Environmental compliance by chemical facilities with Emergency Planning and Community Right‐To‐Know Act

Abstract

This paper is a part of some on‐going research to evaluate environmental compliance by chemical facilities with Title III requirements. The purpose of this paper is to report on a case study in Lake County, Indiana. We evaluate environmental compliance of chemical facilities through the perceptions and opinions of the members of the Lake County Local Emergency Planning Committee. We find that major problems perceived by the local emergency planners are the lack of knowledge of reporting requirements by the small chemical facilities and the difficulty of monitoring these facilities. Recognizing the limitations of this study, we hope that it will help to understand how local communities can effectively encourage facilities to comply with Title III without direct government involvement.

Citation

Mitra, A., Falk, G. and Barczyk, C.C. (2003), "Environmental compliance by chemical facilities with Emergency Planning and Community Right‐To‐Know Act", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 12 No. 2, pp. 91-96. https://doi.org/10.1108/09653560310474205