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Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYChapter 18 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - EMERGENCY PLANNING AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRAINING
Article 1 - EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW
Section R18-18-105 - Local Emergency Response Plan

Ariz. Admin. Code § 18-18-105

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Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section R18-18-105 - Local Emergency Response Plan
A. Within 12 months after the Commission designates a new emergency planning district and appoints members of an LEPC for the newly designated emergency planning district, the LEPC shall prepare an emergency response plan that complies with the requirements at A.R.S. § 26-345(E) and complies with NIMS.
B. On or before December 31 of each year and when there are changed circumstances in the community or at a facility, an LEPC shall review and update the emergency response plan for its emergency planning district.
C. An LEPC shall submit a copy of the emergency response plan prepared under subsection (A) or (B) to the Commission.
D. Within 60 days after the Commission receives a copy of an emergency response plan under subsection (C), the Commission staff shall:
1. Review the emergency response plan and make recommendations for revisions necessary to ensure that the emergency response plan complies with law and coordinates with the emergency response plans of adjoining emergency planning districts; and
2. Return the emergency response plan and recommendations to the LEPC.
E. An LEPC shall ensure that the emergency response plan prepared under subsection (B) and reviewed and amended under subsection (D) is incorporated into the county's emergency operations plan in accordance with county procedures.
F. At least biennially and after providing at least 30 days notice to the Commission, an LEPC shall conduct an exercise of its emergency response plan.
G. On or before December 31 of each year, an LEPC shall survey its emergency planning district to determine how many copies of the U.S. Department of Transportation Emergency Response Guidebook are needed and forward the information regarding the number of copies needed to the Commission.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-18-105

New Section R18-18-105 recodified from R8-4-105 at 27 A.A.R. 1535, with an immediate effective date of September 1, 2021 (Supp. 21-3).