Tyler Counties Local Emergency Planning Committee or LEPC, is a voluntary organization
that is established in an Emergency Planning District designated by the State
Emergency Response Commission (SERC).
Both SERC and LEPCs were established to meet the requirements of the federal
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act or (EPCRA), also known as the
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (SARA), Title III) for emergency
response planning.
The LEPCs use information from Tier II reports to perform hazard assessments for their
communities. In addition, the LEPCs must make information from these reports
available to the public, upon request. Under EPCRA and the Texas Community
Right-to-Know Act, LEPCs may also request additional hazardous chemical
information from facilities for emergency planning purposes.
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Nick Toparcean
Chairman
Betty Zimmerman
Co-Chairman