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Columbia County to apply for $60,000 hazardous-materials preparedness grant
Summary
The local Emergency Planning Commission and county emergency management will apply to the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness program for $60,000 to update and combine rail, road, air and waterways hazardous-materials response plans; the county will serve as fiscal sponsor if the grant is awarded.
The chair of the local Emergency Planning Commission told the board Jan. 14 that the LEPC seeks authorization for Columbia County Emergency Management to submit an application to the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) program and serve as fiscal sponsor if awarded.
The LEPC chair said the request was revised upward to $60,000 (from an earlier $35,000…
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