Meeting was brought to order by Secretary/Treasurer Leigh Casey at 1:30 PM.

Order of Business:

Attendance:

John Gulch, City of Toledo	Leigh Casey, Sec./Treas., U.T.
Mike Gerber, OEPA	Phillip Wesley, TPD
Jim Hyland, Consultant	John Dossett, USCG
Ernest Toth, City of Toledo	Randy Rall, C&W Tank
Mike Pearson, USCG	Jeanette Ball, City of Toledo
Agneta Wiberg, Perstorp Polyols	Gary Martin, Toledo Fire
Ray Walendzak, Oregon Fire	Mike White, City of Oregon

A quorum of the required thirteen groups to be represented was not present.

The March 18, 1999 meeting minutes were approved as submitted.

There was no old business.

Committee Reports

• Plan Review: Jim Hyland reported that 368 Tier II reports have been processed. EHS facility data sheets have been updated. Lucas County had eighteen first time filers, nine of which were EHS facilities. Three facilites were dropped due to cessation of operations. Five facilites have failed to report.

  Approximately 45 people are attending the EHS workshops held at the University of Toledo.

  SERC has reveiwed and concurred with the 1998 Plan revision. The Plan Review Committee will revise the plan based upon the SERC critique prior to the October 17, 1999 submittal date. The 1998 plan is available on disk.

  New guidance documents recommend that the County Hazardous Materials Plan be contained in the County EMA Emergency Plan. The plans will not be merged in Lucas County.

• Finance: No report.

• Grants: No report.

• Compliance: No report.

• Training: Mike Gerber reported that the Whitehouse Fire Department has completed their training. Over 100 City of Toledo employees have received awareness training. HazMat Awareness training for Law Enforcement is scheduled for July 27, 1999 at CJ Tech.

• Exercise: Phil Wesley reported that there will be a chemical warfare table top exercise held at the Reynolds Road Ramada Inn on September 24, 1999. Contact Phil Wesley if you wish to participate. A full scale exercise is scheduled for March, 2000 and a biological warfare exercise is scheduled for April, 2000.

  The TMAA will hold a functional spill exercise on June 15, 1999.

• RMP: The RMP roll-out is under way this week. Events include a dinner for elected officials and booths at the Franklin Park Mall and OregonFest. RMP informational brochures will be distributed at the events.

New Business

• Jim Hyland gave notice that he will be resigning as Information Coordinator at the end of the year.

• John Gulch discussed the Energy Efficiency/Pollution Prevention Conference which will be held on August 12, 1999 from 9:00 am. until 2:00 pm. at Owens Community College. The Conference is free, including lunch. The Conference will feature presentations and environmental vendor exhibition booths.

• The next LCLEPC meeting will be held Thursday, September 16, 1999 at 1:30 PM. at the Lucas County EMA building.

Adjournment

Respectfully submitted,

Leigh Casey
Lucas County LEPC Secretary/Treasurer