Is your Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) active? How can Texans learn if they have an active LEPC? Call your LEPC Chairperson now from the list. For the rest of the nation visit the EPA State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) contact webpage Eight Key Questions for everyone to ask LEPC Chairperson. If you feel lucky then just ignore all this.

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Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act
Is Your Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC) Active?

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”The official listed as the head of the McLennan
County LEPC is County Judge Scott
Felton. Felton, appointed to the post last year,
told News 8 in an interview that he's never heard
of the LEPC.” -WFAA-TV

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How can Texans learn if they have an
active LEPC?
• Call your LEPC Chairperson now
• List of Texas LEPC Chairpersons
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/CouncilsCommittees/

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Eight Key Questions to ask LEPC Chairperson
1. Do we have a current LEPC chairperson?
2. Is there a LEPC community emergency coordinator?
3. Is there a LEPC information/communications coordinator?
4. Does the LEPC hold regular meetings?
5. Are LEPC meetings advertised notifying the public?
6. Has the LEPC developed an emergency response plan,
and submitted it to the State Emergency Response
Commission (SERC)?
7. Does the LEPC publish a newspaper notice about
availability of emergency response plan?
8. Has the LEPC reviewed the emergency response plan in
the past year?

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For the rest of the nation visit the EPA
State Emergency Response Commission
(SERC) contact webpage
• http://www.epa.gov/osweroe1/content/epcra/serc
_contacts.htm
• Scroll down for your state
• Click on the url for the state SERC website.
• Navigate to the LOCAL LEPC locating your
specific demographic area.

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Call now asking the eight questions
inquiring if you have an active LEPC
preparing and planning in mitigating the
severity of consequence of the next
incident just around the corner

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What Should a LEPC
Emergency Response Plan Include?
• Hazards Identification
• Vulnerability Analysis
• Risk Analysis
Technical Guidance for Hazards Analysis
FEMA/U.S. DOT/EPA (Green Book)
http://www.epa.gov/osweroe1/docs/chem/tech.pdf

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Phased Approach to
Hazard Analysis
• Screening phase (Green Book)
• Planning phase
• Scenario phase

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Handbook of Chemical Hazard Analysis
Procedures (Brown Book) FEMA/U.S.DOT/ EPA
http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?
Dockey=10003MK5.PDF
Describes four steps within the hazards analysis
process

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Hazard Analysis Results
• List of VULNERABLE FACILITIES
• MAP OF VULNERABLE FACILITIES
• List of REGULATED FACILITIES
• THREAT MAP - REGULATED FACILITIES
Information included in Annex Q: Hazardous Materials & Oil Spill Response,
of the County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/lepc/pdfs/05_annexq.pdf

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Examples of Active LEPC’s
• Southeast Regional Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC)
http://www.serlepc.org/LEPC%20Home.htm
• City of Deer Park Local Emergency Planning Committee
(LEPC) http://www.deerparklepc.org/

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If you feel lucky then just ignore all this