Introductions were made. There were no corrections or additions to the July meeting minutes-they stand approved.

• Balance as of 8/12/04 - $10,374.51

• Jennie was checking out her disaster volunteers that were available in case they needed to be deployed in the areas hit by Bonnie and Charley.
• Committee has nothing to report at this time.

• On August 5^th, 2004, GC Emergency Management held the Guilford County Emergency Operations Plan Overview. It was well attended with over 105 registered at the GTCC Campus.
• The meeting gave an overview of the new plan, its makeup and contents, with a way to give feedback.
• All municipalities, emergency response agencies, public & private agencies attended.
• On August 3^rd, we were interviewed by Luisa de Van on WBTV 20 on Hurricane Preparedness in Spanish. It reached over ¾ of the State.
• 12 different spills – 11transportation and 1 railway (fire).
• With the hurricane weather and rain coming our way, please do not drive through water on roads—turn around and go another direction.

• We have 7 paid sponsors for the EH&S Conference, plus 7 other sponsors, waiting for their payment.
• Also, EH&S Conference has 13 vendors (5 paid) inside the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center and one vendor outside.
• Free Vendors: NC DENR (various departments, Emergency Management, Haz Waste, Air, etc.). One vendor booth for the NC DOL and one vendor booth for A&T Environmental Dept.
• Another booth will be set up for our Professional Organizations table (CHMM, ASSE, etc) and resumes and job openings. We have 2 resumes to post. If any of you have a safety & environmental job opening at your company at this time, please post.
• Other contributors are: Safety & Human Resource Solutions, LLC & Luisa su voz Latina are contributing 6 –30 second commercials, aired 2 spots on WB 20 and 4 spots on Time Warner Cable. This will air 2 weeks prior to the conference and will include commercial development. This is worth $2500.00 (Charles Vann). Safe Guard Shoes – 200 bags, Dow Corning – goodies and giveaways, Ciba – posters, Morflex – mosquito spray, News & Record – 2 free ads, Ecoflo – 200 bags, Beth Webb – facial, microdermobrasion plus discounts for all bags, and P&G.
• Debbie will do a special thank you sheet to all the sponsors that gave items for the giveaway bags.
• Registration Form – get count to date (8/5/04)—98 received at this time. Will need blank registration forms for people to register on site and for walk-ins.

• Committee has not met. Looking for someone to be the new chairperson for this committee—Billy Cobb will be the new chair.

• Homeland Security Grants are coming in now.

• No report at this time.

• Updating conference information.
• Registration forms in on-line.
• Let Dorothy know if there are any changes needed.

• September 9^th Meeting will be held at the DiamlerChrysler Commercial Bus. Ron Campbell and Don Campbell will give an overview of the County Hazardous Materials Plan.
• October 14th meeting will be held at the News & Record and the topic will be OSHNC Lab Safety & Standards.
• November 11^th meeting will be at North Carolina A&T State University and topic will be First Responder Training / Emergency Responder Training.
• December 9^th meeting will be held at the Greensboro Fire Training Center for our Holiday Gathering.

• No report at this time.

• Executive Committee did not meet in July. Clarice will send out a meeting notice for an August meeting.

• Quiet month
• General Transportation spills—nothing major.
• Fire level picking up—mostly grease fires.
• Tier II – please send information in to Barry for High Point.

• No report.

• No report.

• Quiet month.

• No report.

• No report.

• No report.

• Sept 16^th meeting was held.
• Bonds – parks and GTCC.
• School – proposed bonds & improvements. People need to know where their tax dollars are going. Information needs to be given out and where money was spent.

Special Note – An Award of Appreciation was given to Mary Rakestraw for her many years of service with the LEPC. Mary is the first commissioner to attend on a regular basis and her input to the county commissioners has been crucial.

• Quiet month
• Bonds for a new fire station and training center.

• Old Business – none
• New Business – none

• UST Compliance Inspections
• UST Compliance Enforcement
• Memorandum of Agreement: Regulated UST"s and Permit & Inspections Branch. Corrective Actions Branch – Monitor UST Closures and manage LUST Incidents.
• Lust Program – Non-Regulated UST’s and Heating Oil UST’s.
• Lust Program – Manage LUST Incidents, State Trust Fund Pre-approval, State Trust Fund Claim Review Program, and Public Education. These include Soil Excavation, Remediation – Pump and Treat, Remediation – Soil Vapor Extraction, and Remediation – Air Sparging System.
• Groundwater (Non-UST) Program: Memorandum of Agreement – Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Act (OPHSCA) – above ground storage tanks (AST’s), spills, Dry Cleaning Solvents, Above Ground Storage Tanks, and Tank Farms.
• Emergency Spill Response Program – Oil Spills – Gasoline Tanker, Chemical Spills – drums on Swiggett Road, and Bio-Hazard Spills – bodies on I-85.
• Groundwater Resource Management – Monitoring Well Permit Program: DUMT 10,000 Gallons Permitting Program – Construction Permit, 24 Hour Pumping Test, and Operation Permit.
• Meth Lab Cleanup and Reoccupation Program.