State Emergency Response Commission
Required under federal law, in Texas the SERC is synonymous with the Emergency Management Council of Texas. The TCEQ receives reports about accidental releases.
The federal
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act 
requires states to have a State Emergency
Response Commission. Under the Federal Emegency Planning and
Community Right to Know Act, 10 member agencies of the
Emergency Management Council of Texas together make up the SERC.
Since the TCEQ is part of the SERC, reporting a spill to the State's spill reporting hot line, 1-800-832-8224, constitutes reporting to the SERC.
As an SERC member, the TCEQ is responsible for receiving reports
about accidental releases and the annual Toxic Release Inventory or
Form R. Reports regarding the storage of chemicals (Tier Two forms)
should be sent to the Texas Department of State Health
Services’ Tier Two
Registration Program. For more information, call the Tier Two
program at 1-800-452-2791 (within Texas, toll free) or 512/834-6603
(elsewhere).
