South Korean Researchers Visit Barnstable

COURTESY OF THE BARNSTABLE COUNTY REGIONAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE

BARNSTABLE – A delegation of South Korean researchers and documentary filmmakers were on the Cape on Friday to learn about how the county manages hazardous materials.

South Korea is looking to modernize regulations and handling of the materials and are studying U.S. emergency planning and using the 1986 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act as a model.

The researchers from the Wonjin Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health met with the Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee. The committee presented a general overview of its role in both dealing with hazardous materials and general emergency planning for all hazards.

“We want our residents and citizens to trust us,” said delegation leader Shinbum Kim, the communication director at the Wonjin Institute. “We also hope they would participate in our activity. We are now in the start-up phase and have a lot of things to learn.”

The delegations next stop was Baltimore, Maryland.