The Adams County LEPC

Mission Statement

The mission of the Adams County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) is to work cooperatively to seek out, discuss and evaluate the potential risk from hazardous chemicals (i.e. those products that have a Material Safety Data Sheet – MSDS) stored in and transported through the county, to seek ways to minimize the risk, to collect and make available information about hazardous chemicals in the community and to work cooperatively in this effort with all public safety agencies, local officials, business and industry and the general public… for the people of Hastings and Adams County.

	LEPC Introduction The passage of the SARA Title III: Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 mandates that facilities which produce, utilize and/or store certain hazardous materials must report these chemicals to State environmental authorities. This Act has also intensified local governmental authorities' and the community's concern and interest about these facilities.  It encourages these facilities to initiate community awareness about the chemicals they use and to work with local governments, emergency response organizations, and neighborhood groups in developing emergency plans in the event of a hazardous materials incidents at these facilities.