Attachment C

New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC (“New Cingular”)

Supplemental Environmental Projects
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Introduction 

In partial settlement of the matters set out in the Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) 

entitled, In the Matter of New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC, et al., Docket No. EPCRA-HQ-2009-8001, 

CWA-HQ-2009-8001, and CAA-HQ-2009-8001, New Cingular has agreed to undertake Supplemental 

Environmental Projects (SEPs) valued at approximately $625,000. The Company has elected SEPs that 

will enhance the emergency response capabilities in four states -- Florida, New York, Texas, and 

California -- where the Company had a significant number of facilities in potential violation of the chemical 

inventory reporting requirements in the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act 

(EPCRA). 

In each state, New Cingular contacted one or more emergency management agencies that were 

thought to need additional emergency response equipment or other emergency response-related 

resources. The Company asked them to identify equipment or other purchases that would enhance their 

existing response capabilities. Working with New Cingular and EPA, the agencies identified equipment or 

training purchases that meet the requirements of EPA’s SEP Policy and enable New Cingular to fulfill its 

SEP commitments. This memorandum provides background on the emergency response obligations of

those agencies, describes the equipment or training that they have requested, and explains how that 

equipment or training will help them meet their obligations. 

As discussed in the CAFO referenced above, New Cingular will use all reasonable efforts to 

provide equipment or training to these agencies as described in this memorandum. However, New 

Cingular has the discretion to substitute emergency response equipment or training that is similar in total 

cost with the consent of the recipient emergency management agency. Such adjustments may change 

the total amount spent for one or more such agencies.
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FLORIDA 

New Cingular is proposing several Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) in Florida, one 

of the states in which a significant number of potential EPCRA violations occurred. All of the 

Florida SEPs involve the purchase of equipment that would enhance the capabilities of 

emergency responders in two counties, Palm Beach and Putnam.

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue

Contact: Mark Anderson

Battalion Chief

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue

Battalion 9, Special Operations

Office: (561)790-6053 x2

Cell: (561)308-4125

Fax: (561)790-6175

manderso@pbcgov.com

Background:

Palm Beach County, Florida has 37 municipalities that include rural and urban areas. The 

County is recognized as a statewide resource for its Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) 

emergency response capabilities. There are two Special Operations teams within Palm Beach 

County Fire Rescue. 

According to Fire Rescue, it has adequate capabilities but is in need of some key equipment to 

improve its Terrorism/Weapons of Mass Destruction and Hazardous Materials capabilities. 

Despite its statewide recognition, Fire Rescue’s equipment cache lacks the full complement of 

recommended equipment. The funding stream to acquire that equipment is expected to 

continue diminishing from year to year, and there is no indication that funding will be available 

for the equipment in the foreseeable future. 

Request: $145,000

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue has indicated that the following equipment would enhance 

their capabilities for response at the local and state levels:

1. GasID Partnership Package (Qty 1): Manufactured by Smiths Detection

Sales Contact: Mitch Friedman (203)207-9733

Cost $67,500.00 includes 3 year extended warranty and 24/7 Reach Back Program

The GasID identifies unknown gases and vapors. The instrument is highly specialized to 

measure how chemical samples interact with infrared light. Each chemical has its own 

unique infrared signature, which when analyzed is compared against an onboard library 

database to provide identification quickly.

Database libraries include: WMD nerve & blister agents, Toxic industrial chemicals, 

WMD precursors, NIST/EPA Gas-Phase Infrared Database and the Pacific Northwest 

National Lab Toxic Industrial Chemicals

http://www.smithsdetection.com/GasID.php 
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2. RAZOR EX system (Qty 1): Manufactured by Idaho Technology Inc. 

