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Nationwide Survey of Local Emergency Planning Committees

The goals of this 2008 survey of Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) were to:

Track the progress of LEPCs by assessing their current activity; and
Probe current LEPC practices and preferences regarding several important issues, including: communication with local citizens, proactive accident prevention efforts, and the effectiveness of selected OEM products and services.

The 1999 survey is also included below.

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2008 LEPC Survey (PDF)(47 pp, 10 MB)
1999 LEPC Survey (PDF)(43 pp, 1 MB)