Welcome to the Albuquerque - Bernalillo County LEPC Website

What is a LEPC?
An LEPC (local emergency planning committee) is a gathering of representatives in your community that have an interest in hazardous materials safety. Members should include; fire department, law enforcement, health care, media, schools, industry, transportation, public health, VOAD and others. As a group they will identify potential risks that your community faces from hazardous chemicals stored in and/or transported around your community. The LEPC should seek ways to help minimize the risks, prevent accidents, and assist in the development of plans to deal with a chemical emergency. Another core component of an LEPC is education. Through the LEPC the public will be able to seek out information about chemicals in their community and identify safety plans within their own families..

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

ALBUQUERQUE/BERNALILLO COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE

The Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) will hold its Monthly Meeting on July 29th, 2009 from 11:00 to 1:00 p.m. at a location as of yet to be determined.

• A light lunch will be provided.
  
• Hope to see everyone there....
  

We request a representative from all facilities submitting Tier II reports attend this meeting. This meeting is open to the public and your attendance is welcome. Public comment is invited on all aspects of the CABC LEPC activities. If you are an individual with a disability and require special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call Janet Kerley least three (3) days prior to the meeting at (505) 856 8543. Additional information is available at: wwww.lepcabq.org

SAFETY ADVISORY

Annual Wildland Fire Safety Refresher Training - 2009

The intent of annual fireline safety refresher training is to focus line going personnel on operations and decision making issues related to fireline and all-hazard incident safety. Refresher training will ensure firefighters, and support personnel have information regarding current initiatives, the upcoming fire season, and any policy/guidance changes. Refresher training is provided in order to recognize and mitigate risk, maintain safe and effective practices, and to reduce accidents and near misses.

Refresher Website (WFSTAR)

The 2009 revisions to the Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) website will be posted on February 2nd, 2009. This website is managed under the direction of the Federal Fire and Aviation Safety Team (FFAST). The purpose of WFSTAR is to provide a one-stop shopping resource for instructors of annual refresher training to obtain information necessary to conduct relevant and engaging safety refreshers. The website identifies topics for refresher training and lists a wide variety of reference materials that support refresher training.

Updates include a new National Emphasis Topic and Hot Topics. The 2009 National Emphasis Topic is “If you see something, say something”. The 2009 Hot Topics include “Fire Whirls, and Extreme Weather in the Wildland Fire Environment”, “Hazard Trees, and Tree Felling”, “Driving Safety, and “High Reliability Organizations”. The WFSTAR website is located at http://www.nifc.gov/wfstar/index.htm.

Refresher Video/DVD

The NWCG 2009 annual fireline safety refresher training package “The Art and Science of Fighting Wildfire” DVD is tentatively scheduled for release March 20th, 2009. The VHS format for the video will no longer be available in 2009. The BIA, BLM, NPS, and USFWS will distribute 2009 video packages to their respective districts/field offices, agencies, refuges, or parks. Other agencies, as well as state and private entities (USFS, DNR, VFD, etc.) will need to order directly from Custom Recording and Sound at 208-344-3535 or fire2009@crsimedia.com. Personnel conducting refreshers prior to the 2009 release date are encouraged to use pertinent modules from prior annual refreshers.

Copies of the 2009 Facilitator Guide and Student Workbook will be available for download from the new BLM Training Unit website at http://www.blm.gov/nifc/st/en/prog/fire/training/fire_training.html by March 20th, 2009. Additional information on the refresher DVD can be found on the WFSTAR website under Refresher Video.

Instructors Note: Instructors and Unit Leaders are encouraged to customize training to reach your target audience. All students should have the Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG), Fireline Handbook, and other Agency specific material for annual refresher training.

Refresher Training Required for Some NWCG Positions

The revised National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide (PMS 310-1) was posted to the web in May 2008. It states:

• In order to maintain currency, some positions have identified recurrent training (RT) at various intervals.
  
• Attendance at an Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) is required for designated positions in this guide in order to maintain currency, and for all personnel assigned to positions with fireline duties and for any position assigned to the fireline for non-suppression tasks.
  
