KNOX COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
62 Union St. Rockland, ME  04841
(207) 594-5155
knoxlepc@midcoast.com

 

Chair Andrew Hart

Co-Chair Francis Johnson

Treasurer Ray O. Sisk

Secretary Donna Allen

 







What is 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 (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

LEPC Membership List

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

 

             

                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                       
 
The meetings are held on the Second Wednesday of each month except for July and August.The Committee meets at the Knox County Emergency Management Agency located in the Knox County County House.

The next LEPC Meeting will be on May 13, 2008 at 10:30 AM
  at the Knox County EMA Office.

 

Knox County LEPC Constitution/ByLaws

 

 Meeting Minutes

Training

 

Tasks of LEPC

SERC

Knox County EMA

Suspicious Mail

Rockland HazMat Team's Equipment - No longer available

2005 Public Officials' Conference - October 12, 2005,

Knox County Hazrard Mitigation Plan

Gulf Deployment Educattion

Pandemic Influezna

MEMA

Knox County Pan Flu Brochure




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