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The Cabarrus County LEPC conducts planning and
manages information about hazardous chemicals
manufactured, stored and transported within the county
to assist in the protection of its citizens.
No business – whether a large factory or a small
office – is immune to emergencies. If your business
needs to learn more about planning for and surviving
emergency situations, then please join the Cabarrus
County Local Emergency Planning Committee. This
committee is comprised of local business representatives
and municipal and county emergency responders in effort
to learn from each other and provide resources to:
- Handle on-site emergencies or chemical releases
- Effectively coordinate with local response
emergency agencies
- Coordinate response to multi-agency incidents
- Initiate and Continue emergency response
planning
- Understand OSHA standards
Short Term & Long Term
Objectives
- County response development.
- Site specific response plans (EHS facilities),
collect and review.
- Dispense public information as required by
regulations - Community Right-to-Know, LEPC meeting
notices, education on how public can/should protect
themselves (shelter-in-place education).
- Ensure maintenance of emergency response list.
Officers
Chairman: David
Troutman, Cabarrus Health Alliance Environmental Health
Secretary:
Sandra Adcock, Cabarrus Emergency Management
2009 Meeting Schedule
Quarterly meetings are held in the EOC of the
Cabarrus County Emergency Management Department within
the Sherriff's Office and Detention Center located at 30
Corban Ave SE, Concord N.C. STE FM601 at 3:00 p.m. The first meeting will be Feb. 11;
the remaining dates are: Apr 8, June 10, Aug. 12, Oct.
14, & Dec 9.
For more information, please call 704-920-2143.
Emergency Planning & Community
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
On October 17, 1986, in response to a growing concern
for safety around chemical facilities, Congress enacted
the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act
(EPCRA), also known as Title III of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). The Act has
had a far-reaching influence on issues relating to
hazardous materials. EPCRA is the federal law that gives
citizens the Right-to-Know about chemicals stored in our
communities and the risks they pose.
View EPCRA at
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch116.html.
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