Emergency Planning & Community Right to Know Act, 1986 (Title III, SARA)
Emergency Planning & Community Right to Know Act, 1986 (Title III, SARA) : "The objectives of Title Ill are to improve local chemical emergency response capabilities (primarily through improved emergency planning and notification) and to provide citizens and local governments access to information about chemicals in their localities. Title Ill addresses planning by: (1) identifying the EHSs that trigger the planning process: (2) requiring facilities to identify themselves if they have quantities of EHSs exceeding the TPQs [Threshold Planning Quantities]; (3) requiring the establishment of a State and local planning structure and process (including specifics on committee membership); (4) requiring facilities to make information available to local planners: and (5) specifying the minimum contents of local emergency plans". (EPA, Technical Guidance for Hazards Analysis, 1987, 13)
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