Pennington County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Grant

The mission of the Pennington County LEPC is to collect and maintain information on hazardous materials being used in or passing through the county; to analyze associated risks and vulnerabilities, and develop an effective emergency plan; to make planning information readily available to responders and the general public; and, to provide a continuing forum for the local community to discuss hazardous materials issues.

Eligible Uses for Funds:

SDCL 1-50-10 states that the funds will be distributed as grants to be “Expended by the LEPCs to defray the expenses of operating the SARA Title III program and for related Title I activities.” Remember that Title I outlines the five levels of training for response to a hazardous materials incident. This can incorporate a wide variety of activities including, but not limited to:

• General office expenses needed to operate the program - postage, copying, printing, paper, meeting room rental, other meeting expenses, advertising costs, office expenses, etc.;
• Salaries for personnel hired to do data entry, risk assessment, hazards analysis, commodity flow studies, or other special projects;
• Expenses associated with updating the emergency response plan;
• Expenses related to holding hazardous materials response exercises;
• Training of local emergency response personnel and first responders;
• Hazardous Materials Incident response equipment; and
• Computer hardware and/or software to be used for Title III data management, responding to information requests, hazardous materials emergency response, and/or hazardous materials response planning activities.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)