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:

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 39E.040

  • Commission: means the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission and those persons appointed by the Governor to implement provisions of Title III, Pub. See Kentucky Statutes 39E.020
  • Warning point: means that location, operated by state or local government, and identified by the state commission or local committee, and which is continuously staffed, and which has the capability or responsibility to contact governmental emergency response organizations and, if capability exists, to warn the public of hazards which may affect them. See Kentucky Statutes 39E.020

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