The March LEPC Meeting was held at Dow Corning Corporation on March 10th, 2005 and hosted by Penny Partido. 

 

Introductions were made by all attendees.

 

Treasurer – Bill Nieland

  • Balance as of 3/10/05 - $15,156.35
  • Spending this period:  LEPC Business Cards - $91.49, Tier II Letter, Labels, & Postage - $222.99, Voicemail (4 months) - $55.60, and Web Page $21.95
  • Income this period:  Wachovia interest - $4.14

 

Outreach & Education Committee – Debbie Meurs

  • Ewaste Recycling Collection Event – old computers, radios, electronic toys, keyboards, cell phones, monitors, printers, televisions, typewriters, copiers, stereo equipment, telephone, fax and answering machines…….anything electronic.
  • This event will be held on Saturday, April 23rd, 2005 from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Greensboro Coliseum/UNC-G Parking Lot on E. Lee Street.
  • Participation for citizens of Guilford County is FREE
  • Businesses may participate at the contracted rate:  Monitors-$3.50 each, TV’s up to 27”-$8.00 each, TV Console>27”-$14.00 each, CPU’s, Printers, Keyboards/mice, other computer peripherals, stereo equipment, phones, fax & answering machines, and any other electronics is $0.02/lb.
  • If a business has a large quantity they may deliver ewaste themselves to Synergy.  To make an appointment, please call Joe Clayton at 919-619-4856.  Synergy is a locally owned ewaste recycler.

 

Regulatory Review Committee – Billy Cobb

  • Meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 28 at 1:30pm at the City of Greensboro Training Center on the corner of Maple and 4th Street.  Please advise if you are unable to attend at this time and date ASAP.
  • Hazardous waste manifest – use old ones for now.  New manifest will come out September, 6th, 2006.

 

Citizens Core Committee – Ken Weeman

  • No report

 

By-Laws Committee – Chuck Mortimore

  • No report

 

Web Page Committee – Dorothy Vannoy

  • Committees need goals for 2005 and please send to Dorothy. 

 

Program Committee – Kirk Weil

  • April 14th - meeting will be held at City/County 911 Center.
  • May 12th - meeting is canceled due to the NC Safety Conference at the Koury Center in Greensboro.
  • June 9th - Tyco Electronics.
  • July 14th – Ciba
  • August 11th – DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses
  • September 8th – Syngenta
  • October 13th – Greensboro Fire Training Center
  • November 10th – High Point Fire Training Center
  • December 8th – Christmas Social (TBD) Need location and refreshments.

 

TERG – Barry Tilley

  • Homeland Security Group Training and equipment needs are on going.

 

Historical Committee – Phil

  • LEPC Mission Statement Cards are ready and handed out at the March 10th meeting.
  • Pictures will be taken for the web page at meetings and the EH&S Conference in September. 

 

Executive Committee – Clarice Garrett

  • Clarice will schedule a meeting soon.
  • Guilford County HazMat Guide - met in High Point with Barry Tilley.  Excellent overview on High Point Emergency Response Plans.
  • Draft is being written for guide.
  • Clarice will send to committee members for review.

 

High Point Fire Dept – Barry Tilley

  • Minor transportation spills.
  • Tier II Reports are coming in to High Point.

 

Greensboro Fire Dept – Chief Hunter

  • Quiet
  • Airplane crash – 5 people in a small jet crash landed due to the landing gear not working properly.  No injuries and no emergency or hazmat response needed.

 

Guilford County Fire Dept - no report

 

Guilford County Environmental Management – Ron Campbell

  • Ron and Don were in a training session – no report.

 

NC Emergency Management – no report

 

Board of County Commissioners – Robin Reeves

  • Have met and appointed the new LEPC Liaison – Billy Yow.

 

Greensboro City Council – no report

 

Clarice asked if there was any old business – none

 

New Business– Keith Robinson mentioned there will be an ASSE Meeting on 3/15 at Lone Star on High Point Rd in Greensboro.  Discussion will be “How to Handle the Media”.  Cost is $15.00/person.   Also, there will be a golf tournament sponsored by the ASSE at Corbin Hills in Salisbury on April 15th.  Cost is $45.00/person to play.  Please see Keith if you are interested.

 

Jim Husted - Review and the exam for CHMM Course will be held on June 6th – 10th (exam will be held on 6/10) at UNC-Chapel Hill (2005 National Basketball Champions---YES!!).  Instructors will be from the local CHMM Chapter.  Here are a couple of web pages for you to check out.

www.triadasse.org

http://www.chmmpiedmont.com/

 

If you are interested in contractor safety training, please see Michelle Kareis or Kevin Cowan.

 

Guest Speaker – Keith Robinson “Leading and Lagging Indicators”

  • Track previous year for baseline, compare to present year
  • Training – Test scores, attendance, track % completed vs. scheduled
  • Corrective Action Closure – Incident investigations, compliance audits, % closed vs. schedule to be closed
  • Inspections conducted – Number of corrective actions
  • Safety Suggestions
  • Near Miss (or Hit) Reporting
  • Behavior Based Safety -- % participation vs. number of employees
  • Safety Work – Orders completed vs. orders submitted
  • Audits -- % unsafe conditions found
  • Safety Management System Implementation Grade
  • Show “Specific group activities at $cost has resulted in an improvement of $costs”
  • Need real numbers – not “imagined” numbers of avoided accident costs
  • Track against lagging indicators such as the number of accidents, productivity, downtime, etc.

 

 

Please remember to give me a brief summary of what you are reporting to the LEPC at each meeting.  This really helps in getting the meeting minutes accurate.  Many thanks-Penny!

 

The next meeting will be at the City/County 911 Center on April 14th.

 

Penny Partido, Guilford County LEPC Secretary

Clarice Garrett, Guilford County LEPC Chair