The commission shall:

1. (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:

   1. (a) Elected local officials;
   2. (b) Law enforcement;
   3. (c) Emergency management;
   4. (d) Fire service;
   5. (e) First aid;
   6. (f) Health service;
   7. (g) Local environmental;
   8. (h) Hospital;
   9. (i) Transportation;
   10. (j) Broadcast and print media;
   11. (k) Community groups; and
   12. (l) Owners and operators of facilities subject to this chapter;
2. (2) Adopt standards and procedures for the operations of local committees;
3. (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. (4) Develop guidance and standards for plans related to hazardous substances;
5. (5) Approve, disapprove, and, where necessary, make recommendations to improve plans developed by local emergency planning committees;
6. (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. (7) Receive from any source and authorize the expenditure of funds;
8. (8) Develop policies relating to the training of committees and persons subject to respond to releases of hazardous substances;
9. (9) Develop policies relating to exercising and testing plans developed by local emergency planning committees;
10. (10) Specify a warning point to which all required emergency notifications shall be made;
11. (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. (12) Annually review all commission policies and procedures and update them as necessary; and
13. (13) Adopt policies for the conduct of the business and duties of the commission.

Effective: July 15, 1998

History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 61, effective July 15, 1998.