Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3193%20intr.htm&yr=2005&sesstype=RS&i=3193
Timestamp: 2018-01-20 17:02:56
Document Index: 678168757

Matched Legal Cases: ['§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§ 11001', '§ 11021', '§ 11022', '§ 11003', '§ 11001']

Introduced Version House Bill 3193 History
hb3193 intr
(By Delegates Pino, Mahan and Michael)
A BILL to amend and reenact §15-5A-4, §15-5A-5 and §15-5A-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to clarifying the members of the State Emergency Response Commission and the local emergency planning committees and increasing the cap on the inventory form fee.
That §15-5A-4, §15-5A-5 and §15-5A-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(b) The State Emergency Response Commission shall consist of eleven members, including the director of the division Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, Director of the Division of Natural Resources, the Commissioner of the division Bureau of Public Health, the chief of the office of air quality of the division of environmental protection, the Director of the Office of Emergency Services, the Superintendent of the Division of Public Safety, the Commissioner of the Division of Highways; one designee of the Public Service Commission and one designee of the State Fire Marshal, all of whom are members ex officio. A representative from the chemical industry, a representative of a municipal or volunteer fire department and a representative of the public who is knowledgeable in the area of emergency response shall be appointed by the Governor as public members of the State Emergency Response Commission. The Director of the Office of Emergency Services serves as the chair of the Commission and may cast a vote only in the event of a tie vote. Members serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties under this article. The initial public members appointed by the Governor shall serve for a term ending on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one. A successor to a public member of the Commission shall be appointed in the same manner as the original public members and has a term of office expiring two years from the date of the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed. In cases of any vacancy among the public members, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy on the Commission occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. Members appointed by the Governor may be removed by the Governor in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, gross immorality or malfeasance in office.
(d) Designate, if necessary, additional facilities which shall be subject to the requirements of this article, provided such designation is made after public notice and opportunity for comment as provided under article three chapter twenty-nine-a of the code;
(h) Promulgate procedural rules in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, establishing procedures for receiving and processing requests from the public for information in accordance with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq., and this article, and prescribing forms and instructions for requesting such information;
(1) An emergency planning notification fee not to exceed one hundred dollars to be paid by a facility when it makes the emergency planning notification required under SARA, Title III, sections 301 through 303;
(2) An inventory form fee not to exceed one four hundred dollars to be paid annually by a facility when it submits the emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms or material safety data sheet required under SARA, Title III, sections 311 and 312; and
(3) A subcharge fee not to exceed twenty percent of the fee otherwise payable to be paid by facilities which fail to pay the fees in paragraphs (1) and (2) in a timely manner;
(k) Establish an emergency planning grant program to be administered by the Commission. The grant programs will be funded by fees collected to administer this act pursuant to subdivision (j) of this section. The Commission shall promulgate rules which establish the method of awarding such grants to local emergency planning committees to assist them in performing their responsibilities under this article; and
(l) Promulgate legislative rules in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
(a) The State Emergency Response Commission shall designate emergency planning districts in order to facilitate preparation and implementation of emergency plans. After designating emergency planning districts, the State Emergency Response Commission shall appoint members of a local emergency planning committee for each emergency planning district. Each committee shall include representatives from each of the following groups or organizations: (1) Elected state and local officials; (2) law enforcement; (3) civil defense; (4) fire fighting; (5) first aid ; (6) health ; (7) local environmental; (8) hospital and ; (9) transportation personnel; (3) (10) broadcast and print media; (4) (11) community groups; and (5) (12) owners and operators of facilities subject to the requirements of this article. In addition to the above members, each county commission president from every county within the district, or a member of the county commission designated by the president, shall be appointed as a member of the committee and such appointment may fulfill the requirement to appoint elected local officials.
(c) The local committee shall submit their proposed procedural rules to the State Emergency Response Commission for review and comment no later than the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety. If any local committees fail to submit proposed procedural rules, the State Emergency Response Commission shall itself promulgate rules applicable to such local committees.
(1) Establish procedures for receiving and processing requests from the public for information regarding any emergency response plan, material safety data sheet, emergency, first aid and medical treatment procedures, list described in 42 U.S.C. § 11021(a)(2), inventory form, toxic chemical release form, or followup emergency notice, including tier II information under 42 U.S.C. § 11022;
(3) Develop and implement a comprehensive emergency response plan in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 11003, and review such plan once a year, or more frequently as changed circumstances in the community or at any facility may require: Provided, That such comprehensive emergency response plans may not require a covered facility to revise, modify or otherwise alter any emergency release response or release prevention plan that has been prepared pursuant to any other state or federal statute or regulation including, but not limited to, contingency plans developed under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Spill Prevention and Countermeasure Plans, or Best Management Practices Plans developed under the Clean Water Act;
(7) Receive, catalogue and organize information required to be submitted to the committee under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.
Note: The purpose of this bill is to clarify the membership makeup of the State Emergency Response Commission and the local emergency planning committees and to increase the cap on the inventory form fee .