History of LEPC 6

District 6 Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC 6) was established along with LEPCs in each region of the state to provide a forum for first responders, State and local elected officials, emergency managers, industry representatives, hospital and public health officials, the news media and the general community to work together and achieve local solutions. LEPCs were established by the State Emergency Response Commission from the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, enacted as Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act to prevent emergency situations from hazardous chemicals.

LEPCs are able to foster a valuable dialogue within the community to prevent and prepare for accidental (and purposeful) releases of hazardous chemicals. The LEPCs were originally created to focus solely on hazardous chemical response, but most have take an All Hazards approach to planning and response. All Hazards approach means that LEPC 6 is focusing on planning for all hazards that may affect our communities, not just chemical emergencies.

LEPC 6 works with the Windham Regional Commission to develop and update emergency plans, plans for workshops, drills and exercises and to educate citizens.

Community Right-to-Know Act

The EPCRA was established in the wake of the Bhopal disaster in India, where more than 2,000 people died as a result of an accidental release of hazardous chemicals. The community right-to-know provisions help increase the public's knowledge and access to information on chemicals at individual facilities, their uses, and releases into the environment. States and communities, working with facilities, can use the information to improve chemical safety and protect public health and the environment.

Right-to-Know Act requires that the following information is available to the public upon request during normal business hours: Material Safety Data Sheets, Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms, Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Forms, and Hazardous Material Emergency Plan for District VI. Most of these forms are available by contacting Dinah Reed at WRC. You can also contact Randy Bronson for more details and help understanding these materials.

Randy Bronson, Hazardous Materials Compliance Program Manager, manages the Tier II Compliance program at Vermont Emergency Management. Contact Randy with questions on any of the above hazardous materials forms.
Phone: 802.244.8721
Email: rbronson@dps.state.vt.us