ST MARY PARISH LEPC AGENDA & MINUTES MEETING 7.17.25

St. Mary Parish LEPC

     500 Main Street, Courthouse Bldg.             Franklin, Louisiana 70538                            337-828-4100, Ext 135

July 17, 2025

AGENDA

1. TIER II REPORTS.
2. SPILLS/RELEASES/ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE

• SERIOUS ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS

1. EMERGENCY PLANS/UPDATES
2. TRAINING AND EXERCISES FOR 2025-2026 (SNS/CRI, ETC)
3. HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS

• INFORMATION FOR FUTURE MEETINGS (subjects of interest)
• NEW INFORMATION/UPDATE

1. NEXT MEETING.
2. ADJORNMENT

 

 

Jimmy Broussard

St. Mary Parish LEPC Chairman                                                                                            17 July 2025

 

St. Mary Parish LEPC

    500 Main Street, Courthouse Bldg.                                                                            Franklin, Louisiana 70538                                                                                                   337-828-4100, Ext 135

July 17, 2025

MINUTES

 

CALL TO ORDER :  _______10 AM_________________

ROLL  CALL:  SEE ATTACHED SIGN IN SHEET

GUEST_________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 

1. TIER II REPORTS. REPORTED BY JANET MARCOTTE W/ST MARY OHSEP ( 42   )  Registered Reporting Agencies) 2025
2. 42_ __   Agencies billed for their TIER II Reporting.
3.  41   _   Agencies have sent in their check.
4. _0__     Agencies billed from prior years that have not filed reports.

(42) Agencies reported in 2024. Some companies have merged, or they are no longer in business.

10. SPILLS/RELEASES/ACCIDENTS – reports 10.  JIMMY
11. Natural Gas:  Some gas companies reported blow downs from
12. Crude oil: multiple oil sheens reported coming from near oil platforms all year round..
13. This year pipelines have conducted a lot of blow downs.
14. Diesel Fuel: some boats reported minor spills mainly when running bilge pumps.

 

• SERIOUS ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS – Jimmy Broussard

1. Atchafalaya River: water levels rose this year resulting in closing of the bayou chene barge and some floodgates on the seawall in morgan city and berwick. After that is was just monitoring levees and construction along levees.
2. COVID: less news but still there and present. Employers

Still need to keep in place rules for keeping workers home and using ppe after return to work.

1. Vaccines: Vaccines are available and ongoing.
2. EMERGENCY PLANS/UPDATES
3. MOU with school board for evacuation center plans were recently approved for Morgan City Jr. high and Franklin High Schools.
4. Evacuation processing centers plans were updated for Morgan City Jr. High with Franklin High. Minor changes due to different personnel assignments.
5. Construction on HWY 90 in St Mary and in Iberia parish Still ongoing. Baldwin on hwy 90 should be opening soon. More bids are put out for section of hwy 90 in Iberia parish.
6. 7/17/2025 HWY 90 WESTBOUND- BALDWIN IS NOW OPEN

 

1. EXERCISES COMPLETED AND PLANNED FOR 2025-2026
2. Pipeline Safety Association of Louisiana, coming up August 5 at Patterson Civic Center.
3. Exercise for Region 3 OPH operations in Thibodaux, La at, Nicholls was held 28 MAY hurricane topic.
4. PRESENTATION GIVEN BY ANDREW SHEFFIELD, OPH. FLYERS HANDED OUT FOR UPCOMING TRAININGS  WITH TEXAS A&M CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AND RISK ASSESSMENT.
5. INFORMATION HAND OUT FOR COMMUNITY HEALTHWAYS – HARVEY CHAUVIN, OPH COMMUNITY HEALTH SUPERVISOR
6. STATE HAM RADIO EXERCISE 7/17/2025 – GREEN EYE MONSTER
7. EOC ATTENDED HURRICANE TABLETOP EXERCISE AT OCHSNER MORGAN CITY

 

 

1. HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS
2. PARISH ADMISTRATION ATTENDED ETN TRAINING WITH DCFS.
3. EOC ATTENDED GOHSEP/FEMA PDA/IA TRAINING AT IBERIA OHSEP

    VII.  Future meeting or training schedule

1. INFORMATION FOR FUTURE MEETINGS (subjects of interest). We would like your input on future meetings.

 Updates

1. We are still receiving, storing and shipping out supplies as requested. Many departments have conducted online training sessions with pipeline companies in the area.
2. HAM RADIOS AT FRANKLIN EOC AND PORT OF MC EOC and planning on going to add high frequency radio. Ham radios are now at Ochsner Morgan City and Bayou Bend – Franklin. Volunteer radio personnel have come in and assisted in setting up radio equipment and doing testing. Gohsep came to morgan city and added a regional GOHSEP radio repeater at morgan city port bldg..

Next Meeting is scheduled for TBA

  Adjournment: ___________10:30 AM_______________________________

 

Jimmy Broussard

 St. Mary Parish LEPC Chairman