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Special Meeting Minutes - Draft
Jefferson County
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
July 9, 2024, at 1:00 p.m.
Chimacum Fire Station, 9183 Rhody Drive, Chimacum, Washington
Hybrid Meeting
Voting Members Present (In-Person & Online): Pete Brummel (EJFR), Andy
Stockton (American Red Cross), David Pederson (Taylor Shellfish Farms), Gary
Maxfield (Jefferson Transit), Tim Calister (US Navy Indian Island), Tim McKern
(Quilcene Fire Rescue).
Voting Members Absent: Apple Martine (Jefferson Public Health), Joe Nole
(JCSO), Thomas Olsen (PT Police), Dwayne Wendorf (PTPC).
Guests and Public: Adiel McKnight (Jefferson County BOCC), Susan Forsythe
(WA EMD), Chris Caprio (WA EMD), Laurie Magan (PTPC), Diane Elliott
(Citizen).
LEPC Coordinator: Bradley Brooks (Jefferson County (DEM)
Topic Discussion Follow-Up
Items
CALL TO ORDER and
INTRODUCTIONS
Pete Brummel
Interim Chair
The meeting was called to order at 1:02 PM by Interim
Chair Pete Brummel. Members in attendance were
introduced and the required quorum was established.
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PUBLIC COMMENT A call for Public Comments was announced: There were no
public comments during the meeting.
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LEPC OVERVIEW
PRESENTATION
Bradley Brooks LEPC
Coordinator
Bradley Brooks provided a PowerPoint overview of the
LEPC. The presentation included discussing what a LEPC is,
why form a LEPC, who are the LEPC members, roles and
responsibilities of a LEPC, LEPC reporting, LEPC exercises
and training.
Pete Brummel commented that he has previous
experience as the Chair of the LEPC in King County.
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Topic Discussion Follow-Up
Items
LEPC OVERVIEW
PRESENTATION
Additional Comments by Pete Brummel included:
(1) The LEPC is concerned with fixed facilities with known
quantities with hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials,
toxic industrial materials and chemicals that are stored
onsite in known quantities. Therefore, in the event of a
release of a particular product, the LEPC would know the
approximate amount of the release based on the initial
amount of product submitted annually by private and
public sectors. Additionally hazardous materials that are
transferred to Naval Magazine Indian Island and hazardous
materials transported through Jefferson County also
present a hazard to the community.
(2) There is no hazardous material response team in
Jefferson County, all personnel are trained at the
awareness and operation level. The fire departments only
isolate, deny entry, and provide defensive operations. No
offensive operations for release exist, which hinders the
fire departments. It is a huge investment for fire
departments to take on the technician role. The fire
departments rely on Navy Region Northwest for assistance
in response to hazard material release.
(3) Federal Funding may be available for funding through
FEMA for this committee.
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DISCUSSION and
POTENTIAL ACTION
Appointing Chair and
Vice Chair for 2024
The nominations were opened for LEPC Chair and Vice
Chair. Tim McKern nominated Pete Brummel for Chair and
a motion was made by Tim McKern to Elect Pete Brummel
for Chair and seconded by Gary Maxfield.
The nominations were opened for LEPC Vice Chair. Pete
Brummel nominated Tim McKern for Vice Chair and a
motion was made by Pete Brummel to Elect Tim McKern
for Vice Chair and seconded by David Peterson.
Motion passed unanimously.
Allow for Public Comment Period on Motions for Chair and
Vice Chair.
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Topic Discussion Follow-Up
Items
DISCUSSION and
POTENTIAL ACTION
LEPC By-laws
By-Laws were posted on the Jefferson County DEM
website. Jefferson County BOCC has reviewed the By-laws
and approved them. Tim McKern asked if the By-laws had
been reviewed by legal counsel. Bradley Brooks made clear
that Jefferson County legal counsel has reviewed the By-
laws and had no comments. Tim McKern asked if the By-
laws are going to be sent to the WA State EDM for review
and approval. Chris Caprio commented that the LEPC
operate and develop By-laws as LEPC chooses. WA State
EDM requested a copy of the By-laws so they can operate
within the LEPC rules.
Tim McKern made a motion to adopt the By-laws and was
seconded. Bradley Brooks stated that in the By-laws the
membership is for two years and that if a member is to
drops out will need to advertise for that membership.
Motion passed unanimously.
The By-laws were published before the meeting and
available for review by the public.
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DISCUSSION and
POTENTIAL ACTION
Regular or Special
Meeting Schedule
The committee discussed having four quarterly meetings a
year and the next meeting being a special meeting. The
special meeting allows scheduling 24 hours in advance
where regular meetings are held under a fixed schedule.
Bradley Brooks suggested that the LEPC could look toward
the fall of 2024 for another special meeting. For
clarification, the LEPC prefers special meetings at the
present time with the intent to move to a regular meeting
schedule in the future. Chris Caprio requested that
meetings not be scheduled on the second Wednesdays of
the month due to conflicts with other LEPC meetings in the
State. Pete Brummel made a motion to have a special
meeting in the fall of 2024. Tim McKern suggested we pick
a tentative date of October 16, 2024, as it is the third
Wednesday of the month. Since the date was stated, Adiel
McKnight stated it could be a regular meeting. The motion
is to have a special meeting in the fall, most likely October
16, 2024, at 1:00 PM., location TBD.
Motion passed unanimously.
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Topic Discussion Follow-Up
Items
Future Agenda Items
and Closing Remarks
Prior to adjournment Chris Caprio suggested members
may want to review WA State EMD PowerPoints on LEPC.
Bradley Brooks stated he could post on DEM website LEPC
101 and LEPC 102 which is much more in depth on the
LEPC process. Chris Caprio also stated that the State has
some enforcement capabilities and can compel
organizations to participate in the LEPC. Chris asked if
there are any facilities in Jefferson County that have
special planning requirements by EPA and FEMA. Bradley
Brooks was unsure that there were facilities of this type
but could investigate this matter and the State was willing
to assist.
Andy Stockton made a comment about seeking funding for
the committee. The LEPC will need to focus on funding and
place it as an agenda item for the next meeting.
Post
additional
LEPC training
information
and OPMA
training.
ADJOURNMENT (Time)
The Chair adjourned the meeting at 1:37 PM. Post
Adjournment
Notice