ARCHIE -- A Tool for Industry/LEPC Dialog
D. Newsom · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 2025
Issued in 1989, the Automated Resource for Chemical Hazard Incident Evaluation (ARCHIE) gives Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) and industry a detailed, site-specific software tool for evaluating potential consequences of hazardous materials accidents. ARCHIE requires detailed inputs such as quantities of chemicals released and the physical conditions of a release. The process of identifying such inputs can produce mutually beneficial industry/LEPC dialog. In order to use ARCHIE correctly, LEPCs need input from industry. By using the same planning tool as LEPCs industry can focus the dialog on assumptions used in the analysis, thus helping LEPCs obtain more realistic estimates of consequences.