PUBLIC INFORMATION NOTICE
The Aroostook County Local Emergency Planning Committee, in accordance with Title 37B, MRSA Chapter 13, hereby posts the following information:
The Planning Committee has on file information pertaining to Hazardous Chemical Inventories for facilities in Aroostook County that store, use, or produces such products. This information is available for Public Review, Monday-Thursday from 9:00 AM until 2:30 PM. Appointments are not required, but would be appreciated.
The Aroostook County Local Emergency Planning Committee conducts quarterly meetings on the last Thursday of the month at 1:00 PM. The dates and locations of these meetings are listed below.
DATE LOCATION
February 22, 2024 Aroostook County EMA Office, Caribou
May 23, 2024 Aroostook County EMA Office, Caribou
August 22, 2024 Aroostook County EMA Office, Caribou
November 14, 2024 Aroostook County EMA Office, Caribou
The Public is invited to attend any and all of the meetings.
Dates and locations are subject to change.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
158 Sweden Street
Caribou, Maine 04736
(207) 493-4328
All the information you need to know about the Aroostook County LEPC.
Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) must develop an emergency response plan, review the plan at least annually, and provide information about chemicals in the community to citizens. Plans are developed by LEPCs with stakeholder participation. There is one LEPC for each of the more than 3,000 designated local emergency planning districts.
Aroostook County’s LEPC meets several times a year and works together with local first responder agencies as well as many facilities, businesses and other partners to develop a Emergency Operations Plan.
For more information, please contact Aroostook EMA at (207) 493-4328.
What are the required elements of a community emergency response plan?
- Identification of facilities and transportation routes of extremely hazardous substances
- Description of emergency response procedures, on and off site
- Designation of a community coordinator and facility emergency coordinator(s) to implement the plan
- Outline of emergency notification procedures
- Description of how to determine the probable affected area and population by releases
- Description of local emergency equipment and facilities and the persons responsible for them
- Outline of evacuation plans
- A training program for emergency responders (including schedules)
- Methods and schedules for exercising emergency response plans
Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986
https://www.maine.gov/mema/maine-prepares/plans-trainings-exercises/serc
https://www.epa.gov/epcra/what-epcra
https://www.epa.gov/epcra/epcra-section-304
https://www.epa.gov/epcra/epcra-sections-311-312
https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program
https://www.epa.gov/epcra/epcra-trade-secret-forms-and-instructions
Aroostook County LEPC Annual & Legal Requirements
The Right to Know Request Form
