Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 837 - DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL
Division 95 - STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION
Section 837-095-0030 - SERC Executive Committee
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 837-095-0030
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) The State Emergency Response Commission shall maintain a SERC Executive Committee whose purposes include but are not limited to:
(a) Advising the SERC on the designation of
Emergency Planning Districts consistent with Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR)
837-095;
(b) Advising the SERC on
the creation, modification, or dissolving of Local Emergency Planning
Committees (LEPC) and on the confirmation of appointments to those
committees;
(c) Reviewing plans
developed by Local Emergency Planning Committees and making plan
recommendations to the SERC;
(d)
Supporting Local Emergency Planning Committee efforts to implement EPCRA and
ORS 453.520;
(e) Supporting and assisting SERC and Local
Emergency Planning Committee efforts to enhance hazardous materials emergency
preparedness and response capabilities;
(f) Coordinating hazardous materials
training, education, exercises, and outreach activities as well as grant and
technical assistance opportunities in support of the SERC and Local Emergency
Planning Committees; and
(g)
Setting priorities for spending Oregon's allocation of federal Hazardous
Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) funds and evaluating requests from
LEPCs to fund planning, training, and exercise projects using HMEP
funds.
(2) The membership of the SERC Executive Committee shall be by agency or organization, each with one representative and one alternate. The SERC Executive Committee shall consist of the following:
(a) The director or
a designee of the following state agencies:
(A) Oregon Department of the State Fire
Marshal
(B) Oregon Department of
Emergency Management
(C) Oregon
Department of Transportation
(D)
Oregon State Police
(E) Oregon
Governor's Office
(F) Oregon Health
Authority
(G) Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality
(b)
A representative from each of the following organizations or groups:
(A) Local Emergency Management
(B) Oregon Emergency Management
Association
(C) Local Emergency
Planning Committees
(D)
Industry
(E) Oregon Fire Chiefs
Association
(F) Oregon Regional
Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Teams
(G) Oregon State Sheriffs'
Association
(H) Oregon
Tribes
(I) Association of Oregon
Counties
(J) National Association
of SARA Title III Public Officials
(3) The SERC Executive Committee shall adopt bylaws and establish such policies and procedures as necessary to conduct its work.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 476.030(2)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 453.520
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