HomeMy Public PortalAbout1996_07_23_R168 The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED July 23, 1996
96-168 ADOPTED July 23, 1996
ADOPTING THE LOUDOUN COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
PLAN AND READOPTING THE CHEMICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PLAN
WHEREAS, the Loudoun County and Town of Leesburg Local Emergency Planning Committee
(LEPC) has prepared the Loudoun County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and Chemical Emergency
Rcsponsc Plan (CERP) and have presented it to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors for adoption;
and
WHEREAS, the Emergency Scrviccs and Disaster Law of 1973, as amended, Title 44-146.19 of
thc Code of Virginia, requires that thc state and each county, city and town develop and maintain a
current LOP; and
WHEREAS, thc Administration alld Public Works Committee at its July 16, 1996 meeting voted
unanimously to forward this matter to thc tull Council l[~-~r adoption with the tbllowing amendment: that
thc Town Manager of every town be added to the lbrmal list of those to be notified immediately of any
emergency occurring within thc corporate limits of that town.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as ~bllows:
Thc Loudoun County Emergency Operations Plan and the Chemical Emergency Response Plan
prepared by the Loudoun County and Town of Leesburg Local Emergency Planning Committee is hereby
adopted, subject to the aforementioned amendment.
PASSED this 23rd day of July, 1.996.
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
TomeSE. Clem,
Mayor
wn of Lecsburg
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