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U.S., Enbridge Reach $177 Million Settlement after Oil Spills; Requires Action to Prevent Future Spills

In addition to payments required under the proposed settlement, Enbridge is committing to the following measures:

• Enhance its emergency spill response preparedness programs by conducting four emergency spill response exercises to test and practice Enbridge’s response to a major inland oil spill
• Improve training and coordination with state and local emergency responders by requiring incident command system training for employees, provide training to local responders, participate in area response planning and organize response exercises

To learn more about the settlement, click here: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/enbridge-clean-water-act-settlement

Code of Honor Scholarship Deadline This Friday!

If you are an ICC Governmental Member Voting Representative, don’t miss your chance to apply for a Code of Honor Scholarship to support your attendance at ICC’s Public Comment Hearings, October 19 – 25. The application period is currently open and will close on Friday, August 5. Code of Honor Scholarship Program details are available here: http://www.iccsafe.org/membership/scholarships/code-of-honor-scholarships/, or for specific questions, call 888-ICC-SAFE (422-7233), ext. 5268. Thank you in advance for making this program successful.

The International Association of Building Officials (IABO) is offering scholarship to attend the upcoming hearings.

You do not have to be a member of IABO to receive a scholarship at this time, membership may end up being part of the scholarship.  They currently have 30 scholarships left.  All you have to do is agree to the guidelines and submit the application.  Primarily, attend at least six hours of hearings each day you are there, and they will pay for transportation, food and lodging up to $2,000.00.  You do have to submit receipts.  This scholarship is a good way for Missouri to have a good showing at the hearings without killing your budget.  This scholarship does not cover the conference, just the hearings. It can work well for supplementing the hearings with the conference.

ICC Regional Manager, Tim Schmitz, is collecting some information and asks the question:

Has your jurisdiction removed the floor membrane protections in a NON-SPRINKLERED single family dwelling from your IRC provisions?  This is referenced in the ’12 R501.3 and the ’15 R302.13 sections.

Please send your response to him directly at [email protected].

Please find the new ICC flyer on the IPMC and Zika virus – Zika Flyer