[CPEO-MEF] BIOLABS: Community want Ft. Detrick (MD) notification agreement

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Group wants city, Detrick agreement on notifications
Discussion centers on standards for emergency notifications, deadlines


By Courtney Mabeus
Frederick News Post (MD)
August 11, 2012



A containment lab watchdog group is asking the city of Frederick and  
Fort Detrick to agree on standards for notifying elected officials  
about emergencies on post and to establish deadlines for  
communicating on nonemergency matters.

The Containment Laboratory Community Advisory Committee submitted a  
draft memorandum of understanding to the city's Board of Aldermen on  
Monday. The document asks the city and Detrick officials to set a  
time frame, within hours, during which the post must notify elected  
officials of "all incidents that may impact or cause concern  
regarding the health and safety" of the community.

The memorandum directs elected and post officials to respond to  
queries from each other on nonemergency matters within 48 hours. It  
also asks post officials to acknowledge CLCAC inquiries within three  
days by coming to a "mutual agreement about the appropriate timing  
for a specific response, depending on the nature of the inquiry."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm? 
StoryID=139297

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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