How to Find Your Facility’s LEPC
LEPCs and TEPCs are integral to the Tier II Reporting process, but finding your facility’s specific LEPC can be difficult. Learn more in this article how to identify your LEPC.
How to Find Your Facility's LEPC
In the midst of reporting season, while tracking compliance from the federal to the local level, EHS teams are often swamped with tasks. For many, identifying Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) or Tribal Emergency Planning Committees (TEPCs) is just another hurdle to efficiently and accurately filing Tier II reports. Although LEPCs and TEPCs are integral to the Tier II reporting process, finding your facility’s specific LEPCs, or TEPCs, can often be an unnecessarily difficult requirement.
What are LEPCs/TEPCs?
Established under EPCRA and appointed by their State or Tribal Emergency Response Committees (SERCs) or (TERCs), LEPCs/TEPCs primarily serve to develop and review emergency response plans based on facility specific information and to provide information about chemicals and other hazardous wastes to their community members. LEPCs and TEPCs usually consist of elected officials, police, fire department, environment, hospital, and transportation officials, public health professionals, as well as facility and community representatives. These are the people who will actually receive and review your Tier II reports. It’s important to note that LEPCs and TEPCs will also mediate potential emergencies that stem from your facility as well as perform inspections if they chose to do so.
How to Find Your LEPC or TEPC:
Step 1: search the EPA SERC Contact List to find SERCs for your state.
- A quick note on SERCs:
State Emergency Response Committees (SERCs), also established under EPCRA, appoint and supervise LEPCs and TEPCs, review local plans, and establish procedures for processing public requests for information collected under EPCRA.
Step 2: Look for LEPC specific webpages.
- Some states, like Alabama for example, will have LEPC specific information by country listed under the EPA page linked above. If your state does not provide this information readily, don’t worry, continue onto step 3.
Step 3: Contact your SERC.
- The EPA list provides the name, department, mailing address, phone, and email address of SERCs within each state. Once you’ve obtained the contact information for your SERC, they can point you to your facility’s LEPC as well as answer any other questions you may have.
How Encamp Can Help:
This process can be dizzying, especially if you have multiple facilities across different LEPC jurisdictions. If you need further assistance with finding your LEPC or TEPC, your trail guide is here to help! Instead of having to manually send hundreds of reports to different LEPCs, Encamp submits your Tier II Reports to the appropriate authorities for you, as well as keeping track of local regulations for your facility. By removing the stress of tedious manual labor, Encamp helps the environment while helping you free up your time for other things.
Last updated on July 24, 2023