Sec. 5. (a) A local emergency planning committee shall complete the preparation or review and update of a local emergency plan in accordance with this section before October 17 of each year. The local emergency planning committee shall review the plan:

(1) at least one (1) time each year; and

(2) more frequently if required by a change in circumstances in the community or at a facility.

(b) A local emergency planning committee shall:

(1) evaluate the need for resources necessary to develop, implement, and exercise the local emergency plan; and

(2) make recommendations with respect to additional resources that may be required and the means for providing the additional resources.

(c) A local emergency plan must include the following:

(1) Identification of the following:

(A) Facilities subject to this chapter that are within the emergency planning district.

(B) Routes likely to be used for the transportation of substances on the list of extremely hazardous substances.

(C) Additional facilities contributing to or subjected to additional risk due to the proximity of the facilities to facilities subject to this chapter, including hospitals or natural gas facilities.

(2) Methods and procedures to be followed by facility owners and operators and local emergency and medical personnel to respond to any release of substances.

(3) Designation of a community emergency coordinator and facility emergency coordinators who shall make determinations necessary to implement the local emergency plan.

(4) Procedures providing reliable, effective, and timely notification by the facility emergency coordinators and the community emergency coordinator to:

(A) persons designated in the local emergency plan; and

(B) the public;

that a release has occurred consistent with the emergency notification requirements of section 7 of this chapter.

(5) Methods for determining the occurrence of a release and the area or population likely to be affected by the release.

(6) A description of emergency equipment and facilities in the community and at each facility in the community subject to this chapter and an identification of the persons responsible for the equipment and facilities.

(7) Evacuation plans, including provisions for a precautionary evacuation and alternative traffic routes.

(8) Training programs, including schedules for training of local emergency response and medical personnel.

(9) Methods and schedules for exercising the emergency plan.

(d) For each facility subject to this chapter:

(1) the owner or operator of the facility shall notify:

(A) the emergency planning committee; or

(B) the commission if there is no emergency planning committee;

of a facility representative who will participate in the emergency planning process as a facility emergency coordinator;

(2) the owner or operator of the facility shall promptly inform the emergency planning committee of any relevant changes occurring at the facility as the changes occur or are expected to occur; and

(3) upon request from the emergency planning committee, the owner or operator of the facility shall promptly provide information to the emergency planning committee necessary for developing and implementing the emergency plan.

(e) After completion or update of a local emergency plan under subsection (a) for an emergency planning district, the local emergency planning committee shall submit a copy of the local emergency plan to the commission. The commission shall review the local emergency plan and make recommendations to the local emergency planning committee on revisions of the local emergency plan that may be necessary to ensure coordination of the local emergency plan with emergency response plans of other emergency planning districts. To the maximum extent practicable, the review may not delay implementation of the local emergency plan.

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-7-37-12.]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.15.