The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission will hold two public meetings in early January to help update the 2011 Middle Peninsula All-Hazards Mitigation Plan.

Jackie Rickards, regional project planner for MPPDC, said hearings are scheduled from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, in the commission boardroom on Bowden Street in Saluda and from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6 in the King & Queen Branch Library Conference Room on Newtown Road in St. Stephens Church.

The current plan addresses about two dozen types of hazards from hurricanes to coastal flooding to hazardous material spills. Copies of the plan are available of review at a number of libraries in the region. For more information, contact Rickards at jrickards@mppdc.com or call 758-2311. ...