In 1986 Congress passed the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Public Law 99-499, commonly known as EPCRA or SARA Title III. Section 301(a) of the legislation required each governor to appoint a state emergency response commission (SERC) by April of 1987. Section 301(b) charged the SERCs with the responsibility of dividing the states into planning districts and Section 301(c) for appointing local emergency planning committees (LEPCs). In 1987, the Massachusetts State Emergency Response Commission, in compliance with the new legislation, designated each Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency subarea as planning districts and appointed an LEPC for each city and town within them.
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The Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) meets quarterly.
The LEPC includes representation from each of the following categories prescribed in the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of the 1986 (EPCRA);
Elected Officials
Emergency Management
Law Enforcement
Fire Service
Emergency Medical Services
Health
Environmental
Hospital
Transportation
Media
Community Groups
Facilities
Public Works
