Section 39E.040 - Duties - Appointment of committeesThe 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;(c) Emergency management;(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.Effective:7/15/1998
Created 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 61, effective7/15/1998.