At its May 29 meeting the Elko County Local Emergency Planning Committee agreed to submit several recent incidents to the state emergency response commission (CERC) for hazardous incident reporting.

"The clean harbors mixed hazmat, trailer that lit on fire on the freeway. Probably a good one," Chris McCann said during the incidents discussion, asking that the date be located so the incident could be formally reported.

Committee members also reported multiple vehicle wrecks starting in January, including one that entered a lake in Wild Horse Canyon and another outside Mountain City that involved chemicals entering water systems. A lithium battery fire at the county landfill was reported as already submitted to state authorities and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Lee Cabness, chair and Elko County Emergency Manager, asked staff to ensure forms were completed. "Chris, if you can find that date also, just get with Sarah Dill and be sure that the reporting form is filled out because I think that would be a good one," Cabness said.

Before the formal submission, the committee recorded that it would also use a recent college disaster drill as a reportable event. Elko County Fire also reported an interlocal agreement with the City of Wells that will lead to small coordinating drills between county and city responders in Wells.

The motion to submit the discussed events to CERC was made and seconded at the meeting and carried by voice vote. The chair instructed members to forward incident details to the committee coordinator for form completion and submission; the committee did not record individual roll‑call votes.

Committee members noted that the next round of CERC submissions for annual reporting is not due until January 2026, and that several 2025 submissions have already been made.