Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A local emergency planning committee shall be established
within each emergency planning district no later than 30 days after the SERC
designates emergency planning districts.
a) Planning Committee Representatives
The local emergency planning committee shall, at a minimum,
be composed of representatives from the following groups or
organizations:
1) State and local
elected officials
2) Local
environmental groups
3) Law
enforcement
4) Hospital
5) Local government ESDA
6) Transportation
7) Fire fighting
8) Broadcast and print media
9) First aid or emergency medical
service
10) Community
groups
11) Health
12) Owners and operators of facilities
subject to Section
620.90
of this Part
b)
Establishing a Local Emergency Planning Committee
The principal executive officer of the geographic area
designated as an emergency planning district by the SERC shall be responsible
for recruiting and recommending in writing to the SERC the names of volunteers
representing the organizations or groups cited in subsection (a) of this
Section. The SERC shall review the list of recommended local emergency planning
committee appointees from each emergency planning district and, from these
these lists, appoint members to serve on each district's local emergency
planning committee. The SERC shall notify, in writing, the principal executive
officer of the geographic area designated as an emergency planning district of
the local emergency planning committee appointments.
1) Within 30 days following appointment by
the SERC, the local emergency planning committee shall elect a chairperson (in
accordance with subsection (b)(3) of this Section) and designate an official to
serve as coordinator for information. The local emergency planning committee
shall also establish rules and procedures for operation by which it shall
function in accordance with Section 301(c) of the Act.
2) The local emergency planning committee
shall notify the SERC in writing of its elected chairperson and designated
coordinator for information, including the address and phone number of these
officials. The SERC shall provide the name of these officials to the public
upon request.
3) The committee
chair must be elected by a majority vote of all of its members. The term of
office for the committee chair shall not exceed 3 years. At the end of this 3
year term the committee chair may be reinstated provided that a nomination is
made and seconded and that the nomination is supported by a majority vote of
all members. Otherwise a new candidate must be selected and elected by a
majority vote of its membership. The terms of all other offices shall be
established by the committee. The local emergency planning committee, by a
majority vote of all its members, may at any time remove a member for
misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance or, at the request of the committee,
the SERC may remove a member of the committee for those reasons.
4) If an emergency planning district consists
only of territory within one county, the SERC shall appoint the members of the
committee of the district from a list of persons submitted to the SERC by the
County Board Chair of that county. If the emergency planning district or joint
emergency planning district contains territory that is wholly or partly within
2 or more counties, the SERC shall appoint the members of the local emergency
planning committee from the list of persons submitted to the SERC by the County
Board Chair of each county having territory within the planning district or
joint planning district.
5) The
SERC may, as it considers appropriate, modify its designation of emergency
planning districts or alter the composition of the groups and organizations
represented on the local emergency planning committee or the number of members
representing any of those groups or organizations on the committee, provided
that each of the organizations or groups specified in subsection (a) of this
Section is represented on the committee. By written petition, members of the
public may request the SERC to modify the representation of those groups or
organizations on the local emergency planning committee. The SERC shall declare
the position of the members abolished if it reduces or eliminates
representation of a group or organization on the committee, and the person
whose position is so abolished shall cease to serve as a member of the
committee on the effective date of the SERC's declarations. Appointments of
members to fill positions established as a result of modification of the
composition of the committee shall be made in the same manner as original
appointments under this Section.
6)
If the SERC alters the boundaries of an emergency planning district or
designates a joint district, it shall, within 45 days after the effective date
of the action, appoint a committee for each district created by or whose
boundaries were altered by that action. Upon the appointment of a planning
committee for each such district, the planning committee of each of the
districts that existed prior to that action shall cease to exist.
7) Within 90 days after an emergency planning
district is designated or revised, the emergency planning district shall notify
facilities within that district of any changes including, but not limited to,
contact personnel or mailing addresses.
