1999-01-19 Special Called Meeting

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• • LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE LEPC, wO R ...safety in knowledge 4 December 31, 1998 City Manager Bob Herrera P.O. Box 1115 La Porte,TX 77572 Re: RMP (Risk Management Plan) Rollout Dear Mr. Herrera, La Porte, Morgan's Point and Shoreacres P.O. Box 1475 La Porte, TX 77572-1475 (281) 471-3811 Ext. 721 The Risk Management Plan is a rule that the Environmental Protection Agency passed that requires any industry with a specified quantity of certain chemicals to share the information of their worst case scenario with the citizens that the scenario would effect. The EHCMA-wide RMP Kickoff Event will begin the sharing of Worst -Case Scenarios with the Media, Government Officials, CACs, LEPCs and Interested Citizens. This event will be at the Pasadena Convention Center February 4, 1999. The La Porte, Morgan's Point, and Shoreacres Rollout will be presented in two events. The first rollout will be February 23 and the second rollout March 2, both at Sylvan Beach Pavilion. The first event will be a dinner for 300 chosen citizens of the three cities. We chose these people because they are "people who talk to people". The second event will be an open house with industrial booths with personnel to explain the scenarios. There is a training presentation that I believe would be beneficial to all the Cities key personnel, such as Mayors, Council Persons, City Managers, and their Staff. I can set up this training if you wish. The LEPC is going to join the industries with a booth. We will have a handout flyer advising the citizens the planning that has been set in motion to handle an incident should one happen. Do you think it would be a benefit to the City of La Porte to have a flyer also? If so we could hand them out at the LEPC Booth. The Cities need to be prepared to answer questions from citizens such as: