonds, attorney for
Nolte, the local firm hired to assist with the Wally Wise Guy Trademark. It is not the Red
Sox proper who has challenged the trademark, but the attorneys for Major League Baseball, which is
about the same thing. They look out for all of the trademarks in the interest of Major League Baseball.
Our Attorney has had some discussions with Major League Baseball' s attorney and they have shown
some
willingness
to
compromise.
If
we
had
some
restrictions
that
defended
the
Wally in
Massachusetts, they might back off. The Attorney asked them about not having Wally in a baseball
hat only to learn that was not one of their issues, so I don' t think that will be a problem. Wally
presently is not licensed in Massachusetts and if it would help things, we would not license Wally in
Massachusetts. The big question was whether we are willing to change the name and we said that we
were not
willing to
the
Our attorney very smartly asked if because of the expense that
we are going through if Major League Baseball would be willing to make a contribution to our LEPC,
and if not a cash donation then would they donate autographed baseballs, and other items so that we
might be able to have a silent auction to raise money. Their attorney seemed receptive on that idea. The
change
name.
funny thing about this is that Sandi was putting together, at our Attorney' s request, lots of information
which shows a continuous usage of
the
Wally
trademark for the
past several years.
One
of
the things
Page 3, Regular Meeting
Deer Park LEPC,
Mr.
Swinney
February 26, 2013
continued, "
Scott Greene, Lubrizol,
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Last Thursday, Lubrizol had an incident."
reported, "
Lubrizol has a pipeline that goes from our facility here in Deer Park
down to the Ship Channel docks. We had a leak that was discovered. Basically, it was right at the
Lubrizol property line with Dow, and it crosses under their property. It did end up being large enough
to report to the State.
Here, locally, I contacted Malcolm and we did end up putting it out as a Level 2
on E- Notify. Technically, it was probably a Level 3 since it was on someone else' s property."
Rick Deel, Lubrizol,
added, "
It was about 10 feet over on the Dow side. It was a small area back in the
wooded area, and it didn' t impact anyone else."
David Wade
not with
If you will recall, there was an incident at Akzo Nobel and Lyondell Basel,
February 1, 2013 in La Porte. Well, it is part of Pasadena and some of La
commented, "
this LEPC,
on
Porte' s ETJ, so it was a really good multijurisdictional response effort by all. We didn' t have action on
that because the initial report came out earlier that morning from Akzo Nobel as no effect, but later on
effected employees from another company further downwind. So, in discussing some of the levels of
events, and what was decided there, anytime you have a vapor release go ahead and report it as a Level
2 incident. A Level 2 means something may have the potential to leave the site depending on the
environmental issues. If it is a vapor cloud, especially if it is a respiratory hazard, go ahead and raise
the awareness level instead of reporting at a lessor level. That morning, I think there was some fog in
the area, and water was sprayed on it as it was occurring which also created an HCL cloud. The HCL
migrated
down offsite, and down a pipeline corridor, and employees form another plant began having
ill effects. Being a Level 1,
a lot of people didn' t know about it, then other people began being
impacted by it.
It became a matter of what was causing injuries to the employees. It took all day long
to associate where the contact was coming from. There was a lot of time spent on trying to figure out
whether it was a pipeline leak."
Mr.
Swinney
commented, "
Speaking of crossing multijurisdictional lines in that particular incident, the
first plant issued a Level 1 which did go to La Porte, but unfortunately, because of the 360 application,
LaPorte didn' t honor it
as a
local Level 1.
Those down in the Pasadena area were unaware of what
was happening, literally, within eyeshot of their plant. We have the potential in our area for the same
thing along Independence Parkway, with one side being in Deer Park and one side being in La Porte.
The message and lesson learned here is that in a vapor release you should start off as a Level 2. A
Level 2 is not going to cause me or Chief Grigg, or the dispatcher to push the button and sound any
sirens, but it gives us the awareness and information we need so that if it does begin to unfold or
escalate, we are already aware of the possibilities."
Mac McClendon, Harris
County Precinct
3,
added, "
On that same note about awareness, Harris County
Office of Emergency Management has to notify certain people of things that are going on. The reason
is that
when you
have
offsite
impacts
we start
seeing
people
showing up in emergency
rooms.
We
have
to notify SETRAC, CEMOC and the Public Health Authority so they can start getting ahead,
before
people start
calling
us, and
if we don' t know anything
about
it,
we are
left
out
in the dark."
Page 4, Regular Meeting
Deer Park LEPC,
David Wade
Once
we
receiving
26. 2013
February
commented, "
set
up
calls
our
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I believe twenty- four persons were exposed and nine were transported.
emergency
operations
from hospitals regarding
center,
we
did
a chemical release
contact
in the
SETRAC, who were already
In turn, we had to
southeast side.
respond to that."
Mr.
Swinney
At the LEPC in La Porte, they did talk about the Air Liquide incident, but
commented, "
there was no one there to represent them either. There were a lot of positive things said about the Fire,
EMS and Police response from all of the surrounding cites. Everyone worked well together. I want to
refer everyone
back to the CECC Manual.
Inside the manual it clearly talks about the Level 2' s and
3' s. It is encouraged to start off calling the Level 2 in the manual. There are some things happening
with the CECC Committee that will make things a lot more positive. One of the things that will be
happening soon, under Rick Deel' s guidance, will be new documents. As soon as the manual is
updated."
