1. Call to Order: Tony Hart called the meeting to order. Minutes from the December meeting were approved with one correction.
2. Treasurer’s Report: Janet Murrill reported on the LEPC budget.
3. Committee Reports.
   1. Community Awareness:
      • Anderson County Health Department will be hosting clinic training or area Health Department staff.
      • Planning for a tabletop Pandemic Flu exercise will begin in the next few months.
      • Planning for the Oak Ridge Emergency Management Forum will begin next month.
   2. Emergency Response:
      • FEMA will be training Knoxville area hospitals in Radiological Decontamination.
      • FEMA will be escorting container shipments from Oak Ridge.
   3. Transportation:
      • No report.
   4. Finance:
      • No report
   5. Old Business:
      • Janet Murrill presented two proposals for the LEPC web site design. A motion was made to accept the proposal from Terry Byrd Web Design. Motion passed.
   6. New Business:
      1. Keith Yahr from ORNL presented on overview of the CY 2008 Oak Ridge National Laboratory full participation exercise. There will be two exercises on February 13 and April 2 leading up to the full participation exercise on June 3 and 4. The exercises will be testing, for the fist time, recovery actions that would occur following the initial event.
      2. A sign-up sheet was circulated for committee participation in 2008.
4. Next meeting scheduled for February 5, 2008.

1. Call to Order: Tony Hart called the meeting to order. Introductions were made. Minutes from the November meeting were approved as written.
2. Treasurer’s Report: Tony Hart reported on the LEPC budget for Janet Murrill.
3. Committee Reports.
   1. Community Awareness:
      • DARTA meeting on 11/16
      • Oak Ridge Methodist Medical Center’s Pandemic Flu plan was presented.
      • The Animal plan was discussed.
      • Dr. Malagon was concerned about the lack of interest in Pandemic Flu. He discussed hosting a lunch to bring the topics to the community.
      • Susan Gawarecki submitted a notice to the Oak Ridger for the January 8th annual meeting.
      • State of Tennessee provided books for Pandemic Flu Planning for first responders.
   2. Emergency Response:
      • Notices have been prepared for Tier II reporting.
      • ICS 400 classes are being offered in Oak Ridge. Contact Laura Davis if interested.
      • Susan Gawarecki sent out the Chemicals of Interest list to LEPC electronic mailing list.
   3. Transportation:
      • No report.
   4. Finance:
      • Tony Ferris presented ‘Masters of Disaster’ kit for K-8 education to LEPC. Kits are $15 each. Anderson County has 115 grades K-8. Tony asked the committee to consider purchasing one packet per grade.
4. Old Business:
   • LEPC web site is gone. Will bring up for consideration in January.
   • Oak Ridge Methodist Medical Center Emergency Preparedness plan has been approved resulting in NIMS compliance.
   • Anderson County Health Department still has flu shots.
5. New Business:
   • Meeting time changed to 11:15 a.m.

Also, in accordance with TN Public Acts Chapter 185 (House Bill 716) each Anderson County industrial facility that submits a Tier II Report is required to pay $100 to the Anderson County LEPC. Both the Tier II Report and fee are due by March 1, 2008.

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1. Call to Order: Tony Hart called the meeting to order. Introductions were made. Minutes from the October meeting were approved as written.
2. Treasurer’s Report: Janet Murrill reported on the LEPC budget.
3. Committee Reports:
   1. Community Awareness:
      • Lin Chilcoat reported that Anderson County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan goals have been established.
      • DOE Regional Emergency Management Forum in Oak Ridge had attendance of about 200.
   2. Emergency Response:
      • Steve Payne requested the LEPC purchase hand-held radiological monitors.
   3. Transportation:
      • Gail Hutchins reported that she had contacted Matt Cate at the Univerity of Tennessee regarding a study on truckers who bypass weigh stations by using I-95 as a bypass for hazardous material transportation. He stated that what we requested is cost prohibitive. Gail asked that this project be considered for a theses project next year.
   4. Finance:
      • An audit was conducted prior to the October meeting. No deficiencies were noted.
4. Old Business:
   • Anderson County Health Department has flu shots.
   • Department of Energy toured the Oak Ridge Methodist Medical Center and the hospital Command Center.
5. New Business:
   • DARTA meeting scheduled for November 16.
   • The LEPC website has expired. An estimate to rebuild the website will be obtained.
   • TEMA moved into its new building. Exercise with Watts Bar scheduled for 11/7/07.