§ 19-2726. Public Safety and Information.

Area plans shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) site perimeter security procedures for use during a release or threatened release of hazardous material;

(b) provisions for informing business personnel and the affected public of safety procedures to follow during a release or threatened release of a hazardous material;

(c) procedures, developed in consultation with the County Agricultural Commissioner, to notify residents of a pesticide drift exposure incident and a procedure to assist in the coordination of an evacuation, if deemed necessary by emergency response personnel;

(d) procedures to identify all languages known to be spoken in the administering agency's county or city, as the case may be, and ensure that any individual is able to access services in their native language as required by Section 11135 of the Government Code. The area plan will outline what these services are and how they will be provided in the languages identified;

(e) designation of responsibility for the coordinated release of safety information to the public and to the local Emergency Broadcast System;

(f) provisions for informing medical and health facilities of the nature of the incident and the substance(s) involved in an incident; and

(g) provisions for evacuation plans. Evacuation planning shall provide for the following elements:

(1) determination of the necessity for evacuation;

(2) centralized coordination of information with local law, fire, public health, medical, and other emergency response agencies;

(3) timely notification of the affected public, including release of messages prepared pursuant to subsections (e) and (f) of this section;

(4) properties of hazardous materials, such as quantity, concentration, vapor pressure, density, and potential health effects;

(5) possible release scenarios;

(6) facility characteristics, topography, meteorology, and demography of potentially affected areas;

(7) ingress and egress routes and alternatives;

(8) location of medical resources trained and equipped for hazardous material response;

(9) mass-care facilities, reception areas, and sheltering; and

(10) procedures for post-emergency period population recovery.

HISTORY

1. Editorial renumbering of former Section 2726 to Section 2723 and Section 2732 to Section 2726 (Register 86, No. 37).

2. Amendment of subsection (e) filed as an emergency 9-12-86, operative 9-12-86, making the following changes: Subsection (e): substituted “a determination of the businesses that, because of their size and nature, should participate in evacuation planning. Factors to be considered in planning for evacuation, shall include, but not be limited to:” for “provisions for evacuation plans. Evacuation planning shall provide for the following elements:” A new subsection (e)(1) was added and read as follows: “(1) determination of the necessity for evacuation:” Existing subsections (e)(1) through (9) were redesignated as consecutive subsections (e)(2) through (10); Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted no later than 1-12-87, or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law (Gov. C. § 11346.1); (Register 86, No. 37).

3. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 1-7-87 and filed 2-6-87 (Register 87, No. 6).

4. New subsections (c) and (d), subsection relettering, amendment of newly designated subsection (g)(3) and amendment of Note filed 4-23-2008; operative 5-23-2008 (Register 2008, No. 17).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 25503 and 25517.5, Health and Safety Code; and Section 12997.7(b)(2) and 12997.7(b)(4), Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 25503, Health and Safety Code; and Section 12997.7, Food and Agricultural Code.