Sales Contact: Christina Flowers (801)736-6354 x492

Cost $75,600.00 includes 5 year extended warranty, tech support, and consumables

The RAZOR EX system detects and identifies biological agents using polymerase chain 

reaction technology. The instrument is made for field use, is compact and lightweight. It 

is a field PCR unit that is fast, with reliable DNA based results. The RAZOR EX uses 

pre-formatted pouch configurations for the most common bioterrorism threats as well as 

the ability to custom formulate the pouches for individual needs.

http://www.idahotech.com/RAZOREX/index.html

These instruments use technologies that are considered necessary to meet the standard of care 

in the HazMat/WMD response field. The addition of these instruments will fill a technology gap 

the teams currently do not possess. The instruments are on the US Department of Homeland 

Security’s approved equipment list.

Putnam County 

Contact: Denise Clark

Georges Lake Volunteer Fire Department

114 Sarasota St.

 Georges Lake, FL 32140

386-659-2881 home; 386-530-1838 cell

Email address: georgeslakecommunity@yahoo.com

Mailing Address: 600 Wakulla St.

 Florahome, FL 32140

Background:

Putnam County is a rural county in northeastern Florida with a population of approximately 

75,000 of which approximately 80% is located within the unincorporated areas. The Georges 

Lake Volunteer Fire Department is responsible for an area of 23 square miles. According to the 

Department, it receives approximately $7,000 in annual funding to operate as a IRC § 501(c)(3) 

organization. It ranks 16th out of 17 volunteer departments in funding by Putnam County. This 

budget prevents the Department from making an expensive equipment purchase in any one 

year. 

Request: $14,890.76

The Department has requested the following Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) for use in fires and 

hazardous materials emergencies:

Thermal Imaging Cam, (TIC)

 Model # 10076690

 Chief Supply

According to the Department, a TIC may be used to identify liquid levels in tanks and locate 

chemical spills on water, as well as to improve visibility of fire fighters in an otherwise “zero” 

visibility environment that may arise in fires and other emergency situations. 
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NEW YORK 

New Cingular is proposing to purchase hazardous materials training and associated resources 

for the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Bureau of Fire Prevention (BFP). New York is 

one of the states in which a significant number of potential EPCRA violations occurred. 

Fire Department City of New York (FDNY)

Contact: Deputy Chief Nicholas Del Re

Chief in Charge of Haz-Mat Operations

FDNY

Building No. 8 

Randall’s Island, New York 10035

(347) 203-6898

Background:

The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Bureau of Fire Prevention (BFP) is responsible for 

the identification, permitting and monitoring of equipment or conditions that may pose a hazard 

to life and/or property within New York City. Central to this mission is the ability to provide 

timely, accurate and reliable information to first responders.

With a workforce of 379, BFP conducts thousands of inspections each year. In Fiscal Year 

2011, the number of inspections reached almost 175,000. BFP’s inspectors work in all five 

boroughs of New York, and inspect categories of buildings ranging from restaurants and 

factories to commercial spaces and large-footprint buildings of all types. Units within the Bureau 

receive specialized training in areas such as code enforcement, fire and suppression systems, 

high-hazard monitoring, public assembly standards and high-rise building safety.

Bureau of Fire Prevention leadership has identified a gap in the inspector’s skills with regard to 

Hazardous Materials awareness. Accordingly, BFP has requested New Cingular’s assistance 

with providing this training. A detailed description of the training and associated resources is set 

out below.

Request: $121,439

FDNY BFP will offer all inspectors an 8-hour HazMat identification and awareness course. 

Inspectors in the High Hazard Monitoring Unit would receive an additional 8 hours for a total of 

16 hours. The course outline for both groups is the same, but the High Hazard Monitoring Unit 

will receive more in-depth training. Also included in the budget are training and resource 

materials so that training can be refreshed. 

The course will be customized specifically for New York City inspectors. Inspectors will learn 

how to identify the presence of hazardous materials and how to assess the hazard. A thorough 

review of the High Hazard Groups as characterized by the New York City Building and Fire 

Codes will be included. The overall objective of the course will be to protect building occupants, 

inspectors and the public from dangerous situations that could arise from hazardous materials.

