Chair Andrew Hart Co-Chair Foner Curtis
Treasurer Ray O. Sisk Secretary Donna Allen
NEXT LEPC
MEETING:
March 2, 2010 at 10:30 AM at the Knox County EMA
Office.
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What Is the LEPC?
LEPC - Local Emergency Planning Committee
A Local Emergency Planning Committee or LEPC, is a voluntary organization which is established in an Emergency Planning District designed by the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC). LEPC's are crucial to local hazardous materials planning and community right-to-know programs. The membership comes from the local area and should be familiar with factors that affect public safety, the environment, and the economy of the jurisdiction. That expertise is essential as the LEPC advises the writers of the Local Emergency Response Plan, so that the plan is tailored to the needs of its planning district. In addition to its formal duties, the LEPC serves as a focal point in the community for information and discussions about hazardous substance emergency planning, and health and environmental risks as well as natural disaster planning.
MEMBERSHIP
The provisions of EPCRA at the federal level require that the following groups are represented on each LEPC:
- elected state and local officials (e.g., Mayor, state representatives, Board of Commissioners).
- law enforcement (e.g., police, Sheriff, state police)
- civil defense (e.g., county or local Emergency Management
Coordinator)
fire fighting (e.g., Fire Marshal, Fire Chief, fire trainer, both paid and volunteer) - first aid and health (e.g., Emergency Medical Services (EMS), health department representative)
- local environmental (e.g., local public interest groups, Audubon Society, wastewater treatment)
- hospital (e.g., local hospital)
- transportation personnel (e.g. local trucking/rail firm representative, public works and Department of Transportation (DOT) personnel)
- broadcast and print media (e.g. newspaper reporter, radio or television )
- community groups (e.g., neighborhood association, service clubs) and
owners/operators of facilities subject ot the reporting requirements of SARA Title III
.View the LEPC Membership List
(Password Required)
LOCAL NOTICE
In accordance with SARA Title III Community Right-to-Know Law, the Knox
County Local Emergency Planning Committee is hereby giving notice that the
Chemical Emergency Response Plans and Information are available for public
review Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM to 4 PM at the Knox County EMA
Office, County Courthouse, 26 Union Street, Rockland, ME.
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