This guide provides an overview of the EPCRA requirements for:

• State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs),
• Tribal Emergency Response Commissions (TERCs),
• Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs), and
• Tribal Emergency Planning Committees (TEPCs).

These requirements include emergency planning, emergency release notifications, and hazardous chemical inventory reporting.

• How to Better Prepare Your Community for a Chemical Emergency: A Guide for State, Tribal and Local Agencies (PDF)(10 pp, 171 K, June 2015)