Course Outline:

Identifying Hazardous Materials

Identifying Hazardous Uses

Construction Code Issues

Explosive Hazard Recognition
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In addition to the training outlined above, BFP has requested resources for ongoing training 

including reference materials and a smart board to facilitate initial training as well as a series of 

in-house refreshers that will be delivered by Unit Leaders. The software package,

ChemKnowledge System, and laptops for running training programs, are also included in this 

request.

Budget: Hazardous Materials Awareness and Ongoing Training Program for FDNY Building 

Inspectors

Curriculum Development: 

Customized curriculum specific 

to New York city codes

$3,500

Course Delivery: 369 Inspectors 

receive 8 hour class; 12 

members per class for 30 

classes: $2,500 per class day x 

30 days

$75,000

Course Delivery: 10 High 

Hazard Group Inspectors 2 

class days for 16 hrs. training 

@ $2,500 per day

$5,000

Chemistry of Hazardous 

Materials (E. Meyer) $100.67 

each x 31 = $3,120

$3,120

Common Sense Approach to 

HazMat (F. Fire) $57.30 x 31 = 

$1,779

1,779

Hazardous Materials 

Awareness DVD Series (Action 

Training System) 6 @ $420 

each = $2,520

$2,520

Wiley Guide to Chemical 

Incompatabilities (Polanish and 

Greene) $153.88 x 31 = $4,440

$4,770

Smartboard and Projector $2,500

ChemKnowledge Software 

System

$6,000

Misc. Training Supplies $750

Toughbooks, 6 @ $2,750 = $16,500

Total $121,439.00
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TEXAS

New Cingular is proposing to purchase a fire truck and associated equipment for a volunteer fire 

department serving a rural county in Texas, another state in which a significant number of 

potential EPCRA violations occurred. 

Yancey, Texas Volunteer Fire Department

Contact: Mark Blythe

Chief, Yancey VFD

PO Box 153 

Yancey, TX. 78886

(210) 219-8447

Background:

In April 2006, the only fire truck for the Yancey, Texas Volunteer Fire Department (YVFD) was 

destroyed while the Department was responding to a fire. The YVFD is seeking financial 

assistance to purchase a new truck and associated equipment. 

Request: $163,743

As indicated in the attached letter, the YVFD has requested the purchase of a new “minipumper” fire truck, which is also known as a “first responder unit.” According to the YVFD, this 

unit would greatly enhance the Department’s ability to respond to various emergencies, 

including those involving fires and/or hazardous materials. The unit is a Ford F550 with Pumper 

boxes and a mid-ship 1000 gpm pump. It has a 500 gallon polytank with “pump and roll 

capabilities” for wildland fires and is “class A foam” ready. The unit also has tools and 

equipment storage areas for several breathing apparatus. The cost of the unit has been quoted 

at $96,000.00 with an additional $4,000.00 for associated equipment. 

The Department also has requested the purchase of a compressed air foam system (CAFS), as 

well as some hoses and other necessary emergency response tools. A CAFS is a piece of 

equipment that increases the fire suppression capability of water (approximately 1 gal to 17 gal 

equivalent). CAFS purportedly assist with chemical fires resulting from an acid - magnesium 

reaction (where water alone is not sufficient). For fuel and chemical spills, the foam cover 

supposedly seals the vapors to prevent ignition and can provide containment for hazmat 

cleanup while reducing the amount of runoff.
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CALIFORNIA

New Cingular is proposing to purchase environmental health/hazardous materials training and 

emergency communications equipment for two populous counties and one rural town in 

California, another state in which a significant number of potential EPCRA violations occurred. 

San Diego Office of Emergency Services

Contact: Robert Barreras 

Emergency Services Coordinator 

County of San Diego Office of Emergency Services

5555 Overland Ave., Ste. 1911 

San Diego, CA 92123

Phone: 858.715.2341

Robert.Barreras@sdcounty.ca.gov

Background:

The Joint Hazardous Incident Response Team (HIRT) is made up of Hazardous Materials 

(HazMat) teams from the City of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and the County of San 

Diego Department of Environmental Health. HIRT was founded in 1981 by the San Diego 

County Unified Disaster Council. HIRT provides HazMat services to over 3 million San Diego 

County residents that reside in unincorporated San Diego County areas, 18 incorporated 

municipalities, five Indian Reservations, and other areas.