Rick Deel
commented, "
The CECC Committee is going away, but that function needs to continue,
because communication is always a problem. There will be a new Committee. They will call it the
Security Emergency Management Committee."
Tracie Copeland, Community Awareness Subcommittee Chair, reported:
LCITIZEN SURVEY— Ms.
continue to get
better.
She
Copeland reported that this was the fourth survey since 1998 and that they
commented, "
One of the key things we want the people to know is that the
LEPC has done a wonderful job over the years of educating the citizens about LEPC, and the ways that
citizens can learn what is going on in their community. But, it isn' t the time to say good job, we are
done, but rather just to keep moving forward. One of the things that came through loud and clear was
the entity that our community respects the most is law enforcement and fire fighting agencies on
keeping everyone informed. One of the things that we are thinking about is how we can get community
awareness and media relations training for all of the entities represented in this room. The way that the
City responded to the media on the incident at Air Liquide was excellent. I know we would have
responded in the same way. It would really be advantageous to us all to receive media training."
Chairman Stokes
I agree, I think Jeff Suggs did a very good job on television and with
the media in dealing with that tragedy."
commented, "
Scott Greene reported for Angie Stack, Emergency Response/ Transportation Subcommittee
Chair:
DRILL 2013 —"Angie
is working a shut down so cannot be here today. The committee met last month
to continue planning the drill, schedule for October 2, 2013. This will be the second in a three year
cycle. We are working on a variety of different things right now. We have confirmed that the Deer
Park ISD is providing for use of three large rooms and one small room in the Education Support
Center. We will go with three facilitators, one for each room. Last year, David Wade was the primary
Lfacilitator.
We are working on recruiting a couple more. We have received some positive feedback.
The largest part of the drill that we are working on, with the help of Rick Renner, are the injects and
situation descriptions. He is working a shut down as well. Once we touch base, I' ll give you all an
update.
We
are
making
progress."
Page 5, Regular Meeting
Deer Park LEPC,
February
26, 2013
13- 85
NEW BUSINESS
Malcolm Swinney thanked everyone for the phone calls, and everyone for keeping him informed."
Ray
Cook, Dow Chemical,
with a
boiler
commented, "
at the main site.
There
I contacted Malcolm because, basically, we had a situation
were no
injuries,
no releases, no
loss
of containment.
We had to
shut down, but coming back up we didn' t expect any issues, but wanted to make sure he was informed
because of the little bit of flare activity. I that happens, we will make applicable notifications."
Mr.
Swinney continued, " The City of Pasadena Office of Emergency Management ( OEM), my office,
Pasadena Police Department, Pasadena ISD, Deer Park Police Department, and Deer Park ISD all
joined together last week for a tabletop seminar on an active shooter scenario. I thought it was a great
training exercise. There were a lot of different jurisdictions, same as it will be in our drill in October.
Communication seems to be one of the key areas we will need to be focusing on going into the drill. I
thought, overall, the drill went well."
Don Dean, Deer Park ISD,
I think the key element is communication and we are, as a
community, getting better at communicating between Deer Park and Pasadena as well as other entities.
It was a very positive exercise."
added, "
NEXT MEETING
The
next
meeting
will
be March 26, 2013 (
ATTEST:
p4,
ant,
a
Watkins, TRMC,
Secr- . ry
4th
Tuesday) at Deer Park City Hall.
APPROVED:
BA"
CMC
Jay '`.
Cr.
es
rman
TO:
Deer Park CAER/ LEPC Team
SUBJECT:
Minutes
of
March 26, 2013 -
13- 86
Hosted by the City of Deer Park
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Stokes called the meeting to order at 11: 00 a.m.
INTRODUCTIONS
Self introductions were given by Blaine Murphy replacing T. J. Height for day; Christina Perez with
TM Deer Park Services; Belinda Dunkel with Houston Ammonia Terminal; Ricky Anorga, Vice
Chairman for North Channel LEPC; and then Chuck Wolf introduced Pamela Parker with East Harris
County Manufacturers Association; and Don Dean with DPISD introduced Stephen Harrell who will
replace Don upon his retirement.
MINUTES
Motion was made by Ricky Anorga and seconded by George Tullgren to approve the minutes of the
26, 2013 meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
LFebruary
FINANCIAL REPORT
Motion was made by Chuck Wolf and seconded by Ricky Anorga to accept the financial report for the
months of
February
and
March 2013.
Motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Jay Stokes, Executive Committee Chair, reported:
Wally Wise Guy Trademark — "Rob Edmonds, attorney for Edmonds &
Nolte, working with us on
the Wally Trademark has been corresponding with the attorney for Major League Baseball who has
issued a protest on behalf of the Boston Red Sox. They have asked several things of the Deer Park
LEPC to which we have responded:
They
asked
that
Wally
would not appear at
any sporting
events.
Our response was Wally
would not appear at any professional or collegian sporting events;
Wally would never be known or referred to as ` Wally the Green Monster' to which our
response was okay and no problem;
Wally' s color scheme would never be changed to reflect the color scheme of Wally the
Green Monster to which our response was okay and no problem;
They asked that we amend our Trademark to reflect our Wally is not related to any sporting
teams or mascots to which our response was okay and no problem; and
We offered to restrict Wally from being licensed in Boston or the State of Massachusetts as
there
are no current
license
agreements
for
either.
