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LOCAL EMERGENCY
PLANNING COMMITTEE

THE MISSION OF THE JASPER COUNTY, MISSOURI, LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE IS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY ASSISTING OUR COMMUNITIES WITH CHEMICAL INCIDENT PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS; AND BY RECEIVING, PROCESSING AND REPORTING ON CHEMICAL INFORMATION RECEIVED UNDER THE COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW LAWS.

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The passage of the SARA Title III: Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 mandates that facilities which produce, utilize and/or store certain hazardous materials must report these chemicals to State environmental authorities. This Act has also intensified local governmental authorities' and the community's concern and interest about these facilities. It encourages these facilities to initiate community awareness about the chemicals they use and to work with local governments, emergency response organizations, and neighborhood groups in developing emergency plans in the event of a hazardous materials incidents at these facilities. The Jasper County Local Emergency Planning Committee was created on January 23, 1997, with the following purposes in mind: to write a comprehensive HazMat response plan; to receive, record, and publish information from Tier II reports regarding storage of hazardous chemicals; and to monitor Hazardous Materials response and training within the county. Click link to view the LEPC Composition and Responsibilities according to the Emergency Planning and Community

Right-to-Know Act of 1986.

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Jasper County LEPC
303 E. 3rd St. Joplin,
MO 64801

Office: 417.624.0820 x261
Fax: 417.625.4737
Email: lepc@joplinmo.org

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Donal Melton, Co-Chairperson: dmelton@webbcitypd.org

 

Andrew Roughton, Co-Chairperson: aroughton@webbcityfd.org

 

Keith Stammer, Treasurer: kstammer@joplinmo.org

 

Regina Thomas, Secretary: rmthomas@freemanhealth.com

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LEPC meetings occur on the third Wednesday of every other month and are open to the public. Meeting locations alternate between Joplin and Carthage. For detailed information contact Keith Stammer at kstammer@joplinmo.org.

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There are no new Meetings as of now.

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DOT Launches Free App Featuring Emergency Response Guidebook, Delivers Hazmat Safety Info into the Hands of Emergency Responders

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced a free, mobile web app of its Emergency Response Guidebook 2012 (ERG).  The new safety tool will provide the nation’s emergency responders with fast, easily accessible information to help them manage hazardous material incidents.

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The mobile ERG will make it easier for firefighters, police and other emergency first responders to quickly locate the information they need, thanks to an electronic word search function, and will ensure easy reading even during nighttime emergencies.   The 2012 version of the ERG includes new evacuation tables for large toxic gas spills and standard response procedures for gas and liquid pipeline incidents.

“The first 30 minutes are the most crucial when it comes to responding to a hazmat situation,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.  “The new app is both mobile and flexible, and gives first responders the knowledge they need to protect themselves and their communities in an emergency.”

PHMSA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Library of Medicine (NLM) joined forces in producing the two free ERG mobile applications.

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Links to download this software are available from the Apple iTunes website at ERG 2012 for iPhone and from the Google Play website at ERG 2012 for Android.  In addition, a version of the ERG is available in NLM’s Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) application.  An instructional video for learning how to use the ERG2012 is also available on PHMSA’s website.

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“This invaluable tool improves the speed and accessibility to hazardous materials response information to those on the front line of accidents and incidents,” said PHMSA Administrator Cynthia Quarterman.

Chief Ernest Mitchell, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's U.S. Fire Administrator for the U.S. Fire Administration. noted that the release of the 2012 ERG mobile app “will provide essential tools to help first responders safely deal with hazmat incidents. I always found the ERG to be extremely valuable and believe that a copy should be in every emergency response vehicle and in the hand of every first responder in America.”

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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration develops and enforces regulations for the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound operation of the nation's 2.5 million mile pipeline transportation system and the nearly 1 million daily shipments of hazardous materials by land, sea, and air. Please visit http://phmsa.dot.gov for more information.

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