On average, HIRT responds to over 400 chemical-related emergencies and other hazardous 

material complaints per year. Emergency response activities include investigation, containment, 

identification, evaluation, and mitigation.

Due to severe budget cuts, HIRT has limited ability to provide its training to first responders in 

the seven training zones located in the San Diego Operational Area. When funding is available, 

HIRT trains emergency responders on topics such as the types of health risks encountered 

during hazardous material-related emergencies, as well as the HIRT system, and its role and 

responsibilities during an emergency response. This training leads to more efficient and 

effective emergency response, and ensures that first responders are better prepared to fulfill 

their duties safely, even in a hazardous environment.

Request: $80,000

The County of San Diego requests the amount of $80,000 in order to provide HIRT First 

Responder Training to the four training zones in early spring of 2012. 

Since first responder fire assets work on an A, B, and C shift calendar. The training would be 

provided three times in each training zone. This would allow each shift to receive the training, 

and a total of ten HIRT training presentations to each zone and 40 HIRT training presentations 

to the San Diego County Operational Area.

The HIRT First Responder Training is a four hour training course and will be comprised of:

Training on Environmental Health issues that impact the fire agencies and the San 

Diego County Operational Area

Introduction to the HIRT system

Tour of the HIRT vehicles and equipment
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PowerPoint instruction/training for the first responders on what to do during routine, nonterrorism-related, emergency response efforts such as those that might occur during a 

mercury spill.

Budget:

RESOURCE COST

HIRT Units (SDFD HM1 and DEH 

HM4)

$387 per hour

Ten (10) HIRT training presentations per training zone at 5 hrs per training (4hrs of training and 

1 hour of travel time) = $19,350 per training zone

Four training zones at $19,350 = $77,400 for 40 HIRT training presentations for the San Diego 

County Operational Area

NOTE: The remaining $2,600 will be utilized to purchase training preparation, incidentals, 

materials, supplies, and equipment.

Bodega Bay Fire Protection District

Contact: Sean Grinnell, Fire Chief 

Chief@bodegabayfire.com

510 Highway 1, Bodega Bay, CA 94923

PO Box 6, Bodega Bay, CA 94923

Phone # 707-875-3001

Fax # 707-875-2285

Background:

The Bodega Bay Fire Protection District is located in rural western Sonoma County and protects 

an area from the Sonoma-Marin county line in the south to the Russian River in the north along 

State Highway 1. The Fire District personnel respond to all types of emergencies that occur 

along the coast highway and on the beaches including chemical and oil spills, auto accidents, 

and medical emergencies.

The isolated, rural nature of the fire district causes many problems with both radio and cellular 

communications. The Fire District also works with many different public safety agencies which 

further complicates radio communications. According to the District, the purchase of specialized 

communications equipment would enhance its ability to respond to and coordinate emergency 

response. 

Request: $49,786

New base radio setup and scanner consisting of: TK-790 dual-head base radio (Qty. 1); 

Uniden BC 898T Scanner (Qty. 1); and 100’ Kenwood remote head cable (Qty. 1) --

$3,000.

Multi-band receive antenna with cable and splitter (Qty. 1) -- $200.

Kenwood Tk-790 Mobile radio CDF version 45w (Qty. 2) -- $2,400.

Bendix King (BK) GPH Commander portable radio with belt clips and microphone (Qty. 

8) -- $6,400.
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BK vehicle chargers (Qty. 8) -- $400.

Kenwood TK-4806K 800 mhz portable radios with batteries, antennas, and chargers 

(Qty. 4) -- $2,000.

