Local Emergency Planning Committee

Under Law of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986, Title III is the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). EPCRA does many things yet mandates state and local committees be developed to understand the risk posed by chemicals in their areaand be prepared to deal safely with these emergencies.The State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) is the administering body of the ND Hazardous Chemicals and Response Program. https://www.epa.gov/epcra/local-emergency-planning-committees

The Local Emergency Planning Committee reports to the SE LaMoure County Emergency Planning Committee Logo RC. Elected November 2019 leadership of the LaMoure County LEPC is:

Chairman - Bob Flath

Vice Chairman - Grant Mathern

Secretary/Treasurer - Kimberly Robbins, krobbins@nd.gov, 701-883-6096

Environmental Protection Agency The LEPC meets at least twice a year. The North Dakota Hazardous Chemicals Preparedness and Response Program fee system (TIER II fees) that is split in half between the state and the counties must be used wisely.

For more information on the LEPC, please see this presentation by Lori Reed from the EPA presentated at the 2016 North Dakota Hazardous Materials Conference:

Final 101 NO DAK 2016.pdf