Planning for response to accidental hazardous materials spills or releases is handled at the local level by Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) and fire departments. Hazmat planning assistance is provided to these and other local organizations through the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division's Planning and Operations Section. 

• SARA Title III for LEPCs Emergency Planning & Community Right-to Know Act
  • 2009 Summit Presentation
    
  • 2010 Summit Presentation
• Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning in your Community(Brochure)
• SARA Title III Submittal Prodedures(PDF File)
• SARA Title III Emergency Response Plan Submittal Sheet  (PDF File)
• SARA Title III Emergency Response Plan Submittal Sheet(Word Document)
• Guidance for community hazmat response plans (pdf)
• Guidance for community hazmat response plans (doc)
• Plan Review List Form(Word Document)
• Emergency Management Publications`
• LEPCS:Organizing for Success pdf
• LEPC"s Officer Member Record Instructions (DOC)
• LEPC's Officer Member Record (DOC)
• Emergency/Hazmat Planning for the Farm 
• 2011 Summit Presentation

SARA TITLE III EMERGENCY PLANNING 

SARA Title III requires that communities develop emergency response plans to address the accidental release of an extremely hazardous substance (EHS) from a site within the community. The Governor has assigned the task of assisting local communities in developing their plans to the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Securiry Division. Within the Division, is a hazardous materials planning section which is committed to assisting communities with the development of these plans. 

Other Links to Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning Information 

• Department Environmental Quality

• DEQ State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) 
• DEQ Sara Title III Information 
• DEQ Hazardous Chemical Reporting
• DEQ Emergency Planning 
• DEQ Spill Release Reporting 
• DEQ Toxic Chemical Release Inventory 
• Tier II Manager for LEPC's 
• Tier II Manager(TM) User Manual for Planners and Program Users 
• Instructions for LEPCs to Manage Farms in Tier II Manager (T2M) 

• EPA - US Environmental Protection Agency 

Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO) 
EPA Emergency Response 

• National Association of SARA Title III Program Officials (NASTTPO) 
  
  
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) 
  
  
• U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) 
  
  
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chemical Security Information