July 20, 2021 – 10:00AM

901 Lakeshore Dr. Suite 200 Lake Charles, LA 70601

Members in Attendance

Scripted Minutes

P = Present X = Absent

Called to order: Mason Lindsay

• Pledge: Gerald Pullin
• Make Motion to accept the minutes: Gerald Pullin
• ^2nd Motion to accept the minutes: Chris Vice

1. Old Business:

• Treasury Report: $140,278.77

1. New Business:

• Treasury Report: $149,949.33

1. Presentation: Chief Riley Maxson, with RTFC

• Explain how their training facility worked and what resources they have available.
• I will send out the presentation to all the members via email

1. CAER: N/A
2. New Projects: Gerald Pullin,

• Driftwood
• Tellurian signed with Port
• Becknell will be contractor
• Hwy 12 Lumber Mill
• Coke Brother purchased it, Inter four Canadian group
• Team coming down in August and hope to have it running in Fall
• BioLab
• First of August to double in size in 2022
• LC LNG
• Shell/Energy Transfer
• Energy Transfer may commit but not confirmed yet
• Budget Items: Dick Gremillion,
• We need to consider doing some training, exercises, or Shelter in Place stuff with the amount of money LEPC has
• If anyone has any budget items please email Megan Powell, and she will forward them to the budget committee
• Marine Firefighting: N/A

1. Drills/Exercises: Dick Gremillion,

• Transportation Tabletop Exercise coming up on July 27^th in the EOC
• Mason Lindsay, P66 also had a successful drill earlier this year

1. Trainings: Dick Gremillion,

• Hopefully in near future, we will host a ICS 300 and 400 course. When it is scheduled we will send out the information

1. Incidents: Dick Gremillion,

• Ward 6 had a well blow out a couple of weeks ago, everything went smooth. OEP did bring out the MOC 1 for a command post.  There were three houses that had to be evacuated. No one was injured
• Westlake Chemical,
• Had a lube oil fire and it went out pretty fast
• OEP, also was notified for a Mutual Aid assistance for the missing teenager by the Jeff Davis FD #5. We brought out our office trailer and portable radios for them to use.  The teen was found safe.
• Greg Satterfield, Lyondell Basell had a flare last week due to power outage. They are in the recovery of it still.  No offsite impact.
• Tier II:
• Still have facilities that have not reported to us or the State
• Payments are coming but are slow this year
• We do have a couple of new facilities that were filed this year
• LEPC Website: N/A
• EMS/Hospitals: N/A

Committees:

1. Right to Know: Charlie Atherton: N/A
2. Public Education and Information Committee: N/A
3. Hazardous Material Facilities Liaison: N/A
4. Emergency Response and Resource Committee: N/A
5. Hazmat Committee – Keith Murray: N/A
6. CERT Team – Angela Jouett: N/A
7. Membership: Joe Vezina: N/A
8. SAR – Rob Daughdril: N/A
9. Budget Committee – Dick Gremillion: N/A

THE NEXT LEPC MEETING WILL BE August 17, 2021 @ 10AM,

901 Lakeshore Dr. Suite 200, Lake Charles, LA 70601

Adjourned: 10:45AM