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MINUTES February 4, 1999 7 BOARD OF HEALTH in the case of a material dropped off that no one knows what's in it, that he understands how to deal with it." "Does he pickup the phone and call 911, DEP or the Fire Department, or does he know that there are some things he can do to alleviate the problem ahead of time before he picks up the phone." "It all ties in with IEI." "A lot of people think OSHA does not apply to municipalities, but it does." "EPA has a set of regulations mostly related to exposure to certain concentrations of chemicals." "They apply directly to municipalities and OSHA regulations do not." "But where EPA is silent, OSHA applies." "OSHA's administrative fines are given out due to lack of written plans, costing as much as $25K per incident." "All it takes is one complaint from a resident, worker, anyone who comes in for an OSHA inspector to show up." "They all have the right to have an issue addressed and there is nothing the town could do about that." "The bi-monthly report is a nice checklist." "We produce something similar, but it should have gone to the operator." Mr. Doherty stated, "It does go to the operator." Mr. Bauer noted, "If you look on the date, the checklist was done 15 April. It appears it was sent to the operator a month later." Mr. Doherty stated, "It was sent to us a month later for billing." Mr. Bauer asked, "How does that help the operator to have problems pointed out a month later." Mr. Doherty stated, "You do not understand, the guy does a walk through and if there are any problems, he usually will address them right a way." "The written report is a follow-up to us so there is a written record, but the operator is talked to I'm sure." Mr. Bauer stated, "I am sure he is, but this is what goes to DEP and DEP doesn't know about it." Mr. Doherty, stated, "I do not mean to cut you off or anything but what are you proposing for us." "You are a consultant engineer, right?" Mr. Bauer stated, "Yes, but I am not an engineer, I employee engineers." "What I am trying to do is let you know that Green Seal is a little unusual than the consultant field." "We do offer the same services everyone else offers but we try to take it a step further, we add value without cost." "We do a lot of things that public consultants don't do." "Here is a sample of our bi-monthly reports and there are a lot of other plans you are welcomed to look through." Mr. Doherty noted, "we pay a lot of money to our consultant engineers and believe me we are not always happy with what we get so it is nice to have