New Hanover County LEPC Minutes 7.11.2018New Hanover County LEPC Hazardous Material Workshop
July 11, 2018
New Hanover County EOC
The following persons signed the roster indicating they were in attendance:
NAME BUSINESS NAME BUSINESS
Paul Carr NHCRMC Joyce Midgett PNG
Lisa Brown NHC Health Dept Linda Willis NCDEQ DAQ
Tommy Batson Pender County EM Heidi Cox DCDEQ - Public
Carr Yates Corning, Inc. Dustin Stream Wilmington FD
Teresa Smith NHC EM Randy Wright SR&R
Kevin Cowan Seaside Safety LLC Ron Stancil Sturdy Corp.
Jodie Ruskin UNCW Phillip Watts Colonial Terminals
Mike Alexander Kinder Morgan Frank Meyer NHC Fire
Alan Pytcher NCDOT Div 3 Ruth Smith NHC
Billy Howard NHRMC-EMS D. Allen Hancock NCDOT Div 3
Jeff Suggs NHC Health
Welcome and Introductions:
Teresa Smith opened the meeting at 11:00 to announce lunch first.
11:15 Teresa announced there would be no training today, just a sharing of information. NCDOT will be
available to answer questions.
Membership announcements:
N/A
Minutes:
Due to the timing of minutes being emailed, they were printed for perusal at this meeting. Minutes
from the May meeting were approved and seconded.
Open Forum:
Kevin Cowan announced the upcoming Wilmington Safety School on July 26-27 and handed out
brochures. The school covers everything from basic safety information to highly technical.
Kevin also brought up for awareness the Wisconsin Fire Fighter that died, and 11 others injured from a
natural gas incident.
If you are a new member or have not completed the membership form, please do so.
The airport will be holding their table-top exercise in November.
Allen Hancock and Alan Pytcher of NCDOT, Division 3 were on-hand to answer any questions about the
project update list for New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties. Questions were answered about
the design and bidding process. They were very receptive to answering questions after the meeting.
Brunswick County Law Enforcement will be holding a Full Scale Exercise August 8-9 near Cougar Road
(Boiling Springs). Roads will be closed and public notifications will be going out.
New Business:
The table top exercise will take place in November. The full scale exercise has been pushed back to
2019. We will still be in compliance and 3 years to complete, we will ask for a reprieve for the push
back.
November is election time. Teresa asked not to be nominated as chair for the 2019 year and seeks
members to step up. She would like to have answers by the September meeting so this can be placed
on the agenda.
No comments from the group and meeting was adjourned at 11:55
Sub-Committee Breakout Summaries:
If you are part of the Tabletop Planning Committee, please keep communications open with Eric
Hatcher.
LEPC Committees:
Executive Committee
Chairman- Teresa Smith
Vice-Chairman- Mike Alexander
Secretary- Jodie Ruskin
Emergency Planning & Response Sub-Committee:
Chairman- Eric Hatcher
Members: Steve Mason, Frank Meyer, Dustin Stream, Billy Howard, Thomas Johnson, Marchele
Evans, Heather Griffin,
Community Education & Public Response Sub-Committee:
June 3 2018 the required public notice was placed in the Star News informing the public they can
request information on the LEPC.
Chairman- Linda Willis
Members- Teresa Smith
Next LEPC Meeting:
September 12, 2018 at 11:00 AM in the New Hanover County Emergency Operations Center.