1. EPCRA: Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
Andrea Yoon
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2. About the EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Congress passed November 1986
National legislation
Amended minimally to make reporting easier

3. What is it?
The ERCPA was a response to concerns regarding the environmental and safety hazards posed by the storage and handling of toxic chemicals
Concerns triggered by disaster in Bhopal, India
Created to help communities plan for chemical emergencies. It also requires industry to report on the storage, use and releases of hazardous substances to federal, state, and local governments.
Created to increase the public's knowledge and access to information on chemicals at individual facilities, their uses, and releases into the environment
Enforced by the federal government and the EPA