Page 2, Minutes, Regular Meeting
Deer Park LEPC, March 26, 2013
13- 87
Mr. Edmonds advised it is common practice in such cases for those filing the complaint to provide
some type of settlement for the inconvenience and that he has asked them for a cash contribution of
5, 000 or an equal amount of in-kind contribution the LEPC can use to auction off, etc."
George Tullgren asked who was born first, Wally Wise Guy or Wally the Green Monster to which
Chairman Stokes advised Wally Wise Guy was born in 1992 and their Wally was born in 1997, and
that by all rights the Deer Park LEPC could have protested their first trademark.
Resignation
of
Emergency Response/ Transportation Chair —Chairman Stokes advised the LEPC
membership that Angie Stack will be retiring from Shell in the Fall of 2013 and has rendered her
resignation as the Chair of the Emergency Response/ Transportation Committee so that a new Chair can
be named and begin work on the 2013 Drill.
Emergency Response/ Transportation Chair Appointment — Chairman Stokes advised the LEPC
membership
the
Executive
Committee
was
recommending
Scott
Greene
as
Chair
for
the
Motion was made by Ricky Anorga and seconded by Chief Greg Grigg to accept the
Executive Committee' s recommendation for appointment. Motion carried unanimously.
subcommittee.
Chairman Stokes reported for Malcolm Swinney, Communications Subcommittee Chair:
Chairman Stokes advised the LEPC membership Mr. Swinney was in New Orleans attending the
National Hurricane Conference, and called upon Akzo Nobel for a report on their March 4, 2013
incident.
March 4, 2013 Incident - Kevin DeShazo
release which resulted
in
a
large fire.
reported, "
On March
4th
we had a significant chemical
We made the E- Notify communication and had representatives
from both the Deer Park and LaPorte Fire Departments responded and the LaPorte Police Department
assisted with roadblocks at Battleground and Highway 225 and Miller Cut Off. The fire was contained
and under control within
forty- five minutes. We did not recommend a Shelter- In- Place for the
residential communities of Deer Park or LaPorte as there was a thirty to thirty-five mile south wind.
There was one contractor transported to the hospital where he remained for a couple of days, but last
report he is doing well.
We are in the evaluation stage at this time."
Deer Park Police Chief Greg Grigg advised Deer Park assisted LaPorte with the roadblocks at
Highway 225 and Battleground.
Ricky Anorga advised CIMA was on standby due to the smoke that was visible from the roadway.
Chuck Wolf questioned if a CAER line message had been given to which Mr. DeShazo advised it had.
Jeff Suggs, Director of Emergency Services for LaPorte, advised that while the incident was reported
as a Level II, it should probably have been reported as a Level III based on the amount of visible
smoke leaving the site.
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Deer Park LEPC, March 26, 2013
Hurricane Conference— Chairman
Stokes advised the LEPC membership there will be a booth at the
Hurricane Conference in June, which will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center, and more details
will be forthcoming.
Sandra Watkins reported for Tracie Copeland, Community Awareness Subcommittee Chair:
Totally Texas —Ms. Watkins advised the LEPC
mail for volunteers for the booth for April
membership a sign-up sheet will be provided via e-
13th,
and encouraged members to assist in providing
information to the citizens relating to the LEPC and Shelter-In-Place.
Scott Greene, Emergency Response/Transportation Subcommittee Chair, reported:
DRILL 2013 —" There
The drill is
meeting.
will be a meeting to discuss the 2013 Drill today after the regular LEPC
still
scheduled
for October
2nd,
and Diane Sheridan and the Deer Park
Community Advisory Committee will assist in getting information to the
held at the Deer Park ISD Educational Support Center."
public.
The event will be
NEW BUSINESS
Ricky Anorga advised the Deer Park LEPC he is the current Vice-Chairman for the North Channel
LLEPC and they are interested in working with Deer Park, LaPorte, Baytown and Pasadena on a
Regional Transportation Program and would like to invite Scott as the new Chair for the Deer Park
LEPC Emergency Response/ Transportation Committee to be a member of their planning committee to
which Mr. Green advised he would.
Russ Kuykendall with Parks and Wildlife gave an overview of the recent controlled burn advising
while the burn was a success, there were some communication issues between command and adjoining
industry. He then reminded everyone of the re- enactment of the battle of San Jacinto to be held on
April
20th
and of the traffic congestion that will entail.
Chuck Wolf provided information for an upcoming regional Joint Information Center training
sponsored by HGAC on July
24th.
NEXT MEETING
The
next
meeting
will
be April 23, 2013 (
S. •
i a
1.i
iK
Watkins, TRMC, CMC
Secretary
Tuesday) at Deer Park City Hall.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
a
4th
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/
Jay/ ti es
Chairman
TO:
Deer Park CAER/ LEPC Team
SUBJECT:
Minutes
of
April 23, 2013 -
13- 89
Hosted by the City of Deer Park
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Stokes called the meeting to order at 11: 00 a.m.
INTRODUCTIONS
Self introductions were given by Jeff Suggs, Emergency Management Officer for City of LaPorte; and
Gary Hines of Clean Harbors.
MINUTES
Motion was made by Ricky Anorga and seconded by Danny Rouen to approve the minutes of the
March 26, 2013 meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
FINANCIAL REPORT
LMotion was made by Malcolm Swinney and seconded by Ricky Anorga to accept the financial report
for the
month of
April 2013. Motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Jay Stokes, Executive Committee Chair, reported:
Wally Wise Guy Trademark—" There
is nothing new at this time. The attorney has not received any
correspondence from the attorneys for Major League Baseball. We are just waiting."
