EarthDay 2008

The Local Emergency Planning Committee (L.E.P.C.) of Chatham County was created in 1994 to address many of the public safety concerns of industry and the community regarding hazardous materials.

Earthday 2008

The LEPC would like to extend a big THANK YOU to everyone for all of the your help in planning and working the 2008 Recycle Rama event. This was the best Recycle Rama ever for many reasons. We took in more, did it faster than ever before and did it safely. We had Park Ave completely opened at 12:30 PM and the paint recycling area on Bull Street was completely cleaned up and the street was opened at 2:10 PM, which is two or more hours faster than ever before.

Here's some of the totals:

	PAINT- 4,200 gallons -*Total exceeds all previous years*
	Goodwill filled 3 trucks with mainly computers - Total exceeds all previous years
	TIRES - 1,100 tires collected - Total exceeds all previous years
	Oil -350 gallons Average amount
	Batteries -152 car batteries, Thousands of small batteries, 50 misc. batteries -Total exceeds all previous years
	Clean Coast- 60 Cellular phones, 250 printer cart - Total exceeds all previous years
	Lions Club - 60 eye glasses - Total exceeds all previous years
	The City roll-off totals will be weighed and provided later

Hats off to everyone who volunteered and worked so hard to make this years event truly a success.

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	LEPC Introduction The passage of the SARA Title III: Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 mandates that facilities which produce, utilize and/or store certain hazardous materials must report these chemicals to State environmental authorities. This Act has also intensified local governmental authorities' and the community's concern and interest about these facilities. It encourages these facilities to initiate community awareness about the chemicals they use and to work with local governments, emergency response organizations, and neighborhood groups in developing emergency plans in the event of a hazardous materials incidents at these facilities.