The Committee shall provide guidance and oversight of the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) funding and spending activities, consider other financial matters as directed by the SERC and, with SERC discretion, add additional matters as it deems appropriate in order to:

• Develop a funding formula for State "470 Fund" grants to the LEPCs
• Review and approve LEPC grant requests on a yearly basis
• Support the annual preparation of the SERC budget
• Explore alternative funding sources
• Oversees allocation of available funds for local Citizen Corps Councils

The Committee consists of five SERC members, two of whom are also LEPC representatives.  Two state government agency representatives (DEC and DHS&EM) are also on the committee, but are non-voting members. The Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management provides staff support to the Committee.