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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.