Malcolm Swinney, Communications Subcommittee Chair, reported:
Level Incidents—
Mr. Swinney called upon Gary Hines of Clean Harbors for a report.
Mr. Hines reported Clean Harbors had a minor reaction that occurred in the feed preparation building
where mixing is performed and toes into the incinerator, and that while there were vapors, they stayed
in the incinerator. Notifications were made to HCPC, Deer Park, and TCEQ, and there were no offsite
results. He advised Clean Harbors had made a similar report to the CAC the previous night.
Ray Cook reported on an incident that occurred at the Lone Star plant on Tidal Road which consisted
of a small amount of product entering the ventilation system resulting in steam and a haze that went
out
the
gate at
determine
Tidal towards the
what occurred and
monitoring
occurred,
but
he
waste
He advised Lone Star is still investigating to
He advised
at the May LEPC meeting.
HCPC investigated and were happy with what
treatment plant.
will make a
no chemicals were
better
update
detected.
they checked and that the plant had also made the proper notifications to the city and surrounding
neighbors.
He
advised
the incident lasted
about one and one- half
hours.
Page 2, Minutes, Regular Meeting
Deer Park LEPC, April 23, 2013
Hurricane Conference— Mr.
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Swinney advised the LEPC the National Hurricane Conference was held
in New Orleans in March and there were sessions which reviewed Hurricane Sandy which, at land fall,
was a subtropical system. The National Weather Center is doing an analysis for a new process for the
2013 season which will include issuing warnings, more surge information, and the various components
of storms like Sandy and Ike which were classified under the old system but resulted in more damage
than past, typical thunder storms and hurricanes.
He advised FEMA is in the red and flood rates will be increasing significantly in all flood prone areas,
and FEMA is placing emphasis on wrapping up projects
He advised the LEPC that Bill Reed, Former Director of the National Hurricane Conference will be the
guest speaker for May.
Sandra Watkins reported for Tracie Copeland, Community Awareness Subcommittee Chair:
Totally Texas— Ms. Watkins advised the LEPC the participation at the LEPC booth was constant, and
thanked David Bode, Lee Baron, Greg Grigg, Roy Roberts, Jay Stokes, John White and Chuck Wolf
for participating in booth coverage.
She then thanked Tammy Jones for once again coordinating the
setup,
operation and take
which were
my
down
grandchildren
of
the booth,
Jonathan Peltier
and commented, "
and
We had two new helpers this year
Megan Watkins.
They helped Wally in the parade,
at the booth and Megan was Wally. The old Wally' s were taking bets on how long she would be able
to wear the costume and she surprised them all by staying thirty minutes. Afterwards, she told me she
wants
keep doing
to
it. So,
we
have
a
Wally in training.
Also, Megan and Jonathan suggested the
LEPC look into a small version of Wally which might not be as intimidating to the smaller children."
Citizen Survey Invoice -
Ms. Watkins reported Dr. Heath had determined the cost for the data
gathering portion of the survey totaled the budgeted amount of$ 12,000 and rather than compromising
the study committed the full amount which resulted in no funding for himself and Dr. Li, and had
submitted a request
for
an additional $ 3,
000
as compensation
for himself and Dr. Li.
Motion to allow
additional funding for the Citizen Survey was approved unanimously.
Scott Greene, Emergency Response/Transportation Subcommittee Chair, reported:
DRILL 2013 —"
There will be a meeting to discuss the 2013 Drill today after the regular LEPC
meeting."
NEXT MEETING
The
next
meeting
will
be April 23, 2013 (
ATTEST:
andra
Secretary
atkins,
4th
Tuesday) at Deer Park City Hall.
APPROVED:
TRMC, CMC
Jay :
Ch.,
tI
des
an
TO:
Deer Park CAER/ LEPC Team
SUBJECT:
Minutes
of
May
28, 2013 -
13- 91
Hosted by the City of Deer Park
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Stokes called the meeting to order at 11: 00 a.m.
INTRODUCTIONS
Self introductions were given by Bryan Moody and Ronnie Myers, Shell; Zainab Naqvi, Bostco; Tory
Pulliam, CTS; Johnny Lowery, AKZO Nobel; Henry Frank, Harris County Pct 2; Jennie White, Exxon
Mobil Pipeline; Vicki Roberts, Citizen; Jason Parrish, Vopak, Jeff Suggs, Emergency Management
Officer for City of LaPorte; and City of Deer Park Employees John White, Sharon Massey, Wade
Connor, Ken Findley, Crissy Naranjo, Bobbie Magee, and Linda McHone.
PRESENTATION
Bill Reed of KPRC Houston and former Director of the National Hurricane Center presented an
evacuation map ( Exhibit A) for the Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris and Matagorda Hurricane
Evacuation Zip Zones and gave an overview of the history of hurricanes highlighting the 2013
forecast; comparing the 2013 Atlantic outlook from a historical perspective; the multi decadal history
showing the part played by oceanography; current conditions being warmer than usual at this time and
the effect for number of predicted storms for 2013; the El Nino factor; circulation forecasts; historical
land falls; volcanic actions; historical storms for the months of June through October; and the current
tropic conditions.
