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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

• CELL PHONES / PAGERS

• SESSION LENGTH

• QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

OBJECTIVES

•RECOGNIZE THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF ERRORS SEEN IN TIER II REPORTS

•LEARN WILLIAMSON COUNTY’S BEST PRACTICES FOR TIER II DATA MANAGEMENT

•SOFTWARE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH MANAGEMENT OF TIER II DATA

TCEQ: TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

• MANAGES THE TIER II SUBMIT PROGRAM FOR STATE OF TEXAS

• THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF REPORTS:

• ANNUAL

• INITIAL

• UPDATED

• REPORTS ARE FILED USING THE TIER2SUBMIT SOFTWARE PROVIDED BY THE EPA

• SUBMITTED TO THREE LOCATIONS:

• TCEQ

• LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT

• LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE (LEPC)

SO WHAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE REPORTED?

• DOES THE CHEMICAL HAVE A SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) AS

REQUIRED BY OSHA?

• REPORTING THRESHOLDS

• HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS: 10,000 LBS

• EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: 500 LBS OR THE

THRESHOLD PLANNING QUANTITY (WHICHEVER IS LESS

WILLIAMSON COUNTY STATISTICS

•1,134 SQUARE MILES

•POPULATION: 547,545

•GROWTH: 3.75% ANNUALLY

•MEDIAN INCOME: $79,123

•REPORTING YEAR 2017:

•252 FACILITIES

•772 CHEMICALS

COMMON ERRORS IN REPORTING

• SUBMITTING ONLY A PAPER REPORT

• FAILING TO SUBMIT TO ALL THREE REQUIRED ENTITIES

•MISSING THE REPORTING PERIOD

SAMPLE REPORT

FACILITY DEFICIENCES

• ADDRESSING

• CONTACTS

• MAP DATA (GPS LOCATION)

• SITE PLAN

CHEMICAL INVENTORY DEFICIENCIES

• CAS #

• EHS

• LOCATION

• PHYSICAL STATE & QUANTITY

• COMPONENTS

OBJECTIVES SUMMARY•RECOGNIZE THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF ERRORS SEEN IN TIER II REPORTS

•VALIDATION OF ERRORS

•LEARN WILLIAMSON COUNTY’S BEST PRACTICES FOR TIER II DATA MANAGEMENT

•THIRD PARTY VENDORS, PREPLANNING DOCUMENTS, CAD

INTEGRATION/INFORMATION SHARING

•SOFTWARE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH MANAGEMENT OF TIER II DATA

•PEACWEB, ARCGIS, EXCEL

•CAMEO, CAMEO CHEMICALS, MARPLOT, ALOHA

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS?

•CONTACT INFORMATION:

•KYLE MCKNIGHT

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

WILLIAMSON COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

KMCKNIGHT@WILCO.ORG