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BGox 17 P.,u $50 to-" * C`~ e lee alauntg Ovard of 'Clamnn'ssfrmers WHEREAS, the Lee County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) was created in January, 1988 as a requirement of Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986; and, WHEREAS, the committee was established to create a relationship between states and local communities, as well as industry, regarding emergency planning, emergency notification, community right-to-know reporting, and toxic chemical release reporting; and, WHEREAS, the local committee is made up of twenty-two representatives appointed by the North Carolina State Emergency Response Commission, including elected officials, personnel from law enforcement, emergency management, emergency medical services, fire, health, environmental groups, media, hospital, transportation, agriculture, and members Gom the general public and private facilities who meet quarterly; and, WHEREAS, the committee was one of fourteen in the State that was presented a certificate of recognition for overall program excellence- from the Governor of the State of North Carolina and the North Carolina State Emergency Response Cmmnission on July 28, 1999; and, WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners desires to recognize the achievements and dedicated work of this committee. NOW„THEREFORE BE rr RESOLVED by the Commissioners for the County of Lee as follows: Section 1. That it congratulates the Lee County Emergency Planning Committee on . the certificate of recognition received and their dedicated work on this committee. ; Section 2. That the Chairman authorize a copy of this resolution be presented to the Lee County Emergency Planning Committee with appropriate ceremony. Adopted this 7' day of September, 1999. Herbert A. Mucks, Chairman John 1. Sauls, Sponsor is I ICI I~I i;.