MINUTES
Motion was made by Carl Holley and seconded by Chief Greg Grigg to approve the minutes of the
April 23, 2013 meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Motion was made by Chuck Wolf and seconded by Carl Holley to accept the financial report for the
month of May 2013. Motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Jay Stokes, Executive Committee Chair, reported:
Wally Wise Guy Trademark—" There has been no final resolution with Major League Baseball since
our
last meeting. We
are
waiting
on
their response to
our answers of their
two
questions."
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Malcolm Swinney, Communications Subcommittee Chair, reported:
Level Incidents— Mr.
Swinney called upon Tim Menard of OxyVinyls for a report.
Mr. Menard reported OxyVinyls had a Level II at the Deer Park site in early May of vapor where the
gas kilt blew off, but there was never any off-site impact.
He reported a Level III occurred at the Pasadena PVC site when an open reactor blew dusting Georgia
Gulf but had no other off-site impact.
Hurricane Conference — Mr.
Swinney advised the LEPC the Southeast Regional LEPC along with
Deer Park and LaPorte Office of Emergency Management were hosting a hurricane workshop and
safety fair at the Pasadena Convention Center
and Deer Park LEPC would have a booth. He
on
Saturday,
June 8, 2013 from 10: 00
a. m. -
2: 00 p.m.
distributed a sign-up sheet for those wishing to assist in
the booth.
Alertus Beacons for City Facilities — "The LaPorte and Pasadena school districts have these devices
in their
the
schools.
facility
for
It is a pager system that allows messages to be sent as a one-way communication to
notification
to
fifteen devices, the
cost
lockdown.
shelter- in- place or
the Deer Park School District
and
We want to place these same devices in
communication
all
consolidate
devices
through Dispatch.
For
is $ 10, 230."
The question of testing arose and Mr. Sweeney advised Deer Park will conduct weekly tests.
Motion was made by Scott Greene and seconded by Chuck Wolf to approve the expenditure of
10, 230 for fifteen( 15) Alertus Beacons.
Motion carried unanimously.
Community Warning Siren Radio Repairs—"
not
working.
be
The radio component on an outside warning system is
The radio will have to be shipped to Illinois for repairs causing the outside warning
manually. The
is $ 1, 600."
Motion was made by Ray Cook and
seconded by Ron Brown to approve the repairs to the radio component for the outside warning system.
system
to
operated
cost of repairs
Motion carried unanimously.
New Radio for Community Warning Siren System —" We
cost of$
returned,
Roy
1125 to
this
replace
the one going for repair.
radio will allow us
Roberts to
approve
to
have
a spare."
would like to buy a radio component at a
Once the repairs are made and the radio component
Motion was made by Lee Barron and seconded by
the purchase of a radio component
for the
outside
warning
system.
Motion
carried unanimously.
Tracie Copeland, Community Awareness Subcommittee Chair, reported:
Citizen Survey — "The
time."
Citizen Survey has been completed, but there is no action or follow-up at this
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Scott Greene, Emergency Response/ Transportation Subcommittee Chair, reported:
DRILL 2013 —"We
are continuing to work on the drill and are looking at a series of injects for the
planning. One item that has been mentioned is to look at information and data being circulated relating
to the Texas and Oklahoma incidents to determine if any of the information can be used in our drill.
As a result of the West, Texas incident, there is a newspaper who is contacting are industry under the
Freedom
of
Information Act to
obtain
information
on
the company'
s
RMP Data.
Do we have RMP
data on file with the LEPC?"
Chairman Stokes advised the LEPC had been contacted by the Dallas Morning News for an exhaustive
amount of information, but the request was for County LEPC information, and that no secondary
requests have been made specific to the Deer Park LEPC since the LEPC' s replay to their request.
Mr. Greene
continued, "
We have information from the Texas Department of Transportation for a
hazardous material and emergency preparedness grant that we will be looking at to determine if the
LEPC drill qualifies, and will report back in June.
NEXT MEETING
The
next
meeting
will
be June 25, 2013 (
ATTEST:
4th
Tuesday) at Deer Park City Hall.
APPROVED:
air
Imo, U
Watkins, TRMC, CMC
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Secr• tary
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TO:
Deer Park CAER/ LEPC Team
SUBJECT:
Minutes
of
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Hosted by the City of Deer Park
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Stokes called the meeting to order at 11: 00 a.m.
INTRODUCTIONS
Self introductions
were
given
by
Ferris
Callihan, Texas Molecular; Norma Hysler, Deer Park
Community Advisory Council; David Dorko, OxyVinyls; Jerry Mouton, Jr, Mayor of the City of Deer
Park; Shannon Bennett, Deputy City Secretary.
PRESENTATION
Chuck Wolf of Media Consultants gave an presentation on the basic requirements of an LEPC from the
EPA Region 6 LEPC Handbook ( Exhibit A).
He highlighted primary LEPC Responsibilities, LEPC
Membership and Structure, By-Laws and Meetings, Maintenance of Records, Request for LEPC
Records, Funding LEPC activities, Reporting requirements for facilities with Hazardous Materials,
Requirements of developing a EPCRA- Compliant Emergency Management Plan, HazMat Response,
Exercising and Evaluating the Plan and LEPC training and Education Programs.
Mayor Mouton
asked, "
Are we collectively doing everything that is required as an LEPCT'
Mr. Wolf suggested, that the Deer Park LEPC hosts a full three session inviting area local LEPC
organizations.
