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Monday, October 17, 2011

10/17/11 Bill Effros To Greenwich Town Clerk Carmella C. Budkins: I Want To See The LEPC EPCRA Records

To: Greenwich Town Clerk Carmella C. Budkins

From: Bill Effros

Copy: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Connecticut Toxics Action Center
Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission Hearing Officer Ms. Lisa Seigel
Greenwich Board of Education
Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation
Greenwich Board of Selectmen
Greenwich District 7 Representative Town Meeting Members
Greenwich Town Attorney
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Subject: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Records

Date: Oct. 17, 2011

Dear Ms. Budkins:

I received the attached "MISA Update" describing emergency PCB remediation at Greenwich High School from Ms. Kim Eves, Director of Communications, Greenwich Public Schools, on Saturday morning, Oct. 15, 2011. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, all Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Records can be found in your office at 101 Field Point Road pursuant to The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).

Pursuant to Connecticut Freedom of Information Act Commission testimony by The Greenwich Town Attorney, Mr. John Wayne Fox, on September 27, 2011 with regard to PCB remediation at 10 Hillside Road, please immediately advise if the following documents are in your files located in Town Hall, and if so, when it would be convenient for me to come to your office to see them:

1. Certified Mail Notification to all abutting and downstream property owners that measurable PCB concentrations have been discovered at the 10 Hillside Road facility.

2. Notice filed by your office in a Greenwich newspaper of record that measurable PCB concentrations have been discovered at the 10 Hillside Road facility.

3. A PCB remediation waiver for 10 Hillside Road signed after July 1, 2011 by the Commissioner of The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, (DEEP) Mr. Daniel C. Esty.

4. The Agendas of all LEPC 10 Hillside Road PCB meetings, filed in your office 24 hours before the meetings took place.

5. Newspaper notice of all LEPC 10 Hillside Road PCB meetings filed by your office prior to the meetings.

6. The minutes of all LEPC 10 Hillside Road PCB meetings.

7. A record of all votes taken at all LEPC 10 Hillside Road PCB meetings.

8. The 10 Hillside Road "Facility Site Plan" submitted by LEPC to the EPA Emergency Planning Board.

9. Identification of facilities and transportation routes of extremely hazardous substances.

10. The description of emergency response procedures, on and off site.

11. The designated community coordinator and facility emergency coordinator(s) to implement the plan.

12. The outline of emergency notification procedures.

13. The description of how the probable affected area and population releases were determined.

14. The description of local emergency equipment and facilities and the persons responsible for them.

15. The outline of evacuation plans.

16. The training program for emergency responders (including schedules).

17. The methods and schedules for exercising emergency response plans.


Thanking you in advance for your attention to this emergency situation concerning the lives and health of our schoolchildren, teachers, and community members, I remain,

Respectfully,


Bill Effros
(10 Hillside Road Abutting Property Owner)

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