The Final Draft of the Gallatin County Hazard Mitigation Plan for the county including the cities of Bozeman, Belgrade, Three Forks, and West Yellowstone is now available for review at www.ReadyGallatin.com/mp.
A public meeting has been scheduled for January 9th at 1:00 pm in the Bozeman Public Library to conduct ranking of mitigation projects as part of the Hazard Mitigation Plan revision. More information on this project can be located at www.ReadyGallatin.com/mp.
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) was created as a result of the 1984 chemical plant incident in Bhopal, India to ensure proper planning was taking place in the United States in reagrds to hazardous materials. To ensure that local communities know what chemical risks are in their communities, people that have certain quantities of identified chemicals are required to submit paperwork annually to the Local Emergency Planning Committee, State Emergency Response Commission, and the fire protection agency that protects their facility. Gallatin County Emergency Management has recently added information to our website that provides information on this "Tier" reporting requirement at http://www.readygallatin.com/tier.php.
