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