.040   Duties -- Appointment of committees.


39E.040 Duties -- Appointment of committees.
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.
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Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 61, effective July 15, 1998.
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