NC MasterHaz HazardousToxic Materials

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NC Master-Haz Hazardous/Toxic Materials
Facilities Data Exchange

• Project Driver
• Review of Funding Mechanisms
• NC Master-Haz Data Exchange
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Trading Partner Agreement
• Project Steering Committee
• Questions and Answers

Friday, August 10, 2007
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Oct 2006 Chemical Plant fire in Apex, NC

• Environmental Quality Corp. TSD facility
• Located in heavily populated area
• No computerized inventory available to
  State/EPA/Fire officials
• States Tier II data still on paper
• Loaded oxygen generator canisters caught fire and
  caused major chemical fire
• /- 7000 residents evacuated

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First Responders just had to let it burn because
they didnt know what was in there.
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Apex Evacuation Zone
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Review of Funding Mechanisms

• US EPA Exchange Network 2007 Exchange Grant
  Proposal
• Governors Hazardous Materials Task Force
  Recommendations
• 2007-2008 State Budget NC DENR to establish an
  Online Hazardous Chemicals, Materials
  Facilities Inventory Data Exchange

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NC Master-Haz Data Exchange

• NC DENR maintains FRS, will implement TRI in
  calendar year 2008.
• NCEM will implement digital Tier II system for
  spring 2009 facility submissions
• NC Master-Haz Data Exchange will provide
  integrated access to all 3 datasets
• Will integrate Tier II data from E-Plan (US EPA
  Region 6 / Univ. Texas at Dallas)

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EPA Central Exchange Node
Back-end NC DENR IBEAM (Oracle) Databases
Haz. Chemical Material Industry to online
TierII TRI Reporting systems
North Carolina Exchange Node
Tier II
Internet
Local First Responder Organizations
NC Master-Haz Conceptual Diagram
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NC Master-Haz Data Exchange

• NC Master-Haz will integrate Tier II data from NC
  Counties using the commercial iDSI system. NCEM
  may decide to purchase the State version of
  iDSIs system.
• HERE Network client is under consideration for
  providing data to local first responders and
  LEPCs, rather than re-inventing the wheel

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NC Master-Haz Data Exchange

• HERE Client has limited spatial capabilities due
  to limitations of Google Earth
• Exploring integrating another desktop client
  GAIA3 for Incident Response developed jointly
  by The Carbon Project, NC DENR and the City of
  Charlotte under a 2006/2007 FGDC CAP Grant

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SERC / NCEMRoles and Responsibilities

• Notify all local jurisdictions that online
  submission of Tier II reporting data is required.
  
• Can be through EPLAN, a commercially available
  vendor system, or a home grown system (with
  approval from Project Steering Committee).
• Update the NCEM website to reflect the decision
  to mandate online Tier II submissions.
• Provide guidance to industry about new submission
  requirements and compliance reporting procedures.

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GAIA3 for Incident Response Display GML, WMS,
WFS commercial map services (MSVE, Yahoo Maps,
etc)
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GAIA3 for Incident Response Query GML using
spatial filter operations
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GAIA3/IR Add Geospatial Notes, Communicate P2P,
work w/ GPS
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NC DENR Roles and Responsibilities

• Project Management Officer will direct and
  oversee the project.
• Will establish and direct a Project Steering
  Committee.
• Will interface with EPA, Exchange Network
  Operations Board, Network Technology Group, and
  Data Standards Committees.
• Will publish and maintain the master databases
  from the North Carolina Exchange Node and provide
  a real-time replica of the Tier II data to an
  NCEM database installation.

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Project Steering Committee

• The NC DENR Project Management Officer will
  appoint an NC Master-Haz Project Steering
  Committee (PSC).
• The PSC will, under the direction of the Project
  Manager, define requirements for and
  functionality of the to-be system that supports
  both Federal requirements from US EPA and NC
  legislative mandates.

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Questions?
NC DENR ContactsRandy Moody -
Randy.Moody_at_Ncmail.net Project Management
Officer, NC DENR Dr. Kenneth B. Taylor -
Kenneth.B.Taylor_at_Ncmail.netCommissioner, State
Emergency Response Commission Julia Harrell -
Julia.Harrell_at_Ncmail.net GIS Coordinator, NC DENR