WY Stat § 35-9-153 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 9 - Fire Protection|Article 1 - Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety|Section 35-9-153 - State Emergency Response Commission; Creation; Duties.

35-9-153. State emergency response commission; creation; duties.| (a) There is created a state emergency response commission that shall consist of members appointed by the governor to advise the director, office of homeland security with respect to activities under this act. The commission shall consist of not less than four (4) members representing the mining, trucking, manufacturing, energy and railroad industries, one (1) member each from the legislature, local government, local law enforcement, fire services, the Eastern Shoshone tribe, the Northern Arapaho tribe, homeland security, the media, the medical field, emergency medical services and the general public, and one (1) representative from each of the following state agencies:  (i) The department of environmental quality;  (ii) The department of health;  (iii) The department of transportation;  (iv) The department of agriculture;  (v) The department of fire prevention and electrical safety;  (vi) The University of Wyoming.  (b) The governor may remove any member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.  (c) The commission shall appoint a chairman and other officers deemed necessary from among its members. The commission may meet as often as deemed necessary by a majority of the commission or at the request of the director, office of homeland security. Commission members who are not state employees may be reimbursed for per diem and mileage for attending commission meetings in the same manner and amount as state employees.  (d) The governor may give consideration to the geographical location of the commission members, to the extent possible, in order to have broad representation of the geographical areas of the state.  (e) The commission shall review collection and disbursement of funds and advise the director, office of homeland security on activities and responsibilities under this act.  (f) The commission shall, by rule, establish emergency planning districts in accordance with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq. and in compliance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, to consist of twenty-three (23) districts corresponding to the jurisdictions of the twenty-three (23) counties of the state. The commission shall appoint members of the local emergency planning committees for each emergency planning district to include representatives required by 42 U.S.C. 11001, et seq. The commission shall annually review memberships and activities of the local emergency planning committees and report to the governor annually on those activities. The commission shall work with each board of county commissioners and city council to promote support by the board for the local emergency planning committee in the county.  (g) The commission shall perform all duties and acts prescribed by 42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq., and all other applicable law, with the assistance of the Wyoming office of homeland security and other state agencies determined to be necessary by the commission.  (h) The commission shall, by rule and regulation, establish standards for protection of the safety of responding personnel during clandestine laboratory incident responses, standards for determining a site uninhabitable under W.S. 35-9-156(d), standards for determining the extent of contamination and standards for remediation required to render former clandestine laboratory operation sites safe for re-entry, habitation or use with respect to the following:  (i) Decontamination and sampling standards and best management practices for the inspection and decontamination of property and the disposal of contaminated debris;  (ii) Appropriate methods for the testing of buildings and interior surfaces, furnishings, soil and septic tanks for contamination;  (iii) When testing for contamination may be required; and  (iv) When a site may be declared remediated.  (j) The commission shall, by rule and regulation, establish due process standards for the protection of the property interests of real estate owners, subject to subsection (h) of this section.