• Annual Fireline Safety Refresher (RT-130) training will focus on mandatory core content subjects and not on a minimum timeframe standard. The required number of hours is determined by the agency. Core content is listed under Wildland Fire Safety Refresher Training at http://www.nifc.gov/wfstar/index.htm

Please refer to the May 2008 Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide (PMS 310-1) at http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/docs/docs.htm for positions that require Annual Fireline Safety Refresher Training.

NWCG Standards for Instructors of Annual Fireline Safety Refresher Training

In 2006 the NWCG also established minimum qualifications for instructors of refresher training.

• Lead instructors must be a qualified single resource boss.
  
• Unit instructors must be qualified firefighter type one (FFT1).
  
• Adjunct instructors may be utilized to provide limited instruction in specialized knowledge and skills at the discretion of the lead instructor. They must be experienced, proficient and knowledgeable of current issues in their field of expertise.

For additional information please refer to the September 2007 NWCG Field Manager’s Course Guide (PMS 901-1) at http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/training/fmcg.pdf.

Questions and Additional Information

For federal agency questions, please contact your NWCG Safety and Health Working Team (SHWT) representative.
For state agencies, please contact your state training officer. If you need additional assistance, please contact the SHWT representative for your National Association of State Foresters (NASF) region.

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ATTACHMENT :

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards

http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/laws/gc_1166796969417.shtm

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released an interim final rule that imposes comprehensive federal security regulations for high-risk chemical facilities.
This rule establishes risk-based performance standards for the security of our nation’s chemical facilities. It requires covered chemical facilities to

• prepare Security Vulnerability Assessments, which identify facility security vulnerabilities, and to
• develop and implement Site Security Plans, which include measures that satisfy the identified risk-based performance standards.

It also allows certain covered chemical facilities, in specified circumstances, to submit Alternate Security Programs in lieu of a Security Vulnerability Assessment, Site Security Plan, or both.

• Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Interim Final Rule
• Appendix A: Final Rule (PDF, 41 pages - 2.12 MB)
  Note: On November 20, 2007 the Department of Homeland Security published the final Appendix A in the Federal Register. With the publication of a final Appendix A, all provisions of 6 CFR Part 27, including § 27.210(a)(1)(i), are operative and in effect. The deadline in the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS) interim final rule for submission of “Top Screens” required by 6 CFR § 27.210(a)(1)(i) will be 60 calendar days from the date of publication of Appendix A in the Federal Register.
• Chemicals of Interest List (PDF, 16 pages - 2 MB)

This regulation became effective June 8, 2007, except for Appendix A (PDF, 41 pages - 2.12 MB) which became effective upon its publication in the Federal Register on November 20, 2007.

Development of the Interim Final Rule

Although Section 550 of the DHS Appropriations Act of 2007 gives the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security the authority to issue interim final regulations without prior notice and comment, the Department of Homeland Security chose to release an Advance Notice of Rulemaking (ANRM) on December 21, 2006; this notice sought comments on the proposed text for the interim final rule as well as on various implementation and policy issues related to the chemical security program. The Department received numerous and helpful comments from a variety of stakeholders, analyzed these recommendations, and incorporated many of them in the Interim Final Rule. 
Read how the Appendix A: Chemicals of Interest list was developed.

Household Hazardous Waste

http://www.cabq.gov/envhealth/householdwaste.html

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center
Residents of the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County may bring residential hazardous wastes to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center (HHWCC). 
The HHWCC is operated under contract by:          
Rinchem Company, Inc.      
6133 Edith Blvd NE (on west side of Edith between Montano and Osuna)
Household Hazardous Waste Hotline:  345-1650
Open to the Public on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM and Saturday 8 AM – 3 PM

What are Household Hazardous Wastes?
Household wastes which can burn easily (flammable), corrode or irritate skin (corrosive), generate heat or explode (reactive), or poison humans and animals (toxic) are examples of household hazardous wastes. 
Items such as paints, fertilizers, cleaners, insecticides, pool chemicals, used motor oil, and automobile batteries may be brought into the HHWCC.

The Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center cannot accept:
explosives (ammunition)
compressed gases
radioactive waste
biomedical waste
business generated waste
non-hazardous waste

The Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center also offers a material reuse area where usable materials brought to the Center for disposal are offered to the public free of charge.

For more information contact the Household Hazardous Waste line at (505) 345-1650 or the Albuquerque Environmental Health Department at (505) 768-2738.

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