Kim Carpenter

San Juan County CEO

May 17, 2016

SAN JUAN COUNTY

Building a Stronger Community

Emergency Response

Gold King Mine Spill

Emergency Response

Gold King Mine Spill

(Emergency Response

(Notification)

Email sent on August 5th from Durango Colorado.

0900 AM August 6th a phone was made .

SJC made phone notifications to: *(Shut off water intake)

City of Farmington

City of Aztec

Navajo Nation

Ditch Riders

Water users association

Back up call to State Engineer office. They also made notification calls.

Open EOC Aug 6:

The San Juan County EOC (Emergency Operation Center)

San Juan County CEO (Liaison) for Federal, State, Elected Officials, and Local

Agencies.

San Juan County EOC: SJC Office of Emergency Management exercised the San

Juan County Emergency Operations Plan; (for) San Juan County, City of Farmington,

City of Aztec.

Navajo Nation Emergency Management attends EOC Briefings.

(EOC) Our Incident Management Objectives were:

Life Safety

Incident Stabilization

Property Conservation Secure river water supply to ditches, reservoirs, water users, well users.

Secure/notify all river corridor citizens/business’ of potential contamination.

Keep potential contamination from entering into agriculture.

Sample Testing.

Emergency Declaration to the State Of New Mexico (State EOC)

San Juan County Declares Emergency (Aug 7, 2015).

Governor signed Declaration (Aug 11, 2015) State of New Mexico.

Governors Susan Martinez visit.

EPA Administrator Visit (Gina McCarthy).

Congressman Ben Ray Lujan Jr.

Senator Martin Heinrich.

Attorney General Hector Balderas.

EOC Priorities from incident Action Plan

Provide Drinking Water to Well Users

Fire Dept’s / City and County water stations at Fire Houses (Fill stations),

Bloomfield Fire Dept. City of Aztec RV Site. Farmington Fire Dept.

Water for Livestock

Coordinated with NM Extension Agent. San Juan County Fire Dept Water

Tanker Deliveries. Extension Agent coordinated scheduling.

Water for Homeless

Red Cross / Dept of Health (DOH) / City of Farmington assists with pickup

and deliveries.

EOC Priorities from incident Action Plan

Showers for Homeless and Well water users

Aztec Schools, National Guard armory (FMTN), McGee Park.

Communications Reverse 911, PIO Press Release to Media, Social Media, Open a Joint

Information Center, County, Cities, and NMED.

Notification to State of NM EOC via Daily Situations reports.

Nightly Community Meetings (Civic Center).

Notification/Communications with the Navajo Nation.

Meeting with the Speaker of the House/Counsel Navajo Nation Window Rock.

EOC Priorities from incident Action Plan

Water Testing

McGee Park, NMED; Coordinate locations, tents, trailers, Generators

(During San Juan County Fair) (Challenge)

Special Needs Community

Coordinate with San Juan Center for Independence for water and special

needs during the emergency for special needs community.

Senior Centers, Schools, Nursing Homes

Coordinate will all agencies to ensure their users were notified and made

aware of assistance from the county.

Showers

Nursing Homes, Bloomfield Nursing welcomed citizens to use their facility.

Red Cross

Water delivers to Navajo Nation/Chapter houses/ NM and Utah,

Coordinated out of the EOC

EOC Priorities from incident Action Plan

(Unified Command )with EPA Regions 6, 8, 9

SAN JAUN COUNTY

NMED

Navajo Nation

City of Aztec

City of Farmington

NM Extension Office

CH2M

EOC Priorities from incident Action Plan

Deescalate – Return to Normal

12 hour Reenergize San Juan County Ditches (Flush)

5:00 PM 8/14/2016 to 5:00 AM 8/15/2016

Close all water Station

Close all Shower Stations

Well Testing (open) if Safe

Chapter House Meetings (CEO, OEM, Commissioner)

Rescind Emergency Declaration

Final Sitrep

Final Press Release

(Emergency Response

EOC Priorities from incident Action Plan

Return to Normal ?

(Emergency Response

EOC Priorities from incident Action Plan

Return to Normal ?

EOC Priorities

Moving Forward

(Joint) Spring Runoff Preparedness Plan

San Juan County Emergency Operations Center (Stand by)

Stream Gauges (Animas River)

City Of Farmington (Turbidity Alarms) (Farmington Lake)

Water Users Association ability to pull from other sources.

Emergency Notification Reverse 911.

Water Users/Reservoirs.

Farmers Ditches (NM Extension Office).

Livestock (NM Extension Office).

Thank YouQuestions?