William 

### A. Fontenot Conservation Chair, Delta Chapter ofthe Sierra Club 632 DrehrAve. Baton Rouge, LA 70806 225-383-5673 wafontenot@gmail.com

1 - Possible exposure to more than one facility didnot appearto have been considered

2 - Worker Healthand Safety

3 - Community Health and Safety

4 - Adequate and Appropriate Equipment and Training for Emergency Responders, Hospitals, Police, Schools, Nursing Homes, Day Care Facilities, Disabled People and Others.

1 -The informationprovided by the Environmental ProtectionAgency for this hearing did not appearto have any information about the possible hazards and adverse health outcomes from thepossible exposure to releases from multiple industrial facilities. Several times there was mention ofexposedpopulations within 50 kilometers ofan oil refinery but no discussion ofpossible adverse health outcomes from possible exposures to releases from other nearby facilities.

Within 50 

### km ofmy home in BatonRouge is EXXON which is one ofthe largest oil refineries inNorth America. 

### Also within that same 50 km circle are more than 25 other major industrial facilities, hazardous waste and solidwaste landfills, sewerage treatment facilities, Superfund sites, several majorrailroad tracks, highways with majortruck traffic, thousands ofbarges onthe Mississippi River, many pipelines carrying oil, natural gas and many other rawmaterials and finished chemicals.

While we have lived atthe same address for the last 40 years there have beenhundreds of major accidents andthousands ofreleases ofhazardous, toxic and in some cases cancer causing chemicals and elements from many different sources.
2 - The most important group ofindividuals in assuring industrial safety are the workers including full time, part time, contract workers, etc. Because they are directly exposed to the most likely sources ofchemicals, fires, explosions and other industrial hazards, all of the workers must be able to get information, training and a full understanding ofthe hazards intheir workplace beforethey enter a work environment. This requirement must apply to all workers before they enterthe work environment. This must include office, clerical, security,janitorial, health providers truck andtrain drivers, pipeline workers and anyone else who will be entering these hazardous industrial oil and natural gas facilities.

### 3- Nearby community residents must also receive and have access to information about the types ofreleases, accidents, safety issues and other things which they must know because they live in a compromised environment. Nearby residents must receive information and training about howto respond appropriately to emissions, releases, accidents and otherthings which may occur at their nearby industrial neighbors. People must also be trained about howto prepare before hand and howto respond during an accident and especially during the worst case scenarios which could happen in their nearby industrial facilities.

4 - The industries, management, workers, nearby residents, emergency responders, and any others who might be involved in orexposed to industrial accidents or releases must receive information about whatthey mightbe exposed to or what types ofaccidents might happen as a result ofthe operations at their neighboring industrial facilities.

Ofspecial concern are exposures to chemjcaJs for which there is little orno information readily available and whatto do ifexposure occurs.