MINUTES
Motion was made by Chief Greg Grigg and seconded by Tracie Copeland to approve the minutes of
the May 28, 2013 meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Motion was made by Chuck Wolf and seconded by Jesse Hicks to accept the financial report for the
month of May 2013. Motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Jay Stokes, Executive Committee Chair, reported:
Willy
our
Wise Guv Trademark—" There has been no final resolution with Major League Baseball since
last meeting.
There has been
a
little
progress and
is
still
pending."
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Malcolm Swinney, Communications Subcommittee Chair, reported:
Level Incidents— Mr.
Swinney called upon several companies to give there report.
David Dorko of Oxy Vinyls reported on June 14, 2013 there was a release of ammonia at the Deer
Park facility. There was a response mobilized within 15 minutes. The leak quantity was estimated to be
3580 pounds that does not include what was knocked down by the water. There were no injuries at any
of the sites.
Iris Rodriguez of Schwan' s Global Supply reported on June 16, 2013 at 8: 15 a.m. there was ammonia
leak of 1064 pounds due to a recall on the compressors in 2008. The incident was isolated at 9: 42 a.m.
They handled everything internally with the HazMat team isolating the release.
Mr. Swinney was advised that the CAER line is not working properly, he will follow up with the
issues.
Jesse Hicks of Clean Harbors reported on June 20, 2013 at 10: 37 a.m. There was a power failure on
site, which caused the emergency vent hatch to open on the 3. 6 unit creating smoke to move offsite.
There were no injuries reported.
EHCMA Hurricane Status Reporting System -
Mr. Swinney advised that each plant can log into the
system and update their profile, so if we ever get into and evacuation scenario, they will be able to post
there information.
Re- Entry Badges — Mr.
Swinney advised if you have personnel in your facilities that need badges for
early entry, David Wade is the primary contact for the badges.
Swinney commented, " If you look at the disaster plan for the area
including Galveston County. Galveston County indicates they are going to need a little over 35 hours
to perform an evacuation. They are the trigger point. When they start they evacuation then we can start
planning for evacuations to Harris County as needed, not every storm requires evacuation besides
along the coast and in the coastal areas. In Harris County a category 5 hurricane is a total of 38 hours
for a total evacuation. So, we have to get Galveston County going then we will start worrying about
Harris County. We will keep you posted on those things. If those events occur, we will give you as
Evacuation Decisions — Mr.
much lead time as we can."
Hurricane Conference Report — Mr.
Swinney advised the Community Hurricane Workshop and
Safety Fair at the Pasadena Convention Center was a success. We want to thank Belinda Dunkle of
Houston Ammonia Terminals and Roy Roberts for being volunteers at our booth.
Tracie Copeland, Community Awareness Subcommittee Chair,
reported:
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Deer Park LEPC, June 24, 2013
We will be working the new residential and business packets and the Shelter in Place Program."
Scott Greene, Emergency Response/ Transportation Subcommittee Chair, reported:
TxDot Grant —"Last
month we discussed the possibility of a grant application from the DOT. The
executive committee looked at that and decided there was enough restrictions on what we can spend
the money on that it would not be worth wild for us to do that. We can consider it in the future but at
this point it is nothing we are going to pursue.
2013 Drill -
The drill planning continues, it is planned to October 2, 2013. We had a 4 hour session
the week before last that included the cities involved. We are making progress and planning a few
things.
New Business
Chuck Wolf advised the LEPC that the Houston- Galveston Regional PIO Network invited the public
information officer for Alcohol Tobacco Firearm and the state Fire Marshalls office to speak to our
membership about lessons learned from the West, Texas incident on July 18, 2013 from 10 a.m. - 12,
hosted
by
the Texas Department
of
Transportation
at
7600 Washington Ave, Houston Texas
cost.
NEXT MEETING
The
next
meeting
will
be August 27, 2013 ( 4'
ATTEST:
San
Watkins, TRMC, CMC
Secretary
h
Tuesday) at Deer Park City Hall.
APPROVED:
Jay St
Chai
n
at no
LTO:
Deer Park CAER/ LEPC Team
SUBJECT:
Minutes
of
August 27, 2013 -
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Hosted by the City of Deer Park
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Stokes called the meeting to order at 11: 00 a.m.
MINUTES
Motion was made by Danny Rouen and seconded by Chief Greg Grigg to approve the minutes of the
June 24, 2013 meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Motion was made by Buddy Rice and seconded by Danny Rouen to accept the financial report for the
months of June through August 2013. Motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Jay Stokes, Executive Committee Chair, reported:
Wally Wise Guy Trademark— "The last report was that Major League Baseball' s last request is that
the
Deer Park LEPC
not
take
photographs of
Wally
in any type
of
baseball items.
The attorney has
given them a sixty days extension and advised this is their last one."
Malcolm Swinney, Communications Subcommittee Chair, reported:
Alertus Use Policy—"
We would like to be able to create a policy that would allow the purchase of an
by businesses, care facilities, industry, etc. Currently, we have twenty-three and both the Deer
Park school district and City of Pasadena are installing the devices."
Alertus
After discussion relating to testing, life of system, and the various uses, motion was made by Rick Deel
and seconded by Tim Lancelin to adopt a policy to allow the sale of the Alertus on a reimbursement
basis. Motion carried unanimously.
