SERC Meeting Information

The State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) has been established within our state under SARA Title III.  The Commission established its Bylaws (PDF), which set forth, in part, its governing rules.

Purpose:

The purpose of the SERC is to develop and support programs of state and local governments and local university sponsored programs that are designed to improve emergency planning, preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery capabilities, with special emphasis associated with hazardous chemicals. Specific responsibilities of the SERC include, but are not limited to, the following duties:

• Receive and record written reports submitted under the Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). Receive and record verbal emergency toxic chemical release reports.
• Designate local planning districts and provide assistance to Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPC) in the development of an emergency response plan for their district.
• Establish EPCRA community education and training programs that address mitigation, emergency preparedness, disaster response, and long-term disaster recovery.

Goals:

The goals of SERC, through the Washington State Hazardous Materials Program, are to:

• Help each LEPC to complete a hazardous materials emergency response plan.
• Plan for chemical emergencies.
• Provide hazardous chemical inventory reporting tools and data.
• Provide toxic chemical release reporting procedures.

Conferences

2024 LEPC/TEPC Conference (PDFs and Power Points)

• PowerPoint: Exercises, Tabletops and Beyond with Stephanie Hakala, EMD
• PowerPoint: Resources for All-Hazards and Hazard Specific Planning by David Kelley, EMD
• 2023 2024 Ecology Spill Summary by Dave Byers
• Cowlitz Functional Exercise with Scott Neves, Cowlitz LEPC, Major Robert Kelly, WAARNG, and Casey Broom, WMD
• How EPA’s Emergency Response Program Managers in Planning and Response by Brad Martin and Brooks Stanfield, EPA
• Legislative Overview with Casey Broom, WMD, Tammi Alexander, COM, and Scott Lancaster, WSP

Energy and Lithium-Ion Battery Symposium 2024 Resources (All PDFs)

• Energy and Lithium-Ion Battery Symposium – Instructor Bios and Class Descriptions
• Cradle-to-Grave Post Fire Lithium-Ion Battery Cleanup and Disposal by Sean Thompson and Mark Furnish
• Deep Battery Diagnostics by Isidor Buchmann
  
• Leading The Charge - Battery Stewardship in Washington by Megan Warfield, ECY
• Arizona ESS and BESS Emergencies by Captain Hunter Clare
• Grid Resilience by Eli King, COM
• Addressing Energy in Residential Capacity by Captain Chris Greene, Ret
• Batteries in Recycling Transport Explosions by Bob Swaim
• Lithium-Ion Tools for the Trade by Captain Chris Pfaff
• Lithium Batteries Hazmat Handout - Toxicity - Todd Smith, ATF
• Maui Wildfires by Greg Jenkins and Brad Martin, EPA

SERC Meetings

The SERC conducts quarterly public meetings in varying locations throughout the state.

2024 Public Meeting Notice Schedule (PDF)

April 2024

• Agenda
• Minutes (Pending approval)

February 2024

• Agenda
• Minutes (Pending approval)

November 2023

• Agenda
• Minutes

September 2023

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)

April 2023

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)

February 2023

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)

November 2022

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)

September 2022

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)

April 2022

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)

February 2022

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • WSEMA Conference (PDF)
  • HMEP Update (PDF)
  • High Hazard Flammable Trains (PDF)
  • SERC Budget (PDF)

November 2021

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • HMEP Update for SERC (PDF)
  • Ecology Equipment Grant (PDF)
    

September 2021

• Agenda (PDF)
  
• Minutes (PDF)
  • LEPC 2021 Conference (PDF)
  • High Hazard Flammable Train Regulatory Overview (PDF)
  • Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program (PDF)
  • Westside LEPC Survey (PDF)
  • HMEP (PDF)
    

April 2021

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • America’s Water Infrastructure Act (PDF)
  • HMEP Update (PDF)

February 2021

• Agenda (PDF)
• Save the Date Flyer (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • LEPC Survey (PDF)
  • HMEP Update (PDF)

November 2020

• Agenda (PDF)
  
• Minutes (PDF)

September 2020

• Agenda
• Minutes (PDF)
  • Reallocation Funding Options (PDF)

June 2020

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • Funding Options (PDF)
  • HMEP Update (PDF)
  • Train Crew Legislation Draft email (PDF)
  • AFF Safe Disposal Program (PDF)

November 2019

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • AWIA Notification Process (PDF)
  • HMEP Update (PDF)
  • EPCRA Upgrade (PDF)
  • Budget Update (PDF)

September 2019

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • HMEP Update (PDF)
  • Explosives (PDF)

April 2019

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • EPCRA Review (PDF)
  • Roundtable Meeting Report (PDF)
  • AWIA EPCRA Fact Sheet (PDF)

Feb. 6, 2019

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • SERC Budget (PDF)
  • Community Water Systems (PDF)
  • HMEP Update (PDF)

October 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • NASTTPO Briefing (PDF)
  • SERC Budget (PDF)

Sept. 17, 2018 (PDF)

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • Hazardous Materials (HMEP) Grant (PDF)
  • SharePoint (PDF)

June 6, 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)

February 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)

Nov. 1, 2017

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes (PDF)
  • Ecology Presentation (PDF)