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FY 95/96 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY PLA►�e1NING <br />APPROVED <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of September 8, 1995: <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: Doug g Wri ht� Director <br />Department of Emergency Services <br />FROM: John Ring, Emergency Management CoordinatorS� <br />Division of Emergency Management <br />DATE: September 8, 1995 <br />SUBJECT: Approval of FY 95/96 Hazardous Materials Emergency <br />Planning Agreement; Purchase of Capital/Operating <br />Equipment with Non -Matching Grant Funds; and Budget <br />Amendment <br />It is respectfully requested that the information contained herein <br />be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners <br />at the meeting scheduled for September 19, 1995. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: <br />On October 17, 1986, the Superfund Amendments and Re -authorization <br />Act of 1986 ( SARA) was enacted into law. Title III of the SARA <br />legislation established requirements for federal, state, and local <br />governments as well as industry regarding emergency planning and <br />reporting on hazardous/toxic chemicals. Subsequently, Indian River <br />County developed a Hazardous Materials Emergency Plan which was <br />endorsed by the Department of Community Affairs and then approved <br />by the Board of County Commissioners. It has since been updated <br />biennually, with the most recent approval by the Board on January <br />10, 1995, in Resolution 95-10. <br />Recognizing the threat that hazardous materials pose to both the <br />population and the environment, the State Legislature has extended <br />grant funds to update Indian River County's Hazardous Materials <br />Emergency Plan. The Department of Community Affairs, -Division of <br />Emergency Management, has appropriated non-matching grant funds in <br />the amount of $11,463 for maintenance of existing sites and <br />inclusion of facilities that have not reported previously. This is <br />a fixed fee, performance-based contract with payment contingent <br />upon a fixed schedule of deliverables. <br />Staff has received a request from the Florida Department of <br />Community Affairs' Community Program Administrator Leo Lechat, who <br />strongly recommends that the grant funds be placed in a separate <br />account for audit purposes. The grant funds are planned for <br />utilization consistent with prior agreements and are as follows: <br />59 <br />September 19, 1995 <br />BOOK 96 F1.GdM <br />