Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) was passed by Congress in response to concerns regarding the environmental and safety hazards posed by the storage and handling of toxic chemicals. These concerns were triggered by the 1984 disaster in Bhopal, India, caused by an accidental release of methylisocyanate. The release killed or severely injured more than 2000 people.
Emergency Planning was created as Chapter 3750 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) in December 1988.The federal regulations under EPCRA are listed in 40 CFR, Part 355. Ohio's implementing regulations can be found as Chapter 3750 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC). (The SERC provides current copies/revisions of the ORC & OAC to LEPCs. EPCRA outlines the composition, jurisdiction and responsibilities of the SERC and LEPCs and defines four basic types of reporting. These are:
- EHS Notification and Emergency Planning
- Emergency Spill/Release Notification
- Chemical List and Annual reporting
- Toxic Chemical Release Reporting

Objectives
Our objectives include implementing the local emergency planning committee rules and requirements of SARA Title III, to prepare and maintain a comprehensive chemical emergency response plan for Trumbull County and to provide information to the public upon request.
How to Report a Release
Citizens who become aware of an unreported release of a hazardous substance into the environment should report it to the local fire or law enforcement officials or the Trumbull County LEPC.
LEPC/Release Phone Line
330-675-6602

2021-2023 Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Members
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Chief Kevin KuriatnykFire
Trumbull County Hazardous Materials Response Team Chief Ken Nussle
Warren City Fire Department -
Law
Kent State Trumbull Security Manager -
Elected Official
Trumbull County Coroner Rebecca Whitman
Hartford Township Trustee -
Emergency Management
Trumbull County EMA Director Chuck Sexton
910th Air Reserve Station Emergency Manager -
VacantHospital
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Kristen GallagherFirst Aid
American Red Cross -
Susan ColemanHealth
Trumbull County Combined Health District Sandy Swan
Trumbull County Combined Health District -
Kurt KollarEnvironmental
Ohio EPA -
Grant TaylorTransportation
Eastgate Regional Afrodite Altiere
Youngstown Warren Regional Airport -
VacantMedia
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VacantCommunity Group
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Lisa TaddeiIndustry
First Energy/Ohio Edison Gerald King
Foxxcon Director of Safety -
Shara TaylorOther
Trumbull County Commissioners Mauro Cantalamessa
Trumbull County Commissioners -
John Saulitis
Direction Home of Eastern Ohio Kathleen Meszaros
Trumbull County Coroner
Local Emergency Planning Committee Bylaws
LEPC Meeting Minutes
