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Demystify: 

The public hazmat emergency response planning process has certainly evolved a lot since the LEPC system was established in the 1980's, as outlined by other people. However, I believe that the original question was why the city officials in Winston Salem believe that they can't force a business to disclose what hazardous materials are on hand. This is probably because the local implementation of the SARA Title III process varies widely depending on the resources available to the SERCs and LEPCs. As Neal indicated states such as California have used the SARA requirements in a proactive manner to address hamat emergency planning concerns. Other states not so much.

Based on the fact that there was a fire in the same Winston Salem facility in December that is just being reported on, I suspect that either the NC state or Winston Salem local hazmat planning processes are not serving the intent of 42 U.S.C. §11001 et seq. (1986), which includes Community Right to Know as well as Emergency Planning…

https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-emergency-planning-community-right-know-act

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
ralph**At_Symbol_Here**rstuartcih.org

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