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Regular Agenda Item 3. H.

Regular BOS Meeting

Meeting Date:	11/15/2022
Submitted For:	Josh Beck	Submitted By:	Josh Beck, Director
Department:	Health & Emergency Management	Division:	Emergency Management
Fiscal Year:	FFY 2022-2023	Budgeted?:	No
Contract Dates Begin & End:	10/1/2022 to 9/30/2023	Grant?:	Yes
Matching Requirement?:	No	Fund?:	Renewal

Information

Request/Subject

Acceptance of the 2022 Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grant Award.

Background Information

On March 9, 2022, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) issued a letter requesting applications for the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) grant for the upcoming Federal Fiscal Year (2022-2023) from the Gila County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). The HMEP funds can be used by LEPC's for Commodity Flow Studies, Table-Top Exercises, Purchase of Training Props, Development of Emergency Response Plans, Backfill/Overtime/Stipends for volunteer firefighters, (Hazardous Waste) HAZMAT Conference Attendance, and Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Training. Gila County Local Emergency Preparedness Committee submitted a request to obtain $46,000 of HMEP grant funding and was awarded $23,000.

Evaluation

This funding will allow Gila County to continue to train and prepare local responders for quality HAZMAT response.

Conclusion

Acceptance of the 2022 HMEP grant funding award from the ADEQ in the amount of $23,000 with no non-federal match requirement will allow Gila County Emergency Management to train, develop, and implement a local response team for immediate HAZMAT response. Funds will also be used to provide backfill for personnel to complete coursework. Gila County LEPC will be working on a 3-year plan to train, develop, and implement items necessary to begin an ongoing basic training routine for trained response staff. Additionally, Gila County will continue to host an annual LEPC conference/workshop, and tabletop/functional exercise, where the emergency response plan review will take place.

The attached October 20, 2022, letter from ADEQ is the County's contract with ADEQ. The Board of Supervisors is requested to accept a grant award of $23,000 from ADEQ for our LEPC committee.

Recommendation

It is the recommendation of the Health and Emergency Management Department Director that the Board of Supervisors accepts the 2022 HMEP grant funding award from ADEQ in the amount of $23,000 with no non-federal match requirement for the Gila County Local Emergency Planning Committee. This funding will be used to train, develop, and implement items necessary to begin an ongoing basic training routine for the local HAZMAT response. Additionally, Gila County will continue to host an annual LEPC conference/workshop, and tabletop/functional exercise, where the emergency response plan review will take place.

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 $23,000 for the Federal Fiscal Year 2022-2023 with no non-federal match requirement. (Josh Beck)

Attachments
HMEP Award Letter
Grant Request
List of Activities