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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No <br /> Meeting Date: January 16, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: HazMat Grant <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br /> ------------------------------- <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT <br /> REQUIRED YES X NO <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Grant Award Letter Mike Tapp, ext 3030 <br /> NC Division of Emergency Management TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Memorandum of Understanding Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To accept a $200 Implementation Grant for the Orange County <br /> Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) . <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County has received notification from the North <br /> Carolina Division of Emergency Management that the Orange County LEPC <br /> will receive a $200 grant for hazardous materials planning. Last year, <br /> the County received a planning grant to develop surveys and compile <br /> information about hazardous materials in Orange County. Fixed storage <br /> facilities were surveyed to determine the amounts, location, frequency <br /> of delivery, and other information related to hazardous materials <br /> storage. This year' s grant will help defray the costs of printing <br /> results of last year' s surveys . <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board accept the grant <br /> and authorize the Manager to sign the Memorandum of Understanding with <br /> the Division of Emergency Management . <br />