Membership
LEPC Members Needed
As the Pima County LEPC celebrates the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), the committee is seeking people from the following areas to become members of this active community committee.
This committee is responsible for the planning for the safety of the citizens of Pima County from a hazardous materials release. Under the federal law, this committee has several responsibilities from the inventory of hazardous materials at facilities throughout the county, to the transportation of hazardous materials to ensuring that capabilities are in place to notify and control a release of any kind.
The LEPC is seeking Pima County people from the following areas:
- Elected Local Officials
- Law Enforcement
- Emergency Management
- Hazardous Materials Response
- Health Officials
- Hospital Representatives
- Broadcast and Print Media
- Community Organizations
- Community Planning Groups
- Owners/Operators/Safety personnel of hazardous material facilities
- Owners/Operators/Safety personnel of hazardous material transportation
- Owners/Operators/Safety personnel of hazardous material pipeline services
There is no pay associated with this committee…reimbursement from time to time. Education will be provided covering the LEPC roles and responsibilities of each member and the committee as a whole.
This committee meets four times each year, January, April, July and October and are always open to the Public to attend. In fact, we encourage the public to attend.
All interested persons should fill out an application.
New LEPC Sub-Committee
The Pima County LEPC will be authorizing a new sub-committee at the January Quarterly Meeting to support the responsibilities and activities of the LEPC. This new sub-committee will allow those people from organizations that are critical to the planning process for hazardous materials planning that due to work restrictions are not allowed to be a voting member of the LEPC. This sub-committee will be entitled Advisory Sub-Committee. Members of this sub-committee will be allowed to participate in all activities same as the voting members. The people in this role will have no voting rights, they will not be allowed to hold an LEPC Officer position and they will not be allowed to represent the Pima County LEPC at significant events.
People who want to participate with the LEPC in this capacity will still need to submit the same application as a voting member. This will identify the expertise that the person has to support the needs and responsibilities of the LEPC.
Members who are not in compliance with the membership requirements as listed in the Pima County LEPC Bylaws will be placed into this membership, after being notified.
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