Stephen H. Culhane, SSA-Ops; Julie Obie, Shire Pharmaceuticals; Gene Reynolds, SBIMAP;John Beever, Hunt Valley Business Forum; Patricia Williams, MDE; Donna Davis, MDE; Steven Sass, Crestline; Gregg Wood, Towson University; Ursula C. Bergman, Givaudan (Quest); Phil Simmonds, Constellation; Paul Rohde, Lockheed Martin; Richard P. Petrush and Matthew Crabill, Maryland Air National Guard; Cjrostoma Wisniewski, Shire Pharmaceuticals; G. Wylie, Johns Hopkins; Bill Spencer-Strong, Baltimore County Fire Department; June Utter, Baltimore County Homeland Security & Emergency Management.
Bill Spencer-Strong opened the May 22, 2007 meeting. A motion to approve the March 27 meeting minutes was made and seconded. Minutes were approved with one correction. SSA Employees at Headquarters has 15,000. CMS has 4,500 for a total of 19,500
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-- Report was read by Christina Hughes.
Hospitals are all awaiting clarification documents from the State DHMH as many of us must reapply for our HRSA grant funds. Many of the HRSA grant items applied for are now reportedly disallowed.
Public Information No committee activity.
June Utter reported that Fire Department Headquarters staff attended Public Information Act Training.
Drills/Training -- Bill Spencer-Strong reported area command hurricane/flood planning meeting is scheduled for June 4, 7 p.m., at the Middle river Volunteer Fire Company.
MDE -- Pat Williams provided copy of "Recommended Practices for Owners of Home Heating Oil Storage Tank Systems" draft copy
Legislation/Regulations -- Patricia Williams reported House Bill 1215 – Community Right to Know – was enacted. Tier II fees due June 1; TRI fees due October 1.
Grants/Funding -- June Utter passed out spreadsheet of LEPC funds – additional information was provided.
Request was made by June Utter to fund $1,957 in registration fees for Haz Mat Team members to attend IAFC 2007 Haz Mat Conference.
April
Patient First 10753 Falls Road; medic assist- Greenspring & I-695; 10-50 fluids on roadway
- Southbound JFX at city line; 10-50 roll over
- Inner loop I-695 between exits 24 & 25; 10-50 person injury, truck on jersey wall
- I-83 southbound ramp, exit 36; car wash soap spill
- Sparrows Point Road & Wharf Road; truck fire
- 500 Compass Road; acid clean up
- 8323 Pulaski Highway; train accident
- Hammonds Ferry Road at Hill Top Avenue; gas main fire
- 6080 Falls Road; assist E-14
- I-95 southbound at city line; diesel fuel spill
- Old Court Road & Reisterstown Road; sodium metasilicate
- I-695 & Nursery Road; diesel fuel-saddle tank
- 610 Hillstead Drive; carbon monoxide investigation
May
- Aigburth Rd. & Donnybrook Lane; stained stream bed from previous incident
- 107 Beaver Court; Lithium battery
- Parkville HS 2600 Putty Hill Avenue; suspicious package – Assist HDU
- I-83 , Exit16; Oil spill
- 9730 Groffs Mill Drive; building fire
- Fire Alarm (no haz-mat) n/a
- 255 E. Padonia Road; chemical release
- Hanover Street & I-95; tanker fire
- 7427 Rossville Boulevard; leaking substance
- Outer loop 695 at exit 29; diesel fuel
Bill Spencer-Strong reported on an incident at Dulaney Valley High School -- a Lithium Ion battery fire, ethanol tanker fire (Baltimore City response/county assist), and a sulphuric acid incident.
Air National Guard will be holding an exercise June 20 covering a wide spectrum, including anti-terrorism and hazmat. Activating event will be chlorine tanker crashing main gate from the new Route 43 extension. Both TTX (in the morning )and field play (in the afternoon) will be evaluated.
SBIMAP and the Baltimore City LEPC will exercise with CSX on a derailment involving multiple chemicals.
Harford County LEPC will host training in July. Contact Larry Mabe for details 410-638-3402.
The next LEPC meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 9:30 am, at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station, Pavillion II, 10753 Falls Road, Lutherville, MD 21093
Revised January 9, 2008
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