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REGION 4 REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM NOTICE
For the Standing Regional Response Team Meeting
August 24, 25, and 26, 2004
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This Notice announces the Fall 2004 meeting of the Region 4 Regional Response Team (RRT).
The RRT will convene on Tuesday, August 24th, 2004 at the Sheraton Read House Hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Registration Desk will open at 0800 and the RRT Committee meetings will begin at 0900. The Standing RRT meeting will begin at 1300.
The Sheraton Read House Hotel is located at 827 Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37402. The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) is the nearest airport. Approximate driving time is 20 minutes and 12 miles from CHA. The hotel offers shuttle service for $10 each way; please call the number listed below with your Flight number and estimated arrival time to utilize this service.
Driving directions from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA): Follow signs to Chattanooga and Hwy 153. Turn right onto 153 South. Follow it to I-75 South. Continue on I-75 to I-24 West. Follow I-24W approx. 6.5 miles to Exit #178 (27 North). Take 27N to M.L. King Blvd. (Exit #1-A). Veer right onto M.L. King Blvd. Turn left at first light onto Chestnut Street. Read House parking immediately on right.
The hotel is holding a block of rooms until August 3, 2004 at the per diem rate of $84.00 plus applicable state and local taxes. Please make your individual reservations by calling 423-266-4121 and asking for the Regional Response Team Meeting room block.
Please make plans to attend and if you have any questions, please contact Gordon Goff at 404/562-8765, fax 404/562-8699 or e-mail goff.gordon@epa.gov or Pat Keane (305) 415-6871, e-mail Pkeane@D7.uscg.mil.
GORDON GOFF
Secretary, RRT 4
USEPA
Federal Region 4
Regional Response Team Meeting
August 24, 25 & 26, 2004
Sheraton Read House Hotel
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Meeting Agenda (08-24-04)
Tuesday, August 24th
0800 Registration Desk Open
0900 Committee Meetings Committee Chairs
(Committee Meetings are open to all RRT Attendees)
Training & Education
RRT Table Top Exercise
RRT Exercise/Training Schedule
Response Technology
Endangered Species Act Implementation Guidelines
Trustee Notification and Identification of Planning/Response Contacts
ERA Workshop Work Issues
Development of Selection Guide Volume II
Review of Region 4 Pre-Approval for Surface Washing Agents
Natural resource Trustee Annex
State Issues Committee
Incident Command System – Standardize to NIMS
Vendor Equipment Display Protocol
1200 LUNCH (On your own)
1300 Opening Remarks and Introductions Co-Chairs
1315 Tennessee Welcome and Presentation James Bassham, TEMA Director
Honorable Claude Ramsey, Mayor of Hamilton County
1415 Kentucky Presentation
KY Dept of Emergency Management Malcolm Franklin, Director KY Dept for Environmental Protection Gene Blair, KY ERT
1515 BREAK
1545 State Reports
1700 ADJOURN
Wednesday August 25th
0830 Georgia Presentation
Bio-Lab Explosion & Fire, Conyers, GA Ben Franco, EPA OSC
0930 Mississippi Presentation
Genesis Oil Spill NRDA Mike Beiser, MS DEQ
1000 BREAK
1015 ESF 11 Presentation Greg Hogue, DOI
1030 South Carolina Presentations
Response to Environmental Emergencies Michael Spradlin, DHEC
State Wide Earthquake Exercise 2004 Tom Chmura
Robert Duncan
1130 LUNCH
1300 Alabama Presentation
Meth Lab Statistics Bruce Freeman, ADEM
1400 BREAK
1415 Maritime Security Act of 2002 Captain Robert Parker
TVA Police
1515 North Carolina Presentation
Charlotte Exercise Scott Bullard, NCEMA
1600 USCG/EPA G8 Summit report MSO Savannah/ USEPA
Thursday August 26th
0830 Committee Reports Committee Chairs
0900 Agency Reports Federal Agency RRT Members
1000 BREAK
1030 Meeting Action Items Review Alexis Ullock, Weston Solutions, Inc
Review Action/ Work Issues
Identify Additional Issues of Interest
Agenda Development for May 2004 Meeting
1100 Closing Comments/ Meeting Adjourned Co-Chairs
1115 ESF-10 Hurricane Response Procedures Gordon Goff, EPA
1200 LUNCH
1300 - 1400 ESF-10 (cont)
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