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Portage County LEPC approves two updated off‑site hazardous‑materials plans after companies remove key chemicals
Summary
The Local Emergency Planning Committee approved final off‑site plan updates for Allen Supply Company and Century Insurance, saying both firms no longer exceed threshold planning quantities after removing paraquat dichloride and replacing acid batteries with lithium‑ion units.
The Portage County Local Emergency Planning Committee approved final updates to two off‑site hazardous‑materials plans on a voice vote during its meeting at Monogram Foods’ Clover training facility.
Emergency Coordinator (name withheld) told the committee Allen Supply Company had removed paraquat dichloride and no longer exceeded the threshold planning quantity, and Century Insurance headquarters had removed large quantities of acid batteries and transitioned to lithium‑ion batteries. "They both no longer have, extremely hazardous substances exceeding the threshold planning quantity," the coordinator said when summarizing the updates.
Chair moved the committee to consider the two plans together; after a motion and second, members approved both plans by voice vote. The committee treated the submissions as "final updates," meaning staff did not expect new off‑site plans to be required because the facilities’ inventories no longer cross regulatory thresholds.
The action completes a step requested earlier by the committee to ensure Tier II inventories and off‑site planning matched facilities’ current operations. Members thanked the coordinator and Tanner for the review and oversight.
The committee did not record a roll‑call tally in the transcript; the approval was taken by voice vote. Next steps noted included updating internal records and moving the revised membership list and plan approvals to executive operations for final administrative processing.
