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Gaston response is timely: Receptive to request for emergency response plan, county's actions contrast others.

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| March 11, 2007 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jefferson George

Mar. 11--When asked to provide Gaston County's emergency response plan, the county's emergency management director readily complied with the request and spent more than a half-hour discussing the plan. In other counties and states, people who made the same request were questioned, asked for identification, subject to background checks and even followed by officials -- simply for asking to see a public document. Federal law requires communities to develop, update and make public plans for action in case of chemical or hazardous materials spills. The law, passed 20 years ago, is the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.…

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