Local Emergency Planning Committee

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015964",
  "term": "Local Emergency Planning Committee",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The body appointed by the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), as required by EPCRA, which develops comprehensive emergency plans for Local Emergency Planning Districts, collects MSDS forms and chemical release reports, and provides this information to the public. Each county and some large city governments participate in an LEPC.\n\n2. A committee appointed by the state emergency response commission, as required by SARA Title III, to formulate a comprehensive emergency plan for its jurisdiction.\n\n3. The local emergency planning committee appointed by the emergency response commission\n\n4. Local emergency planning committee as established under 42 U.S.C. 11001(c).",
  "abbreviation": "LEPC",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Terms of Environment; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary",
    "40 CFR 350.1 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 68.3 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/local-emergency-planning-committee/"
}