§ 13-25-2-5 — Local emergency plan

(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.]

Legislative History

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