Northern Kentucky Emergency Planning Committee.
In 1986 the Emergency Planning and Community Right To Know Act (EPCRA) was created to assist communities in planning for chemical emergencies. State and local governments are required to prepare and protect their communities from chemical hazard risks. Industries are required to report to the Local Emergency Planning Committee on the storage, use and release of hazardous substances.
Local Emergency Planning Committee’s (LEPCs) are required under the EPCRA to develop and review response plans and provide information about chemicals within the community to citizens.
The Northern Kentucky Emergency Planning Committee (NKEPC) is a collaboration of Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton, Grant, Robertson, and Bracken Counties to serve collectively as Northern Kentucky’s LEPC.
Extremely Hazardous Substance’s have additional reporting and planning requirements. Facilities having any of these chemicals in quantities greater than 500 pounds or the threshold planning quantity (TPQ) are required to notify the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC – also known as KERC) and the NKEPC of the presence of these chemicals within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such chemicals. Within 30 days after notification the facility is required to provide emergency response planning information to the NKEPC and assist the NKEPC developing a Title III Plan (TAB Q-7) for all EHS’s in excess of the TPQ In accordance with KRS 39E.150. The Plan will be included in the County’s Emergency Operation Plan (EOP) hazardous materials appendix and shall emphasize a coordinated response by all local emergency response organizations.
