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DEC briefs Denali LEPC on Tier 2 reporting, ePlan access
Summary
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation staff reviewed federal EPCRA/Tier 2 reporting requirements, Alaska-specific thresholds and the DEC ePlan database, and answered questions about which local facilities must file and how first responders can obtain access to the reports.
Kathy Shea, with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation(DEC) Spill Prevention and Response program, told the Denali Local Emergency Planning Committee on a recent evening that the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act was created after large, lethal industrial releases in the 1980s and requires fixed facilities to report hazardous-substance information.
Shea said Tier 2 reports are submitted for any fixed facility that stores, at any time during a calendar year, hazardous substances that meet federal or state reporting thresholds. "Those reports are due to DEC by the first of every March for the previous calendar year," she said. She described the DEC ePlan database as the…
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