 Santa knows where to find all the best and hottest smartphones just in time to make this Christmas better and bigger than ever! Better service, bigger savings! That's today's Appalachian Wireless! Ho-ho-ho-ho! The Local Emergency Planning Committee held its quarterly meeting today in Pikeville. The Local Emergency Planning Committee is a product of federal legislation that was passed after a disaster in India killed more than 2,000 people because of an accidental release of hazardous chemicals. It's mandated through federal law that every county or community has an LEPC board to make plans for hazardous substances that may be housed somewhere in the community. There are seven facilities in Pike County that contain substances such as sulfuric acid. Those batteries that they have for battery backup should the pair go off or generate or fail, have battery acid in them or sulfuric acid. And if they have 1,000 pounds of sulfuric acid, they have to do a facility plan, which is for emergency response, and we review those plans and help them make those plans. The LEPC is required by law to meet twice a year, but those in Pike County try to meet at least four times a year. During today's meeting, board members discussed a grant for a commodity flow survey in Pike County. The commodity flow survey will survey the hazardous materials that travel our roadways and railways to give us a better idea of what's out there on our roads so that we can help our responders make plans to deal with those and maybe provide training for them to deal with hazardous materials. The board is made up of officials in different fields such as education, health, law enforcement, fire, and more. LEPC is produced by Kentucky Emergency Management Officials. In Pikeville, Shelby Porter, EKB News.