Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board

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Puerto RicoEnvironmental Quality Board
Caribbean Regional Response Team Semiannual
Meeting Saint Croix, USVI May 2004
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Emergency Responses EPCRA
compliance SERC LEPCs status Dept of
Justice Cooperative Agreement
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Emergency Responses2003 Puerto Rico
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Emergency Responses2003 Puerto Rico
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Emergency Responses by Regions2003
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Emergency Responses2003 San Juan Region
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Emergency Responses2003 Arecibo Region
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Emergency Responses2003 Mayagüez Region
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Emergency Responses2003 Ponce Region
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Emergency Responses2003 Guayama Region
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Emergency Responses2003 Humacao Region
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Releases2003 Puerto Rico
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EPCRA Compliance Section 312
Does not include PRASA, PREPA , PRTC data
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EPCRA Compliance Section 313
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SERC Status
State Emergency Response Commission meets
regularly and is working on the following
issues Hazardous Materials Trainings Arecibo
LEPC Contingency Plan Review LEPCs
responsibilities guidelines 312 magnetic media
reporting Community Outreach SERC
webpage Cooperative Agreement
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SERC Status
New goals for this year are Prepare training
guidelines on how to respond effectively to
environmental incidents. Prepare guidelines
regarding certification of training instructors
for HAZWOPER in PR. Finalize a cooperative
agreement between PREQB and the Department of
Health for biological and chemical threats.
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LEPCs Status
Zones
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LEPCs Status
LEPCs are working on the revision of local
emergency response plans and development of
financial guidelines for lepcs fundraising.
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Dept of Justice Cooperative Agreement
Year 2000 EQB San Juan - 142,000 personal
protection and monitoring equipment Year 2001
EQB San Juan 75,554 decon and communication
equipment Year 2002 EQB Ponce -
677,000 personal protection, decon monitoring
equipment reference books mitigation explosive
device remediation
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Dept of Justice Cooperative Agreement
Year 2003 EQB Arecibo Humacao -
1,178,175 personal protection monitoring
equipment communication equipment hazmat
vehicle mitigation explosive device
remediation reference books decon
equipment software (GIS, GPS)
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Dept of Justice Cooperative Agreement
Year 2003 supplemental EQB Arecibo, Mayaguez
Humacao - 1,320,979 Rescue units