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Update of Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning Guide (NRT-1 Update) (2001)

Update of NRT-1; Addresses outdated information of the 1987 Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning Guide.

Criteria for Review of Hazardous Materials Emergency Plans (NRT1a) (1998)

Supplements NRT-1; Recommends criteria to RRTs for reviewing their emergency plans. Criteria is also useful for SERCs and LEPCs during plan revision.

Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning Guide (NRT-1) (1987)

Describes how to form a local emergency planning committee (LEPC), select a leader, identify and analyze hazards, identify response equipment and personnel, write a hazardous materials emergency response plan and update that plan. Aims to help local authorities in their efforts to comply with Title III of SARA, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Acts of 1986, which mandates creating local plans.

Technical Guidance for Hazardous Analysis: Emergency Planning for Extremely Hazardous Substances (1987)

Supplements NRT-1; Provides technical assistance to LEPCs to assess lethal hazards related to airborne releases of extremely hazardous substances as designated under Section 302 of SARA.