LEPCs

Reportable releases under CERCLA must be reported to the National Response Center, at (800) 424-8802. Reporting under EPCRA requires notifying the facihty s LEPC (or relevant local emergency response personnel if there is no LEPC) and the SERC of any state likely to be affected. If a faciUty is near the border of another state, that state may have to be notified as well. Notification is required to be immediate, which is usually defined as within 30 minutes of the release. State or local authorities may have additional or different reporting requirements. Eailure to report release in a timely manner can result in severe penalties from the regulatory authorities. 

The LEPC ineludes eleeted state and loeal oflfieials. Besides eleeted offieials, the LEPC eould inelude poliee, fire, eivil defense, publie health, hospital, and transportation offieials, as well as environmental experts and faeility representatives. The LEPC requires the development of emergeney response plans. 

Under this provision, facilities should notify the LEPC and consequently the SERC of any possible environmental release of specific chemicals. The specific chemicals referred to in SARA Title III are found on the Extremely Hazardous Substance List (40 CER 355) and the Reportable Quantity List (the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act [CERCLA] Section 103 [a]). 

According to EPCRA, facilities should provide either an MSDS or a list of chemicals to the SERC, LEPC, and local fire department. If facilities choose to supply only a list, the list should include specific information including health hazards, fire hazards, reactivity hazards, and physical data for every chemical on the list. Although only a list is required, the additional requirements for specific information makes the submission of only a list a rare occurrence. The use of MSD sheets is one of the most commonly used tools to convey this information. 

Eacilities should complete an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory. Because inventories change, it is typical to see the inventory list contain ranges for the amounts of chemicals on hand. This inventory is to be submitted to the LEPC, SERC, and local fire department [2]. 

Each local emergency planning committee was responsible for developing an emergency response phm by October 17, 1987. An LEPC was to be composed of elected stale and local officials police, fire, civil defense, and public health professionals representatives of community groups ... 

Facility notifies LEPC of selection of a facility rcprcscnlalive to ser e as facility emergency coordinator [Section 303(d)(1)]... 

Material safety data sheets or list of MSDS cheniictils submitted to SERC, LEPC, and local fire department [Section 311(d))... 

LEPCs complete preparation of an emergency plan [Section 303(a)]... 

The LEPC (see Cliapter 3) has developed warning systems, evacuation plans, and shclter-in-place instructions. Individual citizens can also ask lire local plant to explain how tlicir emergency response plans mesh witli lire LEPC. The plant must immediately report all incidents of chemical releases to the NRC, tire SERC, and tire LEPC. 

Report releases of a reportable quantity of a hazardous substance to the state Emergency Response Commission (SERC) for each state likely to be affected. Also provide notice to the local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) for any area affected by the release. 

The plan must be coordinated with local emergency response plans developed by Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) and local emergency response agencies. As with similar OSHA regulations, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and the... 

Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) A committee appointed by the state emergency response commission, as required by Title III of SARA, to formulate a comprehensive emergency plan. 

Lobry de Bruyn-Alberda van Ekenstein reaction, 4 712 Lobsters, aquaculture, 3 189 Local chain conformation, HDPE, 20 162 Local emergency planning committee (LEPC), 21 589... 

As a first step in assisting the LEPCs, EPA identified approximately 400 EHSs largely on the basis of their immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) values developed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety... 

Information related to broader industry issues, newly recognized hazards, and lessons learned from near misses and actual incidents can also be shared with customers and users as part of product stewardship. Trade, professional, and other cooperative organizations such as universities and local emergency planning committees (LEPCs) can be effective vehicles for information sharing, in addition to individual company initiatives. 

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