1. Local Emergency
Planning
Committee (LEPC)
A local disaster response plan for
St. Clair County, O’Fallon, Illinois.
Created by Shannon N. Prewitt
Week 4 Discussion Board
American InterContinental University

2. About LEPC
• Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA)
o The Emergency Planning &
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
o State Emergency Response
Commission (SERC)
o Illinois Emergency Management
Agency (IEMA)
o Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC)
• The purpose of the LEPC is for all
stakeholders/members (listed above), to
form a mutually beneficial partnership
with local agencies, private and
government, in a collaborative effort to
enhance community preparedness
against all hazards identified in their
mitigation plan.
• St. Clair Co. LEPC members include:
o American Red Cross
o Federal Emergency Management Agency
o Capitol Development Board
o Mitigation Planning Committee
o Illinois Department of Natural Resources
o Illinois Department of Public Health
o Illinois Department of Transportation
o 2013 Illinois Hazard Mitigation Plan II-6 Illinois Emergency
Management Agency
o 2013 Illinois Hazard Mitigation Plan II-7 Illinois Department of
Corrections
o Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
o Illinois Emergency Services Managers Association
o Illinois State Board of Education
o Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
o Illinois State Water Survey
o Illinois Department of Human Services
o Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

3. St. Clair’s Emergency Locational
Responsibilities
• County responsibilities include:
o Maintaining an emergency management plan
o Develop and maintain lines of communication to coordinate the acquisition of
mass casualty care and shelter for any displaced hazard victims
o Develop and maintain a broad public awareness
• Municipal responsibilities include:
o Appoint the City Emergency Management Liaison
o Direct all emergency management activities of the city with the county during all
phases of emergency management (preparedness, response, mitigation and
recovery)
St. Clair Co.
IL
(Illinois in United States [Image], n.d.)
Orientation

4. St. Clair’s Identified Hazards
Population Drought Floods
Severe Winter
Storms
Extreme
Heat
Earthquake Tornado
Severe
Storms
270,056 Guarded Elevated High High High High Severe
• Natural hazards encompass, and are
defined by, “those caused by
climatological, geological, hydrologic, or
seismic events” (Quinn, 2013).
• The identified hazards were collected over
a 62 year period (1950 to 2012) for the St.
Clair County area.
LEGEND
St. Clair Co.
(Terra-Online Teacher Service [Image] , 2006)
Annual Precipitation

5. St. Clair’s Emergency Management Phases
Preparation (pre-disaster) Mitigation (post-disaster)
Recovery (post-disaster)Response (during/post-disaster)
• Members of the LEPC that would be involved during
a tornado hazard include FEMA, American Red Cross,
Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois
Department of Transportation, Illinois Emergency
Services Managers Association, Illinois Department of
Human Services, Department of Critical Infrastructure
• Requires participation from all government and
private members of the LEPC
• Requires participation from all government and private members of the
LEPC
• Includes community educational outreach programs and user friendly
websites to promote awareness through local communities and media
outlets
• Reliability of critical technologies during emergency such as
communication equipment
• Strengthen and maintain all St. Clair’s 69 critical infrastructures to
reduce replacement cost (a total of $38,313,424 for all 69 structures)
• Members of the LEPC that are subject
matter experts for hazards inherent of
tornadoes would be the police and fire
departments, the Mitigation Planning
Committee and the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
• Requires participation from all
government and private members of
the LEPC
• Requires participation from all government and
private members of the LEPC
• Includes debris removal, critical facilities support,
dam safety, engineering projects (depending on extent
of damage), family displacement programs etc.
• Subject matter experts capable of fulfilling such roles
include members within the LEPC as well as their
mutual aid agreement partnetship

6. St. Clair’s Primary Natural Hazard:
Severe Storms
• Of the many natural disasters inherent in America, St. Clair County is most susceptible to
severe storms such as TORNADOES. This gives the county a rating of 4 out of 5 which is
labeled as “High.”
• The Chairman of the St. Clair County Board of County Commissioners is the primary
emergency manager authority during an emergency situation. This position has the
authority to declare a state of local disaster emergency.
• During a severe storm the St. Clair County Emergency Manager reports directly to the
Board of County Commissioners whom then provides direction to the St. Clair EOC.

7. References
• Hazard information. (2014). Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Retrieved from https://www.illinois.gov/iema/Mitigation/Pages/HazardInfo.aspx
• Illinois in United States. [Image] (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Illinois_in_United_States_%28US48%29.svg
• Local emergency planning committees. (2016, April 25). US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved from
https://www.epa.gov/epcra/local-emergency-planning-committees
• Multi-jurisdictional mitigation plan. (2010, February). St. Clair County Kansas. Retrieved from
https://www.snco.us/floodplain/document/St.Clair%20County%20Mitigation%20Plan%20by%20EFM%20- %202010%20edition.pdf
• Quinn, P. (2013, October 1). 2013 Illinois natural hazard mitigation plan. Retrieved from
https://www.illinois.gov/iema/Mitigation/Pages/Planning.aspx
• State of Illinois. (2014). State emergency response commission (SERC). Retrieved from
http://www.illinois.gov/iema/Preparedness/SERC/Pages/default.aspx
• Sterbenz, D. (2015, January 2). St. Clair county department of emergency management. issuu. Retrieved from https://issuu.com/St.
Claircounty/docs/2015_St. Clair_county_eop
• Summary of the emergency planning & community right-to-know act. (2016, August 2). Laws and regulations. US Environmental Protection
Agency. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-emergency-planning-community-right-know-act
• Terra-Online teacher service. [Image] (2006, May 15). Precipitation map of USA, northers and tornados. Retrieved from
http://www2.klett.de/sixcms/list.php?page=infothek_artikel&extra=TERRA-
Online%20Lehrerservice&artikel_id=135593&inhalt=klett71prod_1.c.1774221.de