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n: (LEPC) a local community committee required under SARA. Committee members are approved by the SERC and include elected state and local officials;police, fire, and public health officials;environmental advocates;hospital and transportation officials;industry representatives;community groups;and the media. The function of the LEPC is to develop an emergency response plan that will be implemented if a hazardous material is released in the community.

n: (RQ) 1. the quantity of released hazardous materials that, when exceeded, must be reported under CERCLA. The EPA is charged with setting the allowable limits for releases of each hazardous material. If a release exceeds the EPA reportable quantity, CERCLA requires that the owners or operators of the facility notify the National Response Center immediately. 2. SARA (section 304) also requires facilities that release a reportable quantity of an EHS or CERCLA hazardous substance to notify the SERC and the LEPC immediately. This requirement is similar to the CERCLA requirement to notify the NRC in case of reportable releases. Like CERCLA, SARA exempts federally permitted releases, continuous releases, any release contained 00 site, as well as other CERCLA exemptions from RQ reporting requirements. In addition, SARA requires a written followup report to be submitted to the SERC and the LEPC as soon as practicable after the release.

n: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. A series of regulations promulgated by the EPA for general industry after the Bhopal disaster in India, where thousands died as a result of the release of a toxic cloud from an insecticide factory. SARA requires oil and gas operators to (1) appoint an emergency coordinator, (2) to submit a list or individual Material Safety Data Sheets for all hazardous chemicals present at a facility at or above 10,000 pounds or extremely hazardous substances at or above 500 pounds or the threshold planning quantity, (3) to submit an annual inventory of hazardous chemicals or extremely hazardous substances reported on die Material Safety Data Sheets, (4) to notify the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) of the presence of an extremely hazardous substance at or above the threshold planning quantity, (5) to report releases of any hazardous or extremely hazardous chemical that leaves the boundaries of the facility at or above the reporting quantity to the SERC and the Local Planning Committee.

abbr: State Emergency Response Commission.

n: (SERC) entity set up by each state health department typically and at the request of the governor under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to designate emergency planning districts at the local level.

n pi: (TPQ) EPA minimum quantities of extremely hazardous substances under SARA that may not be exceeded without meeting reporting requirements. Under SARA (section 302),companies must notify and coordinate emergency plans with the SERC and the LEPC when a facility reaches or exceeds the EPA-stipulated TPQ for any EHS. For example, hydrofluoric acid is an EHS with a TPQ of 100 pounds. If a facility has 100 pounds or more of hydrofluoric acid, it must notify the SERC and the LEPC.