There were some lessons learned from the June 30 spill of sulfuric acid from the eastern parts of the City of Warren to North Warren.

“It was a pretty complex incident,” Warren County Public Safety Director Ken McCorrison said. “It spanned a few municipalities.”

Nonetheless, “it went pretty well,” he said. “When we got there, a majority of the product had already gone into the asphalt.”

The incident pointed out some weaknesses in the Local Emergency Planning Committee’s fee schedule — used to determine how much the responsible party owes when there is an incident.

“We felt there were some things in here that needed to be clarified a little bit,” he said. “If we have stuff that we’re going to use or expend, we want to have a way to recoup those costs.”

In most cases, costs will go up or stay the same.

There are some proposed new categories — Officer-in-Charge, ATV/UTV use, and drones.

Bringing out the county’s mass casualty trailer, LED sign trailer, or hazardous materials response trailer would run $150 per hour. Barricades would be $20 per use.

Commodities like cinders, sand, and dirt — dirt was used to soak up any remaining material from the acid spill — would be charged at market rate.

There was one instance where the LEPC proposed eliminating a cost.

A line item of $25 per use of a cell phone was on the list.

“I checked,” McCorrison said. “I made 75 calls” during the incident.

That would be $1,875 just from McCorrison’s phone.

“Everybody on the scene was on a cell phone,” he said.

He said charging the responsible party at a rate of $25 per call in an era when cell phone is the mode of communication of choice is not reasonable.

“That’s something I propose we scratch,” he said.

An invoice amount for the acid spill had not been determined as of Friday, according to McCorrison.