State Contact Information: EPCRA Section 304 - Emergency Release Notification
Immediate Telephone Notification
Under EPCRA section 304, facilities are required to provide immediate telephone notification to the appropriate SERC (or TERC) and LEPC (or TEPC) of any releases of Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHSs) listed under EPCRA section 302 and hazardous substances listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). Some states have established a hotline or a state warning point for facilities to provide such notification.
Follow Up Written Report
Facilities are also required to submit a follow-up report of the release within 30 days to the SERC (or TERC) and LEPC (or TEPC). Some states may require less than 30 days for submitting a follow-up report. Please check with your state for additional reporting requirements.
Contacts
To find the contacts in a particular state, click on the state name:
Alabama
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District Of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
N. Mariana Islands
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
The following links exit the site
Alabama
National Response Center (NRC)
888-424-8802
Follow-up Written Report:
Alabama Emergency Response Commission (AERC)
Email documents to:
Alaska
Initial Telephone Notification:
Central Alaska:
Anchorage Office
907-269-3063
Central Alaska:
American Samoa
Ignosy Toeava, Chief
Air/HazMat Branch
American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency
P.O. BOX PPA
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Email: Ignosy Toeva (ignosy.toeava@epa.as.gov)
Office: 684-633-2304
Cell: 684-733-2473
Arizona
For non-emergency releases:
602-771-2330
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Arkansas
1-800-322-4012
California
Initial Telephone Notification:
Cal OES State Warning Center
800-852-7550
Colorado
Connecticut
Initial Telephone Notification:
860-424-3373
Delaware
1-866-274-0884 (for notification of LEPC Community Emergency Coordinators in Delaware)
DNREC Emergency Prevention and Response Section (for SERC)
Attn: Written Release Reports
Dover, DE 19904
For the LEPCs, addresses are available on the following website: https://dema.delaware.gov/serc/index.shtml?dc=LEPC_committees
District of Columbia
Follow-up Written Report:
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Appropriate LEPC:
Idaho
Steve Gorski
Special Teams Program Manager
HAZMAT/Bomb Squad/ITRT/IIMAST
Idaho Office of Emergency Management
Phone: (208) 258-6524
Email: Steve Gorski (sgorski@imd.idaho.gov)
Illinois
Hotline: 1-800-782-7860
Phone: 217-782-7860
Fax: 217-557-2145
Email: James.Joseph@illinois.gov
Indiana
Iowa
Online at https://www.iowadnr.gov/Environmental-Protection/Land-Quality/Emergency-Planning-EPCRA/Spill-Reporting/onlinereporting.html; or
Kansas
Initial Telephone Notification:
785-291-3333
Webpage: https://kansas.webeocasp.com/kansas or
Via email to: KDEMSpillsCoordinator@gmail.com or
Kentucky
State Emergency Operations Center
Kentucky Emergency Management
100 Minuteman Parkway
Louisiana
Maine
1-800-452-4664
Technological Hazards Program Manager/EMAC Coordinator
Maine Emergency Management Agency
Augusta, ME 04333
Cell: 207-557-3675
Fax: 207-287-3178
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
#1 MEMA Drive
Pearl, MS 39288
Missouri
Missouri State Emergency Management Agency
Attn: Mike Harris
2302 Militia Drive
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency - SERC
50 West Town Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-644-2260
Email: SERCspillreport@epa.ohio.gov
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 1677
Oklahoma City, OK 73101
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Chair, SC State Emergency Response Commission
2779 Fish Hatchery Road
West Columbia, SC 29172
South Dakota
523 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
800-641-5005
Virginia
VERC c/o
Virginia Dept. of Emergency Management
(24 hours, 7-days a week hotline)
1-800-468-8892 (toll-free in Virginia only)
or (804) 674-2400
LEPC: click here for LEPC contact information
(Note: Some may have address only, no phone number)
c/o Virginia DEQ
SARA Title III Program
P.O. Box 1105
Richmond, VA 23218
Washington
800-258-5990
Olympia, WA 98504-47659
West Virginia
DEP 800-642-3074
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Emergency Management
2400 Wright Street, Room 213
P.O. Box 7865
Madison, WI 53704
Phone: 608-242-3210
Fax: 608-242-3247