E-Plan quickly provides Tier II reporting data and other important information including:   

• Maps of the area surrounding a fixed facility showing schools and hospitals 
• Maps of all facilities with a specified hazardous material in a specific area 
• Chemical Hazards Response Information System data 
• Safety Data Sheets 
• Chemical profiles 
• Emergency Response Guidebook pages 
• National Fire Protection Association codes 
• Facility Risk Management Plans 
  
  

In North Carolina and Union County, E-Plan is the only option for filing Tier II data as required by EPCRA law.

Contact Union County Emergency Management at 704-283-3575 if you have any questions regarding the requirements for Union County.

The primary responsibility of the LEPC is to receive information about hazardous substances from industry and use this information to develop comprehensive site emergency plans. It is also responsible for establishing procedures and programs which make it easy for residents to understand and have access to the information that industry submits. 

• To achieve this the committee oversees: 
• SARA Title III Environmental Compliance
• HAZMAT training and exercises  
• Site-Specific Chemical Planning Program  
• Emergency Lock Box Program  
• Coordination of chemical information to emergency responders  
• Maintenance of the county-wide incident management plan

The LEPC can assist you in obtaining chemical related information from industry in your neighborhood. 

Industry must provide three types of information to the LEPC:

1.     In case of an accidental release of certain chemicals, industry must immediately notify appropriate federal, state, and local agencies, including the LEPC. Once submitted, release information is maintained on file with the LEPC.  

2.     If a business stores, uses or manufactures one of approximately 360 chemicals that the U.S. EPA considers extremely hazardous (EHS), they must report the amount through E-Plan website, complete a Site-specific Plan (SSP), and provide appropriate maps with general location and hazards to the LEPC.  

3.     Annually, the industry must submit a Toxic Release Inventory to the State Emergency Response Commission and to the U.S. EPA. This reports on the amounts of toxic chemicals they routinely emit into the air, water, or ship off-site for treatment or disposal.  

Federal law required the LEPC to complete an Emergency Response Plan within two years after the date of the enactment of the Community Right-to-Know Act. The LEPC is required to review the plan at least annually.

A comprehensive plan was developed for Union County and its 14 municipalities and is available at the Union County Emergency Management office located at:

Union County Emergency Management
2258 Concord Ave
Monroe, NC 28110
704-283-3575

The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) was passed in 1986 in response to concerns regarding the environmental and safety hazards posed by the storage and handling of toxic chemicals. U.S. Congress enacted the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act as part of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA).

Public Safety and Emergency Response Right to Know requires employers who manufacture, process, use, store or produce at least 55 gallons or 500 pounds, whichever is greater, of hazardous chemicals to compile and annually update a list of the hazardous chemicals including the identity of each such chemical and their respective quantities.

Submission, of an annual Tier II report (through the E-Plan website), of any chemicals which meet or exceed these amounts, satisfies the Federal, State, and local reporting requirements). The intent of the Act was that, with this important information, communities could take steps to reduce the risk of fires, explosions, and pollution and be better prepared for emergencies before they occur.