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Environmental
health professionals investigate potential exposures from environmental contaminants at
inactive hazardous waste sites and from petroleum and chemical spills, fires and other
environmental incidents. Annually, the Westchester County Department of Health
responded to hundreds of chemical and toxic spills.
The Chemical Emergency Response van enables the Westchester County Department of Health to
respond on a 24-hour basis to numerous chemical emergencies and hazardous spills, making
available a high level of technology.
Local
Emergency
Planning Committee
The Office of Emergency Services
is the lead agency for Westchester's LEPC. The LEPC is responsible
for developing emergency response plans for chemical emergencies within
Westchester County. Committee
members gather and maintain information from facilities that store, use or
manufacture specially designated chemicals. Based on the types and
qualities of chemicals being reported, the LEPC develops site-specific
plans for each facility and the surrounding area. Members
of Westchester's LEPC also respond to inquires from the public regarding
chemicals in the community and work with local emergency responders.
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