LEPC Commodity Flow Study

Dear LEPC Chairpersons

Please pass this information on to your LEPC membership as soon as possible.

It is almost time for the FY 2011 LEPC Hazardous Material Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Planning Grant Applications. This upcoming Fiscal Year Texas will continue to use part of this grant to contract for a limited group of commodity flow studies. This is an opportunity for LEPCs to get a current commodity flow study for their jurisdiction.

The study will include surveys of Truck, Rail, Waterways, and Pipeline. Faxed facility information is available through Tier II reporting.

You should receive the following:

· Identification of chemical hazards from field surveys by placard ID number

· A Project Report detailing hazardous materials by HazMat division, class, special handling characteristics, Toxic Inhalation Hazard (TIH), and vehicle types

· Quantities of hazardous materials identified initially by material presence/absence, and then by vehicle counts and individual vessel quantity estimates associated with placarded requirements for more specific quantities.

From this information LEPCs should be able to update their jurisdictional Basic Plan and Annexes D & Q, as necessary, and to determine needed local training, budgets, and additional planning needs/requirements. (i.e. Are response teams trained to handle the identified hazards? Do they have sufficient specialized equipment/supplies? What types and quantities of TIH or water sensitive chemicals travel through our area? Do our responders have sufficient PPEs and breathing apparatus?)

If your LEPC is interested in taking part in a Commodity Flow Study for FY 2011 then please complete the following:

1. Formal/Informal vote of the LEPC to support the study and to allow the state to enter into a contract on their behalf to accomplish the study.

2. LEPC must be willing to back the study with a 20% match (either in funds or soft match – volunteer hours)

a. Local match has been running between $6,000 - $9,000 depending on the size of the county, number of traffic points, etc. this could be matched by soft funds…donated time by LEPC members, fire, police, industry, volunteers, public works, local transportation agencies, public, to help with vehicle counts.

3. Complete the attached “LEPC CFS Application”. Justification is why a commodity flow study is needed. This is in case we have more applications than funds to help us determine which commodity flow studies get approved.

4. If your application is approved then the LEPC will need a formal vote, with minutes signed by the LEPC Chair. This will be required before the contract can be prepared.

Please complete the LEPC CFS Application by June 18th and return via email (followed up with a signed hard copy) to wade.parks@txdps.state.tx.us, faxed copy 512-424-7363, or mail a hard copy to:

TXDPS Division of Emergency Management
Preparedness Section
Wade Parks, Tech Hazards Supervising Planner
PO Box 4087
Austin, TX 78773


Don Hall, BS, MPA
HazMat Preparedness Officer
Preparedness Section
Texas Division of Emergency Management
5805 North Lamar Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78752
512-424-5985
Fax 512-424-7363
don.hall@txdps.state.tx.us