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EPA Issues Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for Reporting Animal Waste Air Emissions at Farms under the EPCRA

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• ChemLock Overview

• ChemLock Training

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Chemical Safety Board Safety Study: No. 2024-01-H Remote Isolation of Process Equipment

PHMSA Presentation: Lithium-Ion Battery Incidents

IAEM Newsletter Article Role of the LEPCs

WHAT IS THE LEPC?

A Local Emergency Planning Committee or LEPC, is a voluntary organization which is established in an Emergency Planning District designed by the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC). LEPC’s are crucial to local hazardous materials planning and community right-to-know programs. The membership comes from the local area and should be familiar with factors that affect public safety, the environment, and the economy of the jurisdiction. That expertise is essential as the LEPC advises the writers of the Local Emergency Response Plan, so that the plan is tailored to the needs of its planning district. In addition to its formal duties, the LEPC serves as a focal point in the community for information and discussions about hazardous substance emergency planning, and health and environmental risks as well as natural disaster planning.

MISSION STATEMENT

To prepare citizens, industries, and local emergency response agencies for chemical accidents by developing a comprehensive community program that will benefit the citizens of Fairfax County and municipalities within Fairfax by :

• Developing a comprehensive hazardous materials emergency response plan for our community. To be effective, planning must be an ongoing activity.
• Receive and record information about chemical releases
• Collect, manage, and provide public access to information on hazardous chemicals in our area.
• Educate the public about the risks from accidental and routine releases of chemicals and work with facilities to minimize the risks.

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Fairfax Joint Local Emergency Planning Committee (FJLEPC) would like to announce that facilities covered under the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) have submitted the emergency response plans, safety data sheets, and Tier II inventory forms per 42 CFR 116 – 11044. Follow-up emergency notices may subsequently be issued.

Members of the public who wish to review any such plan, sheet, form, or follow-up notice may do so from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday (excluding holidays) at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, Office of the Fire Marshal, 12099 Government Center PW, 3rd Floor, Fairfax, Virginia 22035.

For more information, please call the FJLEPC staff at 703-246-3973 or email trice.burgess@fairfaxcounty.gov.