39E.040 Duties -- Appointment of committees.
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The commission shall:
(1)Appoint local emergency planning committees and revise these committees as it
deems appropriate. The committees shall include, as a minimum, representatives
from each of the following groups:
(a)Elected local officials;
(b)Law enforcement;
(c)Emergency management;
(d)Fire service;
(e)First aid;
(f)Health service;
(g)Local environmental;
(h)Hospital;
(i)Transportation;
(j)Broadcast and print media;
(k)Community groups; and
(l)Owners and operators of facilities subject to this chapter;
(2)Adopt standards and procedures for the operations of local committees;
(3)Develop reporting requirements and procedures consistent with those of Title III,
Pub. L. No. 99-499, for individuals, businesses, and governmental agencies that
manufacture, use, store, or transport hazardous substances;
(4)Develop guidance and standards for plans related to hazardous substances;
(5)Approve, disapprove, and, where necessary, make recommendations to improve
plans developed by local emergency planning committees;
(6)Recommend administrative regulations to the director for issuance by the Division
of Emergency Management to implement provisions of this chapter, consistent with
Title III, Pub. L. No. 99-499;
(7)Receive from any source and authorize the expenditure of funds;
(8)Develop policies relating to the training of committees and persons subject to
respond to releases of hazardous substances;
(9)Develop policies relating to exercising and testing plans developed by local
emergency planning committees;
(10)Specify a warning point to which all required emergency notifications shall be
made;
(11)Develop a procedure by which facilities may report the presence and inventories of
hazardous substances and by which members of the public may obtain these reports;
(12)Annually review all commission policies and procedures and update them as
necessary; and
(13)Adopt policies for the conduct of the business and duties of the commission.