Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) was created as a result of the 1984 chemical plant incident in Bhopal, India to ensure proper planning was taking place in the United States in reagrds to hazardous materials.  To ensure that local communities know what chemical risks are in their communities, people that have certain quantities of identified chemicals are required to submit paperwork annually to the Local Emergency Planning Committee, State Emergency Response Commission, and the fire protection agency that protects their facility.  Gallatin County Emergency Management has recently added information to our website that provides information on this "Tier" reporting requirement at http://www.readygallatin.com/tier.php.