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• State Certified HazMat technicians and equipment including Level A HazMat suits • Technical rescue training • Adequate resources and personnel to meet the State of Florida "two in two out" requirement at the power plant site A copy of the response from Okeechobee County Public Safety Director/Fire Chief Ralph Franklin is attached (see attachment #5). That response states that Okeechobee County does NOT have a Hazardous Materials Team at this time nor does it have any Level A Hazmat suits. The response also states that Okeechobee County has a Light Technical Rescue Team—Type II and has the daily staffing requirements and response deployment policies to meet the "two in two out" rule. As structured, the proposed agency report states that Indian River County is relying upon representations made by Okeechobee County regarding its commitment and ability to provide necessary emergency services during project construction and plant operation. In addition, the proposed agency report includes an emergency services condition agreed to by FPL(see attachment 48, page 3). In that condition, FPL agrees to reimburse Indian River County for extraordinary services expenses or services provided including but not limited to hazardous materials events, in accordance with IRC Code 208.13. That code section is attached as a reference(see attachment#6). • Water Supply During its review of the project certification application, County Utility Services asked FPL 15 questions related to water supply and use of water within the project. Utility Services also reviewed FPL's responses to its questions (see attachment 43), as well as water supply/water use questions from SJRWMD and FPL's responses to those questions. County staff also coordinated with FPL and SJRWMD staff to ensure that Indian River County's concerns were addressed in conditions recommended in SJRWMD's agency report. At the March 1 BCC meeting,the Board reviewed a working draft agency report prepared by County staff. That draft version contained a"Water Supply"condition that had been agreed to at that point in time by FPL and SJRWMD staff. That condition language included some items that County staff had requested be added, and is structured to require the Licensee (FPL) to evaluate an alternative water supply source upon notification from SJRWMD that a potential source is available. Under that condition language,the evaluation"trigger"can be used by SJRWMD at any time and multiple times during the life of the power plant. Also,the condition language requires submittal of the SJRWMD notification and FPL's evaluation to Indian River County. That version of the SJRWMD water supply condition remains intact and is the second paragraph of a three paragraph condition approved by the SJRWMD Board on March 8, 2016. Based on comments made by Board members at the March 1 meeting. County staff coordinated with FPL and SJRWMD staff to add 2 more paragraphs that were ultimately incorporated into SJRWMD's final water supply condition adopted March 8, 2016 (see attachment #7). The first paragraph requested by County staff and incorporated into the SJRWMD condition provides an acknowledgement from the Licensee (FPL) that alternative water sources such as surface water projects will be required to meet the needs of Florida's citizens and that the Licensee will make a FACommunity Development\Users\CDADMIN\AGENDA\Current Year\2016\Consideration of Agency Report for FPL's PRoposed 4 Okeechobee Clean Energy Center 032216 BCC.docx 175