Tier Report — Shell
— Johan
Zaayman, Plant Manager for Shell, reported they had completed a
voluntary settlement agreement with the EPA relating to a 2008 Clean Air Act inspection, and will be
spending$
160,000,000 for upgrades to Shell' s flaring units, emissions tanks and units.
Tier Report— Delta —Tim
Lancelin, Oxy Vinyls, gave a report on an incident which occurred in July
due to a power failure which resulted in all circuit breakers coming apart tripping the transformer and
causing
and
a
fire. He
stated, "
This was an electoral incident isolated to the plant. There were no injuries,
the investigation is ongoing.
helicopters
over
the
Because the flaring was seen from Highway 225, we did have media
area and so we made
the
national news."
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Deer Park LEPC, August 27, 2013
Tracie Copeland, Community Awareness Subcommittee Chair, reported:
2014 Calendar — " The Committee has chosen to focus the 2014 LEPC Calendar on the youth
organizations
in Deer Park. We are excited about the theme and thank Sandra Watkins for thinking of
this."
Hot Zone Conference - "
Houston
and
The Hot Zone Conference is October 18- 19 at the Crown Plaza hotel in
the Deer Park LEPC
will
have
a
booth
again
this
year.
We are looking for volunteers
who can work two- hour shifts on those days. If you are free and able to assist, we are passing around a
sign- up sheet."
Lee Barron
reported
for Scott Greene,
Emergency Response/Transportation Subcommittee
Chair:
2013 Drill — The
"
drill planning continues. It is planned to October 2, 2013. The scenario for the drill
will be a tornado related incident stretching from the west side of Spencer at San Jacinto College
across and
down the
street past
Wal- Mart.
The drill scenario will be held at the Deer Park school
district' s training facility on Texas."
NEW BUSINESS
Dan Heiken with E-Notify advised they are working on the CAER line with East Harris County
Manufacturers Association to determine if an interface can be accomplished between the CAER line
and the E-Notify system, and the incident report.
Discussion relating to recoding, message delivery, training and rollout were discussed, but no decisions
were made.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be September 24, 2013 ( 4`" Tuesday) at Deer Park City Hall.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
i
an
ra
Watkins, TRMC, CMC
Secretary
kes
la
C
a
an
TO:
Deer Park CAER/ LEPC Team
SUBJECT:
Minutes
of
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September 24, 2013 -
Hosted by the City of Deer Park
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Stokes called the meeting to order at 11: 00 a.m.
INTRODUCTIONS
Self introductions were given by Kevin Rodgers, Deputy Fire Marshall for City of Deer Park.
MINUTES
Motion was made by Chief Greg Grigg and seconded by Buddy Rice to approve the minutes of the
August 27, 2013 meeting with correction to indicate the Tier Report was provided by Oxy Vinyl.
Motion carried unanimously,
FINANCIAL REPORT
Motion was made by Buddy Rice and seconded by Tracie Copeland to accept the financial report for
the month of September 2013. Motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Jay Stokes, Executive Committee Chair, reported:
Wally Wise Guy Trademark — "There
has been no report from the attorney since the last meeting
with the last word being Deer Park' s attorney had advised Major League Baseball' s attorney they had a
sixty( 60) day extension."
Tracie Copeland, Community Awareness Subcommittee Chair, retorted:
2014 Calendar — "The
Committee will be meeting in October to review photos received from the
various youth organizations in Deer Park for submission to the printer."
Hot Zone Conference - " The Hot Zone Conference is October 18- 19 at the Crown Plaza hotel in
Houston and the Deer Park LEPC will have a booth again this year. We are still looking for volunteers
who can work two-hour shifts on those days. If you are free and able to assist, we are passing around a
sign- up sheet."
Scott Greene, Emel:gency Response/Transvortation Subcommittee Chair, reported:
2013 Drill— "We
the drill."
are
fast approaching the drill
on
October 2"
d.
Lee Barron has some great injects for
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Davis Wade welcomed anyone wishing to participate and reminded everyone this drill is the second of
a three drill phase and is the functional drill.
Discussion followed relating to participation by all entities, businesses, college and school districts as
the drill is a multi-jurisdictional drill involving all and the importance of the drill as it relates to an
weather incident likely to occur.
Mr. Greene
stated, "
While everyone represents different facets of entities and organizations and
everyone knows their respective roles, this drill will enable a coordinated effort in learning how to
combine that knowledge for the benefit of one incident."
NEXT MEETING
The
next
meeting
will
be October 22, 2013 (
4h
Tuesday) at Deer Park City Hall.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
llue
Sandra-Watkins, TRMC, CMC
Secretary
la
LTO:
Deer Park CAER/ LEPC Team
SUBJECT:
13- 101
Minutes of October 22, 2013 - Hosted by: the City of Deer Park
CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chairman, Chris Hext called the meeting to order at 11 : 00 a.m.
INTRODUCTIONS
Self introductions were given by Chris Hext of Lubrizol.
PRESENTATION
Chris Collier and Mark Sastre of SIETRAC gave an overview of how they function and what service
they provide to the region, highlighting the CMOP ( Catastrophic Medical Operation Center) and
EMTF ( Emergency Medical Task Force) and its four components,
MINUTES
L
Motion was made by Malcolm Swinney and seconded by Chief Greg Grigg to approve the minutes of
the September 24, 2013 meeting with correction to the spelling of Davis Wade to read David Wade.
Motion carded unanimously.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Motion was made by Malcolm Swinney and seconded by Tim Lancelin to accept the financial report
for the month of October 2013. Motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Chris next reported for Jay Stokes, Executive Committee Chair:
Adoption of the budget — Motion was made by Malcolm Swinney and seconded by Chuck Wolf to
adopt the 2014 budget. Motion carried unanimously.
Update of CAER Line— Dan Heiken of Emerge Systems gave an overview of the development of the
new CAER Line and the E- Notify system. Mr. Heiken showed us how to log on, post a message and
report an incident. There are no official dates for training, but tentatively November 6th and 13th are
the dates for training at Lee College and San Jacinto College. There will be more information to come.
L
Mr. Swinney advised that this will be the primary source to post message on the CAER Line.
However, there is some discussion about having a website. If Emerge is down or the First Call system
is out of service, you will have to rely on the eight hundred number and they will post the message for
you.
We
want to emphasis the
incident
report needs
to be done first
and then the
CAER Line.
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Deer Park LEPC, October 22, 2013
Chris Hext reported for Tracie Copeland, Community Awareness Subcommittee Chair:
2014 Calendar — "The
Committee will be meeting on October 28, 2013 to review photos received
from the various youth organizations in Deer Park for submission to the printer."
Hot Zone Conference— The Hot Zone Conference was a great event. There were a lot of people
saying we are the only LEPC represented and had the coolest " gadgets".
There was at least four separate LEPC' s( Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana) that stopped and talk Ms.
Watkins about who we are, how we operate, and about our budget. They all want to re-vamp their
LEPC' s.
Special thanks to those who helped Mrs. Watkins in booth: Campbell Aurelius ( DP Police); Lee
Barron, Belinda Dunkel, Norma Hysler, Chuck Wolf, Ronnie Watkins and grandson, Jonathan Peltier.
David Wade commented, " On behalf of the Hot Zone Committee, I want to express our appreciate to
the Deer Park LEPC for the continued support for that conference. Deer Park LEPC has an outstanding
presence there
Scott Greene, Emergency Response/ Transportation Subcommittee Chair, reported:
2013 Drill —Mr. Greene
commented, "
I
would
like to thank
everyone who participated
in
the
drill. We
had around seventy people there. I reviewed the feedback forms and we received some really good
comments. We received a lot of compliments on the facilities overview and David Wade being a very
good facilitator. I had a couple of comments on ways we could better utilize them but, overall, they
were very good."
NEW BUSINESS
Malcolm Swinney reported there has been two Level II incident reports from Dow Chemical on
September 26, 2013 and from Akzo Nobel on September 26, 2013.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be November 26, 2013 ( 4' s Tuesday) at Deer Park City Hall.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
Sandra Watkins TRMC, CMC
Chris Hext
Secretary
Vice- Chairman
" 7
LTO:
SUBJECT;
Deer Park CAER/ LEPC Team
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Minutes of November 26, 2013 - Hosted by the City of Deer Park
CALL TO ORDER
Secretary Sandra Watkins called the meeting to order at 11: 00 a. m.
INTRODUCTIONS
Self introductions were given by Mike Mocha of Homeland Security FBI Region Representative.
MINUTES
Motion was made by Buddy Rice and seconded by Track Copeland to approve the minutes of the
October 22, 2013 meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Motion was made by Gary Jackson and seconded by Buddy Rice to accept the financial report for the
Lmonth of November 2013. Motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Malcolm Swinney, Communications Subcommittee Chair, reported:
Level II' s and Level Ill' s Incident Reports - There were no reports this month.
CAER Line Update - Mr. Swinney thanked everyone who attended the CAER Line training that was
given at Lee College and San Jacinto College, and advised the new projected go- live date is scheduled
for December 15, 2013.
Sirens Test Change Plans- Mr. Swinney reviewed the recommendation that the monthly siren test be
changed from a once a month on the first Thursday at 6:00 p. m. to a weekly test on Saturday at noon
which is planned beginning January 2014. He advised there will he articles placed in the city' s
newsletter, The Messenger, on Facebook, Twitter, DPTV, the City Website and Blackboard Connect,
and on each calendar month of the 2014 LEPC Calendar as a campaign for notifying the citizens.
Track Copeland, Community Awareness Subcommittee Chair- reported:
2014 Calendar - Ms. Copeland thanked Sandra Watkins and Malcolm Swinney for all their hard work
on the calendar.
Scott Greene. Emergency Response/ Transportation Subcommittee Chair, reported:
2013 Drill - There
was no report this month.
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NEW BUSINESS
Johan Zaayman, Communications Manager of Shell, commented. " I wanted to briefly update you
about a Consent Decree or voluntary settlement that Shell Deer Park entered into in 2009 with two
local NGOs - Environment Texas and the Sierra Club. We have now satisfied the requirements of this
settlement which minimizes emissions events at Shell Deer Park and meets targets on reductions of
emission events.
The Consent Decree was the result of negotiations with the National Environmental
Law Center to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of these NGOs for alleged " violations of air pollution
emission limits" under the US Clean Air Act. The next step is for the Southern District Court of Texas
to terminate the Consent Decree, which should take place in the weeks ahead."
Mike Mocha introduced Angela Hahn of the FBI Cyber Taskforce which advised there will be a Cyber
Security workshop on December 10, 2013 at the University of Houston.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be January 28, 2014 ( 4th Tuesday) at Deer Park City Hall.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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Sandra' Watkins, TRMC, CMC
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Secretary
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