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Regular Agenda Item 4. C.
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| Regular BOS Meeting |
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| Information |
| Request/Subject |
| Acceptance of the 2019 Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grant Award. |
| Background Information |
On March 29, 2019, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) issued a letter requesting applications for the HMEP grant for the upcoming Federal Fiscal Year (2019-2020). The proposals were required to be submitted to ADEQ by April 25, 2019. The Gila County Local Emergency Preparedness Committee (LEPC) submitted a grant application to obtain $25,000 of HMEP grant funding.
If grant funding is received, under the management of the Local Emergency Preparedness Committee (LEPC), Gila County will complete a county-wide commodity flow study (CFS) to access highway(s) US70, AZ73, AZ77, AZ87, AZ188, and AZ288. This commodity flow study will provide useful information on the transportation of hazardous material within Gila County. According to Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) on conducting local hazardous material commodity flow studies; Gila County will answer the following baseline questions: 1) How is hazmat transported in the study area(s)?; 2) Where is hazmat transported in the study area(s)?; and (3) What are the characteristics of the hazmat transported in the study area(s)? These answers will provide useful insight for Gila County and the LEPC on how to proceed with our hazardous response teams, and what partners we could leverage to accomplish our goals and our objectives.
This funding was initially discussed at the June 6, 2018, LEPC meeting with Chris Nutter, Gila County's representative from the ADEQ. |
| Evaluation |
On October 3, 2019, the ADEQ sent a letter to Michael O'Driscoll, Gila County Health and Emergency Management Department Director, announcing that a grant award is being given to Gila County in the amount of $10,000 for Federal Fiscal Year 2019-2029 of the HMEP. Although the HMEP grant is on a 3-year cycle, ADEQ intends to disperse funds on an annual basis. Gila County is required to report progress to ADEQ quarterly.
This funding will accommodate a complete overhaul of our current Gila County Commodity Flow Studies through our Gila County LEPC. This is the last of our mandated plans that require being reviewed and updated every ten years. Jurisdictions that remain compliant with federal mandates will be permitted to request Federal Emergency Management Agency funds available for mitigation plan development and mitigation projects, as well as reimbursements post-event. |
| Conclusion |
Acceptance of the 2019 HMEP grant funding award from the ADEQ in the amount of $10,000 with no non-federal match requirement will allow Gila County Emergency Management to contract with a consultant that will review and update our existing Commodity Flow Study, which is intended to reduce future hazmat disasters throughout Gila County while remaining compliant with federal requirements.
The attached October 3, 2019, letter from ADEQ is the County's contract with ADEQ. The Board of Supervisors needs to accept a grant award of $10,000 from ADEQ. |
| Recommendation |
| It is the recommendation of the Health and Emergency Management Department Director that the Board of Supervisors accepts the 2019 HMEP grant funding award from ADEQ in the amount of $10,000 with no non-federal match requirement. This funding will be used to review and update our Commodity Flow Study which is intended to reduce the magnitude of future hazmat disasters throughout Gila County, while remaining compliant with federal requirements. |
| Suggested Motion |
| Information/Discussion/Action to accept the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant Program funding award from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality in the amount of $10,000 for Federal Fiscal Year 2019-2020 with no non-federal match requirement that will be used to complete a Commodity Flow Study which is intended to reduce the magnitude of future hazmat disasters throughout Gila County, while remaining compliant with federal requirements. (Michael O'Driscoll) |
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