Contact Info

Emergency Management

248-858-5550

1200 North Telegraph Road
Pontiac, MI 48341

8:30am - 5:00pm

Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)

Title III of the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) is a federally mandated program to ensure a coordinated planning and response effort between industries and County and local governments in the event of a hazardous substance release into air, land and/or water.

Congress enacted this law to help local communities protect public health, public safety and the environment from chemical hazards. The Act also provides a means for citizens to have access to information on chemicals located in their communities under 2026 Notice of Public Availability.

Oakland County's Local Emergency Planning Committee was established to:

Develop a local emergency response plan.
Provide for Community Right-To-Know for public access to hazardous material information.
Develop emergency response plans for each extremely hazardous substance facility.
Oversee the collection and storage of data required to implement these tasks.

There are currently over 500 hazardous substance facilities on file in Oakland County that could have one or more of the approximately 1,500+ regulated hazardous substances at their facility. If these substances were released, they would have an immediate effect upon the community.

Of these, approximately 225 facilities in 2015 were categorized as Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS) facilities. In Oakland County, the most common EHSs are: sulfuric acid (majority are batteries), isophorone diisocynate, nitric acid, anhydrous ammonia, and toluene 2,4-diisocyanate.

Increase awareness among emergency response professional of the existence and the threat of hazardous substances.
Reduce the threat posed to the public by hazardous substances and the environment through the provision of knowledge and planning as to the proper handling of hazardous substances.
Prevention of fires and accidents involving toxic and hazardous substances.
Plan for the appropriate responses to various threatening situations resulting from hazardous substances in the county.
Encourage a reduction in the use of hazardous substances.
Identify and assist facilities subject to SARA Title III requirements.
Take reports of accidental hazardous substance release/spill notifications when released off site of the facility.
Develop and provide public education and informational materials.
Identify transportation routes used for extremely hazardous substances and plan for and respond to transportation incidents.
Assist pre-hospital responders in planning and training to protect themselves and treat patients, and identify area hospital's hazardous substance capabilities.

Agriculture

Justin Dunaskiss

Broadcast/Print Media

Vacant

Civil Defense

Thomas Hardesty, Emergency Coordinator
Robert Seeley
Darin Page, Information Coordinator/Community Emergency Manager
Nancy Johnston, Information Coordinator
Jack Blanchard
Brendan Brosnan
James Neufeld
Brian Pankow
Tim Ketvirtis

At-Large Community Member

Byron Beattie, Chair
Brandy Keippala
Mike Kazyak
Mickey McCanham

Education

Professor Paul Tomboulian, Ph.D.
Professor Sumi Dinda, Ph.D.

Elected Officials

Oakland County Executive, David Coulter
Kate DiCea

Local Environmental Group

Chris Conley
John D. Misaros
Mellisa Powers-Taylor

Facility Owner/Operator

Matthew Adams, Health & Safety Coordinator
John Brennan
Tom Edwards
Erica Fultz, CHMM
Guillermo (Will) Garcia
Brenna Harden

Fire Fighter

Matthew J. Bartalino
Mark Jackson/Antonio Macias
Kyle Hagan
Steve McInerney

Mass Care

Chuck McDougall

Transportation

John Junga
Mike McInnis

Public Health

Tony Drautz

Hospital Personnel

Keith Ciaramitaro
Rick Drummer
Joe Hahn
Rick Oxie
Kyle Stubbeman

Law Enforcement

Nathaniel Schmidt
Jeff Jacobs
Matt Koehn, Vice Chair
Don McLellan, Ph.D.

Organized Labor

Lee Graham

Partner EM Programs (ex officio)

Vacant

February 3
May 5
August 4
November 3

All meetings start at 9 a.m., 1200 N. Telegraph Rd, Bldg. 47W, Pontiac, MI 48341, unless otherwise noted.

For questions, please contact Darin Page of the Oakland County Emergency Management Division at 248-858-1724 or pagedd@oakgov.com. Due to the uncertainty of availability of in-person meetings, we reserve the right to move meetings to an online-only forum (Zoom or Teams) if conditions dictate. The physical meeting location may also be changed at the previous meeting. Those updates will be posted here on our website.