Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)

Meetings

• 10:30 am
• 3rd Wednesday of every other month

Members

• Angela Blake, Chair
  Emergency Management Specialist
• James Horne, Vice Chair
  Surf City Emergency Management
• Kira Frawley, Secretary
  Pender County Health Department

Overview

Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Local or Tribal Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs/TEPCs) must develop an emergency response plan, review the plan at least annually, and provide information about chemicals in the community to citizens. Plans are developed by LEPCs with stakeholder participation. There is one LEPC for each of the more than 3,000 designated local and tribal emergency planning districts. The LEPC membership must include (at a minimum):

• Elected state, local, and tribal officials;
• Police, fire, civil defense, and public health professionals;
• Environment, transportation, and hospital officials;
• Facility representatives, and
• Representatives from community groups and the media.