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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.

Kevin Kuriatnyk, HAZMAT Chief
LEPC/Release Phone Line
330-675-6602

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ohio EPA SERC
Ohio EMA (OEMA)

2023-2025 Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Members

Fire
Kevin Kuriatnyk
Trumbull County Hazardous Materials Response Team / Chief John Lewis
Fire Chief, 910th Air Reserve Station Emergency Manager
Law
Thomas Domes
Kent State Trumbull Security Manager Chris Herlinger
Police Chief Bazetta Township
Elected Official
Rebecca Whitman
Hartford Township Trustee William Colletta
Hubbard Township Trustee
Emergency Management
John E. Hickey
Trumbull County EMA Director Chuck Sexton
910th Air Reserve Station Emergency Manager
Hospital
Peggy Higgins
Trauma Quality Coordinator, Steward Health/Trumbull Regional Marianne Landfried
Trauma Coordinator, Mercy Health/St. Joes
First Aid
Kristen Gallagher
American Red Cross John Stevens
Fire Chief, Niles City
Health
Susan Coleman
Trumbull County Combined Health District Marlin Bartholomew
Warren City Health District
Environmental
Kurt Kollar
Ohio EPA Jennifer Jones
Geuga Trumbull Solid Wast Dist.
Transportation
Grant Taylor
Eastgate Regional Steve Gerberry
Trumbull County Engineers
Media
Vacant
Community Group
Vacant
Industry
Gerald King
Foxxcon Director of Safety Nura Aden
Ultium Cells
Other
Shara Taylor
Trumbull County Commissioners Kathleen Meszaros
Trumbull County Coroner