The Shelby County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) is a voluntary organization. It was created by Shelby County Resolution 97-04-14-12, for the purpose of complying with several legislation's. These legislation's include:

Public Law 99-949;
Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), and
Alabama Executive Order No. 4, which established a State Emergency Response Commission in Alabama (SERC).

WHAT DOES THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE DO?

Under the Federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to Know Act (EPCRA), the Shelby County LEPC is the focal point for chemical emergency response planning and implementation in Shelby County. The LEPC's key responsibilities include:

Assisting local governments in developing hazardous materials emergency response plans.
Evaluating the county's need for resources to respond to hazardous materials emergencies.
Processing requests from the public for information on hazardous materials in the county.
Local emergency Planning Committees are required to receive the annual Tier Two (chemical inventory) Reports from facilities in their jurisdictions. The LEPC use this information to perform hazard assessments for the county. The LEPC must also provide information from these reports to the public, upon request.

WHO PARTICIPATES IN AN LEPC?

Each LEPC must include, at a minimum, representatives from these groups and organizations:
Elected local officials, Law enforcement, fire, first aid, health, emergency medical services, local environmental, emergency management, hospital and transportation personnel, broadcast and print news media, Community groups and organizations, Business and Industry - owners and operators of facilities subject to the reporting requirements of EPCRA.


Archive Meeting Minutes and other LEPC Information.