Panasonic Tough Book computer with vehicle mount and charging kit (Qty. 2) --

$11,000.

GPS receiver for Tough Book (Qty. 2) -- $100.

Wilson brand cell phone repeaters for mobile apparatus (Qty. 5) -- $1,500.

Laptop connect cards (Qty. 2) -- $300.

iPhones for apparatus, purchased from Apple(Qty. 4) -- $900.

Thermal imaging camera (Qty. 1) -- $12,000.

Sigtronics BK headsets (Qty. 2) -- $975.

Bulk purchase of airtime minutes for iPhone usage -- $5,000.

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Motorola Minitor 5 pagers (Qty. 4) -- $1,843.

Motorola Minitor 5 programming package (Qty. 1) -- $379.

Bendix King programming package (Qty. 1) -- $199.

Kenwood Mobile programming package (Qty. 1) -- $199.

Los Angeles Police Department

Contact: Sergeant James MacDonald

Incident Command Post Unit

Emergency Operations Division

(213) 473-8548

(213) 400-9393 (Cell)

24274@lapd.lacity.org

Background:

The City of Los Angeles is the second largest city in the country and is home to the nation’s 

largest port complex and second largest rail transportation hub. The Los Angeles Police 

Department serves this diverse city of four million residents covering over 473 square miles. 

Because of its large population, diverse industrial base, miles of oceanfront and geographic 

location, the city faces a variety of emergency situations from the potential of a terrorist attack to 

the inevitability of a major earthquake, as well as the threat of environmental disasters like oil 

spills and toxic chemical releases. 

 

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The per-minute rate is $.06. This rate was not chosen with the intention to collect any profit. 

The total allotment of minutes is expected to provide all four iPhones with approximately 18 months of 

airtime each.
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The San Fernando Valley with a population of one and one-half million people is separated from 

the rest of the City and is accessible via four major transportation routes that are easily 

disrupted in the event of a major disaster. The Los Angeles Police Department is in the process 

of bolstering the emergency management capabilities of the San Fernando Valley portion of the 

city in the event that access routes are compromised.

The Department is requesting equipment to be utilized to improve the ability of the San 

Fernando Valley to operate independent of metropolitan LAPD resources when a disaster 

strikes, specifically for Hazardous Material incidents related to the transportation infrastructure 

or in the aftermath of a major earthquake, fire, or terrorist attack.

Extreme budget cuts by the state and city have hampered the department’s ability to secure 

funding for this urgently needed equipment.

Request: $50,142

The Department has requested equipment that would enable the rapid deployment of a 

complete mobile command post at any disaster site in the San Fernando Valley. The 

equipment would enable to the Department to operate independently when cut off from 

command support from the downtown LAPD infrastructure. It would play an integral role in 

disaster response by providing essential communications for first responders and other key 

personnel. The equipment would enable the coordination of relief efforts and improve the 

overall response of key agencies when a disaster strikes. 

Equipment requested:

2 Motosat Satellite Antennae @ $2,445.00 each + tax $5,318.00

(Situational Disaster Awareness)

4 Computer/Television Monitors @ $1,700.00 each + tax $6,800.00

(Situational Disaster Awareness)

2 Portable Satellite Systems w/tripod @ $715.00 each + tax $1,430.00

(Situational Disaster Awareness)

1 Wilburt Vertical light tower @ $15,600.00 + tax $15,600.00

(Lighting for remote command posts)

1 Magnum Light Tower trailer @ $9,813.29 + tax $11,820.09

 (Lighting for remote command posts)

2 Honda portable generators EU3000IS @ $1,961.88 + tax $3,923.76

2 Public Address systems @ $600.00 each + tax $1,200.00

10 Ice Chests @ $140.00 each + tax $1,400.00

5 EZ-Up Shelters @ $530.00 each + tax $2,650.00

Note: Due to regulations adopted by the City of Los Angeles regarding acceptance of grants 

and donations, the equipment may need to be donated to the LA Police Foundation which would

then give the equipment to the Department.